Brayshaw Self

Does anyone know what the story is with Williams' knee?

I doubt Cook will be considered for delisting with Green retiring. I'm sure Neeld doesn't plan of playing Rivers and Garland forward forever

Nathan Jones is the only reason that I still believe that players can develop at Melbourne. Our young players seem to start off playing well and stagnate but Jones seems to be the only exception. Would be good to see young players follow Jones' example in pre-season similar to what Lewis Jetta did with Kieran Jack this year.

His kicking has gotten worse and he is a one way player. The 13 tackle game was the exception, not the rule, for Petterd's defensive efforts. His main strength is marking inside 50 and he seems to be caught up the ground a lot these days which makes him pretty much useless.

6. Grimes 5. Jetta 4. T. McDonald 3. Jones 2. Nicholson 1. Bail

Archer is an A-grade dud.

I would rather get Gwilt. He would be an upgrade on Joel Mac and it would mean Grimes can play midfield almost full-time. Would add a bit more composure and skill to our backline and will come a lot more cheaply than Goddard. Also a free agent.

Beat me to it

Todd Banfield Patrick Karnezis Shannon Byrnes Aaron Edwards Mitch Banner James Gwilt Jed Lamb Luke Parker Brad Sheppard

We need Jetta in ASAP. Exactly what we need in our midfield at the moment. Incredibly evasive, disposal looked good yesterday, good spread and we know he has the prerequisite grunt.

Patrick Karnezis James Gwilt David Mackay

Toumpas.

He would be the best small forward on our list if we got him.

I reckon it's just swapping small bodies for big bodies to make it hard for the GWS children

Nobody knew who Koby Stevens was until his manager made him look like God personified in pre-season. I wouldn't trade someone like Petterd unless he proves himself further this year

Under the Wojcinski Convention he should be allowed to serve his one week suspension concurrently with the bye

He just received massive praise from Cameron Mooney for his stand-over tactics. We need more players like him.

old55 said it best. The game has changed and people have different roles to what was once the norm. You need to embrace modern footy terminology and tactics to understand anything that happens these days. The 'king it long' brigade, the people that collectively sigh and moan when one of our players kicks backwards and people that think that the positions today are the same as in the glorious 80s have NFI. You need to adapt or the game will pass you by.

Myself and the rest of the non-old farts of the world, ey.

Good half-backs with leadership qualities will play a large role in dictating the play in front of them. They direct teammates, decide which wing to head down, whether to switch, etc. That's pretty similar to a quarterback.

billy, stop acting like a fascist dictator. Who cares how other people refer to the rebounding defender's role? The quarterback is a good analogy and it shouldn't matter if it originates from an evil American code or Aussie rules. People can say whatever they want. Stop wasting cyberspace.

Check this out: http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/137779/default.aspx

Beams, Wellingham, Sidebottom and Thomas will still be a handful.

Dunn had 7 tackles in very limited game time. He contributed to the win more than Green I would have thought.