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He barely gets involved. I think he just needs to find a place. I am not especially concerned about his progress.

Need a big bodies like his. No point packing the midfield with inexperienced talent that knows VFL footy. He can get his hands on the ball. Just needs to learn to break the tag. Can have a Guy Rigoni-like role.

Didn't Green have two opportunities to bring the team within 18 points? Failed both times. Disappointing. And sprayed another if I remember correctly. I definitely think he has worth though at these times. But the game has certainly passed him by.

He's OK.

I always thought the raffle was something initiated by the MCC through the club? Club might also not have the resources to initiate a membership drive and address those requests and queries right in the middle of the season. I mean, if it's not already doing it, there must be a reason, right?

Let's just take it one game at a time. We have a Grand Finalist from the last two years coming up. 1-9.

With all due respect, his team is 1-9.

I've seen this team play strong, accountable, defensive football twice this season: against St. Kilda and now against Essendon. Both games were wet and bogged down. The Bulldogs game was cold, wet at times, but the Bulldogs' run towards the end of the game had us beat. That "defensive" style of football has its home in wet weather footy. But playing that brand in dry conditions takes exceptional levels of fitness and commitment to the gameplan, as skills are silkier, transition is faster, and delivery is smoother. I think that's pretty obvious. Without taking too much away from last night, which was a match against a flying side that has been playing great footy, I don't think it's at all surprising the way they played. I am certainly not surprised it was a close game, although I admittedly predicted a 5-10 goal loss. The team's real growth will be how it performs in Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide, in dry conditions, against teams that know dry weather football. Feel free to disagree. Boy was last night awesome! But there's still so much to learn in making that transition to a clear, dry day of footy.

I've seen Beamer and Sylvia our on the town twice, both at Crown, both together. They are truly dingbats when it comes to fashion. They look like two country boys that moved to the big smoke and try too hard to look cool. Seriously, they dress like confused Gen Y's. But, eh, each to their own.

I would truly love to hear Tony Shaw's commentary on racial hygiene, the Nazis concept of "race" and, particularly, how they used this concept to formulate their plan for a "Super Race". I guess his comments would be something along the lines of: "The Nazis weren't racist. They just wanted to be really, really, ridiculously awesome".

I'm leaning more towards the "we're not good enough" excuse, in that the players aren't good enough for a gameplan formulated by someone that knows what it takes to win. Says a lot about Bailey.

Scully's had a strong season imo. Cats will still smash them. 8-10 goals.

Tony Shaw was on Neil Mitchell last week talking about sexism. Word of advice: don't take his advice. On ANYTHING.

I think they're pretty far off the mark still. Some good play against Carlton though.

Line up in front of that wall over there.

They'll come out of this. Although, I am anticipating a GWS loss.

That's a seriously awesome post. Thank you.

So it's a hierarchical issue?

Saying more and more about Melbourne as these stars continue to re-sign with their clubs without much back and forth media conjecture. Scully was gone from the start. Says a lot, really.

Essendon supporters make me laugh. They're arrogant to hell but they can afford to be. Great club with plenty of success. Probably another 5-10 goal loss. 70 points, maybe.

I certainly think GWS are a chance. I think Melbourne is better on paper, but I can imagine GWS winning this, and Melbourne going down as one of the worst teams ever. I can really see it. The pressue by that point may be too much for Neeld to bare.

The game threatened to be blown out several times. Carlton is missing a few keys players and they never truly look threatened. Stop kidding yourself.

I learned more about Carlton yesterday than I did Melbourne. Carlton probably won't ever win a flag. They are rough, lazy and sloppy. That said, they smashed Melbourne yesterday. The difference in clearances was simply shocking. I fail to understand how Moloney, Jones, Grimes, Trengove, Jamar, etc. can be so easily smashed week in, week out. It's mind boggling. Delivery going forward was AWFUL. That said, our transition at times we really good. We spread out and moved the ball clear at times, but broke down as soon as we got to CHF and the likes of Dunn were chopping the ball forward instead of kicking it in quick and direct. I struggle to find positives because the team is so obviously poor in some areas. I'm struggling to understand how it went so bad, so quickly. Mysterious stuff.

I think it was frustrating right from the start. Carlton are a shadow of the team they were at the start of the year. That blow out was always going to happen. This team has no clue how to win. Can't say any one player is more deserving to be dropped than anyone else. But Moloney is done. He has lost so much confidence and just...boom. Isn't that why we call him "Beamer".?

Funny how two years ago we were looking to Hawthorn of 04-08 as a stepping block to success, and no we're looking at a club that started 0-9 2 years ago and still hasn't done much. In other words, we've all come down to earth to realise it simply isn't that easy. Hawthorn overachieved very early. That's evident now.