jnrmac

You can't do that. The bar has to be set at least 1 cm off the ground.

If you are tackled and the ball spills free?

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree....

IS there a spell check on this website? Tell me that Shaw and Maxwell didn't collaborate. What a joke.

+1 Nice post.

A bit of a coincidence isn't it that both of them - independently apparently- either bet or had family members bet on their behalf?? If you believe in the tooth fairy. I smell a rat......

Big news about to break.

I'm just impressed with 1660 posts.....

Right then. We should still have Neale Daniher, or Neil Balme, or John Northey. Good grief [Face Palm]

+1

That is such a pathetic point about pre-season. I'm sorry but Cale had a finger injury. How is it that he is 'behind the 8 ball'?? Really. If he had a knee injury or hammy I would not disagree with you. His issue is with COMMITMENT, INTENSITY, URGENCY and CHASING. The rest I could wait for but if I don't see these four things he can go as far as I am concerned. look at Bartram, Evans, Bail, Nicholson and Jordie. If Morton had 1/10th the commitment of these guys I would keep him. But he has shown zip. And BTW.... Goddard took 7 years but showed a lot more than Morton. Morton has regressed since his 20th game. There has been zero improvement. He doesn't deserve to hang around for another 3 for us to find out.

Thanks KC. Your work is much appreciated.

Wow, Nearly 1100 posts..

In 2008 Cale finsished 7th behind McLean and Miller. In 2009 he finshed equal 9th behind Bate and Jones You can have your opinion of course but I'd hardly call his performances over the two years a shining light. Although TBF it wouldn't have been hard given they were dark days. What I see is not a loack of confidence, it's a lack of effort and intensity. That is a cancer in a team and one where good sides wouldn't tolerate it a la Krakoer earlier this year being dropped from the Magpie team. With teams being so much coached around structures, a breaking down of that structure through discipline, effort, commitment, intensity or even confidence (if that's what it is) should be swiftly pounced on, denounced and eradicated. Morton has for too long coasted or minced about in games. DOesn't deserve a game. Has been dropped and told what he needs to do to improve - hasn't had any effect. If we accept his current performances then we are stuffed as a club.

Hey we are nearly at 1,000. Wow. And only 9000 more till 10,000....

Goddard took 7 years. I'm not waiting another three for Cale. He's done.

That is gold! Two players who will stand there waiting for a crumb. Neither go near the ball when it comes in nor apply defensive pressure. Nice work that post.

What kind of chatroom have I stumbled in to???

I wouldn't have thought so 'champ' but logic doesn't appear to be one of your strong points. Cale played 50 games to the end of 2010 after being drafted at no 4 in 2007. Jack played 18 games to the end of 2010 after being drafted at no 1 in 2008. Jack was later to start than Cale due to school commitments but has showed continual improvement. Cale peaked at around game 20 despite being given every opportunity to show improvement. No comparison between the two. Nothing fickle here. Try a mirror if you want to see that.

I wonder whether three 6 day breaks in a row was a reason for their insipid effort? If so they should have planned better with resting players etc.

Melbourne were a powerhouse for a long time and were wealthy when they had the might of the MCC behind them. ps it is "au fait", a french word

Supporters want blokes like Nicholson, Howe and Bail who bust a gut every time they go out. They play like it's their last game. Some of our coasters like Morton, Bennell and even Sylvia don't have that same level of commitment at the contest. Sylvia gets away with because his best is awesome. bennell has shown flashes but doesn't get it anywhere near often enough. Morton is simply lazy, plays off his man and doesn't chase hard enough. I don't know what the Footy Dept see but I defer to them because they must see something. The problem is that they set a low standard for him to get game time. And that is a cancer throughout the whole team. Unless there is competition for spaces based on true performance we will continue to accept mediocrity of effort.

Great mark but NikNat is better IMO.

+1 Spot on. The team should be fined $7000 for being on the ground as spectators.

We didn't want the pill. SImple. Look at a replay and see how many dogs were attacking the footy. Then look whee our blokes were. Very poor effort. Another schizen Friday night. No wonder the AFL doesn't like playing us on TV.