Bobby McKenzie

You missed me YM. Bob McKenzie averaged 2.0 from a half forward flank! (125 games).

Command or commend? You are a dominant lady aren't you?

He was ELECTED into co-captaincy by the players. So blame THEM since according to you, they don't know his abilities and leadership skills as well as you and his other critics do. Do you know him personally? James McDonald hasn't been setting the world on fire this year but do you question HIS leadership capabilities? No it all falls back on scapegoat Bruce. You are the laughing stock making statements like that.

He was named in the Herald Sun as one of our best. But you are allowed to disagree! Can you HONESTLY state that he was the sole reason for our poor game today? Can you HONESTLY say he doesn't run his guts out in his endeavours? Why do certain bashers point the finger at Cam every time we have a bad day? It is blatantly unfair and unfounded. Did you bother to read 'Mick 2007' facts on Bruce this season? By the way, living in Perth made it a bit hard to be at the game but I watched the whole match on foxtel. (Delayed telecast). Don't you think you get a much better view of the game on TV compared to being at the game? You do miss a lot when the ball is far,far away. Maybe that happened to you today. (Assuming you went of course!). You are a quiet Bruce knocker aren't you?

Yeah, 'mick2007', but Jaded reckons he's having an 'awful' season so she must be a better judge than you and I and the MFC selectors. Those stats really indicate his true worth but it fails to convince a MINORITY of our posters.

Get out there and do better BRAVE BOY!

You are getting as bad as YM in your bagging of Bruce. Melbourne lose again and who do you blame? Bruce. Have a look at today's stats and think again. Bruce 21 poss.@76%, Moloney 15@67%, Yze 15@60%, SYLVIA 19@68%, White 18 @ 67%, Jones 20 @ 60%. Bruce gets over 20 possessions every week and continues to run his guts out and yet you still find him accountable over all others. Be fair and get off his back! I notice too that others who support Bruce have not fallen for the bait that YM has presented. They have not bothered to respond to his and YOURS unfounded criticism. Get out there mate and do BETTER!

Good work 'True Believer' I hope the Dees reward you with a win against the Saints!

Sorry to have to tell you YM, but Bruce WILL be in the top 150 and deservedly so. Incidently, does anyone on this forum happen to know who the selectors are for our top 150?

Ben is out of the team because of his shoulder injury. He wasn't dropped.

Do you watch the show for footy or comedy? The footy content is almost outweighed by the ATTEMPTED comedy routines. You tell me I can go and watch all the other AFL footy shows so I can tell you to go and watch all those American comedies with their canned laughter. You seem to enjoy the funnies so much. Give me a footy show which concentrates FULLY on the game. Not padded with childish antics.

Completely agree. To have any chance of avoiding the spoon we must play with the same passion we showed last Sunday for the rest of our games. Unfortunately, we don't seem to be able to do this. With a top draft pick we can go places next year.

I might just start watching the footy show again with the pathetic Sam Newman absent. He is an absolute idiot with all his attention seeking behaviour. I am very broadminded but he is the pits.

Thanks 'MFC4Life' for sharing that great interview with the mighty Laurie Mithen. I bet 'Maurie Lithen' will find it very interesting. Mithen was tough, uncompromising and highly skilled. And how about this? Lou Richards,in his book, described Laurie as the BEST centreman he had ever seen. High praise indeed from a Collingwood man. I was very lucky to see him in action for all of his career.

Well done Mods for deleting a certain post that was unworthy of this forum. May the mods continue to remove unfair, unwarranted bashing of our players.

I was invited by a Weagles barracker to watch the match at Subi today. How inept were the Crows? I sat there in disbelief that this was the same team that walloped us the week before. They were shocking and it was chilling to think that they could have beaten us by such a big margin. The Eagles by the way, were not very impressive but at least they looked interested. To make matters worse, the stupid scoreboard kept showing progress scores of the Richmond / Essendon game naming Melbourne instead of Essendon. One score read MELBOURNE 3.7.25, Richmond 10.11.71. I heard a guy behind me say, "Melbourne are getting flogged yet again!" I resisted the temptation to correct him. Fortunately, they eventually replaced Melbourne with Essendon. Its bad enough to have one loss at the weekend but not two. Hey, what am I saying? We haven't lost to the Tasmanian Hawks yet have we? Go Demons and stick it right up Jeff's rectum.

Our own big Bob Johnson was the greatest actor of them all. He got his 'frees' in the forward pocket and he was such an ACCURATE kick for goal. You younger posters would have loved it, particularly against C'wood!

Cam DID pinch your girlfriend and you can't forgive him! You really are a raver of the highest order.

Well said Surfa. It's wonderful to see all these EXPERTS criticising Bruce's kicking. They no doubt all have simply flawless kicking styles. Bruce, by his standards, had a quiet day but still managed 19 possessions at 79% efficiency. AT LEAST HE CAN GET THE BALL. Brian Dixon, was a champion Melbourne wingman and he was a shocking kick. Give credit you guys for Cam being able to win the ball. Bruce works his guts out on the opponent's star players week in and week out and does a bloody good job on them.

Jack Grimes.

Archer didn't play this weekend. Don't know if he attended school at Caulfield Grammar.

A lot of posters are getting very excited about the prospects of gaining either Naitanui or Rich. I decided to have a look at their respective stats after 7 rounds of WAFL games. BOTH are playing for STRONG clubs, Rich with the undefeated Subiaco team and Naitanui with Swan Districts (2nd). This is an important factor as their opportunity to do well is increased when playing in a strong, WINNING team. I have not seen either play but here are their stats so far this season. NAINTANUI RD.1 6 kicks,5 h/b, 4 mks, 18 h/o (total 11 poss.) RD.2 BYE RD.3 2 kicks, 12 h/b, 2 mks, 26 h/o (14 poss.) RD.4 6 kicks,10 h/b, 4 mks, 14 h/o (16 poss.) RD.5 2 kicks, 8 h/b, 2 mks, 27 h/o ( 10 poss.) RD.6 5 kicks, 6 h/b, 1mk, 24 h/o ( 11 poss.) RD.7 3 kicks, 6 h/b, 4 mks, 18 h/o (9 poss.) RICH RD.1 10 kicks, 3 h/b, 3 mks, ( 13 poss.) RD.2 10 kicks, 5 h/b, 2 mks ( 15 poss) RD.3 5 kicks, 3 h/b, 1 mk. ( 8 poss.) RD.4 10 kicks, 8 h/b, 4 mks. ( 18 poss.) RD.5 11 kicks, 8 h/b, 3 mks. (19 poss.) RD.6 7 kicks, 4 h/b, 4 mks. ( 11 poss.) RD.7 12 kicks, 4 h/b, 4 mks. (16 poss.) I know they are only kids but overall, their stats are not outstanding. Nick's hit out tally is excellent but we don't know where they all went. Did most go to a teammate? They don't tell us. But at least he can get his fist to the ball. For a guy with a big leap I guess Nick's tally of just 17 marks from 7 games is very low. Daniel, going by stats alone, looks like being a potential ball magnet. Who knows? Maybe there are others worthy of consideration when draft time comes. Some good old VICTORIAN kids! By the way, I noticed Phil Read picking up plenty of possessions for Subiaco. NO I AM NOT SUGGESTING WE DRAFT HIM!

No way. What about Paul Chapman though? Give our forward line a bit of real bite.

Guess what? I AGREE fully on this one YM!

Nothing against him 'kramer'. He played very well. I was impressed.