PeterJames

Moloney has been dropped.

Moloney has been dropped.

We surely couldn't be as bad as last week. Dunn being suspended will really cost him as he is playing for his career like so many.

Four years is far to much. I don't think he would want that. 2 years would suit both parties. The club uf he doesn't improve kicking and impact on games. Also for Howe himself if he massively improves he will up what he is worth!

Haven't seen the game, but the stats say he was one of our best.

Do smothered kicks count? As his kicks got smothered at least 4 times!

Agree with all but Moloney(would be in most teams best 22 with a lot more support will be a handy player where ever he ends up) Fitzpatrick Still to early to tell and Spencer thought he was ok for his 9th game. Also remember he was rushed back from a knee injury.

Bail was disgraceful today. Sounds harsh but he was so poor. Bennel is plain useless. Bate was bate today, ok in a few passages but can't mark over his head and is slow. Dunn i think he has been good down back just to many brain fades.

Confused as to what Bennel and Bail give to the team. Bate still makes the same old errors and still can't mark over the head. Blease can't find the footy. Trengove and Grimes are borderline embarrassing. Howe drops to many marks, is a horrible kick including set shots. Good suburban footballer really.

Jones and Sylvia I thought were our best. Jones looked quick and classy.

Beamer sub ahead of Bail, Bennel, Bate jeez I could go on is strange. Good bloke, will be sad to see him go and hope he does well next year.

Think the pies are keen on him. Very keen on looking for a part ruck/forward like Leigh Brown.

Having not watched any of Casey all year it's a little hard to judge. But the one thing i will say is that how different the VFL is compared to the AFL. Totally different brand of football and sometimes players like magner etc can dominate as it's always a contested slog so players like Morton etc will struggle more.

Having said that I think we should be looking at next with our selections now, Bate should be gone, clearly not up to it. Tappy and Blease should play out the year as they are in the future best 22. Dunn is on edge but i think he has been ok the last couple of weeks.

Also noted some of the girls holding up banners in the cheersquad were not to bad. Paid models?

Very impressed with Tom McDonald so far.

Disposals very ordinary though

Can't believe how bad Howe' hands are today

Very ordinary, really lacks composure. Magner struggling, left foot is horrible. Bate also needs to lift. Dunn has been rather good. Loving Jones, Sylvia and Moloneys attack on the footy, just need to start racking them up an making them hurt.

Bloody afl live never start the coverage until the the first bounce! Lesson learnt never go overseas in the footy season!

Anyone else listen to triple m with the Silvani interview. Stevo pressed pretty hard regarding fatty Phil. Silvani got pretty worked up. Unfortunately the others like Carey seemed uninterested. Would have love someone to ask whether he would have been recruited if his son wasn't Tom!

Melbourne v Greater Western Sydney at the MCG, 3.15pm

LATE CHANGES

Melbourne: Rohan Bail replaced in selected side by Sam Blease

Greater Western Sydney: Nil

FINAL INTERCHANGES

Melbourne: Matthew Bate, Jordan McKenzie, Lynden Dunn

Substitute: Sam Blease

Greater Western Sydney: Tomas Bugg, Jonathan Giles,

Devon Smith Substitute: Luke Power

They (gws) will have to trade for him. I'mm not sure what the go is regarding the pre season draft if they take Blease.

Just watched the replay of the the eagles - pies game and one stat that was interesting was that Nicnat did not get one brownlow vote last year. At the moment he is very much a highlight player. Does some great things and then will run around like a headless chook for a bit. Think he will end up a very very good player. Love watching him.

Having met Beamer and Jonesy a number of times through friends they are quite similar. Both ripping blokes that's why i will always stick up for them. Both love the dees but more so Beamer as he grew up barracking for them. His garage full of memorabilia is awesome! Both love the beach and have similar dogs. Would love for supporters to see what the players do behind closed doors and what guys like Moloney have gone through with there injuries etc to show how hard it really is.

Also with regards to the 'shopping around' by the manager, Moloney's has done it one way or would you prefer the Cloke way?

Interesting that it was Beamer at the presser. I saw someone posted on the Melbourne facebook page that they had spoken to an ex player and put on facebook that they were leaving at the end of the season. For someone leaving Beamer seemed to love singing the song and getting involved at the club.

Hurley's kicking let him down big time tonight. Love his attack on the footy will be a very good player. Watts was very good, missed a couple of marks late in the game but wasn't costly.

I'll sink to boot in again - Sylvia has been awful so far. When the bloke behind you has an easy run at the ball for a mark, don't come out and f*cking spoil him FFS.

The kids and Rivers are keeping us in it.

I would love eyes in the back of my head too! You need to call for the ball otherwise the player does not know you are there.

Sylvia must have a big second half

I know most people see good games as kicks and handballs but i think you will find Sylvia's role tonight is to try and lead fletcher away from the ball. So playing the decoy forward. He did it well in the 2nd qtr.

Nicholson, Macdonald, Morton and Moloney all doing well. T Mcdonald worries me with the ball. Love Garland forward.

The thing that frustrates me is players going to ground so easily. Bail did this a lot and had one shocking effort where he dropped a chest mark went to ground and took forever to get up. He is not clean enough as with Nicholson dropping easy chest marks. Agree with Dunn being selfish and just too many brain fades! Bennell not sure why we keep playing him, is 5 metres out could run into an open goal but runs sideways and misses. Not sure how he gets a game ahead of Morton (i missed the Sydney debacle and before that he was in our best 2 weeks in a row!)

Mcdonald and Blease really look like good players. I want Blease and Tappy to stay in as they seem to attack the game but in different ways.

Mitch Clark has been an amazing recruit, scary to think where we would be without him!

I thought he was good in the 3rd qtr yesterday. So many players are struggling at the moment. Some can't get the footy like Trenners and Beamer then some that get it just butcher it.