P-man

His name lends itself to cult status. Has that extra ironic touch given opposition supporters referring to us as "Melgawn".

My oath he does.

Forgot about Morton. Was shaky early but steadied and went about his business very assuredly.

6. Rivers 5. Trengove 4. McKenzie 3. Jones 2. Bennell 1. Martin Honourable mention: Howe, Scully, Gysberts, Green, Watts, Beamer etc etc Really tough this week.

And pass it round. Actually stuff that. This high will suit me just fine.

haha..a fellow Canberran. Welcome.

My crush on Trenners is now pretty epic. Rivers was a giant. Bennell just needs some consistency to become a seriously valuable player. Wattsy sticking it up the naysayers with every match. His rise just continues.

What a win at what a time! For those first gamers and for the other developing players, can't speak highly enough of the effort tonight. Landmark win. Votes this week will be tough for all the right reasons.

haha..fair enough Nash. Onya Jimmy!!

If Clyde rates us a strong chance then I'm putting a pineapple on it. Dees by 10.

Is it out of line to say that [edit: yes, it is.]

Been watching some of Howe's youtube clips in prep for this game. Would love to see him take one of those hangers on debut. I agree that at the very least we are finally able to get a glimpse of some more youngsters, regardless of the result. I'm expecting this one to be a good contest.

I like it, although the Dockers fans would claim we ripped the idea to play Acca off them. From memory they play "TNT" at their matches, to compensate for the hideousness of their team song I imagine.

lol

How is McKenzie not in the 22?

Agreed. That review is a joke.

Robinson holds no fear over copping a decent knock because really...how could his head get any worse than it already is?

I don't need you to explain to me why they are a better side thanks mate. It has everything to do with their superior forward line, structure and application of the press, but the extent of their form reversal from last year compared to ours is relevant. Very relevant.

Rogue - I acknowledge the extent of the injury concerns, albeit that we've been equally as horrid without them. My underlying point is that I hold concerns for the impact on the psyche of our younger players when we continue to get thumped, with leadership roles falling to players who are not much older than themselves. This may in turn affect our ability to retain players. I know I'm not the only one whose patience has been stretched to its absolute limit, and seeing our AA FB talking openly about being tired of losing has got the blood rushing.

I was in the stands at that game and I can tell you I've never seen a worse display from a Melbourne side. I know we've had some stinkers but in the context iof where we should be with our development, it was the worst. Why are West Coast a better side? We're talking about the reigning wooden spooners. You don't see it as a relevant that arguably our worst performance of the season was with only a small handful of omissions? It took unprecedented media pressure for the team to actually lift and perform tyhe following week. It all but completely negates your point of "Injuriesssssss". There is a systemic problem.

How many injuries did we have against West Coast? It weighes into the debate but it is no excuse for how we are playing. Certainly Chippa doesn't think so.

Not surprisingly he seems really, really flat. What sticks out is the way he says "to be honest, I'm getting really tired of losing". Seemed quite poignant and demonstrates how much this culture of losing games, going back several years, is impacting the players. As a supporter it's really tough to watch one of our champions looking like a beaten man, but you can see the will and determination is still there. This club needs to turn things around NOW, not later. The waiting time is over. The younger players need to be introduced into a club that is intent on playing finals football and right now we are so far from that it's ridiculous.

Absolutely and without question would love to see him come in and shake things up. For whatever reason our forwards are not demonstrating enough application of how the modern game should be played, and frankly need a solid kick up the arse.

You just have to laugh at how bad our luck has been. Really couldn't come at a worse time with massive games against Collingwood and Richmond coming up. Fingers crossed for some speedy recoveries over the next fortnight. Personally I'd just like to see us have a dig with the players we have at our disposal. I've had it up to the teeth with the damage control footy that commits us to an "honourable" loss, which still turns out to 40+ points. Go out there and attack and see what happens.

I really couldn't disagree more. Sylvia was far and above one of our best. Yet again we looked most dangerous (arguably the only time we looked dangerous) when he was bringing the ball out of the midfield. Kicked a terrific goal from the boundary that would've made our very short highlight reel. 21 disposals and 8 tackles tells the story. Frawley did well given the amount of responsibility he had heaped upon him, but he looked very indecisive and at times lethargic. The only players that got their hands on the pill less than Jetta were Newton, Petterd, Jurrah and the two subs, so I'm not sure how he "kept getting involved". Watts was embarassing, and in the one game where Green had to show his captaincy skills, he showed very little indeed. The second and third efforts just weren't there.