The Backyard Charizard

I also believe that the Melbourne Football Club is heading into a period that a lot of people have been waiting for! Too long now, the sleeping giant has been snoring his head off!!! The alarm clock is about to go off..... The big fella may press snooze a couple of times before he is willing to rise, but when he does wipe the sleep out of his eyes and gets out of bed...... LOOK OUT WORLD!!!! The next decade is going to be bloody awesome! Go Dees!!

You know what would be nice..... If we lost to Freo.... Then lost to Carlton.... Then put in the strongest squad we had and smashed St Kilda..... What a way to finish the year off.... A bloke can dream can't he....

The only things that really concerns me is that after a season of mixing the team around every week and playing guys out of position, how will the coaches fix this over summer??? Is it possible that Melbourne will gain the PP, get some really good young draft picks as well as Scully, and then suddenly turn it all around and be a different side to watch next year?? It is a concern.... Tanking does nothing for the players.... They look confused.... Hopefully with a full pre-season behind guys like Watts, Jurrah, Petterd etc. we will have a forward line that can take a mark and kick a winning score... After this year is over, I never want to see this sort of [censored] again!!!!!

Valenti has 15 leads the match with 15 posessions..... Also has 7 tackles and numerous clearances.... He is having a great match..... Oh god.... Foxtel are showing all of Melbourne errors by hand and by foot..... This is not good viewing...

30 inside 50's 3 goals That is a 10% conversion rate.... To all those who think we may win this match, look above.... LOL

OMFG.... Melbourne are running the clock down..... LOL This game is a disgrace..... Almost laughable....

Matches the pasting he is copping on the field.....

North are tightening the screws now... Double the Melbourne score....

Another clearance to Valenti..... He is playing really well... He is a little terrier.... Tackles like a rabid dog....

There is not a hope in hell we will win this match.... If we do, then Darren Crocker will line all his blokes up and stab them in the face with a knitting needle one by one.... North cannot possibly lose this match the way Melbourne are delivering it into their F50

I don't mean to keep going on about the bloke, but he just stands out.... And it isn't for good reasons.... I will try not to mention him again today... Unless he does something good...

The ball is slammed down the throat of the North goals.... And it is Swallow....

I have a feeling we may never see Newton play for Melbourne again..... God it is a good feeling :D

McDonald is having a shocker..... Seems to be rushing his decisions and coughing it up nearly every time...

Newton is a disgrace..... The commentators giving him grief after he tries to mark on the lead with his FACE..... LOL.... [censored] he is a joke....

Well..... Not the prettiest of matches I have seen.... Roos up by 4 points in front about 400 people.... Some good things from the 1st qtr.... Tom McNamara seems to be pretty switched on.... Good at ground level and reads the play really well (we have been hearing this) and his disposal is polished.... Valenti is making the most of his opportunities... 9 disposals, 4 tackles and 2 Frees for.... A quality quarter Lynden Dunn is having a good game so far as well.... Running well, breaking the lines and delivering well by foot... On a sour note... Rohan Bail is done for the day with a leg injury?? He is on ice.... Melbourne is leading the inside 50's 18 - 9 but are just bombing it in most of the time to a forward line which doesn't look like taking too many contested grabs.... About to start the 2nd term

Sylvia streams through the middle and hits Stef on the chest.... Straight through the middle.... Top leg.... Hope Miller was watching that....

Finally the midfielders pick the leading forward.... Bate kicks low to Miller.... Nice mark on the lead.... Just scrapes in for a behind.... OMG he is frustrating.... Looks so good before he actually has to kick the pill

Great tackle by Valenti.... rewarded with a free kick

Sharing the clearances with Beamer..... Doing quite well CB.... Trying to make the most of his opportunities I guess.....

Rohan Smith just mentioned that Davey has been on the bench for 10 minutes..... Nice and subtle DB.... LOL

Goal to Goldstein.... 4.0.24 to 2.1.13 Melbourne is just bombing into the F50.... Picking the wrong option in the forward line.... Don't really look like kicking anything near a winning score...

North kick it out on the full in Melbournes 50...... Melbourne can't capitalize..... Our disposal is not flash...

We might be able to con the Goald Coast into giving us a few cane toads for him

Rohan Smith talking about Bail.... Done for the day.... Not a memorable debut for the lad