Grapeviney

Not if he has the same attitude to being dropped that he does to losing ..

this is a good call .. seems flat-footed and then gets caught or disposes of it poorly under pressure

gotta disagree with you there JR - I reckon Martin offers more, both in front of goal and around the ground

I saw him at a cafe a few hours before the Doggies game and he had a compression bandage over his calf .. not sure if that has anything to do with it

I'd prefer to see Martin out there instead of Sellar to be honest.. Really struggling to make an impact

6.Jones 5.McKenzie 4.Magner 3.Rivers 2.Bail 1.McDonald

Moloney's in the third was a shocker, and Howe should have converted in the second from straight in front. Conversely, we managed to kick the difficult ones. You've got to take your chances when they come

Looked like we ran out of puff in the last quarter to be honest - hence they started to get first to the ball and we lost the run and spread we showed earlier in the night. Much more consistent application and pressure were the big positives for mine - we seemed to cover the stoppages better rather than all players being on one side of the contest. We really missed Clark... Sellar never looked like taking a grab and Watts didn't seem interested tonight. Give me Martin before Sellar any day of the week. Grimes had a fair bit of the footy but his disposal really lets him down at times. Jones was super in the first half, he's really thriving under Neeld

Seeing pictures of a broken-hearted brian stynes snr at yesterday's game made me sad all over again. I really feel for his poor family - they would be missing him tremendously

Interested to read Cam Schwab say that with the signing of the three new sponsors "we have largely bridged that gap" left by the departure of EW by my reckoning, that means we're still a major sponsor - the equivalent of a reasonable $$FOJ deal - short of where we should be..

Just saw Trenners and Tappy at a cafe in Elwood. JT's calf was wrapped up in a compression bandage..

Mayne Nickless actually did sponsor us in the early 80's

It Hertz to barrack for Melbourne

Could be right there OD - Jurrah's "four-week" wrist injury officially passed the 5-month mark this week !

There was a queue of about 20-25 people / families waiting to sign up for Richmond membership before the game on Saturday. In contrast, the Melbourne membership tent was empty; the one person standing outside the front was from the club i think (my dad said it was someone wanting a refund)

6. Howe 5. 4. 3. Jones 2. Frawley 1. Clark Not sure how Trengove's getting votes here.. only had 16 touches and 2 goals in junk time * edit to add frawley, who kept reiwoldt in check

heaven help them if they bring it into the middle with a pinpoint pass, as bail did to howe in the 2nd quarter.. might actually score a goal>>

Destroyed at the stoppages - hardly won a clearance all day not sure what else to say.. gutted

ummm s'pose i should have looked at the ladder before posting that !

We're going to thump them and will be sitting pretty at the top of the table at the end of Round 1.

you too Barrass, was nice to see Demon friends both old and new

If I remember correctly you and your cousin knew it by heart, word-for-word

Saw Damian Monkhorst among the punters at Fed Square.. he would have rucked against Jim plenty of times. Quite a few opposition supporters there too which was nice to see

A documentary titled "Dublin Jim" was released after he won the Brownlow Medal and had lots of great footage / interviews on Jim's journey. I've got it on video somewhere but it would be great if it was re-issued and re-mastered for DVD. I checked on Name-a-Game a while ago but there was no mention of it on the website... I wonder if it's worth contacting them, or the club, to try and make this great doco available again?

Garry's speech bought a smile to many faces but it was Brian's words that will stay with me. The poem that Sam read was beautiful too.