Demonised

Kenny Frencham later coached West Brunswick in the Amateurs, where I started senior footy.

Played lots of junior footy in the country, then came to Melbourne for uni. Too busy for footy for a few years, then got the itch and looked for a local team needing players. Ended up in an E grade amateur club - not an old boys' team - and played there for ten years or so, a premiership and a couple of B&Fs. Great days.

Play him at FB.

I'm always convinced by Craig's thoughtful approach and if we could reproduced this vision for four quarters, I'd be a happy man. The football? Good, honest, fast stuff. No stop and start. Plenty of looking for options before delivering. Lots of run from behind the ball.

Remember when Colin Garland manned up on Buddy Franklin and beat him? I do. Seems like it was in another universe, though.

I'm still dark on Gerard Healey.

Very early on, hosted the Nylex Football Show?

He wasn't perfect, though. I saw him on a mudheap at Kardinia Park once and someone (Adrian Battiston?) drilled a tumble punt at him with a ball that must have weighed twenty or thirty kilos. It hit RF in the chest and bounced straight off. Of course, he then scooped it up left handed, baulked and wove around three Geelong scrappers and then slammed home a left footer from forty metres ...

I want a club that wins when it's playing poorly. I want a club that crushes weaker opposition. I want a club that other clubs hate to play. I want a club that when other clubs look at the fixture at the start of the year say: '#@%! We have to play Melbourne twice!' I want a club that the League caves in to when we say: 'Clash strip? We don't need no stinking clash strip!' I want a club that holds the most number of premierships. I want a club that dominates the free to air TV schedule, the Friday night TV spots and any sundry TV ad that features footy. I want a club that has the greatest number of AusKick jumper wearers. I want a club that other clubs' supporters look at and say: 'Why can't we be like Melbourne?'

And I'm not crazy about Adelaide, either.

And West Coast.

I want a premiership, but I'd settle for beating Carlton, Essendon, Collingwood, North and any other team I hate. Geelong, for one.

Having a second D. Misson pre-season under the belt is sure to stand some players in good stead.

So, according to Geischen, you can't get run down from behind. I mean, that'd be complete blindsiding, wouldn't it? You're completely blind about what's happening behind your back.

This. Mark Blackney operated on my foot (not Lisfranc, though). He's the best there is.

Two years ago I was convinced that we had a far better list than Richmond - and Essendon - and that the future was bright.

Couch? Sofa so good.

Tony Charlton. Jonco footy nicks. Jenkin topliners. Coaches who wore hats and overcoats.

And why don't we know how to stop the opposition from bringing it in so easily?

I was there. Wish I hadn't been.

I'd like to see lots and lots of really bad wins.

It's no good trying to replicate what's the current Big Thing. We need the Next Big Thing. With modern coaches looking for inspiration from other sports (forward presses etc) I think we need to look further afield. Like the old Aztec gall games where the penalty for losing was drastic, to say the least. Keeps a team on their toes.

Glenn Swann