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Stuart Dew is the Swans "stoppages" coach. if he wants a new challenge he is more than welcome to come across on Roos coat tails The Swans midfield is everything I want for Melbourne; tough, skilled, organised and not over-reliant on one star individual

I think it his 150th against the Cats. I would like Colin to be still in the red and blue playing consistent footy on his 200th Go Col.

I would be hugely surprised if Jamar ended up on the trade table. You need a minimum of 4 rucks. Even with 4 if Gawn catches a cold this week we would have Fitz as first ruck and Sellar second against the Geelong midfield. Scary. You need ruck depth at a club Jamar also provides the experience and leadership that a rookie ruck cannot. Watching the almost 50 year old Ben Hudson break even against Kreuzer on Friday night, who knows, Mark maybe up for another 3 year contract at the end of his current one

He has the No.12 from that year covered. In fact the recruiters could have saved much supporter angst over the years if they picked 53 at 12 and 12 at 53.

Sorry if this has been mentioned before, but the fox commentators said that it looked unlikely Melbourne would get a priority pick at the end of the year. Does anyone know how they came to this opinion?

Yep, someone else was trying to blame Mark Neeld for not bringing Fitzy on earlier but he has obviously served the right apprenticeship Which is another reason why the year spent in the VFL by Hogan will be perfect for his development

It would be an interesting experience umpiring a game in front of 45,000 rabid West Coast supporters. A bit like facing a delivery from Thomo or taking the wheel of a F1 car. You wonder how you would go It is a thankless task umpiring an AFL match and the abuse would only get worse in the lower leagues. Somehow they need to increase the the pool of umpires. The quality drops off quickly after the first few top guys.I have always thought the AFL should encourage retiring footballers into the role. They, at least understand the game Having said that the standard of umpiring was particularly poor today

And it wouldn't really matter which one, just put them in a circle and spin the bottle. No matter where it stopped you would get a bloke who could run all day, who has great hands in close, is good overhead and tough. Pretty much they have half a dozen Nathan Jones's to our one, it is only fair they share

Considering their midfield dominance, the appalling umpiring and the loss of Chip it is difficult to work out how we only went down by 31. Think we have past rock bottom, but have thought that on about 7 different occasions over the past two years Gotta be happy about keeping at it right till the end of the match The Swans work from stoppages and clean hands are amazing The fox commentators a couple of minutes prior to the end of the game were saying we should look for a midfielder during the trade period. Sharp

Perhaps Buckley and Harry have fallen out because neither will tell the other just how good they think they are

Yes, I think he may be losing his plot

Could not agree more with the above post. I try to stay positive when posting but this bloke does my head in. He is a [censored] of the highest order. He seems to want to harm the club and seems to enjoy doing it. He can nick off

You are right 45HG it is a cracking round Brilliant write up too. Thankyou. Won't have to bother with any of the commercial summaries

Brilliant highlights. You would not want to be in the tuck shop queue with Jesse, you'd have no chance getting to the front

Depending on your opinion of Jamar and how the 'tests' test you could argue that we are only 2 injuries away from a full strength side (Evans and Clark) If we can maintain a vaguely settled side we could surprise a few over the next few weeks

Swoopers years at the club were easily my favourite as a supporter. Aside from the success he brought to the club his Melbourne side played a wonderful mix of tough, skilful football. It was a mostly beautiful era. All of us who were around at that time would remember it fondly However, as a director Northey would need to offer substantial skills to the board and not just be a feel good appointment

I think Mr Burgundy is saying that James Magner being turtle slow has not stopped Brock from being a worthwhile AFL footballer. By the way, Goodes will apparently be off the park for the next 6 weeks so we won't have to worry about how to draft Cale back from East Perth for the week.

To pick up Hannath we would have had to use one of our last picks in the main draft. Given that both Terlich (No. 68) and Matt Jones (No. 52) would easily be in the top ten in the bluey at the moment which one would you have not selected?

I get where you are coming from but his skills have improved significantly over the years. Given Jack's history of illness and injury and combined with his size you would think there is more improvement to come And if his banana from the boundary is an example of terrible skills I'll take them every time

Agree and happily those 4 are all demanding their spots at the moment. Some fairly handy 2012 recruiting there

Who knows given the competition for forward spots next year Jack may well end up down back. His speed, leap and 200cm, 99kg frame could be an advantage on the last line. Also like that he has a red hot go

Very nice to see the All Australian Chip last night. 20 possessions at a lazy 95% efficiency plus 8 marks Hopefully with the change of leadership at the club, a couple of wins and a return to form will mean we don't hear anymore rumours of him wanting a change of scenery

We won a game of football and showed lots of promising signs throughout the match. I shall remain ecstatic until at least Tuesday

Yep has winner written all over him

Oh and Tom Mac continued on from last week. Loved him tonight, particularly early