Jaded No More

I would rather not watch us get smashed on my birthday... again... thanks

Oh dear god. Carroll is simply terrible. Cannot believe that he got a game ahead of Martin. Thought Sylvia tried really hard and had a fairly good game, with Warnock and Garland once again standing strong in the backline. Everyone else left a week early for their holiday.

A man of many haircuts and little talent.

I refuse to believe that our coach, or any coach, would instruct the players to handball unnecessarily through the middle of the ground before turning the ball over. There is no way Bailey is asking them to over-possess the footy. IMO it's just a basic lack of skills and most importantly a lack of smarts that is causing us to look like a mess on the field. We have so many dumb footballers that even the simplest of game plans cannot be executed properly. How much do players like Garland, Maric, Morton, even Grimes stand out from the rest because you can see they think the game through, not just panic, fluff a kick/handball and run around in circles before running into an opponent. That some players (our most inexperienced ones at that) are capable of executing the game plan to me demonstrates that Bailey is not really at fault here.

Actually it's 1. (Melbourne/West Coast) 2. (West Coast/Melbourne) 3. Fremantle 4. Port 5. Essendon 6. Carlton 7. Brisbane 8. Richmond 9. ??? 10. ??? 11. ??? 12. ??? 13. ??? 14. ??? 15. ??? 16. Geelong :D

Kerr + Black + Power + Brown = awesome As for St.Kilda... oh dear. Once a failure, always a failure.

I would say they dropped Jamar to enable Martin to stay in the side AND play Dutchy. This way Martin and White can ruck, and Holland can replace Newton and dazzle us with his incredible guns and divine kicking ability :D

Make that 250 thanks! So excited about this one, and what a great way to finish off a horrible season. Hope he has a great game and gives us yet another reason to look forward to the future.

As much as I LOATH the Carlton Football Club and wish them nothing but failure and misery, you can't blame them for trying to work around the cap. It is 100% the AFL's fault for allowing crap like this to go on. I have no doubt that we too offered Judd deals that fall outside of the cap, and so we should have. But trust the AFL to investigate us for talking to Warnock, but letting Carlton get away with what is basically cheating. A disgrace of the highest order but one that doesn't surprise me even a little. The AFL's administration team is the single biggest problem facing the game today. If anyone can ruin 150 years of tradition and success, it's the current people in charge.

VOTE B! Option A is horrible, truly horrible. It looks like an amature under 12's jumper. I still think they should have enlisted supporters to DESIGN the jumper, not just vote. I've seen some great jumpers designed by our supporters, and I know a few fashion design students who happen to barrack for Melbourne who would happily have tried to come up with some designs *cough*

Actually, it sounded like it was JIMMY that said to him that he needs just 2 more games to reach 300/ life membership. Lets hope Jim isn't getting involved in football matters though, and that Bailey picked him based on his ongoing form at Sandy (which has been solid).

That's good. At least 'groin' is not code word for OP this time!

Both have had great careers, both are finished at the highest level. Congratulations to them both and thanks for their service over a long period of time. This really is the end of an era and the beginning of something new and exciting.

Read in HS yesterday that Robbie sat with the Melbourne players during the Melb-Freo game. Suck on it hard Harvey! :D Edit: Link: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/afl...0-19765,00.html

I agree. Did a good job on his opponents (everyone got done by Motlop), and his disposal was good too. Broke the lines without getting caught and carried the ball fairly well. Definitely one of his best games for the year. People calling him useless on other threads are just using him as their regular punching bag for the year. I guess now that Brad Miller is performing well, they had to go and find a replacement

Wow, there goes 3 minutes of my life I'll never get back I was so hoping it would get better....

Prepare to be abused to death

Too little too late. And Bartram may be struggling, but Yze is the last person he should be taking advice from. At least he chases, tackles, stands within 10m of his opponent and puts his body on the line every week. For someone who was at risk of never playing again due to the complicated nature of his injury, he has done well to come back and compete. He isn't brilliant, he never will be, but he works hard at his task and that's what you can expect from a 2nd year player (last year doesn't count, only played 1 match) playing in a team that is getting smashed every week and is devoid of any leadership.

1 word analysis: VOMIT

Nothing you just wrote excuses a selfish and very experienced leader at the club to yell at a kid for a mistake he did not make with intent. Like I said, Yze should worry about his own form before attacking others. And Yze's circumstances are COMPLETELY his fault. Junior, Bruce, Whelan and Green have all kept their spot in the side because they are teamworkers and they contribute. Yze spent the year at Sandy not because of age, but because of his application at senior level over the last 3 seasons.

Please, Bartram stuffed up, he didn't do it on purpose. Bit rich for Yze to be having a go at a kid 10 years younger than him, when he is meant to be a leader and yet his output this year has been disgraceful. Should worry about getting his own ball before yelling at others for not giving it to him! Edit: Jeff White- oh dear.

Did I really just see Yze yelling at Bartram? Please tell me I didn't just see the least team-oriented player on the field yelling at Bartram for not handballing to him! :angry: :angry:

Playing football... Someone had to say it

Martin and Morton are the only two reasons why I haven't taken a knife and slashed my wrists yet. Would someone explain to me what the fudge we're doing? The accountability, or lack therefore, is the worst I've seen from us all year, and that's saying something. A shameful display even though I want to lose and finish on the bottom.

There's tanking, then there's playing like a bunch of pathetic old ladies. Disgraceful. At least pretend you're accountable