Curry & Beer

i know i know wet blanket time BUT in 2010 there was a similar mood in the air just sayin

covers a lot more ground than Wheels

Mitch Clark

i know its conspiratorial, but dawes at the MCG on Queen's birthday vs the old mob, a player who is one of the leaders of a resurgent mob in a match that will hold great interest, would be worth a few bums on seats at the game, and we all know the key driver of the AFL is $$$$$$$$$$$$$ i'm tipping he'll get one week

Did anyone see 'Kingy' interview Watts straight after the siren and the first thing he said was how people have been slagging him off saying he doesn't have a workrate? Yeah thanks DH way to just rain on the parade of the kid literally seconds after the siren in a big win in which he had a big hand. I screamed at the telly. He was trying of course to use it as a compliment but it was clumsily done, Wattsy all of a sudden had to go on the back foot and defend himself under criticism when he should have just been getting his back slapped. Really pizzed me off. 'Kingy' also made some comment in the last quarter along the lines of how Melbourne were up against the 60,000 strong crowd suggesting it was all Richmond, when there was a good 25,000 melbourne supprters there making plenty of noise Eddie also couldn't resist a couple of jabs, one was to make sure attention was paid to his old boy Dawes' alleged indiscretion and another along the linbes of how unsuual it was for the 'Melbourne members' (I assume he meant MCC members) to be making noise... who the F do you think has been forking out $550 a year to watch us get belted every week for the last 7 years you DH.. everyone who turns up to an MFC game is a Saint after the hell we've been through Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr

so you are saying the rule of thumb should be 'don't drop anyone no matter what'

I've never understood this attitude. Yes he copped a whack or two, guess why? He was playing awful footy. Now for whatever reason, he is playing good footy. The fact he has come good in no way whatsoever invalidates what anyone said about him when he was struggling. What in God's name is the point in having a football discussion forum if you are just supposed to cheer everybody on regardless of what's happening on the field? I certainly wouldn't read this site if everyone just came in and talked players up without being honest and realistic about what they are seeing.

If it was a match to get us in the finals or some such I might be tempted to raise an eyebrow this is football we're talking about :D

scary thought: Nathan Jones: 166 games Jack Viney: 20 games how good is Son of Todd gonna be when he is at Jones' stage!

Not looking great.. 31 games of a possible 75 thus far in his career

+ good structures that force low percentage opportunities aka 'potshots'

What about when Howe took one of his screamers in the defensive goalsquare and he was like 'GRIMES!' I reckon about 98% of the people watching knew instantly that it was jumpin Jeremy, Grimes has never done that in his life

Yeah that's about right, Watts had to have been number 6

JUST OUT OF INTEREST, DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT THE PRECEDENT IS FOR THIS.. WHAT PLAYERS HAVE MISSED GAMES FOR THIS REASON IN RECENT YEARS oops caps

I bet you he does too will suck if he gets two weeks from the MRP

agree with the first bit but pigdog for Jetta

well the point that blind freddy could see was that Martin had a good game and Grimes didn't beat anyone keep it real

seems like that's the Roos method, he doesn't file them in and out of the side.. but if it's one of them (Toumpas/Salem/Pigdog) vs Frawley for a spot they will have to go

MJones NJones Sylvia Trengove Viney (first year part time) McKenzie

agreed, probably lose pigdog before the toomp or the witch though depends if Dawes goes or not

He's nowhere near his ceiling yet, could still be anything

we won the last one so we'll probably lose this one

Is there another Martin I'm not aware of? Because the one I saw had 31 touches and was close to BOG

No mention of Viney, who has played as good a first 20 games as you are ever likely to see

hahah yeah I've always thought that, it is a stinker