The Backyard Charizard

Channel 10 sport said he was in doubt with hamstring soreness

Channel 10 sport say a lot of things.....

IMO most of it is crap....

I think we will have to wait a few more days and hear what the good Rev says...

Now there is a bloke we can believe!!

I believe they were resting him with a view that maybe Brock will not play Rnd 1....

Pickett IN

Brock OUT

Cameron Bruce would make a fine captain of the Melbourne Football Club...

His on-field performances (when not injured or at 50%) have been nothing short of brilliant!! The bloke is a gun footballer who on his day can set the ground alight with his silky skills and freaky forward 50 plays.... Hang on, this sounds like a few of our players... TJ, Davey etc....

I believe the only reason a lot of people would prefer to steer clear of Bruce as captain is physical stature

When people think of a skipper, they think of hard men of the game.... Blokes who actually have muscle tone! I'm sure Cam would be the first to tell us that he isn't exactly built like a Mark Riccuito or David Neitz, but we only have to look at the leadership that a bloke by the name of James Hird has given the Bombers over his career....

I believe Brock will get his day if he stays with us long enough and keeps working at his craft, but until such a day, I believe that giving the captaincy to Number 32 would be a wise decision! The bloke bleeds Red 'n Blue blood and I think he has earnt his stripes!

That is my humble opinion anyway....

Melbourne Vs St Kilda - Demons by 16

Kangaroos Vs Collingwood - Pies by 11

Fremantle Vs Port Adelaide - Freo by 26

Brisbane Vs Hawthorn - Lions by 18

Sydney Vs West Coast - Sydney by 5

Adelaide Vs Essendon - Essendon by 8

Western Bulldogs VsGeelong - Cats by 32

Carlton Vs Richmond - Carlton by 44

I think the Crows will struggle to kick enough goals to beat the Bombers (even tho it is at Moron Park)....

I also believe the Blues will launch an all out assault on the Tigers in a high scoring opening game for both sides....

As for the Dees, I would love to say we'll win by 5 or 6 goals but I am erring on the side of caution after our up and down pre-season....

Well, this is all a bit of a pointless adventure, but for what it's worth here is mine...

Geelong 22 17 5 0 2409 1991 68 120.9

Fremantle 22 17 5 0 2359 2041 68 115.5

Sydney 22 17 5 0 2278 2122 68 107.3

Melbourne 22 15 7 0 2390 2010 60 118.9

West Coast 22 14 8 0 2333 2067 56 112.8

St Kilda 22 14 8 0 2270 2130 56 106.5

W Bulldogs 22 13 9 0 2270 2130 52 106.5

Carlton 22 12 10 0 2296 2104 48 109.1

Adelaide 22 11 11 0 2220 2180 44 101.8

Bris Lions 22 10 12 0 2126 2274 40 93.4

Collingwood 22 10 12 0 2124 2276 40 93.3

Port Adel 22 8 14 0 2147 2253 32 95.2

Hawthorn 22 7 15 0 2054 2346 28 87.5

Essendon 22 6 16 0 2068 2332 24 88.6

Richmond 22 3 19 0 1933 2467 12 78.3

Kangaroos 22 2 20 0 1923 2477 8 77.6

I must say, I am as shocked as the rest of you at the fact that I have Carlton in the 8 above teams such as Collingwood, Adelaide and Hawthorn....

But as I was going thru the fixture, it struck me that we could have a bloody ripper season on our hands! I believe Geelong will finally do what they have been promising their supporters for a long time, and finally stand up!

As for the dees, well a home final against last years premiers would be a nice way of testing our theory of improving each season!!!