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I just want to see JKH start. We need his excitement in the game and a samll forward to start

Bernie Vince ‏@bvince23 9m Footy show tonight channel 9! #nicetime #panel Can also understand if your tuned into the crows game tho! #scheduling?? So its a double dose of melbourne.

never thought id see jack watts named in the centre. I hope JKH isnt the sub. Bail was a surprise but I like the look of our backline.

Round one Melbourne team v St Kilda B: Dean Terlich, James Frawley, Jack Grimes HB: Lynden Dunn, Tom McDonald, Bernie Vince C: Jimmy Toumpas, Jack Watts, Dom Tyson HF: Rohan Bail, Jack Fitzpatrick, Daniel Cross F: Shannon Byrnes, Cam Pedersen, Jeremy Howe FOLL: Jake Spencer, Nathan Jones, Jack Trengove I/C: Viv Michie, Matt Jones, Jay Kennedy-Harris, Alex Georgiou EMG: Daniel Nicholson, Sam Blease, Michael Evans NEW: Daniel Cross (Western Bulldogs), Alex Georgiou (Norwood), Jay Kennedy-Harris (Oakleigh Chargers), Viv Michie (Fremantle), Dom Tyson (Greater Western Sydney), Bernie Vince (Adelaide)

I also thought during the week I saw an ad where they said Bernie was on the panel but not sure about that. Anyway thought id let people know.

Col is one we will miss in that backline. Sorry but when did Jamar hurt his foot. He hasnt played for so long I just forget what made him miss a lot of last year.

Yep im going. I must admit I will be a bit nervous in what will unfold. Last year r1 we all rocked up expecting to win because well we thought we were playing an easy team with a new coach who were a basket case. 2 hours later how wrong we were. The thing is we are in a no win situation with the media. If we win then journos will just name all the saints players that were missing and if we lose it will be the same old melbourne again. It would just be great to have a win r1 and see the boys walk off happy.

as someone pointed out today on radio there is always more opposition fans there anyway then nth so its a bit hard to create a hostile home ground environment. Can you imagine nth playing a home game against collingwood and collingwood not running out to there song, the fans would end up singing it and creating more atmosphere. I just just them as an example seeing as they have a very big fan base. But nth said they would play the other teams song after the game if they lost.

Sorry I was meant to write can we play Gawn only as a forward and just keep him up there as a tall target.

any chance we could play Gawn as a forward only next week just so we have a tall up there?

Yeah I know we dont have to put up with it I just hate our club being in the news for negative reasons after all the crap in the past few seasons. I hope Mitch can get himself right. I know he much he wanted to play for melbourne and get us successful on the field. And at the moment he cant do the one thing he wants to. It would be so frustrating. But Im sure the club will give him the full support.

the sad thing is we will have to put up with the media speculating and talking about him.

Mitch Clark will be out of football indefinitely, with his club giving him leave to deal with his health. On http://afl.com.au soon Demons not sure when he will be back but will work with him to get back. Say he will be away for an extended time. Also rehabbing a calf Very sensitive situation. Obviously needs to be reported given won't be at the club, but will need time and space from now on ​Tweets from different journos tonight.

Well Buddy is already copping it on twitter. 7 possies 1 goal but the conditions didnt really suit him. But if you sign a long contract for that long and amount of money you will some under scrutiny.

oh god we now have to start winning. GWS have suddenly turned good. Beaten Sydney by 32.

well apparently he receive a letter from a member which made him write the letter, not sure what the member said to him.

ok then I just read that they didnt. I thought they would have. Thanks for clearing that up.

i missed the footy show tonight. Is it true they didnt mention the passing of Dean?

nup waste of time, he wont leave west coast

Thats the difference, Schwab talks PJ gets the deal done. I will never fly with them but thanks for showing faith by sponsoring us.

For us, we know where we're at. You saw the premiers play against a team that won two games last year, and that's the difference." Roos summed it up there. By the way we got thrashed by a hawks team coached by Cameron Bruce. Who would have ever thought that. Stand-in Hawks coach Cameron Bruce said first indications were that Stratton's injury was not serious.

Thankgod it was free and the bbq and the gelati from MR whippy were the highlight of the day.

I left at 3/4 time. Its a reality check of where we are at end the standard we have to get to. It gives Roos something to work with until r1. Im not mad. We were playing the premiers who had 3 key quality forwards to kick to. Roughhead, Hale and Gunston as opposed to our forward line which had Fitzy and Howe as main targets. Cant really compare. Shows how important it is having your 3 talls in. But again Vince played well and is going to be a great pickup choice. also no major injuries and my heart sank when I saw Jones go down and not get up straightaway but it turned out to be nothing major.

im going and rapt its free. Went last year against the saints in the pre season game. It took forever to get out of the carpark. But looking forward to see how our new midfield goes against the hawks one and looking forward to JKH playing again. please no more injuries.