Brayshaws' Helmet

Ill put my hand up too, has been playing the best i have ever seen him play. I was wrong.

This is the worst show i have ever seen

Would just like to bring to everyones attention the dee's midfield tackling and pressure. Something of which i have been very (and happily) surprised about this season. A few interesting stats. James McDonald - Tackles 28 Jordie Mckenzie - Tackles 27 The 2 highest tackle counts in the AFL, the next down is Kane Cornes on 23. Will admit i was a bit.... nervous i guess, about McDonald going round again, but am glad he has so far, he is showing much more leadership this year than i can ever remember him showing. Really made me want him in the team, as he has clearly worked on his disposal and intensity. Good stuff. Makes going every week much more fun than usual

Sweet jones, This is the dumbest thread i have ever seen. This is a great example of why i don't really like demonland, and that has nothing to do with the moderators or the people who run the site who do a great job. It is people like this. Flip floppers, people with too higher expectations, people that give up. Why can't you just let the season play out, let the players develop and watch them grow as a team, instead of sitting here after one 2 games, 1 of which was the worst i have seen melbourne play, to one of the best i have seen in a long while in terms of commitment. The dees at the moment are a young and inexperienced team, who turned it on for an old rival, and i hope they can do that every week. Saying after 1 game that they can win the flag is ridiculous. They are young, and they will have their ups and downs. What happens if this weekend we come out and play adelaide and they beat us by 100 pts? Will you come out and start a thread, "Can we finish bottom 4 this year?". Demonflag, you have brought the dees into disrepute. Supporters like you are so frustrating..

I think he meant Korea

Yeah look i thought this would happen, i've had this argument with people on demonland before. I just don't see why people care, or take advice from a washed up player and coach. But thats just my opinion, like the show apart from him..... actually hutchy annoys me aswell haha It also annoys me that every time something about s.kilda is talked about, they always go to Grant like he is some guru.

I agree, i think grant thomas is the weakest link on that show, because he makes such wild statements, and has basically no stats or evidence to back them up. It's almost as if he comes straight from the pub

Haven't missed a game at the G for about 3 years, but the Collingwood to Melbourne supporter ratio on saturday was abysmal, i think it was about 7 -1.

all i read was anal, and then thought, "you pervert"

Ridiculous, he played fine yesterday, he deserves a spot next week

DIdn't want him before and still don't, but give the guy a chance, only played a couple of games in a new team, new environment. He played well in the GF last year, so... just wait before you start saying its the biggest blunder of all time. Remember, he wasn't the only collingwood player playing flat yesterday

Are you trying to ruin brad green for all of us? bad comparison.

i don't mind the article really, get out there and start a fight. Hope Alan Didak gets his head smashed off

Love how you quoted yourself And i have always thought that, i never want to see flooding or zones, because i don't want to watch melbourne play like sydney

Haha i was watching the game with a friend of mine, who's a richmond supporter, and he was not happy about that. But seriously, pay the man in front, isn't that rules 101?

im all for melbourne having more blockbusters, but there is no way that they will give this to the dees, until they start winning some games. We all know demetriou is about cash money money, so unless there is going to be a big draw with a crowd, with the Victoria's arguably 2 least supported teams, (at least a lot of flip floppers), i don't think this will ever happen, although i would like to see it.

On 9 news this evening, they said wona has reinjured his hamstring in the casey dolphins reserves game

i can't wait for the season to start, so journo's can actully put evidence to their statements, and supporters like us can stop having to try and defend our players. Must be a slow news day at BackPageLead

i'd prefer him to play FF than Juice

HT, i think you misinterpreted me. I am not concerned. but if you are talking about finishing places, st kilda finished 16,15,15 melbourne so far has finished 16,16, dont you think as an outsider he has a little bit of a point? But also, to be fair, i am basing most of my knowledge of mark stevens on this one little snippit, as this is all i can really remember him writing about. But for me he wasn't too far off the mark

Please note, whilst you may know lots there is to know about the MFC, and probably a bit about other teams, he has to know just as much about 1 team as the others. His head would be full of players like maric and mckenzie, people who are yet to prove anything in afl level. HT my point is, as much as i do like you defending the team, and bringing stats in for your argument, and being generally hostile to journalists, you have to remember, that it is their job to get people discussing things, and saying things like Newton is a good player is unlikely to raise any eyebrows in the media world. You also have to remember like everyone on here, he is his own person with his own opinions, and while i generally agreed with most things he said about the MFC, personally you can't get all bent out of shape if he says something that you don't like because you have invested interested in the team and he doesn't. And coming back to my point of media, they have to talk about something, weather it be correct, incorrect, positive, negative, a fluff piece, or something more serious, it is their job to put doubt in peoples minds or talk something up. Oh and wanting the media to be consistent is a complete waste of time. They tell the story they want to tell

have been listening to this radio station for the last 10 minutes, and am sooo bored,... when does the game start!?

......isn't that the whole point of the season for us?

davey will be the next captain. there is no way they would give the captaincy to grimes after this year, unless he wins the brownlow or something which won't happen.

I agree Please note. Richmond "thrashed" geelong according to the HUN. this is how much preseason and NAB cup matters. Would that of happened in the season?