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Goddammit...dropped Maric but kept Morton?! Apart from that, excellent team.

I reckon it'll get better just having Skull and JT back in the side simply because of the danger they pose, especially Skull

The whole GWS-signs-Scully-and-trades-him-to-Richmond is poppycock. They can't actually do that with a player on an AFL list, only with players who aren't listed who they're picking up. Tendai Mzungu is the example - Gold Coast grabbed him and traded him to Freo as a non-AFL level player, but GC couldn't do the same with, say, Ablett or Bock.

Oh, so Richmond can still finish 9th and miss the finals then...good

Admittedly I was at work so I didn't see it.

Stef did play down forward vs Brisbane in the second ruck role, and I found it noticeable because we had someone who wasn't a small indigenous bloke trying to take pack marks in the forward line. Took me a quarter to work out it was him, was thoroughly impressed. He's become sensational almost overnight, really.

Yes.

36DD made the point about Jamar, couple of other things... - Grimes and Garland had injuries received in-game. - Bail's was concerning, breaking down. - Scully's was known about before he was drafted. - Robbie Campbell is injury-prone - Davey has probably been playing on it for 2-3 weeks

Don't understand why people think Dunn is an automatic return - play Gawn as first ruck and Martin as a forward target (as we did vs Brisbane cept with Rush ofc)

I know I'll probably cop it for this, but I feel just about as good as I did hearing the Dunn suspension news as I do hearing this. Yes, never feel good about an injury, but...... HOWE GAWN ARE WE?

zing!

17 (soon to be 18) teams, but yes. And I know I suffer from the delusion of watching on high and assuming that because you can see the option the player can too. But at the same time, simple things (see: Warnock dropping that mark) that are failed is what raises my ire. As for the supporters, I agree. The whole supporter base has in its nature a level of 'free riding' because of the huge proportion of MCC members who are MFC supporters. While I do understand that a lot of people do buy both, there has been a seeping effect where that has led from the club struggling due to low membership (cos everyone was in the MCC instead) to the 'giving up and going to the snow' of QBD based around the MCC reputation. It's a tag that continues to stick. While I know as well as anybody from sitting with the scum on the top tier of the GSS on QBD that it's not true, it does stem from the reality that in another era, the MCC members were simply willing to bandwagon the club for its victories but when times got tough they evaporated because the team was losing. (Sorry if that sounds somewhat wrong - I'm trying to get at the cultural idea rather than target any specific person, just wanted to clarify before anyone comes in and tries to tear me a new one)

Clearly you haven't been reading half the posts I make then. Anyway, I don't think it's worth the effort at the moment for these reviews - quite often the 3-word-reviews on here sum up the performances far better than any MFC website review. But more to the point, if you're going to slam some players openly (as they did with Juice and Jurrah) slam those that deserve it - i.e. Morton.

I get the feeling it might be different to, say, a Troy Taylor - let's just give him time at the moment. We know the club has a superb mentoring system for the indigenous players, this is where it comes into effect.

Means nothing til we follow it up on the field.

Short forwards, attacking backs, ruckmen, midfielders....basically everything really

Oh gee...probably struggling over last year's events. The club should send Aaron up there in a coupla weeks just to chat.

I've got to admit I struggle with this. I was abused by my friends that I went to the game with on Friday night for blasting the team early on when it was clear they were playing like total crap. Being told 'don't be that guy'. But at the same time, with the dross we have been serving up I don't see an alternative. It is all well and good to boo from the stands, I know, but at the same time I can't sit there idly and watch, say, Morton continue to stuff around with it and make basic errors.

The media will motivate them again this week. We actually might win (see Adelaide).

...never, couldn't live with myself if I did.

I'll agree, but to blast both Juice and LJ but not Morton is a bit weird.

With quotes rather than Jon Ralph crap! Also talks about Scull & says Trenners is certain to return. Demons may put their faith in young giant

Actually, the other one I will give kudos too is LJ. I know, I know, doesn't work hard enough around the ground etc., but this is the longest run he's had in the side so far and it's a testament to the hard work he put in over the summer that he is only starting to have issues now. He would probably be having a spell this week if we weren't stuffed with injuries, and even so he still provides so much threat when he's parked in the forward line. Everyone forgets that he's only played 20-odd games, and the quality we see out of him is nothing short of remarkable.

From Casey I bloody well hope.

Playing the Filth will. Pity we'll lose anyway.