mauriesy

The whole point of the lasso rule is to remove the difficulty of applying intention.

So if you toe poke it through for a goal it shouldn't count?

Surprise, surprise. Young player takes 2 years and 20+ games to get better.

Or do you mean Leonard Cohen? Teale was an actor in Homicide.

I hope you realise that a few "dinosaurs" run this place.

There's no rabies in Australia, unless maybe you get bitten by a bat.

You can't just make a list of players traded in the last few years and suggest any one of them could have come to Melbourne, without considering their individual circumstances, their own desires about destination, our salary cap, our needs and our trading currency. For some of those players we would have had to give up picks that later resulted in players like Windsor, Langford and Lindsay. Or Taylor and Pickett #2. We'll be better off in the long run with the picks imho. I'd also happily avoid some of those on the list due to perpetual injury or the salary expense we would have incurred. The days of the "messiah" are long gone (let's see how St Kilda ends up in the long run). Some, like Joe Daniher, were over-rated in terms of trading cost, and he (like Curnow) wanted to get out of Melbourne anyway. Rohan and Lipinski are a bit meh. And I wouldn't have touched Bailey Smith or Tanner Bruhn with a barge pole.

Some posters on here will look only to a bright future, and not backwards to endlessly complain about the last decade.

W You could see clearly on the replay that the ball was hit out of his hands.

Don't worry, the Dees fans will have driven up in the Range Rover and parked near the ground. 😄

He's 20 years old and has played 19 games.

So some people here want to "keep a lid on the kids", but are happy to virtually write one off already. We criticised Goodwin for "playing favourites", but some here are doing the same thing with their own player preferences. Time we gave everybody a "clean slate", like King, and allow the year to play out before making hasty judgements, in my humble opinion.

I'm just not sure about Melksham's match-ready fitness.

I'd replace Melksham with Kentfield if he plays OK on Friday. Will Petty be fit? If not, debut Taylor or add McDonald. Unlike others, I wouldn't drop Sparrow. I think he might come into his own this year as a strong midfielder now that Petracca and Oliver have gone.

Not sure about Melksham. I think Culley will be in there, the broken arm should be fixed by Round 1. At the moment I'd have Heath instead of Jefferson.