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Yes, he can go propagate himself

yes there was the Trengove sling tackle case and the Viney Adelaide sandwich case and the Sylvia got a broken jaw but it wasn't the tacklers fault no case and was it Sylvia (?) again who got rubbed out for two weeks for running threateningly past some bloke but having no actual contact. That one was the most disgraceful of all.

Massively overrated? Have you read this thread? The bloke has had a couple of practice matches to forget. He is smart and there are few more dedicated to the cause. He will improve and be that lynchpin of our backline again. A massive overreaction on this board

I could be wrong but I think the young Nazi kid from the Sound of Music is playing for us today

"A dozen dirty Dons are eating Swiss cheese With the rest we'll do as we please" I'm on fire

"The Demons have a winning culture to foster Today lets show them that Dons never prosper"

West Coast and Watts can take a speccy over Nic Nat in the goal square to kick the winning goal Or we beat Essendon to a pulp for payback for 2000 Or we beat Hawthorn by playing their brand of anti-social football Or Collingwood with The Weed kicking 8 Actually all four, one year at a time

That is a shame. I like watching both Stringer and Bontempelli play. The Bont actually cured me of my sadness at the prospect of losing Frawley us when we played them in 2014. I've had a soft spot for him ever since.

Think I'd almost rather Hulett

Absolutely. It is a credit to Melbourne supporters that there are still so many of us. It annoys me no end that we are painted, by the media, as fair weather, "go no. 2" type supporters. I doubt there is a more passionate, rusted on and more knowledgable group of supporters in the league.

The Richmond game would be kind of apt

I'm certainly hoping that is the case. The bloke came third in the Pies B & F just before he came to us. There has to be more to him than what we saw last season

Wonder if he is any chance they may give him a run this weekend? Back to Vanders for a moment. He was next to M Jones on the weekend and was quite a bit taller. Both are listed at 188cm. Find it hard to believe that Matt is that tall and Aaron that short. It is a good situation for us when an irresistible force like him is behind N. Jones, Viney, Tyson and Vince in the midfield pecking order. Starting to get good depth running through the middle

...and I believe we swapped pick 12 to Brisbane for Clark not ten. Shame as I really liked the symmetry of CBDees post

Woo Hoo!!. A no injury game away from home, against quality opposition is going to make for a very happy week Is that blue sky through the rain?

Carlton are missing most of their starting midfield and aren't playing four of their interchange a half. You can tell Weitering will be a quality ten year player for them Parish doing better than what I would have liked but that is only because of my dislike for the Bombers

Agree and Gawn V Jamar in Round 2 could be a different kind of epic

I suppose the good news in all this for the club is that Jesse's current contract no doubt sees him being one of the few Melbourne players over the past decade being paid less than he is worth.

Yes, I was going nominate Trengove too. We already know what you will get with Hogan and I'm already expecting 6-10 games from Oliver but I'm dead keen to see what Petracca will offer too. He has that "a bit different and could be anything" aura about him. So Trengove by only a nose to Petracca

Quadruple like. It is so, so pointless arguing about what could have been

I must admit I am in the Spencer-is-a-good-back-up camp. At this stage it seems to be a group of not many. As TPF39 says he is super aggressive and won't get pantsed by anyone aside from the elite rucks. Who knows perhaps he can build on the contested forward line mark and goal in the Cats game. There is no way that Gawn will play all 22 games (+ finals?) and Jake will prove his worth I believe. We will shortly see what life is like without him as Gawn will play a max of two Nab Cup games.

Didn't we have the quintessential young, high draft pick who tore the opposition (multiple) new one(s) last year?

Wherever the women's game goes from here I am proud that we, along with the Bullies. will go down as a foundation Club. I can see Daisy Pearce will become one of the first "revered" pioneer names in the game.

If you are feeling we are no chance to make the finals then glance Richmonds way. They suck, hugely. They are the definition of mediocrity. The Tigers should give us hope and confidence I don't see any reason why we can't be better than them, take their top 8 spot and play first week of the finals

Yes, much better to undersell and over perform Who was the coach a few years ago who came out before the season and said they they would play finals and got sacked half way through the season after barely a win? I like the speak softly but carry a big stick approach