beelzebub

There's a very apt expression for all of this perhaps... That was then, this is now. What is ... is Can't wait to beat Fremantle again....but simply because they are just another team....and I prefer winning. This bloke that's gone ..just one of hundreds we play against. Go Dees

Boo hoo

I get that ..but May fills a void.. Preuss is a backup icing on the cake. We would still play ok without Preuss... We're back to so-so down back without May.

Not necessarily

and we can all celebrate cinco de mayo with endless tacos and burritos washed down with buckets of margaritas !! actually am not fussed what number he gets.... I can always have Mexican

He's moved on to the next chapter. I'm sure he'd always be welcome as a friend of Melbourne, if nothing else. We have our lives to live as he has his.

F.....d if I know

The club ISNT going with 3 talls in 19... therefore we aren't looking for one. The expectations are the forward 'group' will kick goals among them. We'll only be looking to develop other forwards should either Tmac or Weed goes down.

It's a bit like the Smokey hiding in plain sight

There's an aspect to this which I'm not sure if already mentioned. Leadership. We just poached a Captain. Someone with real leadership ability. We bemoan the lack of leadership at times...well.. here's some.

I've not noticed Pig take any backward steps either. We might scare a few teams with our list. Another summer in the gym... Won't be too many boys out on the paddock

He goes ok. Has a big appetite for the game...snacks on forwards I'm told

We're not going to play with a 3 KP talls forward in 19. We'll use 2 talls with a floating utility..coming through with the play. They'll be a spread of goal kickers..Much harder to defend...more unpredictable eh Mr Smith

What a fascinating thread to read and participate in

no... maybe you're just not funny

Thing is possibly unlike your good self they do have a clue as to a plan. It's not really that overly disguised either. . Am sure you'll twig

Not that hard to grasp is it.

Sorry >>>>>>>>>>naughty corner for me

so where has GNFI got to ??

about as thingy as I get about it all. Hundreds of blokes are on other teams...he's now one. Not fussed

funny ...trees and forests isnt it

There is of course another way to view this We were the highest scoring team with 2299 for ....and 1749 against... % of 131 Even if we managed to effectively kick one goal less a game...or 132 points less for 2167 for BUT with a better defence saved 2 goals a game.... that would be 264 less for 1485 we would have a percentage of 145.9 !!! not only that but we would have won 3 more games possibly. Thats SECOND on the ladder !!!! Its not so much about supposedly replacing 47 goals...as much as playing smarter and better.

A jam centre ?

Yes....he walked on water......with his board in hand...