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See Sylvia a fair bit around the South Yarra and Toorak areas, and not to mention a large amount of the boys at Chaddy. Juice, Jamar, Strauss and Cheney (even though he's gone) always seem to be there. Also see Strauss driving around the Camberwell/Surrey Hills areas a lot. Funny storry about Juice, have seen him in Edge a fair few times, and my mate I couldn't help but pissing ourselves laughing when he asked one of the girls there "What are you girls doing for new years?" The fella may be a dud, but he has provided my mates and myself with HOURS of laughter over that one.

Far too early for this mate, trade/draft period isn't even close!

1. Martin to keep his form that he's had going all year 2. Watts to kick a bag 3. Senior players to LIFT 4. Prevent losses from becoming a 'blowout' 5. Be COMPETITIVE at Etihad 6. Knock off the Tigers, GC and PA in Adelaide.

You can't be serious mate? I reckon if you looked over the game again you'd see a lot of players were in a similar boat to him. And as for a lot of games where he does very little? He's one of our best younger players, what do you expect from him? 30 touches every week? He wasn't superb today but a long way off being dropped for his efforts. I think you'll find he deserves to be 'rested' as opposed to 'dropped'.

I'd have to agree with you there mate. Think Darwin last week and the outs had a significant impact on our game. I actually thought this was one of our "better" loses this year considering our opposition.

Gotta be kidding mate, we'll need to be at our best to be any chance of pulling off a win there. It will not be a walk in the park.

FWIW just in terms of Friday night I think a lot of people over-rate where we are at, and the current ability of our list. On the flip aide the dogs are a much better team than they are given credit for, and their A graders far outweigh and perform our A graders and senior players. As our side grows and develops so will our ability to win away from the G.

Weak, pathetic and embarrassing excuse

Couldn't help laughing at that!

well done

Fantastic measured and balanced article about the 2008 Draft. Couldn't see it posted anywhere and yes it's a few days old but for those who haven't read it make sure you do. Makes for some very interesting reading! http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/watts-the-debate-top-two-to-deliver-in-spades-20110627-1gmz7.html

Someone's grumpy.

Didn't fully read through this thread so I don't know if this has already been posted BUT: "TOM Scully's manager Alastair Lynch has provided the strongest indication yet the gun on-baller will re-sign with Melbourne...But when asked on Fox Sports' On The Couch if Demon fans could be optimistic about Scully staying at Melbourne, Lynch said: "You should be optimistic, yeah." http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/tom-scully-may-stay-with-melbourne-says-manager-alastair-lynch/story-e6frf9jf-1226083081945

You should have a look at all the morons trivalising and defending the issue on the hun website. Cretins, morons and brogans.

Wow cool story, Hansel. Another amazing post from the master.

Love Sylvia, one of my favorite players but he'll never be a captain. Misdemeanors as a young player will have tarnished him and while he has improved dramatically as a player, glimpses of his former self do occassionaly pop-up. Just can't see him as a captain.

Anyone know anything about Sylvia making contact in an off the ball incident? Heard someone saying he'll get 3 weeks for it...no one at the game knows anything about nor did anyone see it. Me thinks it's a bit of good ol' fashioned BS.

Think that's a bit of an overstatement mate. Hawkins has talent and ability, he just needs to get out of Geelong.

Not a fan of the idea at all. The AFL doesn't have the supporter base to do this, and the second tier is almost inconsequential. The 15-18th teams in the comp would hardly receive any exposure, and if a team was to languish there they would basically be killed off. This system is short sighted and I reckon it would only increase the gaps between the rich and the poor clubs.

What? Is there an issue with getting a general consesus on an issue seeing that's what this threads about?

Would anyone consider a twilight game? Personally I like the idea of 2.10 Like that bit of tradition that we have in this game.

Trengove was a scapegoat, and the fact that know one else has been reported after this is sickening. One of the most outrageous decisions in recent years.

Not sure if it's been posted, but an interesting read. http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/115298/default.aspx We've talked the talk, now let's walk the walk.

Stef Martin, has been close to the most improved player all year. At this stage would easily win Most Improved player end of year. Trengove had been great until suspension. This kid will be a star for us. Tapscott. Love his hardness and bullish attitude. Good to see some grunt coming through. Watts has really taken his game to another level this year. Starting to show confidence and belief in his own ability. Even though many still knock him on here I love what I see from him. He reads the play so well and his possesions are class. The amount of unrewarded running this kid does shows his endevour and work rate. Jones has been solid, improved his disposal. Gysberts has been able to flourish with Scully and Trengove being unable to play. Like what I see from this kid. Don't know what it is but reminds me of a young Pendlebury. A lot of people are still knocking Sylvia, but I reckon he's been one of our more consistant senior performers this year too. Rivers has been solid down back too.

This made my day.