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1976 final round v magpies at Victoria Park. Won easily. Sadly missed the finals JUST. Hinged on result at Western oval Bulldogs v Blues. Dees were great in 76with guys like Wells and Flower leading the way.

SwiTch Neeld to Mids and Ratten to caretaker?

Lay off the chocolate royals?

Studies seriously think you should display a GIF to back up your theory?

What? Playing Coach?

I KNOW .....only taking the P with Stuie.

David King was right then. He's right now! On a personal level a few apologies would be nice directed at myself and Tona? B (19)and RR very quiet.

NAHHH. I reckon he knows something we don,t.

Watched the Roos interview. Was pretty categoric? Where did that come from RB?

Stuie? What do you know that we don't?

No magic bullet. Correct. We do need someone to guide our kids from 2014 and beyond. Roos would attract good players. Neeld won't.

Dawes lack of speed at a club without an Abundane of elite mids will find him wanting. Dawes selection was panic time cos we mist Gumbleton.

Not taking [censored] though . Dead set serious. We need to loosen up a little. Watch Goon.

Spot ON Strafford! Back and Forwards will look a hell of a lot better with a dominant Mids/Ruck combination This will come. Must be patient. IMO the Jamar/Gawn combination is best with Trengove/Viney/Jones/Sylvia/Grimes rotation. Young guys of the ilk of Taggert pushing to come in. Not all so bad.

STRAFFORD Have you ever seen the Movie "Goon". An ordinary Ice Hockey team with a very tough coach who believes in letting his team off the leash every now and again...like every night! Girls, Partying and Booze. Goon the Hitman a not dissimilar to the role Sylvia played V GC. Players respect the Coach and respect reciprocated . Highlanders is FAMILY. Melbourne is not an alternate Family to the players right now. Neeld is a totally boring fart and the players have had enough of him. Yes he is a lovely Guy and is trying but lets concede he may not make it. Malthouse got it right recently stating that MFC need a Love Session. There is shitloads to work with at Demons. Return of Jamar and Clark, Chris Dawes, an injury free Trengove/Grimes, Viney, our new fish Big Maxy Gawn, Danny Frawley would fit nicely into any top 8 side at FB and Jeremy Howe is one of the hottest players in the AFL with the AFL using him to market the game all around the world. Don't forget Jack Watts and Hogan coming in next year. Not a lot to work with?? http://tumblr-gifs.com/pics/88-o.gif

We did!! Sadly gave it to Brisbane. Jamar is injured. Jamar/Moloney were awesome

Same can be said for Petterd. Still holding firm across HB for Tigers. Rivers would easily be in the Cats starting 20. Why did these established players walk out?

Bad analogy with Thompson. Successful Grand Final Coach and set up one of the Greatest modern day teams. Viney V Thompson? Hard to not like Viney though. Lyon Healy and Connolly have had way too much behind the scenes influence and I believe undermined Dean Bailey in similar Fashion to the Way Lillee and March undermined Kim hughes when Hughes was Captain. Leave that for another day...or topic?

Have said a number of times Dawes looked good in the number 6. Yes have some reservations about him but that's mainly based on recent Collingwood form. Looks slow and awkward hand to boot kicking style. Fair cop though HBT!! Accepted! Dawes better get used the poor delivery and not use this less than perfect delivery as an excuse for not finding the ball. Melbourne will never have Beams, Swann, Thomas, Sidebottom pumping it in lace up. Dawes will have to find another way rather than blaming bad delivery especially in the short term.

Q is. how to judge the improvement? Jazza made some excellent points. For me. Just can't see any building blocks in place. Looks an absolute rabble. Things can change fast.

ok Jazza. Prepared to go with that for now. Would like to say the Hogan will need no protection apart from his own exuberance ..He's a tough kid and am sure he could lay Dawes on his back quick smart

Remember tough nut Reid? Biffen Molloy Big Carl Todd Viney and Son S Tingay Flower Robbie...didn't need to be tough. Alves Ditto.. Off the top of my head...no footy records consulted, B: Fowler Biffen Reid hb: Delmenico Ingerson Icke c:Alves Tingay Flower hf: Viney Schwartz Viney Junior f: Ditterich Jackson Crosswell R: Stynes Molloy R: Maloney

Stuie, Must confess would not be sad to learn on tonights news pre Budget that Neeld has stood down and Paul Rood will stand in for the remainder of the Season. Good news. Having said that there is a very strong and compelling case to hold Neeld at least till the end of 2014. My gut feeling is this announcement is imminent. It's impossible to Coach or play sport without confidence and this includes the confidence of being assured your position is secure. Agreed? Expect major announcement very soon.

CHAMP If Dees raised the intensity level by half things would change. This is why I raised the topic HYPERBOLE. Nothing to do with GC or Tigers...Which team's better whatever. Melbourne does have lots of talent. Problem is the boy's need game time. Guy's like Taggert. He hasn't played yet. Toumpass will be very good as will Watts. Just hope we can hold Watts and not see him trot off to Blues after his 100 th game. The hyperbole was directed at most of us, including myself, venting out at Neeld and Melbourne post GC. Were we over the top. I was. Neeld isn't the greatest coach going around. I have a suspicion however there is an ugly plot to undermine him. Are his assistants truly assisting? Does Craig want the Job?