Allus Monk

How was he, in the back of frame, jumping up like a fan in the front row when Maxxy clunked the pack mark in the third!

OMac!!!

Just out of curiosity, what's the record for Rising Star nominations by one club in a season? I really can't imagine it being higher than our four.

Luke Jackson says hi...

And we’re the only match in prime time not against the Olympics.

An unexpected consequence of the changing fixture is we now get to see how all these teams go next round before we play, and know exactly what’s at stake.

Post of the year.

The new David Cordner

I got paid out at $26, or 25/1 in the old.

From the Bulldog Bigfooty. Sounds like a reasonable doggie: Melbourne were absolutely first rate. That was a benchmark win and kudos to them. We aren’t that far away though and I’d really love to see us go round 2 against them with Dunkley and Treloar back in the team. They might still roll us though. Reminded me of Geelong at their best. Hard and skilled and Gawn is a deadset superhero.

Jesse Hogan’s last game in the red and blue.

Yes but his good game for us was in a winning Preliminary Final, that helps.

That was the last game Jesse Hogan played for the Demons.

Sean Wight right now has him covered, but give it a few weeks...

Yes good luck Suns. A small milestone but a milestone nonetheless. Get around them GC.

Effectively this is what happened. And back in August plenty piled on to old Allus, saying he had no idea about modern list management. Allus know of which he speaks.

He certainly warmed up with the forwards pre-game last Friday, including a stack of set shots

We will need a plan for Cox. J Smith in this week may be a godsend.

Well said SD. Let's not lose sight of this. It's a more than solid effort to force his way in to this team, having never played a final.

a la Ben Beames 2000. Missed by that much.

When I was a wee lad it read: MELBOURNE MASTERS OF THE MCG

Felt so different at the ground to last week. Last week was emotional and a celebration, this was more like a difficult job at the coal face, done with minimum of fuss, and are rostered on for next week.

I know it doesn't get him to WA,, but would we consider a straight trade with Gold Coast for Steven May, who now need a key forward to replace Lynch. Or more likely, a three club deal involving Freo in some way.

This.

One under-rated aspect of Robbie’s game, and where he’s currently got Oliver covered , was his aerial skill. Unfortunately because Melbourne games rarely got TV coverage (and if they did 10 minutes of one-camera coverage) there’s only a few videos of a couple of famous Robbie high marks. But he took them most weeks, and many better than those on video. He was fearless and sublimely skillful overhead, winning contests he had no right to even get to. Unfortunately this part of his game is not documented nearly well enough. Not a crash the contest beast, but a cat-like leap and balance. There’s not a player past or present that readily comes to mind to compare him to.