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But Bennell has done five times more for the Dees than Jetta in the past few games. I hardly saw Jetta on Sunday, yet Bennell was solid. He has no reason to be dropped.

Agree. It's taken the Saints nine years to get to the top - how can we get behind?

Age limit is 21. Barlow's 22 and Podsiadly's 28 :D

Jetta gets dropped before Bennell does.

Link Maybe Tony Hausknecht saw the thread on Demonland...

I remember the passage of play on the wing where he ran right through three Saints...

Haha, I'm not targeting anybody in particular, but I have seen a lot of moaning since we lost last night.

Of course it's more sinister than a sleeping tablet - it's Ben Cousins we're talking about. Look at all the problems he's had. Still feel sorry for him though, thought he was past it.

What, the fact that we played as well as last year's (and probably this year's) Grand Finalist for three quarters isn't enough for you? Were you expecting to win a flag in 2010? Stupid post.

Young sides are inconsistent. Thought you would know that, being a Melbourne supporter.

Astbury's stats: 21 disposals (9 kicks, 12 handballs, 86% efficiency), 5 marks, 1 tackle, 1 clearance, 74 SuperCoach points against Sydney's forward line McKenzie's stats: 24 disposals (8 kicks, 16 handballs, 63% efficiency), 3 marks, 5 tackles, 7 clearances, 77 Supercoach points against St Kilda's midfield If you had to choose just by looking at that McKenzie gets it.

Man, what is with the negativity on Demonland? It drives me nuts. Look, we competed with last year's (and most likely this year's) Grand Finalist for three quarters - in fact, competed in an understatement, considering that we were down by 17 points at three quarter time. Trengove was Melbourne's best. McKenzie deserves to get the Rising Star nomination. Watts played his best game yet for the Dees. We even won the clearances 43-35 against the second best team in the competition with a midfield featuring Brendon Goddard, Nick Dal Santo, Leigh Montagna, Lenny Hayes, Clint Jones, Farren Ray and more. The first four are f**king elite midfielders and we beat them. And the game was played at Etihad. If we can do that, then we aren't going to win any more wooden spoons and you can bet on that.

If it's an award for consistency, yes. But it isn't. Well, not normally. He deserves it the most though.

It's a bit off topic, but I completely agree with your signature Deemitch. Two of the three numbers I was thinking about getting on my guernsey were 12 and 16, and I eventually got 15. They've all been injured D: Maybe I'll consider getting 7, 11, 21, 29, 34 and 42...

Brendon Goddard should go play soccer. It was good acting

Five changes? You wish jellyfish. IN: Jurrah, Sylvia, Morton OUT: Jetta, Bate, Grimes

It was functioning better today. Jurrah will provide another target. Essendon have conceded 126 points a game in their last three. Where's the optimism? If you were coach I'd expect a thumping every week.

Here, I'll have a shot Bartram - unconvincing display today Bate - was rarely sighted Bennell - showed some class Bruce - hitting some form Cheney - not his best Davey - up and down Dunn - contested very well Frawley - good solid game Garland - will be fantastic Green - still got it Grimes - great before injury Jamar - quieter than normal Jetta - hello there Casey Jones - made some mistakes MacDonald - best game yet? McKenzie - great contested work Moloney - rarely got it Rivers - didn't do much Scully - a quiet game Spencer - see Neville Jetta Trengove - best for Melbourne Watts - improved his game

I hope you're joking

So he had a quiet game. Chris Judd often has quiet games. Matthew Pavlich often has quiet games. Doesn't mean they're crap leaders. You don't really get to see what happens behind the scenes.

Can't agree more. Early on I tipped that Liam Jurrah would return in Round 15 and he should - with Fletcher, Pears and Hooker out, we could potentially kick a big score.

Have you heard of a player called Brent Moloney? He's a midfielder...

We weren't out of the game at three quarter time either. We competed with a premiership contender (besides Collingwood) for three quarters. That's good enough for me. We weren't going to win today. Some people just aren't taking that in.

Some people live on taking the negatives out of our side...come on, our three best players today IMO are in their first/second year at the club (Trengove, Watts, McKenzie) and we won the clearances against an elite midfield that sits second on the ladder at their home ground.