Bobby McKenzie

I'm glad someone else can see that Bruce is being made a scapegoat. Interesting that YZE MAGIC didn't bag his namesake. Adem was pretty ordinary, but as you have stated it is only round ONE!

You still haven't answered my ORIGINAL question! Check back.

Good for you Distance Demon! You obviously are not a fairweather supporter like quite a lot of our posters here.

YOU HAVEN'T ANSWERED MY ORIGINAL QUESTION! NO AFL player deserves to be called a'pansy'. Would you get a few kicks if you were out there playing? Or would you be just a little soft? Things were not going well when Bruce and Green knocked Carlton out of the finals in 2000. REMEMBER?

I would call him a QUALITY player! What exactly is your point here? Let us watch Bruce's form this season and one of us will be proved right. QED.

Not a FEW brilliant games but MANY brilliant ones. Do you happen to know any player who is brilliant EVERY week? Name a few if you can!

REALLY??

Not Quite mate! It is sad when you cannot remember all the brilliant games Bruce has played for Melbourne.

WHY DON"T YOU SAY THAT TO HIS FACE TOUGH GUY? Get off his back. He's a quality player whether YOU like it or not!

Thanks 'CHAMP'. Much appreciated.

I'm having the same problems! Can ANYONE tell me how I can get live scores. It was very straight forward last season. Thanks ANYONE.

Jaded, I received my tie yesterday (Interstate member). The club logo is PRINTED onto the tie. Enjoy your season. I always find time to read your thoughtful and SENSIBLE comments.

Can't agree about the split second bit mo64 unless my video tape is out of sync. More like a split MINUTE.

Spot on '849dennisj'! I have watched the video many times and the umpires not only missed hearing the siren once but failed to hear it the second time. It was loud enough! There should never have been the situation where a 15 metre penalty was on. The ball was dead with a shot for goal the only option.

Sheahan includes oldies like the Coventrys, Haydn Bunton, Jack Mueller, Jack Dyer and others. Surely he could have judged them only on hearsay as he would not have seen them play. He should have only named the players HE has seen in action. The list could then be called The Top 50 players of MY TIME. Barassi is far far too low on his list. He should have been up there with Whitten 3 or 4. John Coleman too is far too low on the list.

I reckon with a decent run without too many injuries we can be VERY competitive this year. Here are my thoughts. Geelong, West Coast, Adelaide, St Kilda, Port, Hawthorn, Sydney, Freo, Melbourne, Brisbane, Collingwood, Essendon, Bulldogs, North, Carlton and Richmond.

Mine are: WET TOAST (with a passion!) COLLING@###@ KANGAROOS RICHMOND ADELAIDE

Quite agree Jaded. In 2006 we played finals and SHOULD have finished a clear 2nd. (Losing to lowly Carlton TWICE!) I feel that our present list is clearly STRONGER than the list of 2006. So why all the doubts over whether or not we will have a good season? Injuries at a reasonable level should allow us to finish at least 4th or 5th. Have faith fellow Dees.

Thanks for the pics. Can someone enlighten me with Cameron's new nickname of 'ken'? Sorry but I can't work this one out myself.

Thanks for that 'mo64'.

I have been following the Dees for over 45 years. I can't recall a Phil Partington playing for us and his name does not appear in the AFL official list of all players. Nor could I find it on the list of heritage numbers in our almanac. I stand to be corrected though 'goodoil'.

I thought Scarlett or Chapman deserved the Norm Smith medal ahead of Johnson. What a brilliant defender is Scarlett in the way he turns defence into attack time and time again. Chapman also is a wonderful player and never wastes the ball. I reckon we could win a premiership IF we could have these two in our team alongside Juddy. I am dreaming of course! Thank you Cats for removing our unwanted record of being the biggest ever loser in a GF.

Demon Dave, I was even luckier than that. I witnessed 1955,56,57,59 60 and 64.

The last item on your list, the AFL premiership, could be the DIFFICULT one. I remember a team which dominated the competition, was unbackable favourites for the flag in 1958 but got beaten by Colli#$@%*. Can't think of its name. The captain I remember was a bloke called Barassi! Aren't all you young posters so glad you didn't have to contend with that year! GRRRRRRRRRRRRR!! Whispering Jack and I and a few others are still trying to come to terms with that result.