Demon Disciple

Agree with you hotgod. Let's look at how Jim was so excited in getting Jack Watts to the club last draft. If one can say think of Jim and his enjoyment, then one can equally say think of what the majority of Melbourne supporters want. short term pain for long term gain.

Another great game by the Russian. He just needs to gain more confidence when kicking at goal.

The reason i post now is because during the 3rd quarter? in the middle of the ground a smothered Warnock kick required Morton to go in hard and get the ball, sure he slid in, but he did not want to put his body on the line. All the supporters surrounding me agreed that it was a weak as pi$$ effort. Whilst he was decent for the rest of the game (minus an extremely poor turnover) it was this moment that really disappointed me. He needs to be told to put his body on the line. I don't expect a Brad 'i run back with the flight of the ball every time' Green effort, i just want to see that he isn't afraid of physical contact.

Okay so this isn't three words but Morton needs to be sent back to the 2's and be sent a message. Too many times today he did not go in hard enough. I am starting to think he is scared of the contest. He needs to be told that AFL is a physical game and if he doesn't like getting touched, he should stop playing the game. He just frustrates me so much, he is so outside he's impaling himself on the boundary fence.

Have to agree with all points here. It will be pointless if we win 5 or 6 games this year. Not only pointless but stupid. It's not so much the 2 picks that i want, i want Scully as he is by far the best prospect in this years draft. We stuffed up against the blues in 2007 and we better bloody not stuff up our situation again.

I don't understand why 'Juice' is not in the side. Surely he should be in for the rest of the season to see if he is up to it or not. He needs an extended run to show what he can do (i'm pretty sure he's contracted for next year anyway). At least he chases and applies some form of forward pressure unlike Robbo. Sure he is a favourite of ours, but his time has surely come to a close as a player. I would, however seriously entertain having him as our forward coach should he retire, as he would mo doubt be a better coach than the dud that is Mahoney.

short-term pain for long-term gain. That is all that needs to be said.

Same here JACKATTACK, but it could only ever be for Melbourne, otherwise i'd run the rival club into the ground.

I wouldn't have Johnson in their. He is a lazy footballer who needs a rocket sent right up his (you know where)

If he's out of contract this year it's a very good thing, as we will sign him on for another 2-3 years. GC only gets to draft one uncontracted player from every club at the end of next year, not this one.

The next few years all the quality will be gone due to the GC and WS. This highlights that if there is a tall to be taken this year, then it must seriously be looked at, as KPP's take longer to develop. However (and lets not jinx it) a scully & trengove combo is mighty tantalising. Having Said that a spine of Warnock, Garland, Scully, Watts, Butcher also looks pretty good.

The problem is posters on this site who over-hyped him because he played all 22 games in his first year. Wow. It is commonly believed that he has pace, but it is rarely seen. Unfortunately Bennell has overtaken him in terms of position in the backline and will soon go ahead in midfield stakes too (if he hasn't already). There are a few that should be given the flick before clint, though.

Yes, Morton does not like the contact side of football, that's why most of his disposals are uncontested. We all know that he is not the inside type, but for gods sake, someone's needs to toughen him up a little. The best part of footy is the physicality, i'm not asking him to put his head over the ball when 'Thug' Hall is charging at him with his knees up high, i just want to see Morton toughen up. He is extremely soft, embarrassingly so.

Please don't get me started on the standard of umpiring these days. All of the nasty little weeds have ego's the size of mount everest. They think they control the game, and therefore run it and are above it. There are way too many rules and rule changes to adjudicate for umpiring to be consistent. The fact that the umpires association come out and say they will be targeting this or that on a weekend only highlights their unbelievable inconsistency. They, along with vlad and his crew in charge of the AFL, are the only one's that aren't held accountable for their actions. My old man says that there wouldn't be a game without umpires. Whilst i see where he is coming from, such a proposition of no umpires could not be any worse than what umpires are currently serving up week after week. Umpires are paid to adjudicate, not voice their opinion, so it would be a start if they just shut their gobs and get on with umpiring and not commentating. It's about time umpires are held accountable of their actions. PS. this is not a post venting my anger on the standard of umpiring last night. We were again very poor, and it is about time the media and we as supporters start seriously holding both the players and Bailey accountable for the drivel they continue to serve up. For those that say we have improved on last year, don't give me statistics to show otherwise, coz stats don't win games. We have neither taken a step forward or backward, and that is what is most disappointing. As for Josh Mahoney and his forward setup, if he is not given the arse at the end of the year, then we need to start raising questions on Bailey's ability to become a decent coach. A 6th grader would have more of a clue on how to run a forward line than this Port Adelaide hack. PPS. Yes i realise that i have now vented my anger, however it is not on the umpires.

Hopefully he comes back to the Dees when we draft Jack under father/son.

I find it unbelievable how so many people jump on the Butcher bandwagon, then off it because he has a bad day kicking at the goals. Lets look at the best FF's in the afl Brown - recently had a bad kicking performance Fevola - notorious for his off days kicking at goal Pavlich - the exception, yet is not considered the best FF Buddy - can kick 8.1 or 1.8 Riewoldt - his kicking problems have been well documented Geelong, the best team in the afl have a number of forwards with kicking issues and regularly kick a scoreline of say 14. 21 A couple of weeks ago, Butcher kicked 5 goals and we were licking our lips, now he has a bad day on the field and the knives are out??? It's not as if he has anything more important in his life at the moment (VCE)

Although i'm 22 in September, i reckon i'll be the next 300 gamer for the might red and blue!!!

i would trade Bate (no pun intended) or Miller for the right price. Both of them play only 1 good game in about 8, they are way too inconsistent and the team can only afford one of them if our forward line is going to mean business in the future. Both play the lead up CHF position and are slowish, Bate has a better kick but isn't as good as 'Frosty' below his needs and isn't as physical, but he has a much better kick than Miller. One of them needs to go, because if Jurrah comes on we would have Watts, Jurrah, either Frosty or Bate, possibly Butcher and Newton (god forbid). There's only room for 1 of them.

They play each other again in round 22, so yes no matter the result, Melbourne will benefit (unless it's a draw)

Jamar??? You have got to be kidding. He is our best ruckman by a country mile. Today at the game, when he went off and OJ came on, we weren't as good in the middle. And for those who put their eggs in the spencer basket, i do not see the hype with this guy. He has the length of the Flemington straight to go, if he wants to be at least serviceable in the ruck. Again , Jamar is our best ruckman at the club. There would be at least 10 players i would give the flick to before i got rid of Jamar.

He still has to want to go..if he doesnt then all bets are off Bingo, lets not forget that it doesn't matter if you are out of contract at the end of next year, if you don't want to go then the gc17 can simply get stuffed. Players need to agree to the move. Who in their right mind would leave the MFC in 2 years time, just when we are starting to come good. All to chase some more coin??? Please, i have a little more faith in our younger boys. They should also be reminded that $250,000 alone is a shitload of money for a yearly salary.

Because GC17 are only going to poach uncontracted players at the end of next year, not this year. We'll sign up/extend the contracts of the players we want to keep next year, no need to rush into things now.

Whilst the draft may be considered shallow or weak (although this cannot be determined until a couple of years after the draft itself), should we happen to have picks 1 & 2 or 1 & 3, we will not even consider trading for them (unless for a Pavlich/Selwood 2 for 1 deal) Scully atm is the deserved #1 pick, and he would go very high in any draft, Butcher whilst not going as high in the stronger drafts, would not go below the top 10 (if that) in any draft. And what are the 2 things we are crying out for most, a classy, quick, skillful inside midfielder and another tall forward. Depending on what 2nd round pick we would get and possibly throwing in a Bate, who knows what we could get in return. But alas, it is only the end of round 6. I will not allow myself to get too involved in this sort of thing yet. As quite sadly, trade and draft time is my favourite part of the footy year atm. Keep bringing that talent in Barry!!!

I'm not sure that he does know what he's doing, coz he has Josh Mahoney as our forward coach. And he clearly has no idea of how a forward line should function, for 50% if not more of the game yesterday, our forward line was non existant. Countless times we ran with the ball up the ground only to stop due to no one being in the forward line. Geez we need Robbo and his lazy ways back in our forward 50, at least he's gonna be around our goals. As for Mahoney, this guy has surely got to be on borrowed time??? Wasn't much of a player, but his coaching makes his career look like it was Judd or Ablettesque.

No. It would be pointless winning 5 or 6 games this year, given our priority pick situation. Lets not forget that the GC and then Western Sydney are going to screw the drafts for the next 5 or so years. We need to get as much young talent as possible, as we can't go on re-building for ever and will have to commit to a group of players and challenge for a premiership (or 2). The more young talent we have, the better our chances in the long run. Sure people want to see us win games, but we are only going to win 6 or 7 max. not much difference than 4 wins.