layzie

This is actually getting painful now

Did you guys know Bayley Fritsch was playing?

That's it Kozzie

A decent quater from Melbourne work rate wise and some in-roads made. I could have and probably should be another goal or two better though. If you're one of those people than gives us a pass and bemoans bad luck then more power to you. Salem's pass then Melksham wasn't quite able to mark, Trac's brilliant intercept followed up by kicking it 2 metres into the man in front of him, good teams don't do these things on a regular basis. You need to create your own luck in this game. Instead of Clarry sitting on King's back in defensive 50 and whinging about it you need to be first to the ball so some spud from the other team can make that mistake. Probably not skilled enough to mount a serious challenge today but might see some good stuff if we stick with the process and attack the middle.

If we outscore them this quarter by a couple of goals I'll take it

Onya Max, pity the game is screwed.

Some awful ones have gone against us yes but a lot of the time we do it to ourselves

Can we stop giving away free kicks?

A much needed Jake Melksham special

Let's make sure we level up the inaccuracy ledger.

Hard work unglued. Same old [censored]

Need to work your butt off when playing from behind

We are on the board ladies and gentlemen. What a sight

Petty seriously? Screw this

Indictment. The other team misses a swag of chances for a change. Only this team could fail to take advantage of that. I cringe when people on here laugh at Carlton. We're exactly the same.

12:30? How am I supposed to get stuffed done?

Need to get Bergman

More than happy to see how he develops given another season. Nice hands and comfortable overhead, go get em Luker.

Nice find BBP. Not likely to get cheaper than that.

Any interest I had in the A-League died when they left Fox/Kayo. That's not to say they were better, but I've found the marketing and promotion of this league has completely fallen into the tank ever since. I wouldn't know anything about it right now at all, who is playing, when the Grand Final is, nothing. It feels so closed off now like racing or skiing.

After the mega contracts we've given out, I'd hope this isn't a 'we'll see what's left for you Judd' situation.

Wish there were more of these. My dad constantly asks me how pressure is graded so I'm just going to give him this.

I think our youngster crop is very impressive but I wouldn't be parading it around as one of the best or using it as the ultimate selling point to snare big name players. The fact is that every team has a few good youngsters. I could pick any list in the comp and make a narrative for some of their youngsters being good. I think in Langford, Linsday, Windsor, McVee we are well on the way to forming the nucleus of our next premiership challenging side, however we still need to add to these stocks.

Being a 'good kick' is too broad a phrase. There's the players who are great relieving field kicks who find the target when needed or loop a nice weighted kick giving their man space and time to mark it, then there's the guided missile chest hitters who can land it on a 20c piece. Goal kicking ability is another thing altogether in my view. There have been literally thousands of players who couldn't kick a set shot for peanuts but could hit anyone on the chest and vice versa. And then to your point, the role and position you play factors into it too. As mentioned I think he's a reasonable get out of trouble kick but he's probably not the most technically gifted kick going round. Which is no slight on him at all, he can still be everything we think he'll be. It was interesting to note on his rookieme profile he had made big improvements with his kicking back before he got drafted.

At the end of the day, there is none. After last season, this was the one where people were going to 'see what this team is made of' and it turns out we're made of cream puff pastry.