Little Lucifer

Think he is having surgery today so wish him all the best as the first week will be a very sore experience from what I have been told by all the others who have had one done.

I was at the game at Elizabeth and Liam apeared to trip or be tripped by a Crow in a contest for the ball and when he went sprawling out his arm/shoulder took a lot of pressure. Daniel seemed to shoulder Joncock (I think)at a solid pace and hit a brick wall (the man must have cement lining). Sometimes training does have an effect (one year several years ago about 6 of them got groin strain injury and think that coach was sacked) but for others its just bad luck.

Interesting...how much do you really know or were you guessing?? I guess you forgot to mention Liam went in before Bell early Wed. Their injuries were better than expected (if you could look at it like that)and injury repair time although still not good is expected to be shorter than first announced if all goes according to plan .

Glad someone else was at the game. I forgot to mention No.13...didn't know who he was as there was no name on the sheet. Have heard he is referred to as "pencil" and i see someone mention the name Tippet. Are they one and the same. Anyway No.13 got a lot of the ball plus made a few mistakes. (Must be human)

Sorry...I should have clarified that in this game they were not ready.....have not seen other games.

Probably just re occuring knee soreness...they usually play safe with that sort of thing. That's what it looked like when he limped past out back

In what ended in a closely fought game where our ruckmen dominated, Melbourne put up a good fight despite losing two players in the first qtr. We should have won but our boys missed 4 shots at goal in the last few minutes including Greeny’s 30 metre one out in front. It was a good effort considering the paper bag retching rough plane trip for a few of the boys combined with late arrival and hurried pre game preparations. Warnock: Good at fullback Jones: OK Bartrum: OK. Needs more penetrating kick. Gysberts: Not ready yet. Miller: Played CHF quite well. Frawley: real good Trengrove: Excellent. Works hard and covers huge amt of ground. Dunn: Does well as a tagger. Petterd: Real good Grimes: Very classy. Like the look of the lad. Green: Good Maric: Not ready yet. Bell: Did well as tagger on Thompson til bad injury.!! McDonald: Good. Jurrah: Trade mark goal back over head then injured!! Cheney: Good. Possible Tagger?? Rivers: Good til injured!!! McNamara: Good in back lines. Cool under pressure. Scully: Worked tirelessly for team & covered a huge amt of ground. Impressive. Martin: Love his endeavour but fwd line not his spot. Jamar: Clearly improving with age. I never thought I would say that too. Bail: Did ok with limited opportunities. Strauss: Not ready yet. Spenser: Rucked strongly. Good around ground. Newton: Not ready yet. Drops ball from too high when kicking(I.M.O)

Well said "the Fork" One of the more crictical regular posters is a fellow called Joeboy. I'd curb his words tomorrow if I could. There are others too. Constructive help fine, but some have such a critical spirit I feel they can't possibly be genuine fans of the club.

Was this the game we won??? I think you need another holiday.

You are right he is a great player dogged by injury this year. If you chuck out the all the players they want to get rid of we would have a team of young players left who would get their attitude kicked down big time purely because of the lack of some steady guiding by senior players. You will find that some of the supporters on this website are very fickle with their allegiance to players and the club, so much so I suspect they are not even melb. fans. Just look at the stuff written about Colin Silvia for example over the past couple of years. Their comments go up and down better that the big dipper at Luna park.

If you hadn't started this as a bit of fun I was going to suggest we all get out of radio and TV coverage range for the Geelong game (knowing full well I would still watch it.)..cos you have to take the good with the bad when you support a team. Keep up the good work Jaded.

joeboy Bartram - abysmal handling skills Honestly Joechild you have the skill of a rhino in a china shop and obviously no compasion. Fortunately the majority of posts display a great deal of maturity..recognizing the fact that for some time now the Batram family have been carrying a heavy load, especially in the last 2 weeks.

I received the same as you...is there any way of blocking this idiot?

Just goes to show you need to check with the player where possible. The papers seem to me to guess most of the time. Having said that you are hard pressed to get info from a player when it is minor and not as obvious.

It is amusing to see the positive reaction to physical abuse of of one of own. (Nathan Jones's Dad) Very commendable. Pity there is not the same level of outcry for the verbal abuse of players on this "fan" based website. If there was, a few of the regular posters might cop a weekly ban too. Words are just as powerful as fists. You just can't see the bruises.

How accurate is this report of all the players please? I know for a fact that Belly's thumb was more than a fracture. It was shattered in 3 places, pinned and plated. A 4 week injury if all goes according to plan.

Thanks for that. Must have had a senior moment as once posted I focused on more than just the word "stung" used as a header for Sandy report.

Is anyone writing a report from the last Sandy game please? Does anyone know if Foxtel or Austar, Fox footy etc ever do the replays of the V.F.L game of the day...if so...when and what channel please. Also do they ever do any of the W.A. games? Thanks

Whelan was ill when Bell replaced him against Freo. (not a hammy as first reported) Maybe he was not fully recovered at the Sandy game and ran out of steam or do you suppose he injured himself again???

Approx. 30% of all players drafted will never play an A.F.L. game. Another 30% will be lucky if they play 30 games. Therefore Congratulations Belly for making it to 50 this week against Carlton. Here's hoping the whole team lifts and has a good one.

absolutely brilliant...couldn't agree more. Sometimes i wonder if some of these posters even watch the game and if so they never do it under the guise of "supporter".

Yes Melbourne supporters do need to stick together and "support " and not doing what quite a few of them have been doing over the past 2 weeks. Yes it is sad they are losing but you can't have it every which way. They (the rats) want the heads of established players and when they get their wish their young replacement counterparts cop an earful and then they want their heads too. On average it takes 4 years to get a player up to standard (there are exceptions) so be patient. You can't delist everyone It won't happen over night but it will happen.