Adam The God

Toumpas needs to get dropped. Absolutely pathetic start.

So if people are shying from O'Meara, does that make people concerned about Prestia?

Me too.

I'll be most interested to see how we respond if we can generate an early lead ala the GWS and Port games. If we manage to get in a similar position that will be the real test of progress. How much does the Geelong win mean and was it a watershed one? I've been very excited for this game, but the closer it gets, the more nervous I get.

It is [censored] horrible. He seemed like a weird/eccentric, but nice bloke.

Grimes isn't best 22, but Salem would take his spot anyway. Next year, Kent will take Howe's. Not sure Trengove is best 22. He'd have to prove himself at VFL level first. With a few more Roos/Taylor/Viney specials this off season and we'll start to see some depth in some of these positions emerge.

Funnily enough, it's also one of the two main criticisms people have of Gawn too. Both worthy of it too. They contributed very nicely to the Geelong win.

Absolute rubbish. Probably says a bit more about Bail and Riley to be honest. But good on them.

Haha, the old dopey source. They're always pretty reliable.

He is exactly the type of player our midfield lacks, but is he worth the risk? I know many clubs will be asking that, but he really is the missing element from our midfield. His leg speed alone would propel our midfield from C grade to B+ grade.

I've said it before, but at a random home and away game against West Coast (that Ashley Sampi mark game), there were 36,000 at the MCG. Okay, so it's one thing to have supporters, but to actually convert them to members is tougher. However, our supporters are out there. When we're flying, we can easily get 40,000 members, probably evem 45,000. With a switched on bloke in Peter Jackson running the business, we can get to 50,000 members if our onfield form returns.

Yeah, it's their web defence, which basically relies on amazing communication between the players, good reading of the play and discipline. Their set ups enable one of their defenders to almost always get a 2-on-1 happening on the opposition forward. Healy intimated Simpson may have taken it from Luke Beveridge when he was defensive coach at Hawthorn. Obviously, Simpson was midfield coach at the time.

We need to run and carry and make the West Coast defenders accountable. We may well try to go small this round. An extra runner or two.

Stretch is a really good example of a young player who is clearly being 'taught' well by coaches. He takes the first option, which is more often than not the right one. If you compare this to someone like Jimmy Toumpas (originally coached by Neeld's regime), you can see he is still struggling to eradicate errors from his game, because he fails to take that first option. This is down to the early poor coaching in his career. I think Jimmy will get there though. It might take a season or two to completely erase those decision making blues, but time is on his side at 21.

Yep. We need more top end quality. We need more potential/legitimate A graders.

Still soooo shallow. We need 10 or so A-B graders who can rotate through there. We don't.

The last decade of insipid football from a club he loves.

Fast becoming one of my favourite posters. Agreed.

Yep, spot on. I'd prefer Prestia and/or Coniglio. They are the types we should be after.

Thought exactly the same thing myself. Though, I'm sure we're up on all of that anyway.

Speaking of posters with good mail. SPR is the guy you should be listening to. PartyBoy came in and mentioned Goodwin coming to the MFC, but he wasn't the first one on Demonland to do so. I'll leave it there.

If he's still around the club afterwards, it kind of makes Goodwin's job pretty tough. Every time there's a loss, people'd be saying get Roos. If PR moves on, I'm not sure that's then an option. For me, it's absolutely vital that we retain Peter Jackson beyond 2017. We need that off field stability and sound, unbiased, professional decision making.

He interests me because he's a gun, but the MFC connection certainly allows me to love him when he's not playing for the MFC.

It's covered up their deficiencies. He can carry a team, by simply dominating games.

What the hell is the 'God Squad'? I think I can work out the 'Party Squad'.