Thehardtackler

We have to play Garrett for this match. It is a respect thing. If we pick him then I guarantee that he will repay the faith.

The whole tribunal is Seppo crap. Cards and set bans from the umpires committee if they get sent off. Just get rid of the Tribunal.

ANB is now a protected species! No more criticism of this football genius.

I never bagged Melksham once. I loved him at Essendon and I saw him play when I was teaching at PEGS. Kid has heart!

Bernie the Butcher strikes again. Delist him. Worst player in the 22 for several weeks now.

Go Demons. Suck it up Carlton!

See Viney and Petracca. I am psychic!

We will go to work in the 3rd. Keep the faith. Viney and Petracca to lead the charge.

Alex Neal Bullen showing why why so many Melbourne supporters are clueless. The kid is a player so leave him to play.

Bottom line is, there are people are starving in the world and money is being wasted on defending the Curnows. Let them play, give them a smack bottie and donate the money from their match fees to Charity.

QC's for a game of footy. How pretentious is the AFL? Just scrap the whole thing and have yellow and red cards. It would save so much nonsense.

ANB is the best 2 way runner in the league right now. I guess that is why he keeps getting selected, because he can outrun everyone else in the league.

The Good: We will make the Top 8. Christian Petracca and Angus Brayshaw will both finish Top Ten in the B & F. Dion Johnstone will debut. Jake Lever will tighten up our defence and our percentage will improve. The Bad: Dean Kent will be delisted. We will lose a couple of matches we should really win. We won’t win the Premiership this year.

Dom Tyson was possibly our best player for a chunk of 4-5 games after he came back from injury. He accumulated 30 odd possessions in successive games and used the ball effectively. He is a gun! Salem has had injuries this year and has been underdone but he is a very competitive footballer. Jayden Hunt was an inspired choice at the draft table. Josh Kelly may not look so good when he is not surrounded by GWS young stars, in another team.

Jake Melksham is a very talented footballer who was misled by members of the EFC that should have known better. He is now an MFC player and I wish him a successful career with us.

Darcy Parish looks a bit like an undersized Isaac Heeney. I am not sure that he fits in with Roos big bodied, tall midfield profile. Maybe we will try to pinch Callum Mills from Sydney.

Essendon Fans would say any player is rubbish who wants to leave their beloved Bombers. Melksham is a really exciting player to watch in full flight. I remember seeing him compete admirably against Hawthorn a few years ago. He has a much harder edge and is more competitive than a lot of the players on our list. At his best Inthink he would possess many of the attributes of Angus Brayshaw and Jack Viney. Have faith in Goodwin, he was a seriously good footballer and a solid competitor. He will get the best out of our players and will command their absolute respect. Go Demons!

Melksham has many of the attributes of a number of our better midfielders. He gets his head over the ball, he is very good at moving the ball forward out the middle, he tackles well and in addition to these skills he has a long left foot kick. I think somebody once said something about Roos really liking left footers.

Michael Talia should be avoided. We enquired about him in his draft year and were advised not to pick him up by his school. I don't think things will have changed in his character much.

Have a read of Melksham's profile and stats on the Essendon website in the player profiles. You will find that he is a pretty solid performer. Go back and watch him play in matches like Essendon's victory over Hawthorn a year or two back and you will find that the kid can play!

I look forward to Melksham make a few people on here eat humble pie. I am sure that Goodwin can spot talent better than any of us Demonlanders!

He is a PEGS boy, who was coached by Ken Fletcher. From what I saw in his first few years, he is a very talented player. Put players like Brayshaw, Petracca and Viney around him and I Am sure that he can perform. People under rate how much the recent culture at the Bombers has set guys like Melksham back.

We should keep Toumpas. He may well turn into a really good player. He has the right attitude and that may well transform him into a top player in time.

What about Brandon Jack at the Swans. He might be a Roosy favourite!

See, I told you we were into Prestia. My source is one of my ex-pupils who is a family friend of the Prestia's. His exact words were 'we have put an offer to him and he is considering it'.