Jaded No More

It's that type of injury where fitness is not an issue, it's more the confidence. He'll be a bit weary to begin with, as Jeff White was after his horrible injury, so we'll need to be patient with him.

We should also make special mention of Warnock who, granted conceded 4 goals (plus the usual 5 behinds from Richo), but fought extremely hard and never dropped his head. Richo customarily rips us a new one, and without much help until the last quarter (when PJ floated in), I thought Warnock did really well to stop one of the best one-on-one markers in the competition. He's had two tough weeks, but he's stuck to the task and just kept going. Deserves some kudos for that!

I know I shouldn't laugh at players getting injured, but WTF?!

I love that he's a revelation because he is not as completely horrible as we thought he'd be! :D Come on, he is hardly a 'revelation', but at least he isn't an embarrassment either. Slow (although isn't he meant to be an elite athlete??), and his disposal is shocking by foot (HANDBALL AT ALL COSTS!), but he actually competes in the ruck as opposed to going down like a sack of [censored] and conceding the contest before the ball is even bounced. No way can he and Jamar play in the same team though, so either we teach PJ to ruck (good luck with that one), or hope that The Spence develops into a top ruckman, with Meesen as backup.

Nobody feels sorry for us, why the hell should we feel sorry for them? This is a cut-throat industry, and as far as I'm concerned the more other clubs suffer the better it is for us. If you top-up your list with [censored] like McMahon, when your team can't even hit a target, you deserve to lose your job. Enjoy your tanning-bed, you'll be spending your retirement there Terry!

So hard this week! 6- Miller 5- Davey 4- McLean 3- Martin 2- Frawley (had one shocking handball, so he loses a point ) 1- Jones Apologies to pretty much everyone else on our list. Dunn did a great shut-down job, Sylvia had one great quarter, Newton made me want to throw a shoe at him but he took some ripper marks, Bennell and Jetta had their moments, Rivers was great as always, Morton and Beamer worked super hard and broke the lines well, and OUR RUCKMEN actually stood up and contributed. Well done to PJ for bouncing back, and Meesen for proving he isn't the biggest trading mistake we've ever made (I'm looking at your Heffernan! :D)

Shhhh! Yeah and I think only Bartram had a poor game disposal wise, otherwise nobody really stood out for horrendous errors (it was a team effort in that respect too )

Rivers just loves to yell. He yells at his opponent, he yells at his teammates. Basically, if you [censored] him off, you'll cop it regardless of what side you're on. Gotta love him! :D But the best thing about today was that we won without: Robbo, Garland, Aussie, Grimes, Maric, Watts, Blease, Strauss and Jurrah, and they all make us a much better side. Not to mention we lost Green early, so we were one down for 3 quarters, and we played without our captain.

It's been a while since we've had a Brad Miller thread. Just thought I'd start one up and pump up his tires a bit for what has been a good season for him so far. Yes, his goal kicking is dodgy (it's definitely a confidence thing!), but nobody works as hard as Miller. That he ran to the goal square in the last to punch the Tiger ball over the line was just a great example of how much work Miller does on and off the ball, which often goes unrewarded. In a good team, with better supply, and better forwards around him, Miller would easily be a 3-goals a game forward. That he is doing it anyway on his own, is an absolute credit to him. Well done Milsy!

World's biggest tease. Played one sensational quarter then disappeared. Like Melbourne, needs to learn that a game goes for FOUR quarters, not one!

Agreed 100% Greeny is not only brave, he is almost too brave at times. Hope he makes a speedy and full recovery!

Thank you for the updates. Although I do think that people are getting a bit suspicious that I keep excusing myself to go the bathroom (so I can check my phone). Either they think I've drunk too much, or I have a drug problem

As per usual, a Cameron Bruce thread has turned to poo. I think we've all had our say (some more than once!), now let's move on. In future, please refrain from turning Bruce threads into a Jerry Springer show. Thanks.

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That is hilarious! Can't wait till 2014!

Melbourne B: Neville Jetta, Matthew Warnock, Jared Rivers HB: James Frawley, Stefan Martin, Aaron Davey C: Jamie Bennell, Lynden Dunn, Brock McLean HF: Matthew Bate, Brent Moloney, Michael Newton F: Brad Miller, Colin Sylvia, Cale Morton Foll: John Meesen, Cameron Bruce, Brad Green I/C: Paul Johnson, Nathan Jones, Clint Bartram, Ricky Petterd Emg: Jake Spencer, Addam Maric, Kyle Cheney In: Newton Out: Kyle Cheney Very disappointed about Maric missing out and PJ getting another game despite having 3 shockers in a row.

I saw a version that went for like 4 minutes or so, which I think is the full one. Not sure if it was the un-cut version though As I said, it is stupid and demeaning, but you can enter just about any keyword into Google these days and you'll come up with at least one unsavory website. Not that that's an excuse, but the only reason this made the news is because footballers were involved. If you're stupid enough to implicate your football club in anything that isn't 100% about footy, you're a moron.

Keep it in your pants. I think the club will be happy for him just to get through the game unscathed. No injuries, a couple of nice marks and a few goals would suffice. Remember this kid has had like ten weeks of pre-season, and does maybe two sessions a week while going to school 5 days a week. Let's hope this board doesn't go into "Omfg Watts iz da terible!111" mode if he doesn't kick 10.

It's so true. There is no way Deledio won't play at least parts of the game in the middle. As for Bowden, given that Robbo isn't there to [censored]-slap him around as per usual, we can have Frawley do the honours instead In all honesty, Richmond's forward line is the least potent attack we've faced this year, and given our defenders have copped relatively well against bigger and better teams, I'm sure Deledio and Bowden are not causing our defenders nightmares right now. Brown is the one that worries me. As for Bartram, he is actually very good at shutting down his opponent, he just needs to make sure he dishes off by hand as much as possible.

Pffft... Watts should be playing seniors... and by seniors I mean AFL... On a serious note, great to see his hard work pay off with a reward of playing some competitive football, and fantastic to see Grimesy back on the field.

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I'd love for Rivers to play on Richo, because not only can Rivers defend, but I trust that when he gets the ball he'll actually use it in a productive, meaningful way that will advantage our forwards. I can't see anyone else playing on Richo and being able to both successfully shut him down and make an impact on the game.

I completely missed that. I guess I've learnt to shield myself from all things Newton-related by simply ignoring the fact that he exists. However with the sad realisation that Juice is apparently an automatic starter at Melbourne, I will now go and shed a little tear and say a little pray for Jack Watts (may he kick 25 goals on Saturday and leave us with no choice but to play him on Sunday in a last-minute change to the line-up).

That Chris Johnson is getting a game in Carlton's backline says more about their lack of quality defenders, than it does about our list.

Out: PJ, Cheney/Bartram (both have their pluses and minuses) In: Spencer, Maric