DeeZee

We are in the box seat here. The only one sweating if he really wants out is Petracca. Straight swap for Harley Reid maybe?

Really disappointed in the way our Norm Smith medalist , and home grown premiership hero has leaked his situation to the press, most likely as a deliberate ploy through his management creating nothing but angst to the club that gave him everything and the supporters that loved him, even after the terrible luck we’ve had with Brayshaw etc etc. If true , not the man I thought he was at all.

Funny coz during the practice match against Carlton in the preseason a group of Carlton kids and their Italian parents were getting Tracs autograph, and he said something like, I should be playing for Carlton with so many Italian supporters! Off the cuff remark, but absolutely gospel truth.

Jackson hasn’t really set the world on fire since he left, so I’m not missing him as much as I first thought. Yep I like Windsor more too.

Of course Kozzy gets 3 weeks. How else could the year from hell end?

Us against the world. Just watch us come out and blow everyone away next year!

I’m sure the media muck rakers have some sort of agenda or beef with Melbourne as it never seems to end. For a team that’s won a premiership and then made top 4 the follow two years , has a convincing win away on the weekend without lots of injured star players , we sure do cop more than our fair share. Collingwood on the other hand win the flag last year and look like missing finals all together this year. Surely they are in more trouble and should be copping the criticism but strangely are not.

Will we ever find out what these bloody issues are? Give him the captaincy FFS!

What the hell is wrong with this club that champion players want to leave?? just watch our membership numbers tumble drastically if Trac leaves.

It’s so bloody sad, and it’s really frustrating hearing all these reports and bad news at the club this year. Who ran over a black cat?

I’m attending because Petty is playing up forward

6 kozzy 5 max 4 viney 3. mcvee 2., Langdon 1. ANB

Hate to say it but Dogs will win the flag

Thought even Salem was turning the ball over a lot tonight , blind handballs and kicks round corners with out looking. Max and Kozzy were huge, but I thought we played dumb footy in that last quarter. We only needed 1 goal , but kept kicking to packs and missing handball targets. Having said that , we are severely undermanned and have lost to top 8 sides like Brisbane, Carlton and Port by less than a kick. Win those and we are top 4 , what a crazy year.

Just not good enough this year. Too many have gone past us. I fear we will need a helluva lot to go right to even make the 8 next year.

Fremantle will win their first flag

Gus’s retirement knocked us for six and we never really recovered. ( his loss can’t be underestimated). Plus we were unable to cover for Clarrys slow start and Tracs and Gawns injuries . We will need another preseason to take stock and reset for next year. Wouldn’t have done any serious damage in finals this year anyway.

That was painful to watch

There’s holes everywhere in Mclures story. He says Oliver is unhappy at the club and the way he is being treated , not being played where he prefers to play and starting on the bench. Oliver is playing in the middle, where he always plays and only starts on the bench because he had a limited pre season and they are managing him. The club has done nothing but fully support him through his issues, and he has stated how much he loves the club and his teammates.

Sounds fabricated to me

I’d bring Max Gawn in, I reckon he could be the answer to our ruck problems.

Yes I agree but it wasn’t just as a result of Ruck contests where we were beaten, all around the ground they were much more efficient in their ball movement and workrate.

Our midfield got smashed inside and out, they always seemed to have the extra player on the outside and our pressure was poor. Disappointing effort or just beaten by a better side? They just seemed to play a better structured game to us and we have great difficulty in playing against it.

I’m sorry to those that rate him but Sparrow is just a nothing player

Most disappointing thing is our lack of pressure, especially after being smashed by them last time.