Je Roos Salem

He takes the role of second best midfielder

6. N.Jones- Probably best game of the year, 11 clearances, a much better first half but still solid throughout the game 5. Dawes- Moved around the ground fantastically, applied some great pressure and hardness, should've kicked 3-4 goals instead of 1, very clean marking. 4. Rodan- Very impressive, especially in the 2nd half after making mistakes early. Seemed to be in every contest, his clearance work, contested possessions and tackling was a huge asset. Seems to want the ball more than others. A great opportunity taken in the side . 3. Frawley- Fine job keeping with Franklin, only 2 goals he conceded were more iffy free kicks. Work with the ball in defence still needs improvement. 2. Garland- Run through the middle in the 2nd quarter was inspiring and seemed to lift players. Good job in the contests 1. Howe- Solid game, not as good as last week, but found enough of the ball to justify playing around the ground

Possibly the harshest treated player by the selection committee in the last couple of years, but ever a vital guy at our club

-Get a decent amount of disposals, run in numbers, link up through the middle. -No putting players like Howe in defence late in the game. - A flamboyant Watts in the forward line - Refuse to lose - Not lose - Win - Try to win - Kick long so at least if we turn the ball over it's further away from their goals - Neeld to break down, cry and resign - Nathan Jones to get over 30 possessions - Anyone to get over 30 possessions - Davey to do the coin toss because it's indigenous round and he deserves to be there more than Trengove anyway - Us to wear our home guernsey - Us to give me satisfaction that I used to get from our efforts during the Bailey era - Try Spirit of: - Tom Wills - Jim Stynes - Barassi - Febey twins - A competitive nature - A competitive culture - A winning culture - A culture culture - A training drill - Execution of Wednesday skills - 22 men decked out in red and blue, with a common goal - Hope - A win. Because at the end of the day, what's the point if we aren't hoping for wins. Get a bigger score than the opposition. We all want our team to win, unless Jordan Mcmahon is having a shot after the siren. I could've been brought up barracking for any club, but it just happened to be Melbourne. So come on, you're a club for crying out loud. You are a team of people whose footy skills shone above others and who probably dreamed about playing AFL one day. The media say a lot of things, a lot of things are said on forums. But please, just chase a ball and put it through some posts. Because you will make people happy.

Don't worry, it's not about Neeld. All the players back the coach and the direction the club's going in, until they are able to leave for a reasonable offer. (Looks like Neeld will need more than 5 years). A new coach next week who is serious about winning as opposed to rebuilding>>>>Watts averaging 20 pos. and kicking 40 goals for Freo next year. No reverse Jeff White please.

270 possessions. The effort was there today, our defence was good, but we simply aren't getting run through the middle or controlling any games disposal wise. 270 disposals mustn't be much lower than our average, either. We are simply not at AFL standard and won't win games unless we are getting 350+

Great game. Didn't have a consistent impact, but looked dangerous when given decent delivery. His presence, especially in the first half felt like that of Neitz. Had a couple of good second efforts too. Looked better and quicker than he did for most of his last year with Collingwood

A couple of things I'd like to see this week: Magner picked, and played in the middle. Davey picked, and not played as the sub Dunn in the forward line, as well as Jetta

I think he's been our best this season, at least since the Essendon match and I'm sad he's sitting out. He was a bit disappointing at the start, but he was clearly playing decent footy and kicked a great goal. He's running out games well and has been consistent in disposal and pace. To be honest, I didn't think the incident was that bad and where Sylvia ended up hitting him was completely accidental and it looked like he was attempting a fair bump. He's still an important player and considering Grimes and Trengove are already out we need him in the team

Basically I was just taken to games from a young age, the support came down from my grandma to my dad. I've always been obsessed with footy, I come from a big family, and my family's support has wavered throughout time, so for a few years I didn't go to that many games and probably wasn't quite as emotionally invested or fanatical about seeing every match, but my support got stronger as I got into my teenage years (2007-)as I was able to attend games regularly and have been to almost every game in Melbourne since. But, to be honest I've never really thought about how or why as I don't recall making a conscious decision and to me to the support really feels like it was just always in me, and if I said I supported another club, brought their merchandise and cheered at their games, which I've fantasised about in the past, I'd still be a Melbourne supporter. And that's fine with me

I expect losses each week and am quite indifferent about it usually, because I have adapted to know and understand the feeling. But on Sunday it was just unbearable, just sad. Mostly due to the absence of a competitive stage at the start where the players have a crack, where I like to think we're a chance, there's a bit to get excited about and I'm vocally involved. Which has been there for all other games. But it just seemed from the beginning that we weren't willing to take GC seriously and they just shrugged us off, ran free and they weren't even 100% polished, and we seemed to let them clean up their mistakes far too easily. We stuffed up our first genuine chance to get a goal and I felt that completely ruined us. They probably should have been 9-10 goals up at quarter time. The game was just flat and the atmosphere was terrible. There were a couple of little highlights from a few players, but we looked like the ruins of something once great. As did our fans. The annoying whinging about free kicks in every contest didn't please me. But then again, it's easier to get away with and express discontent with the umpires than it is the effort of the players. It seemed like half the crowd had left when the final siren sounded. The players walked off to perhaps a few dozen people, half of which seemed to be clapping ironically.

They loved Majak Daw for 3 years too

Get him in to more contests where he can use his physicality. His biggest asset. At least he makes other players work hard for the ball.

Don't support Neeld until you have something to support. Yeah, he looked and sounded like a great coach before the first game of 2012. That is barely a player who you could say has improved under Neeld. Our game plan is rubbish, our selection decisions are rubbish too. I'm sorry, but don't have blind faith in someone just for the sake of it. Just be unhappy with the rest of us. Our performances have been inexcusable. Wooo, we got 12 goals in a quarter, jogging against a team who stood still for 30 minutes. Oh, and all this stuff about how he's exposing the players for who they really are and they aren't used to working so hard. No one ever said that our players didn't try hard enough during our 2010-2011 glory period. Are the players protesting by waving their arms around guarding turf in the midfield or is this amazing man telling them to do so? Has he also instructed men to move inside the forward 50, or does he believe the further they are from the goals, the closer they are to his "ethos". Maybe Neeld just can't coach, or think properly when he recruited Gillies, Rodan and Sellar (only to drop) into his idealistic "hard to play against" side. Gee Gysberts played a fantastic debut match, really worked hard, won plenty of the ball. If only I knew it was an illusion and I really should have loathed it because he wouldn't have jumped in front of a bus if a man in glasses told him to do so.

I don't really see a problem in a red one, considering we wear our home jumper against Sydney and Gold Coast anyway. A red one with a demon or a MFC emblem on it. No more stupid white/silver mashups. And importantly, I'd like someone at the club who's passionate enough to negotiate this sort of thing

We can't afford to have him playing. He is simply not good enough, whether he's injured or not. I don't believe in gifting him games because he's captain, give him a couple of weeks in the VFL, promote Magner and put him in a similar role.

No more skinny development project draft picks (eg Toumpas over Wines), Watts in the forward line, Nathan Jones as captain, no stupid stunts like changing Grimes' number. A truthful, genuine new coach who doesn't speak BS and who asks us to attack the middle and kick quickly to forwards. Ending our partnership with Casey and attracting support in the CBD. An outspoken, passionate no-nonsense president. Get people like Schwarz and Neitz involved in the club. No putting new recruits in the leadership group either, let their form speak first and let them create a new reputation

While I'll shrug off the possibility of relocation, It'd actually be good if we could play one or two home games a year in Tasmania (As opposed to Darwin and Etihad) against lesser teams, though i doubt it could happen with North and Hawthorn's deals

"Not a bad team"- includes Spencer and Fitzpatrick? I already groan too often at our regular team's disposal efficiency. Playing 4 ruckmen probably wouldn't make us worse, however, suddenly Jamar will look like an elite kick. And in R21 2009 we played Spencer, Johnson, Martin and Jamar (late inclusion) in the same team, and Jamar went forward and kicked 5 (although we lost by 57 points)

By the way, if you call for Moloney's head, like a lot of us did in 2012, don't complain when he plays good footy at another club in 2013. There were clearly issues with his commitment and structure and I don't think he wanted to play for Neeld (Mind you, who would?). He's always been a pretty good player..just forget about him

He was also played out of position by our delusional coach

Based on his preseason form, I thought he'd be one of our first picked each week. And he hasn't even been able to get picked. Is it ok to barrack for bad players to get injured?

What bugs me about Trengove is he can't play a good, confident game. Sure, he's in our top 5 disposal getters (not very hard to do with how we're playing), he tackles well and is ok at stoppages but I never feel satisfied with his performance after a game (well, since 2010-11 anyway). He's really uninspiring to watch and basically any player in the league could run him down. When he kicks the ball it lacks penetration. Sure, others may make him look good, but he really should be doing a lot more.

In the middle of the ground, it looked like a game of chess where only one team can move. Some players seem to think that by standing in a certain spott in the middle of the ground and moving their arms around, they are a valuable team player. The only real indication of a move when things aren't going well, was Watts into the forward line today. And voila, 2 goals and not another dreadful third quarter. You'd think someone who is responsible for what goes on would do more to stop what he sees.

I've always been sceptical about Neeld (unlike others who accepted a "rebuild" for a year), and would love him to just shout "I WANT TO WIN AND I'M GOING TO DO ALL I CAN" over and over in press conferences as well. What he needs to rectify is our midfield set up (which at times today, looked like a few players standing around watching Brisbane players run through the middle) and our tendency to ALWAYS kick in to the same places (although at least we kicked longer today), as well as looking backwards when we get the ball for other players to help out as opposed to just getting it forward at all costs. I think Neeld is basically deluded that what works at training will work against real opposition, we just aren't good enough at kicking to kick across goals. That said, I'd like the Captaincy situation cleaned up too. I'd like to be proven wrong, but I really think it's affecting Grimes' and Trengove's games. Grimes is missing targets regularly and Trengove is slow, slow to dispose and kicks with no penetration. The only good thing he has going is his tackling.