DangerousDemon

Hi, Noticed Brent Moloney grab his lower leg/hamstring late in the last quarter. He tried to run it out by sprinting toward the forward flank (not smart). He was in obvious pan after that and he wont play next week. So I ask what to do now?

Mate that is the worst appraisal of a game I have ever seen.

Sorry correct me if I am wrong but does Melbourne and Cale have to agree to this or do they just say " We want you"?

How about were try to draft a good ruckman to go with this plentiful quota of mids that would help!!!!

Come on guys there is no way Liam Jurrah is going to play senior football this year.

Hi Golly, I agree with everything you just said and share your frustration with the in the back rule. I concur with your thoughts about tackling from behind and feel this is a blatant miss interpretation of the most basic rule. These are not things the umpires can miss when trying to adjudicate upon, these are blatant, easy decisions to make when the flow of play is at a meander. The issue with all the these cases lies in the fact that the umpires have little or now feel for the game, seek attention and attempt to insight the crowd with ridiculous and pedantic decisions that leave fans miffed and officials seething. In my view there is not a close game go by where the umpires do not have an impact upon the flow of the game and its status. They have an understanding of the implications of their decisions and continue to make blunders that are glaringly incorrect. I can recall a game quite a few years ago at the SCG when River threw the ball back to Schnider whilst he was standing the mark after a free kick. I have never, even seen a more pedantic and biased decision in my 25 years of watching VFL/AFL football. There are examples of the blatant disregard and contempt these men show for the game. If they are left to continue on this vein they will surely ruin it before the decade is out that is for sure.

I wonder will both Rivers and Frawley be right to take on the old enemy on Queens birthday long weekend? I wonder what other posters think. It is very important that we beat Col#%#*##** .

I think the Jared Rivers injury tracker has just ground to a halt mate..... fingers crossed for him though

At what point yesterday did you think Bate worked hard. He does not chase, follow up when he drops a mark or even look like marking a second effort. he looks very slow indeed.

I am sure Yze Magic will have some thoughts he would like to add to the discussion. Stand by for liftoff!!!

I agree great post mate!!!!

Is Yze Magic on him as well now Cameron Bruce might live to fight another day now that the noose is loosened around his neck a little. However in all reality nobody takes YM seriously? Do they?

You havr too much time on your hands mate. Get a life

Ohh good one mate add that to your hall of fame

Hi, Just reading an attached thread about the proposed side in 2010 with two priority picks included. I wonder are people site impaired, can you not all hear? How many times has it been said and written in print media WE ARE IN A REBUILDING PHASE!!!!. To my knowledge rebuild entails working from a micro level up. Yes that is right start with bare foundations and move upwards. Now people im not sure what your expectations are but I see some people writing in expectation about the Geelong game this Sunday " We want to win games dont worry about the draft pics". Well I hate to burst you bubble guys but we aint going to win on Sunday against Geelong. If you teeter along to the game hoping for a Melbourne win you are unrealistic and know very little about football. Would there be any harm in envisioning the side with Scully and Butcher in it? For the people who argue the clubs poor record over the years since its last premiership, and the lack of finals wins well truthfully that is just the spherical nature of football and poor records come with the territory. In 1998 in Daniher's first year as coach we drafted Jeff White who was a number one pick. In fact we had a few high draft picks that year and sites were flooded with people loving the lime light and toasting the wins on the back of great performances from Jeff White A DRAFT PIC PEOPLE. When reality sets in your will realize that with the list we have atm if we dont get the draft pics we aint going anywhere really fast because the kids are all young and they are LEARNING on the job because we have no other choice. When Dean Bailey says we need to be competitive this is what he means and the young kids are our best chance of being competitive. I am sick of this parochial hedonistic nature of some of our supporters who criticize everything the club is doing at atm " oh Sylvia is no good, Newton is no good". Then you go on about Bailey and how he coaches. Get a grip people and think about how much you love your club and enjoy going to the football every week and not winging and whining.

Dont kid yourself mate

Hi, Very good insight and I really hope it works out to be the case. Thanks for the great reply

Well can you suggest something better than what I have High Tower. You say you think it is far fetched how so, can you do better. Come on guys a bit of positive insight here.

well mate I know this much for sure as little as we have seen of them, what they have shown us is a hell of a lot better than anything Newton or Jamar have shown in their years on the list. This is foresight only but Dean bailey must have a plan. In terms of premierships I believe it is as simple s this, and that Bailey will be that ruthless when the time comes that he has both the robustness and depth in his list. Bate looks terribly slow ATM, more so than ever......... to be continued I guess

Here are all the players on our list which of these could contribute to the winning of a premiership. Here is my opinion I wonder what others think. Bail N/A Bartram No Bate No Bell No Bennell Yes Blease N/A Bruce Yes Buckley No Cheney Yes Davey yes Dunn No Frawley Yes Garland Yes Green Yes Grimes Yes Jamar No Jetta Yes Johnson No Jones Yes Jurrah N/A Maric Yes Martin Yes McDonald No McLean Yes McNamara N/A Meesen No Miller Yes Moloney Yes Morton Yes Newton No Petterd Yes Rivers Yes Robertson No Strauss N/A Sylvia Yes Warnock Yes Watts N/a Wheatley No Whelan No Wonaeamirri Yes B Rivers Martin Cheney HB Warnock Garland Grimes C Mclean Sylvia Morton HF Jetta Miller Davey FF Petterd Watts Wonaeamirri Foll Moloney Jones Int Benell Maybe this is what Dean has in mind, maybe its not but it seems more than a coincidence that he is suddenly moving toward youth. With the whisper that Mcnamara may play on the weekend is this the case? Seems there are only a few spaces to fill here for what might be a good team going forward. Thoughts please

I agree with the above assessments and the question that really comes to mind is the following. Which of these players could contribute to winning a premiership at their best.

Thank you very much mate my thoughts exactly

Hi fellow posters, For those who found it humerous to critque my spelling and grammer I will have you know that I run my own psychology clinic, tutor students at a melbourbne university, and do my own study doctorate in philopsophy to add to the masters of psychology and master of teaching that I have aldready obtained. For your information this post was written in about 5 minuts, in my break between clients and with much haste. Furthermore it was adressed to a particular person with whom I had a conversation on this site yesterday evening.I do applogise for spelling Bethams name incorrectly but surely you have more to occupy yourself with than this turthfully get a life. For theose who bagged this post, if it was so uninticing then why did you bother reply or giving your feedback to it in the first place.For those who actually took the time to read it, the post made sense, for others who lack the interlect and backbone to winge and complain outside the bounds of this site I pitty you I really do. I was asked for my thoughts on Newton by another poster and I gave them end of story. Bloody hell people are narrow minded

Have a think about it mate

Hi, Firstup appologies if I construed your invitation to join another site enscripted with the great mans name as a threat. It had been ardous day at work and I have been burning the candle at both ends of late. All thoughts on Micheal have to be as simplistic as possible for I feel that he is limited in both intellect and general resoning ability on the football field. By this I mean I have observed at select intervals, particulary during the previous two weeks, that unfortunatly he lacks what is commonly referred to as " Footy smarts". We in the profession howeveer call this "apptitude".Micheals demenour and posture on the field have been the point of great fansination for me over a long period. Amid the furor during the Daniher era of his non inclusion in the team spreading across forums sites and through chats between supprters at the gound I held firm on my beliefs. These are that in my observation he seems to be very immature. There is a direct corraltion between the games that Micheal plays well in, and the games that Melbourne wins. This is determained a lot by the quality of supply going into the forward line. It has been reported quite visciforously within certain sectors of the club that Micheals attitude problems and not abating. This cements my assumptions of his body language and lack of effort on these occaions that he is in simple terms " A hugly overated intantile dummy spitter". I hear you argue has he ever played well? my answer to that is that I think what Micheal thinks is playing well and what actually constitutes a satisfactory game at AFL level are two totally differnt paridigms. His inclination to adopt the spectacular in perfernce for the menial taks on the football field is obvious, not only to me, but also the supporter in the outer. However I think his feelings covertly are the driving force behind the Micheal Newton who plays at Casey and the Newton at AFL level. I think he was superior athelitcally to most at TAC cup level therefore his application at this level nees to be less to succeed that what it is currently in the AFL. He operated in a comfort zone at Sandringham, and now he is doing at Casey.His comfort zone is where he has to work at a minimal level for maximum output. For example run to the wing, take a screamer, get the crowd yelling and then starts the next passage of play. However at AFL level his is what we psychologists call a "social loafer". A social loafer is someone who does not contribute to a group task when there is a common goals attainable at the end of it. By this I mean he only puts in for his own gain, rather than applying himself to the whole goals of the team. Truthfully I feel that rival AFL teams have done their homewrok on Micheal and I feel that when he is in the forward 50 they block his space to lead into and disallow the potential for him to fly. Now his ideals of what is perfect are construrued and he becomes angry. it is a little like taking a lolly away from a young child. If they cant have it, and have it easily, there is no piint having it at all. Somrtimes being in the limeloght is what people strive for. A great philosopher Jeremy Bethan once said that people strive toward the pleasure principle. This is they strive for pleasure and only pleasure is the greatest attainable amout.Theortetically this says to others bugger you im working toward fullfilling my own needs in precedenc to yours. You may also notice that when he is stationary in the forwrd 50 some teams will have a player go to him, bumping into him, hastling him and saying a lot of not so nice phrases to him. I overheard some of it in the pocket on Sunday as a matter of fact. This cements my assumption that other teams feel the key to conquering him is to get inside his head and that they feel cognitivly he is a little fragile. Unfortunatly as you may well know in life generally being fragile means being a little vulnerable in a some areas. If a psychologist can pinpoint those areas, and highlight them to an opposition coach then the job is half done with those of low intellect and emotiponal intelligance such as Micheal. To sum up I know I will attact considerable critisism after other posters read this incrimentally, probably critiqing my spelling because they have nothing better to occupy themselves with. This is my opinion and I am entitled to it, and after all you asked for it. I find it liberating to have another person on this site who actually houses some active neaurotranimtter activity and isa able to think critcally in some capacity. So thankyou for your insight and request for my thoughts. Kind regards Danegerous Demon