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An enormously long bow. Carey offers next to no value as an on-field or off-field commentator. The fact he's jumped on this bandwagon comes as no surprise.

Dahlhaus is well ahead of Gaff as a target for mine. Gaff is very much an outside player which isn’t the Melbourne mould. Even our outside players are more than willing to get their hands dirty and win their own ball. We want versatility and Dahlhaus provides that. He’d be a big loss for the dogs. Arguably their second best player.

Far left looks most like Yze so I’m assuming the left is past players and the right is current. If it’s a current player it looks a lot more like Nibbler than Hogan to me.

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No, I meant dribble. As in the stuff that rolls off his chin and onto the page.

It’s going to be brought up the moment results turn south. Caro writing an article on the eve of the season plays no part in that. It’s going to happen. I’m not her biggest fan but I side with those who thought it was a balanced and informative piece. Just try to imagine the dribble Robbo would’ve written if given the opportunity.

Tha second verse they’ve added to Geelong’s is truly awful. Stop tinkering ffs. Just stop it.

She should sing the Saints one. ”All the single premiers! All the single premiers! Put ya hands up!”

Why? How can you posssibly rule it out that unequivocally? Tell me it’s a reason outside of the pressure of being the number one draft. Last year was injury interrupted. Not the best means of assessment. What did you think of his year before that? Ugh. I’m slipping into another Watts vortex and he’s not even a Melbourne player anymore. I’ll let you have the last word.

I think it's a stretch to say that a 26 year old player of Watts' type wouldn't have performed at his peak in a Melbourne jumper this year. Look at his 2016 year. He was trending in the right direction. 2017 was injury affected as we know. We put 9 years of development into him with all the patience and hair tearing, only to palm him off right when he's about to enter his best few years of football. It was a bold decision to say the least. The main solace is that we look to have replaced him with another kid who has serious natural ability.

Didn’t watch but apparently was a sluggish game without a lot of pressure being applied. Perfect game for Watts to dominate. i still don’t agree with the decision to trade him out as he’s approaching the peak of his career. He’ll be a very good player for Port this year. Tha said, Fritsch is looking like he’ll be nice compensation.

Jonesy is an absolute star in my eyes and always will be. Give the man an 11 out of 10 from me.

So I’ve watched it a few times now and and Trac almost defnitely meant that kick to Vince to set up for goal. Yes his eyes went to goal but you can see them divert left at the last moment and he adjusts his kick accordingly. Commentators sold him short. It was quite brilliant. So brilliant in fact that they thought it had to have been a miskick. It wasn’t.

1. Lance Franklin 2. Dustin Martin 3. Max Gawn 4. Nic Natanui 5. Nat Fyfe I think Dangerfield’s brand suffers from the underlying current of smugness that oozes out of him. I think fans respect his ability, but I’m less convinced they like him all that much.

Nibbler and Harmes showed clear signs they can go to a new level this year. But for a first outing, it’s impossible to go past Fritsch. We have found ourselves a gem.

I don’t even know what to say about that. If he got fined for that then, yeah, I’m speechless.

This is getting tough. Could easily swap around those names on the bench and emergency. B Hibberd Oscar Jetta HB Hunt Lever Lewis C Salem Oliver Jones HF ANB Hogan Petracca F Garlett T-Mac Melksham R Gawn Tyson Viney INT Vince Harmes Bugg Fritsch E: Hannan Pedersen Brayshaw Stretch Frost

He’d definitely be in my side for Round 1. His workrate seems to filter through the team. He looked clean today too.

Poor from Gus. Not a good day for him.

Frtisch. Wow.

Ride the Melky way.

Let’s see if we can actually use the wind.

Good composure from Bugg for that goal.

We have so much quality on every line. Very strange feeling as a Melbourne supporter.