Cranky Franky

Buck up guys the slashing of wrists since the Hawthorn debacle is getting silly. Lets be realistic. We won 4 games last year & hopefully can get 6-8 wins this year. We started the season well & showed great improvement. Then injuries - Jetta, Kent, JKH, Viney, Salem, Hogan. Then a number of players badly out of form - Watts, Jamar, Howe, Dunn, Gawn, Dawes. On top of this our better mids N Jones & Tyson both look a bit proppy. You take effectively 8+ players out of our best 22 & of course we are going to struggle. Look at poor Stretch - once in the better players at Casey & straight into the Firsts. At the Swans he would need to do this 5 or 6 times before getting promoted. While last week was disappointing we will continue to struggle until we get a decent, in form group of 22 players out there. I still reckon we can take a step forward & win 6-8 games.

There is more BS written about the history of Scott Thompson than about most players (except maybe Grgic). Fact - He got on well with Danners Fact - He was not an absolute gun. He was a good & very promising young player who had injury problems. Fact - He was contracted to Melbourne & stated at the time that he wanted to go back to Adelaide for family reasons but if a trade could not be done he would stay with Melbourne. Fact - Daniher decided to let him go probably because he was licking his chops at having a pick of a number of Geelong youngsters of which they chose Moloney.

SWYL You are like the bloke moaning cause he didn't buy the BHP shares when they were $8 or that block of land at Byron Bay when it was only $3000. Everyone is a genius in hindsight. There is a large element of luck in all recruiting decisions. All we need to worry about is that our current recruiters know what they are doing - unlike previous recruiters.

You don't muck around with concussion. Hope they take a conservative approach. 2 weeks is fine Grimes can come in for him & show us what he's got.

Come on guys give us a break. The season has started & this post has a few guys reminiscing about everything except footy. Tell them to use Facebook or set up their own email network if they want to gasbag to each other instead of hijacking this site.

Vince will replace Brayshaw. Unlucky to miss out & will be back soon. Dawes will replace Toumpas.

Spot on Bossdog. I used to watch most games that came on TV now I watch very few. A lot of teams are horrible to watch. My 3 boys (14,15 & 17) would now rather watch Rugby League or soccer instead of AFL. Compared to the fast flowing games of the 80's & 90's todays footy is a rolling scrum with 28-30 players following the ball around everywhere. I reckon the interchange has a lot to answer for & i'd like to eliminate interchange completely - the trouble is everytime the AFL tries to do something the coaches whinge & the AFL chickens out. They will only do something if the number of viewers & attendances decline.

Robbie's life was celebrated after he passed away. It was done appropriately and beautifully. In the future hopefully some lasting memorial like a statue would be good however I'm not in favour of an annual commemoration I think that would be tacky.

We all have our fingers crossed for him. With some luck I reckon he can still be a 200 game player - won't be a superstar but hopefully a solid performer. Its all up to whether his body stands up.

If we approach the game thinking we will win because Ablett isn't playing we will get belted. In the last 3-4 years Melbourne has lost almost every game that we thought we would win. The only games we have won are where we were the clear underdogs.

4th in the B&F 2 years ago. Knows how to find the ball but decision making & disposal sometimes erratic. Where is he ? Hasn't played NAB Cup. Hasn't played for Casey. Not on the injury list ????

These communications glitches are often a marker of the difference between the successful Clubs & the ones down the bottom. Generally the Club has improved in this area. I can remember in the mid 90's they would invariably stuff up the memberships. I recall about 12 years ago ringing up wanting to donate $$ to the Club and being told to ring the next day because the person that sorted donations out was away.

He played in both key defensive & forward positions & kicked over 100 goals.

Not a hanging offence but geez its disappointing. Jeff is not a kid any more - he is a big boy now. A bit like the other problem he had at Carlton. his first instinct seems to be to tell fibs rather than 'fess up. He had a moral if not legal obligation to tell Melbourne about this matter. Where we are coming from we just do not want ratbags at the Club I don't care if they are good footballers because ratbags will eventually bring the Club down. He should be fined or stood down for a game for not disclosing.

Just logged on here to look at some some footy & it seems its a private site for a few mates - seriously can't you people maybe just email each other instead of clogging the site up with personal chit chat.

The most important thing that Peter Jackson can do for the Club is to make sure that when he leaves he either lines up a top notch replacement or has trained somebody to take his place. We need a continuity of good CEO's to ensure our success because the quality of the Club's CEO's over the past 25 years has been from dreadful to very ordinary.

Well its obvious to everyone that your opinions won't change - a bit like climate change deniers & those that think the moon landing was faked.. If I get cancer I'll tell my oncologist he' hasn't got a clue - its all due to the decomposing possums & their droppings.

Gives it 100% but skills & disposal are inconsistent & decision making sometimes poor. In another era or in a quality side he would a Ben Beams ie a solid VFL player who plays 6-8 games a year in the AFL.

"Breathing bad air over a period of time can drop the bodies immune system". What does that mean exactly ?? It's meaningless gibberish or are you maybe an immunologist ? In any case MND has nothing to do with the immune system its about the electrical signals from the brain to the muscles. This is a very silly and vague generalization. You may as well say "they all drove Japanese cars" must be something in the upholstery.

You can't get Motor Neurone from the environment. It is a genetic condition passed down by your parents or grandparents.

There you go MyDee. You don't need a subscription. Just potter along to the pubs on Sukhumvit road & watch the games for free while quaffing a Tooheys Old.

Seems a thoroughly decent fellow who did his best but clearly not up to it. Only got on the Board because he was a friend of Jim. A dreadful blunder not to sack Schwab & Connolly when he had the chance in fact he extended CS's contract.

Stef Martin gets is getting quite a few stats. I'm just not sure how effective he is. He doesn't seem to hurt the opposition at all. He needs to learn how to go forward & kick a goal.

I hate to be pedantic but Gary generally played centre half back whereas the players mentioned above were all full forwards so Gary would not have played on them often. People forget that he was also thrown forward or on the ball & kicked more than 100 goals for us. And Keith Greig was a great footballer.

You guys are in la la land about Campbell. Will never play senior footy again.