The Jack of Grimes

I would love to see Grimes and Trengove as co-captains for the year as I said in a previous post, and have them settle and fight for the full captaincy for 2013. Davey, Green and Moloney are not leaders and their time is soon to be up as valuable as they will be for us in the next couple years. They need to play a mentoring role this season. We need to blood youth.

Yeah the injury cloud is a great concern. It's such a shame as I think he's a born leader. Would the club be willing to take a gamble?

I'm a big big big fan of Grimesy. But more so after the events of the past couple weeks. His interview at the Best and Fairest was particularly good. He's well spoken (in my opinion the best media friendly player at the club) and extrudes leadership through his expressions, comments and speech. Winning the leadership award in a year when leaders were extremely scarce and questioned, having only played a handful of games tells me that the respect for him at the club despite his age is greater for those in the twilight of their careers. But to be modest and acknowledge Brad Green took great courage. Finally, and correct me if i'm wrong or if anyone knows any better, but he also seems to be working pretty hard in the off season already with his fitness. Granted he's well behind the the others in terms of fitness, but this guy has dedication to get his body right. Massive man crush. Injuries or not... Jack Grimes/Jack Trengove as our co-captains for 2012 in a trail year, and for one to be promoted as proper captain for 2013 depending on pressure, performance and injury. Discuss.

Great thanks mate

Hey does anyone know what's happening to CB? He's not listed in the injuries and no articles posted on him from what I can see. He's such an integral part of our backline with his good decision making.

Does anyone know if he made the final sprint for half time? Had $10 on him with a mate.

Not sure if its been mentioned on here, but at one point two of the WC players got stuck into Scully and were pushing him around like a pinball. Junior ran 50mtrs out of his way and smashed into the two of them breaking the scruffle up. Was good leadership I thought. And in the second half Watts was easily able to defend himself I thought. Did quite well standing up to the bigger bodies.

I can't believe some people are voting for Bartram. I don't like him. Not a fan. But he was a champion amongst losers today. Played really well, fought hard and got us out of trouble countless times. Silly, deserves another go.

Any word on Morton? Just heard Aussies name on radio. Good to hear he's not injured.

Did anyone attend Junction Oval today? Any reports? My dad attended and said that he was sure the group that trained in the main session were likely to be the group under consideration for selection tonight. Gysberts and Miller were present as well as PJ however he did not sight Martin and said that Jurrah and Aussie didn't train with the main group however Jetta was. He also took these photos... (bad quality camera phone sorry)

This is the worst thread on here. You're a joke mate.

Couldn't agree more. He's doing more harm than good. Just look to the third quarter for that example. Melbourne were struggling early on, and Bruce came in with useless handballs and kicks which missed the target. Enter Tom Scully, grabs the ball and kicks in 50mtrs to break open the game and result in a goal. Bruce clearly cannot adapt to the gameplan. Even when we were playing well a couple weeks ago he would tend to handpass backwards instead of forwards and put the man recieving in a lot of trouble. He needs a run in the two's. Same with Rivers. It's time to play the younger kids. On average North were younger and less experienced in terms of games. No excuses for the loss on the weekend. Bar the umpiring and the quality of the ground

The reality is, he needs game time and that can only happen with the selection panel choosing him. With Martin playing like shite and Ricky out injured, it's time to take a gamble with Watts and Wona (when fit). Both these two need serious game time if we are to 'win' a flag in 2-3 years time. Theres no point bringing in Miller or PJ or Newton. How many chances do those three need? Our future forward line lies with LiamJ, JWatts, AussieW, RickyP, MBate and CSylvia.

Can he qualify for Rising Star or is he too old?

How good was he on the weekend? Great return and a fantastic forward option for us while we wai on the returns of Aussie, Liam and Morton. One question I have however, is did anyone see Colin Sylvia bump any specific player for a possible reportable offence on Sunday? I've been told by some idots at work that he will be cited for a big bump with his elbow on one of the Richmond players, however I was at the match and then watched the replay when I got home, and did not see anything bar the Moloney bump.