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"Watts rested, not dropped" http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/7415/newsid/130707/default.aspx Woken up?

Wouldn't you prefer to be in an even better financial position? Just because we're out of debt, doesn't mean we're rich. Pretty sure we still get handouts from the AFL each year?

He was also taken as a top 10 draft pick then played in every bloody position on the ground by the Crows. Wasted. Lots of players have gotten a change of scenery and become much better. Tarrant at freo? I'm more confused about Bate. I saw nothing i liked from him in the midfield. Interested to hear how Tynan goes again this weekend, wouldn't mind seeing him thrown in the deep end from round 1. Gives him confidence and would be a bit of a kick up the ass to some of the older guys.

Please please PLEAAAAASE let Tappy and Grimes get at least half a game. Being in SA it'd give tapscott a chance to say hi to his family also. Want both of them to have the best shot at a round 1 spot.

^ Nothing to do with Cook, who cares. Hopefully they give Cooky some time to stack on the pounds before/during our next preseason. Unfortunately he was troubled by injury in this recent one, and even if he wasn't - with the amount of running we were doing it would've been bloody hard for him to put on much weight. I almost feel like they should stop him playing with 4~ rounds left of the VFL and get him to start smashing the weights room before the next pre-season starts properly.

All the tiggy touchwood/50-50 frees going to the hawks.

Last year: This year: It has definitely changed to a more red than pink colour.

I cant believe anyone would compare the career of an AFL footballer to a 'normal' 9-5, 5 days a week job.

It's funny that in the latter half of the 2011 season, there were heaps of articles being written about him saying how much his game had stepped up and how he is looking more like a star. 2 bad PRE SEASON GAMES and now the media are back to how they were before. Bleh. Watts was never dropped last year, he played every game. Unless you mean when he was made the sub... which isn't being dropped.

Remember how Travis Cloke did stuff all in his first few years? Look at him now. Same height but 103kg. Jack will come on.

We barely have enough fit/not rested players to fill out the 22 + 7 squad for tonight!

Bartel has won a brownlow and a norm smith. If Trengove becomes like Bartel i will be over the freaking moon, not just "pretty happy with that".

McKenzie 37 games (battled with injury) Trengove 37 Grimes 32 (injuries) Bail 18 (injuries) Gysberts 18 (injuries) Tapscott 15 (injuries) Nicholson 9 Blease 5 (broken leg...) Viney 0 GIVE THEM TIME. How can we be writing off our midfield when these players are averaging barely a full seasons worth of games between them, and many have struggled to have a consistent uninjured run during their time with us? I'm patient and i have faith, i wish others did too

Oh right, for some reason i thought Maric was delisted a lot earlier. Well, he was delisted first, but yeah. Ah well.

Still thought we should've given Maric more games/time to fill this role... i wonder if Neeld would've kept him around?

If anyone complains about our skills tonight i will cry, possibly the worst possible condition to play football in. Incredibly wet and humid.

http://afl.com.au/portals/0/css/radio5473.html click one of those links should be links on the AFL gameday thing too

Viney, announced today. Interestingly timed thread this one!

Jamar said in his pre conference early that it was likely that not players would play every game of the NAB cup anyway, so eh. Who cares about him missing some shitty pseudo-footy week 1. If he did something really bad he would be sitting on the sidelines with Colin in Rd1 of the real stuff.

Spoke really well, honest answers that aren't as cliche as most footballers. Should do a lot of our media work now seeing as he is in the leadership group (Trenners struggles, [Deleted] Garlo is too quiet... haven't heard much of the others speak)

Could be a 'once meeting starts, doors are locked' type scenario.

hate to say it mate but there is a good chance you could be losing 1000 as early as september this year.

Not sure if anyone else noticed, but the new player pictures are up on the MFC website... although a few players on on their last seasons pics. If you open up one of them that still has last years top (Tapscott for example) and compare it to any of the new pics, this years jumper is definitely much much more red than that pinky shade we had last year.

I am a big big fan of our current clash juper. I really like it. Of course our normal guernsey is better, but i have no issues with our current clash.

Sylvia + Mid Range compo pick for Gaff note: i really really like Col and still think he can get to the stage where he produces consistently