Hazyshadeofgrinter

This sums it up for me perfectly. Yes Gary is and was a great asset for the club both as a player and as a media personality, but I'm not sure how far he goes out of his way... I suspect that every single person here would be willing to make millions playing for Melbourne and chatting about footy on TV. But, whilst I would never knock the bloke for living this dream, it is telling that Garry supporters have to invent notions of "behind the scenes work" in order to convince themselves that he is doing more than merely his (frankly luxurious) day job. Indeed I am often surprised that, even in the course of his daily work, Lyon isn't a little more strident in his defence of the club. I'm not saying that such behind the scenes work doesn't go on (I wouldn't know) - but then there isn't much evidence that it does, and surely nobody thinks that Garry is such a shrinking violet that all such work would go unnoticed? Eddie, he is not.

Whilst I agree with most people that it is far too early to judge Bailey as a coach... ...there were two major things I wanted to see from Daniher's replacement. 1. Suck it up and play the youth (like Hawthorn did) 2. Demand a committed game and inculcate an "harder" culture In my amateur estimation, Bailey is performing well on both counts. He has given some of the younger lads a chance to prove themselves, but is also insisting that they (and others) are hungry for it (as far as I can tell). Given the state of the team he inherited, that it is too early to judge him on the wins/losses and that there seems to be a positive style of hard-running play emerging, the fulfillment of my two main hopes above leads me to give Bailey a big tick despite our strong bid for the 2008 spoon. P.S. I also agree that Bailey is not the most adroit when it comes to media etc. however, cue: Paul McNamee. I'm very happy with the new appointments and the direction that the club has been taking overall.

Agreed. Yze has not been in my good books for a very long time but credit where it is due. Yze: Surprisingly Strong Commitment Yes he made a couple of desperate, perhaps even selfish attempts at goal. However at least they seemed born of a genuinely overwhelming desire to contribute. Nobody seems to remeber an overly optimistic shot by Wonna amidst a lot of better options. Yze played one of his best games for a while (I haven't heard that much "Ooooze-ing" from the crowd in a long time) and even more significantly (at least as far as I'm concerned) - he had his head over the ball.

I don't believe it. There is no way they used a comma.

Drug Money?