Nasher

By this stage half of Demonland had already bled out, RM.Put all knives away for the third quarter though mate. I'm not normally a slasher but was just about a convert after 10 minutes or so.

Should be playing with the senior rabble instead hey KC?

I trust you've taken note of when I posted that.

I assume "other interests" aren't flattering ones, but it doesn't really matter. He's probably lucky that he is from coastal NSW and not Melbourne, then. I wonder how many kids get lost to the system because they're distracted during their developing years. I'm glad nobody was looking at how focused I was when I was 18. It's a good story in pulling one's finger out, by the sounds.

Nice to see that he can put this behind him now. It would be a weight off the shoulders. Looked sharp last night too. Hopefully he can keep that form up in the real stuff.

It makes me wonder where he was before. We know he dominated in Canberra last year, but where did he fit in the scheme of things as a 16-21 year old? A midfielder of his size would have stuck out like dog's balls at junior level if he'd been any good. Something must have changed drastically in recent years for him to just suddenly appear on the radar now I reckon.

The scoreboard agreed that we were on top.

I'm 31, and that is not even close to the worst I've seen. You remember all those times we lost by 100+, right?

Mate.

The first 15 minutes of the third quarter was a disgrace. That and an appalling Viney error at the end were why we lost by a very narrow margin. We were clearly on top early, particularly in the first quarter.

What for? The first half wasn't that bad.

You're an idiot.

Not sure whether to laugh or cry. So I choose drink.

I hate to pick on a player who gets enough bashing, but it's almost to the point now where I'd prefer Matt Jones didn't try and tackle at all.

Great work Watts. Has been good.

See guys? Told you the first half wasn't bad. *This* is bad.

For the first half of each quarter our midfield was well on top, but we couldn't capitalize. For some reason our last movement forward is always poor. For the rest of the game it's just been well contested. At no stage have the opposition been on top and that is reflected on the scoreboard.

Said to myself when I logged on: "I thought that was below expectation but not that bad. I bet I log on to find slashed wrists everywhere."

They must have just forgotten he was there if they haven't dropped him after 65 consecutive poor games.

This is the argument I've been putting forward ever since people started pushing the Tassie barrow. As a Tasmanian, I wouldn't barrack for the Tassie team: I'm a rusted on MFC supporter. I don't know many other rusted on MFC supporters but I know a truckload of rusted on Hawthorn, North and Collingwood supporters and I can't see them changing allegiances either. Even if they did, it's at the expense of the existing clubs supporter base. I can't see the point.

Agreed. Escalating debt - even if it's extreme - does not equate to going broke. You can be in the most debt you've ever been in and also be in the best financial position you've ever been in. Not saying that's the case here as I don't know if it is, but you can't just assume that because there is a lot of debt, the AFL is in trouble.

Is this a real question? The guy is 20.

Amazed anyone is even contemplating the possibility of a loss. I know we're Melbourne, but... We'll win, comfortably, and learn little in the process.

It wasn't "one good season", either, it was at least three solid seasons in a row before one poor one, but of course that doesn't suit your argument. At least you were closer to the mark than "one good season four years ago" which was just an outright lie. I'm not suggesting that past form equals automatic selection, I'm saying it's an indicator of where he could get back to. I'm clearly in the minority, but I back him to get there and I think he will. He wasn't far off on the weekend - there was certainly a step change in his performance from the previous week. I had a conversation with a colleague at work recently about how footy fans are always ridiculously biased towards the most recent season and forget everything else. There's no better an example of that than this discussion I reckon.

I reckon the opposite RM. Hogan needs all the opportunities he can get to blow out the cobwebs. I expect our best available/closest to round 1 side to be on the park.