P-man

I'd love to see Taylor Hunt in the red and blue. Kid's got heart and a fair bit of grunt. In general though I think it's a bit premature to be making these comparisons. Vardy has played 4 games ffs.

I strongly disagree. If that's what it takes to get him to stay, let him go.

Trenners is one of a select few that you can say without reservation is playing for the jumper at the moment. Previously I would've said Grimey but Trenners has definite potential. Am not including Moloney as he wouldn't fall into what I deem to be "long-term".

Regardless of his potential impact on the game, I still say the way J Mac was treated stinks to high heaven. It will forever be a blight on the club in my eyes. I think Bruce and Miller were justifiable as both were/are well past their best and made room for other important youngsters, but J Mac was in near career best form and just happened to be the bloody captain of the club.

Point taken on the positives to take out of the season thus far, but if yesterday was potentially a premiership winning gameplan then I'll eat my hat. Brim and all. I think you're understating just how bad Essendon were against us. The defensive pressure being applied by Collingwood by comparison was in a different class. We played somewhat better last week but it was by no means definitive proof that our gameplan works against competitive teams.

bahahaha! Classic nit.

It seems like every second week this club reaches another "turning point". By my count if we consider the West Coast and Carlton losses to be turning points, this one counts as the third, which leads us right back to where we started. We've done the full 360. All the labels being placed on us at the moment are all too true. We ARE soft and see countless examples of palyers not putting their body on the line. We DO seem to require some monumental external roasting in order to motivate ourselves to dig in and produce an effort that is required to win a game of AFL football. We ARE short of leadership on the ground. Who can argue these things aren't true? The problem is that they are all cultural issues and require something greater than bandaid solutions. The MFC was embarassed today, but what is the significance of the result? Do we resort to the same line of argument of youth and inexperience coupled with a long injury list? Or is it time we re-examined whether there is any credence to these labels and why we are attracting them? Currently we are viewed as a potentially cheap win by every single club in the league. After 2 years of rebuilding, the footy world is still laughing at us, and we are yet to give them a reason not to.

I shudder to think what the centre clearance numbers were. There were loooong periods where it was all going one way.

Adelaide seemed to do it very effectively for 3 quarters, at the MCG, and they are certainly no more skilled than we are at the moment. The short handballing approach worked fine against Essendon's press, because they are Essendon in a horrible run of form. Against the likes of Collingwood and WC our approach has been exposed.

I'd give the replay a miss if I were you. Maybe the first quarter but after that I'd find something else to do. Correct on all points by the way, and alot more where they came from.

I've had it with Jurrah's workrate. Drop him for next week and make him earn his spot.

The set shot he missed in the second term was criminal. As captain you must put the relatively easy chances away.

hm...just read that 74 was Collingwood's all time highest inside-50 count. Pretty dark day really.

6. Sylvia 5. Morton 4. Watts 3. Howe 2. Moloney 1. Macdonald Jones would get a vote for effort but he killed us with some really poor decision-making which halted our momentum on a number of occasions.

The umpiring was shameful but it wouldn't have made a lick of difference to the outcome.

What exactly did Nicholson do wrong to not get a recall? Could've used his speed and skill execution out there today. Would like to see him come back.

I refuse to believe that was Collingwood in second or third gear out there today. That was as good as I've seen them play this year. We needed them to have a slightly off day in order to have a sniff and it just didn't pan out that way. In general their skills were a bit cleaner than ours, but not to the degree that the scoreline showed. Alot of it was just a better drilled outfit implementing a smarter gameplan. Our inability to break through a decent press remains a big concern.

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I just read on the highly reputable bigfooty that he's making an early return. Just checking.

Anyone have the latest? I'm jumping on us for the win if true. Chip, Rivs and Garland...nom nom nom.

I'm really tempted to trade him into my team, but it would be at the expense of Swallow, Liberatore or Dangerfield. If he follows it up with another 100+ points this week I may go ahead with it.

You don't rate Heppell? Congrats to Gys. Thoroughly deserved.

Any mention of the 8 should be put off until we can string a few weeks together with some consistent form. Shouldn't be getting ahead of ourselves after a (albeit very good) win against an overrated and depleted side.

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