Adam The God

Having been there and watching that contest all day, Morton gave him an absolute bath! He outplayed him to the extent that Goodes stood around hands on hips for the majority of the last quarter. Brilliant game, Cale. How he didn't get in the best, is totally beyond me. Gee, he's an exciting kid. Oh and Bailey was certainly being devious with his use of Cale on Goodes. Roos shifted Goodes into the middle to shrug the tag and Bailey didn't bother playing Morton on him in the middle, instead had Dunn running with him and straight away he got a couple of cheap possessions. But Cale picked him up for the majority of the match. I think I counted 5 or 6 possessions that he had on Cale all day. Like the game against the Eagles, where Bailey had Flash sitting on the bench to start the last quarter, he left Morton on the bench to start the last quarter and let Sydney get a goal, before bringing him back on.

Thanks for your thoughts, Adam. I've thought all along that we should take Trengove with pick 2, should we get it, but I know that Bailey and co. have already stated they want another KPP and a midfielder, so whilst many of us hope they go with another midfielder, what you will probably find is John Butcher in Melbourne colours. Btw, it's not a bad name that.

Wow, horribly hypercritical, if you think Bailey will have credibility come seasons end.

And Miller missed one from the goal square against Sydney.

By this statement, I take it you think he won't make it as a suitable MFC KPP? Even if he improved his kicking?

I felt horrible. We drove all the way to the ACT to watch a match I hoped we would lose. I know the importance of the PP and in particular one, Tom Scully. I don't want mediocrity, I want premiership success. The picks are huge incentives.

He's never been able to earn my respect and this year has been the final straw. He's been a good player, but he's not part of our future plans and therefore, why continue to play him? He's only list clogging really.

I disagree. And it's obvious Bailey thinks so as well. That shouldn't stop you from doing the one percenters. Neita never stopped. If he did these things, I wouldn't fault him.

You've hit the nail on the head, mate. Heartbreaking is the only way to describe it.

1) he's by far the most selfish footballer I've ever seen in an MFC jumper (and I've been to the majority of matches played over the past 15 or 16 years). How do you bring a younger player into the contest, if you're selfish? 2) a leader is someone who leads by example- that is, puts on chases, puts on a sheppard- does the one percenters. This year, he's been on the ground most of the time. Flash has lead our offensive tackles over the last 4 to 5 years. Where was Robbo? 3) Melbourne Vs Hawthorn. Need I say more? 4) It's all about Robbo. He's not about the team.

And does that mean Jetta, Valenti and McKenzie won't be playing for the Dees, considering they're actually named in the starting line up?

You're probably right, but it'll probably depend on what each club needs and wants. Hawthorn and St Kilda for example might not want another key forward prospect, considering their key position players already.

Not quite. Leaving Jurrah out with a cold would have been the biggest tank team, ever.

My tip is that one or both won't play though and I thought Tarrent pulled up sore. Why is he named?

Yeah, West Coast are an absolute joke. They'll loose that game, when on paper they should win it easily.

Agreed. Time to get hard on a few and stamp out the pre-Bailey culture (as most of it was rubbish).

Why waste time with an older head, that has proven he lacks the leadership to foster any of our younger talent coming through? Play the kids. Besides, pre season or no pre season, his legs seem shot. Surely you've noticed this? The role he plays is one where he barely moves outside the 50. The workload for a professional athlete, with his physical output would be miniscule. I'd keep Whelan and Wheatley well before I'd keep Robbo. Paul certainly has a little bit left in him, but if they move him on, I wouldn't be surprised. Whilst, Wheels is still reasonably solid down back.

I'd have Jetta for Maric at this stage, as the former applies more pressure on the ball carrier and has an equal creativity to Maric. I'm not saying I wouldn't play Maric next year, just I'd let him earn his spot. So far this season, especially over the last few weeks, Jet has earnt his spot. My forwardline would probably look something like this: Petterd Bate Jetta Wonna Watts Jurrah I understand it's inexperienced, but working together over an entire season, with hopefully elite ball disposal from the middle, would be the perfect learning curve for me, next year. Add a Newton in there to balance up the structure, as a second tall (Bate playing the third tall role). Hopefully, we'd also have someone like a Carsile from Vic Metro to develop over the year, so I'd give him some game time, after a few rounds. Maybe even Morton or Green thrown in there. While Sylvia could rest in there as well.

Fair enough, but Gazza was a far more self-less player than Robbo. Garry probably gave off about 200 goals. I don't think I can remember Robbo even giving off a handful in his entire career.

The thing about this situation is Robbo's presence could also negatively impact the younger players, as they won't get a chance to experience a forwardline without Robbo for an entire season. The Bate's, Jurrah's and Watts'- they are the future, so they need to work it out together. Not on the back of a guy who won't be there after the following season. I understand the thinking, but personally, it'd be better to leave Robbo out of it and let the younger blokes work through it. And I might think differently, if Robbo could stand up in a contest, but everytime a ball goes near him, he falls over.

What a thoughtless, unintelligent and irrelevant post. His ability to speak English at a press conference has absolutely no bearing on whether he'll be a champion player or not. You clearly didn't watch any of the three play when they first started. He's still shown more than those three at a similar age. Your entitled to your opinion, but I believe he is still a menace. The opposition wouldn't bother tagging him, if they didn't think he was a threat...

Mmm, especially for the fact that Peter German gives Newton consistently glowing match reports.

He's a front runner. We don't need anymore of them. That was the Daniher school. We need to build a different culture now.

Good post, Rhino. I agree, completely.

I disgaree. If we've 'tanked' at all so far, it would have been playing the kids from the start of last year. We wouldn't have allowed someone like TJ to run around and gather 40-odd touches and win by 40-odd points.