Jaded No More

1- Joel Selwood 2- Trent Cotchin 3- Jonathan Brown

Given we are going to get smashed anyway, I'd bring in Morton and give him the job on Judd, like we gave him the job on Goodes for a few years. Fewer tasks in football that require more defensive attention and guts. Could be just the thing to get Morton out of the funk he's been in.

Jetta, Bennell and Maric have no currency and are still in the infancy of their careers. They won't net you a good player, and the pick you'll get for them is unlikely to bring you a better player. Rivers has a lot more value at Melbourne than externally. Won't go anywhere. Moloney is just an idiotic suggestion. He is so important to our midfield, he is one of our only leaders and he will make the lives of Scully, Gysberts, McKenzie and Trengove much easier. Fitzpatrick will get a lot of "who the hell is that" from opposition teams. Is currently worth less than Juice. Morton is the only player on that list with real currency and who would net us a good return, but IMO won't get us anything near the value of his development potential. I'd be very very careful and wouldn't dream of trading him for anything less than a top 10 pick or a really good developing KPF.

There is no reason why it's good enough for talented guys like Tapscott and Grimes to do the hard yards down back, while also providing us with good run out of the defensive zone (which is one of the most important things to get right in the modern game), but it's not good enough for Sylvia. He is hard, he is an excellent overhead mark, and it wouldn't kill him to play slightly more defensively in the absence of Grimes, Tappy, Garland, Trengove and so forth. Sylvia slicing through half back and streaming down the corridor to deliver the ball will give opposition coaches plenty of nightmare. He isn't easy to man up on either, because you need someone who can nullify him in the air, but who has the agility and strength to go with him at ground level. And it sure beats the hell out of watching Davey squib contests down there!

You'll be lucky to get pick 83 for those 5 combined.

As soon as the kid didn't get up, I though 8 weeks suspension, and possible life ban. It was a good tackle and would have been a non event if it wasn't for the rubbish turf at the rubbish concrete wasteland that is Etihad. But given our luck right now, and the way the MRP loves to bend us over, I'd say 2 weeks. And I'd contest it on the grounds of the AFL allowing their players to play on such a hard surface. No duty of care there really

Well he better go find some balls, because his position at the club is already looking very shakey. If we go into next week with the same backline he should be taken out into the middle of the ground to get flogged by supporters post-match. Warnock has been good, and he can take the resting ruckman, Rivers I see no real match up for, but he will probably get Walker. I want Frawley on Garlett and Bartram on Betts. McDonald is not needed, although I did enjoy him up forward in the first quarter before Tapscott ripped his hamstring. Perhaps he can do a defensive job on Yarran up forward. At least his brainfades won't be as costly in our attacking 50. The sixth place in the backline has to then go to Strauss or Blease or Nicholson or even Sylvia. Gotta mix it up, but get someone down there who can kick and won't get tagged out of the game by their opponent and their own fears of getting hurt. Pathetic. Losing Garland and Grimes has absolutely f'ed us up.

This. Harvey my number 1 by an absolute mile. He is filth. Honorable mention to Campbell "I'm here just to beat you up" Brown, and Chad "I'm a tool and I love myself for it" Cornes.

If he wants good kicks across half back he should suck it up and play Strauss, Blease, or Maric off half back. They will both lose several defensive contests, but so does Davey. With Grimes, Trengove and Tappy unavailable next week, something has got to give. I refuse having a backline of Bartram (can't kick to save himself), Warnock (can't make a good decision to save himself), Rivers (average), McDonald (thinks he's superman but isn't) and Davey (weak, soft, gives you no contest) each week for the rest of the season. Watching these guys try to get the ball out of the backline yesterday made me want to stab myself in both eyes.

Good to see those who said I wasn't positive enough about Juice's one quarter of above mediocre performance not coming to his defense this week. I give him full credit for some of his chases and his forward pressure, his chase down on the wing was great, but he is just so ridiculously ordinary, prone to brain fades and lacks polish. Gawn will give us less forward pressure, but will at least give us a contest in the ruck, and let Carlton try to figure out who to man on a 208cm giant in the goal square. If Davey doesn't get his arse kicked back to Casey as he should, I suggest sticking him up forward next to Gawn to feed off the crumbs. As for Juice, back to Casey where he at least doesn't get out marked by some half hack in Gwilt in the damn goal square without giving a yelp. And people complain because Watts tries to neutralise marking contests he knows he isn't going to win. Pfffft!

Rock bottom is being on the bottom of the ladder with an aging list of hacks and has beens. Refer Melbourne circa 2007.

A team high 7 clearances again yesterday from Martin. A huge amount of respect for what he has done this season, and especially the last two weeks under enormous pressure as the only real ruckman in the side. I also think his use of the ball has gotten so so much better this season. It was cringe-worthy a few years ago, and now he doesn't often miss a target. If he can develop his contested marking skills, he'll be an absolute gun for us. I guess this is what happens when you have brains as a footballer, you adapt and learn very quickly!

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If Bailey is serious he has to drop him. Unacceptable performance today to top off a rubbish season.

Watts, Gysberts and my boy JMac are the only things keeping me from complete meltdown.

Sick and tired of being sick and tired of this club.

This team is going to be the death of me. Fair to say that Juice is no best 22 material, although that doesn't [censored] me off nearly as much as Davey's and Jurrah's laziness. Evans has done some good things and McKenzie's sheer presence makes us tougher. Watts and Gysberts my shinning lights.

Rubbish sub. Against a slow team on a fast ground we chose the slowest player in the side to be our sub. No idea what Bailey is doing.

Best friend and life long Carlton supporter sent me this text tonight "f- you, Colgate (aka McLean) is sh*t, I want a refund". Had to laugh. As much as I loved Brock when he played for us, and I really did, we absolutely lucked out on that trade.

What can I say, I live and work in the real world, and in the real world big corporations can be socially responsible, but it is their main job to turn over a profit. A club that has struggled to survive would be stupid to turn down any type of sponsorship, be it for beer, gambling or cars (car accidents ruin more lives than gambling). I think our only responsibility is to protect our employees from developing gambling issues by educating them on the hazards of irresponsible gambling, which we do. Beyond that, it is the responsibility of individuals to educate themselves and be responsible with their money. I'm sorry but we are not a welfare organisation. It might sound harsh, but it's true.

To be honest, it is not the job of the MFC to be the moral compass of society. Gambling will be advertised and available to people whether or not we are sponsored by a betting agency or not. We are a business like any other, and we are concerned with the bottom line and so we should be. No problems with it at all.

Pendelbury is about to sign a new deal with Collingwood. *Cue panic*

Another book to add to the bedside table. Might actually get to this one though

MCKENZIE!!!!!!!!! Jetta to be the sub and replace Evans is my call, or possibly McKenzie if he's struggling.

I'm guessing Howe. And JMac back into the side. WOO!