Dr. Mubutu

Most Kicks: Grimes Most Handballs: Trengove Most Disposals: Jones Most Tackles: Viney Most Marks: Terlich Most Goals: Dawes

Surely Jetta is in the mix? He's been training with the backline, IIRC.....

Morton has skill, but it's ALL outside. Terrible decision-making, but good skill. Unfortunately for Cale, that means that more often than not, his disposals are terrible.

Auditors aren't just needed in a financial capacity.

I believe the word is 'shapesmith'.

1 Whitfield 2 Plowman 3 Grundy 4 Toumpas 5 O'Rourke 6 Wines 7 Mayes 8 Jaksch 9 Macrae 10 Daniher

Quigley is one of the few who actually acknowledges deficiencies in junior players, unlike others who list upside only. I must say, it's always refreshing to read his thoughts, as it gives some kind of balance to all the glowing reports at this time of year! (I especially enjoyed the dig at Essendon he had when listing some things Daniher needed to work on.) However, for the main knock on Viney to be that he's a little tired in second halves, if only because he worked so hard in the first....... Sploosh.

Did notice he complained about the BF 30,000 character per post limit.

Also contested at least 3 ruck contests against Adelaide in R23, if memory serves correctly.

I have just read this article from The Age: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/three-losses-that-raised-eyebrows-20121030-28hpu.html (Yes, I live in Queensland, I'm a little slow on these things) The basic tenets of the article, however, do not sit well with me. It raises questions over 3 games in 2009 - Sydney, Richmond and St Kilda; and the proffers arguments as to why Melbourne were 'tanking' these games. However, similar coaching moves were made in subsequent years (a few of these games we actually won), with no questioning. Sydney - R17, 2009 Questionable decision to put Morton on to Goodes - yet not seen as questionable exactly a year later, when the Swans were smashed by 73 points, or in the drawn first game of 2011? Richmond - R18, 2009 Talk was made of Frawley and Warnock playing forward - in 2012, Rivers and Garland played forward, and it paid dividends.......it seems the difference between 'looking for flexibility' and 'outright cheating', in the eyes of the author, is the result, but how is that to be known without trying the experiment? Also, were Geelong tanking this year, when they sent Taylor forward in multiple games? Fremantle when making Tarrant a KPD? Miller in the ruck - I'm sure that subsequent to this game, Juice, Dunn and even Sylvia have had to contest hitouts, due to stoppages occurring with no ruckman in the area. PJ at fullback - come on, it's not as if he were to be much more useful in any other position on the ground. Nathan Brown sent deep into defence - wait, is that Doggy, who retired at the end of 2007, or the Richmond player of the same name........ ".....a centre-bounce set-up featuring flankers Ricky Petterd and Matthew Bate also raised eyebrows" - I seem to recall a 'superstar' centre bounce team of Spencer, Nicholson and Bail in round 22 of this year, yet there were no suggestions of 'strange coaching moves' from this game. St Kilda - R21, 2009 Frawley being moved from Reiwoldt - I seem to recall that Frawley didn't play on Reiwoldt this year, but a certain 2nd-year player did. Didn't perform too badly, either. Is it so hard to accept we may have more than one capable defender? Jurrah on the wing - was Bailey also tanking 186, when Jurrah also played up the ground? Yeah, that seems legit.......... Perhaps, being a Melbourne supporter, I've had reason to see these similarities, but surely, if you're going to put your name into a national newspaper in print, you'd do some sort of research? Why is it so hard for the media to accept that in 2009, we were just rubbish?

This poll needs more Callum Papertalk.

For those of us who have to travel to the south-east corner to make the game, public transport to the GC is deplorable. Brisbane for me.

Or Grimesy's quite long....... *ahem* moving on!

Erm, no. Port got SMASHED in 2007.

He probably could, but it would be a ridiculous thing to do to the kid. Similar to Watts on QB 2009.

Does Prismall even have a club yet, or is he still contracted to Essendon?

With a decent NAB cup draw, we should see a few early wins (one would hope). Given this, you'd hope we'd break 40,000. I don't have high hopes for it, but it would be an excellent result for the club.

I'd be happy with a %of above 85, NO 10-goal losses, and players that look like they're giving their all. As for wins? Less important.

Dunno what it's about, but if he's offside with Harvey, he's OK in my book.

The Wrecker by a street.

Certain clubs. Not sure Footscray were one of them. IIRC, weren't they co-tenants at Princes and gladly signed on as co-tenants at Docklands stadium?

Almost as bad as the [censored] Damian Barrett. That muppet makes trade radio unlistenable. And I thought Terry Wallace was bad.......

My Aunty is a Carlton supporter, and to be obnoxious (at 7) I decided to support another team. At the time, there was a fellow named Jakovich running around in the red and blue...

Exactly. Note the scoreline at the time? Once the team has more class and experience, the fringe players will look like worldbeaters. It's all about confidence.

Isn't the Spelling in that situation always a little wrong?