Brayshaw Self

Great report but surely Petterd was in our best players today. 2nd behind Jetta I'd say

Sylvia doesn't have modest pace

Crawf and Bucks

I thought Lucas Cook was absolutely fantastic and showed he is a genuine CHF with a high work rate; collecting several balls up the ground and making second and third efforts capped off with strong marking and beautiful kicking and was unlucky not to kick a goal. I haven't noticed anyone else give him a rap and was just wondering about other people's thoughts?

Junior should have a word to Scully about how much he wanted to keep playing for Melbourne and how terrible GWS is

I'm pretty sure we didn't. I was under the impression we only offered a 3 year deal to Trengove and Tapscott to make them feel like they belonged in Melbourne or words to that effect

Watts kicked one from 55m at Etihad from a set shot

I think Bennell is a smokey to really come on and become one of our top 5 players but probably not a star. With his speed, agility and clean hands and if he develops his tank and gains some footy smarts in the next couple of years he will be an extremely valuable player for us.

Tapscott showed a fair bit when he played for Casey last year I thought. Strong marking, tackling and kicked a couple of important goals. He also embarrassed Karmichael Hunt with a huge bump

Any chance Jack Viney will get a run?

Check out the video on the melbournefc site

Frawley's goal Garland's goal Trengove's match winning rushed behind Jurrah's mark

When we have the easiest fixture of any team I don't think we should complain too much. Having said that, the one thing that annoys me is that we play WCE at Etihad in round 21. What's that all about?

Liam Jurrah maybe

I think we need a skillful running defender just as much, if not more than a big forward but I also think we should take the best available at pick 12 so whichever one of the two is left for us to take will fill a need either way. Darling is the most likely big forward and Smedts the most likely defender in my opinion. Both players have been labelled as d1ckheads on this forum but I believe that with the culture our club has built, the prominent leadership by young players especially and the fact that both players would be moving away from home would decrease the likelihood that they act up.

Bail and Garland to take the next step and Sylvia to be top 10 in the Brownlow

I think a forwardline of Westoff, Watts, Jurrah, Petterd and at times Bennell and Morton is a tad on the skinny side. He may not be as skinny as he used to be, but Westoff doesn't impose himself at all anyway.

Mitch Wallis was Calder and Vic Metro Captain

My mates that know Addam talk about him being the best kick they've played with and how freakish he is and I think he showed a lot against Sydney but if he wants a trade, there's probably no point keeping him. Brisbane are in desperate need of a Maric-type player and I think he would get a spot in their 22 if he should be traded there. What would people say to a Maric for Cornelius trade?

Silvagni?

Jones for Courtenay Dempsey?

Yeh he went to school at Yarra Valley Grammar with Gysberts

One of those little boys for Xavier is Dan Hannebury I believe. The rest are absolutely little boys though

He barely had any chasing or tackling in his highlights. I'm not bagging him but shouldn't some of that stuff be on there if he was playing on a back flank?

Interesting to note that Jones: - Was Pick 12 - Received 2 Rising Star Nominations (only played 8 games in his first year) - Finished THIRD in the Rising Star in 2007 behind Joel Selwood and Scott Pendlebury - Finished SECOND in the BNF in 2007, in only his second year - Is only 22 years old This tells me that we would receive a good draft pick or player, should we trade him, and that he is a lot better than is being suggested on here at the moment so maybe we should actually look to keep him.