Cranky Franky

I think you are correct - a lot of players fire up in their contract year. interesting comments about Dunn from Roos I this year's guide " Its really now about him grasping what we want him to do with regards to the game plan and making simple decisions"

Concerned is not the word - Disaster is more like it. He was dreadful in the first NAB cup game & barely competent in the last one. A decent forward will cut him to pieces.

At the time Robert Walls wrote an article telling Scully to take the $$ because what GWS was offering was a ridiculous amount & Scully would only ever be a good ordinary player. For what GWS offered up they should have got a player of the calibre of Swan, Pendlebury or Dangerfield.

It'll be a great half back line this week with Hunt, Oscar McDonald & Wagner

I know its all fun and games but seriously I wonder whether some of the Demonland posters are on a parallel universe or are taking strong medication. Hunt is a million miles from playing senior football he has not even played good consistent footy at Casey. I've even seen people suggesting Oscar Mac & Hulett are champions where in fact they have yet to establish themselves in the Casey firsts.

Are you serious or having a lend of us ? Hunt barely touched the ball in the 2 games I saw him play. He is a long way from his debut.

Gawn, Tom McD, & Dunn all showed some talent & ability from their first few games Oscar has not. He was at Casey reserves for the first half of 2015 then got 2 charity games at the end. In the NAB games this year he has been awful and pretty much completely lost. He has no strength or physical aggression, poor vision and ordinary disposal. I sincerely hope he makes it too but lets keeps some perspective.

You are kidding - Oscar looks barely capable of playing VFL at the moment. He has a long, long, long, long way to go.

Depressing. Looks like after a solid 2015 Casey are back to being a rabble. If Melbourne are going to be a good side we need Casey to be competitive It's vital for the development of the young players. The comments seem to be the same - we seem unable to retain mature solid bodied players at Casey - they keep leaving. Surely the Club can put some $$ into keeping some experienced players at Casey.

Exactly. 2 Practice games & they want to lynch someone who was in AA contention early in 2015. There are some real knobheads on demonland. I reckon you shouldn't be allowed to post an opinion unless you have demonstrated some intelligence & knowledge of the game. Maybe we need a Certificate 3 Course in Football Matters

I hate to put a downer on the story as I think Flanagan is generally a very good writer but the ex cricketer Ian King was found guilty of child sex charges in Canberra in 2009 & jailed for 12 years.

Because its the DEMONLAND way to gush over someone & pump them up to win a Brownlow before we even have a clue about whether they can play or not. Some of the comments about Hulet's potential are bordering on idiotic. The same supporters of course will start screaming to delist the same player after 5 or 6 games if they haven't cemented a spot in the side.

I certainly wish him well but it was hard not to feel let down by him after the Club had done all it could to help Mitch then find out he wanted to make a comeback to footy but couldn't do it at Melbourne & had to go to a new Club. I also lost all respect for Liam Jurrah the year he walked out on the Club on the eve of the VFL finals when he was supposed to be playing for Casey.

I thought he actually looked lost up forward last year. He played 3 games & averaged 8 touches, 1 mark & 1 behind per game so he has a fair way to go.

Many supporters on these sites are a tad optimistic to say the least. We recruit player x & then some supporters start drooling, pencil them in for a Brownlow & a couple of B&F's before the poor bloke has actually played a game. I would be happy if Hunt show us he can be a solid player at Casey before thinking of playing him in the 1sts.

Not sure what evidence you have that Frost is the best athlete but even if he is that has SFA to do with his skills up forward. I have also seen no evidence that he is able to ruck. The kid has played a handful of games & shown reasonable ability as a defender for GWS. I'd have thought the obvious thing to do is let him settle in defence for a while & let him build up his confidence. Playing straight ahead in defence is much easier than having to play forward. Throwing him to the wolves up forward sounds like a dumb plan.

Pencilling in Hunt for Round 1 is ridiculous but continues the great Demonland tradition of supporters creaming their pants over someone who hasn't actually done anything yet. Hunt has some ability but is yet to establish himself at Casey much less getting picked in the ones.

Who cares what journalists do or don't do. Melbourne supporters should stop foaming at the mouth & having nervous breakdowns about Robbo, Caro, Damo, Dwayne Russell or the clowns on the Footy Show. They are a sideshow & not the reason we have been crap for the last 10 years & flagless since 1964. I worry about, the Board, the Coach, the Footy Dpt & the playing list - they are the real issue.

A number of Melbourne supporters are continually obsessed with laying blame on the media. Mark Robinson is a prat but he is a sideshow & was just doing his job. To me the real story of DB's last year at the Club was: 1. How he was being undermined by certain people within the Club 2. The fact that a delegation of senior players complained to the Board about this interference. 3. The failure of the Board to deal with the matter properly. To my mind these events directly led to the capitulation at Geelong & DB's sacking.

I also have never understood the animosity towards GL. He was a great player & bled for the Club. Sure he was involved in some appointments where they got it wrong but the only reason he was involved was because the Board was dysfunctional & disorganised & he put his hand up to help. As a footy analyst I reckon he is pretty solid & a lot better than many of the clowns out there.

Sadly mental illness is often wrongly used to cover up a lot of bad behaviours: Did something wrong & lied about it - I had a mental illness. Cheated on the wife or girlfriend (& got caught) - I had a mental illness Got drunk & did something dumb - I had a mental illness.

Don't think that is a fair comparison. Jordie only had one string to his bow & that was his tackling/tagging ability. He was one dimensional, slow, had poor disposal, no goal sense, couldn't mark & never racked up high stats. Matt Jones has good speed, height & can play many positions - he is let down by decision making & disposal which at times can be horrible. Ditto Terlich who is actually a bit of a ball magnet but tends to ball chase & loose his opponent as well as having disposal issues. If either of these 2 can work on their deficiencies & play well they can be part of the team NB Getting to the last year of contract makes them desperate.

This is not about potting Toumpas - I wish him well - its about the 5 picks taken straight after Toump - Stringer & Wines look like being superstars & Macrae, Mayes & Vlasutin very good players. Anyway you look at it ouch !!

That's all very well GRRM but we have seen one rebuild totally botched partly due to disastrous recruiting choices & high picks wasted on Cook, Gysberts, Blease, Tapscott & then the terrible selection of Toumpas ahead of Wines & Stringer so its not surprising that supporters are a bit nervous.