RalphiusMaximus

I think that was a win which really represented the city of Melbourne. Four seasons in one day.

I do not believe we will threaten any of those records this season.

I get the impression it's something like the "hot spots" that Garland was suffering from. It's an injury that will get better when it gets better and not before. If they try to push him back into full workload too early it will just make things worse.

I was positive I heard one of the umps yell touched for that one. If he did, why the hell didn't he speak up?

I think the umps had it backwards on Sunday. Every time we tried to play on they called it back and when we didn't want to they made us anyway.

He was given a lesson. Luke Power kicked four on him. You can't play as HBF and let your man have that much space.

I think we have to use our first pick after the highest opposing bid. If we decline to do so then the club who bid is obliged to honour their bid and take him at that position. Since all early reports suggest he's a potential number 1 I think we'll be happy to use our first round pick on him.

It's too much. It's supposed to be an added bit of intimidation for the opposition to remind them that it's our home ground, but the reality is it's a sad little ceremony that got tired after the first time.

He's not saying anything the rest of as aren't thinking. We're playing pretty badly right now, we went into the Brisbane match with a crap attitude and almost got rolled, and the Suns have a core of experienced players who have all given us a hard time in the past. We need to go in a lot harder next week to be sure of a win.

Actually, I think the Gold Coast will give us a hell of a fright. A couple of the kiddies are showing signs and their core senior group have all done good things against us in the past. We need to go into this with both eyes open.

Don't trust the guy who beat Brad Green in a goalkicking contest? Makes sense to me. Personally I'd be trying to get the ball in his hands inside 50 as often as possible.

Hell no! I have no intention of getting foxtel.

That was so annoying! He made a perfect lead into the Half forward flank for Green and was totally ignored. He decided to bomb instead. What does the kid have to do for them to actually kick it to him?

I don't mind the delay. I'll be able to catch the second half when I get home.

Tappy wasn't great today. I don't see him getting it. Gysberts is a shot.

Let me add to the Ugly an incident I have seen repeated far too often lately. Three players led out into space on our left wing giving different length options for the kicker. His kick went into the space BEHIND them right to the three Lions' players who were trailing their men. This is something most coaches stamp out before they hit their teens. Why is it that our players seem to do it more often than not?

He was on the radio a while ago and said it's just the way he plays the game. Problem is throwing an elbow at a guy's head while he's not looking and after play has stopped has nothing to do with "playing the game." It's a simple act of cowardice. He will long be remembered as a sniping little thug and a mediocre footballer.

It was a hell of a sight for those few minutes when he went up a gear and tore them apart. The trick now is for him to do it for a whole match.

6. Rivers - Huge game in defence. 5. Jurrah - If he'd done it for more than a quarter he'd be in the top spot. 4. Moloney - Was sensational in the middle. 3. Jones - Huge second half 2. Martin - Really stood up when we needed him to. 1. Gysberts - Was always involved at stoppages.

Big Stef had a great game today. He's really starting to use his athletic attributes now. If we can teach him to kick he'll be a star.

I was going to raise this also. He was pretty bad last week in his first hitout. This week he dropped an uncontested (although difficult) mark to give them a goal early on. Be the end he was busting tackles and running the ball out. His kicking is still off though. I think we can give Morton the benefit of the doubt here. He showed me a couple of good things amidst the dross. Personally I would have liked to see him play in the forward line to stretch their defence a little.

How can we underrate small forwards when they kill us week after week? Our defence is great against talls and gorillas, but play someone like Carlton with a small mobile forward group and we're toast every time.

Obviously the 27 touches last year didn't count.

Good article. I'm especially interested in the comment on his workrate and the detrimental effect it is having on his burst speed. Perhaps he needs a little more selfishness and to hang out in the forward half a bit more? All in all it basically says what a lot of people on here have been saying. He's a work in progress but he's doing fine and he'll be worth the wait.

Interesting point. During the floggings one thing I noticed was that Sylvia was often the one who stood up. When we were at our crappiest he was often hurling himself around, crashing packs, taking big marks and in general trying to spark something. Sadly, the team was never able to lift with him.