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Curious - who would you play on the wing ? Please don't say Oskar Baker give me Gus or Jonesy any day of the week AVB - love his aggression but has limitations Hunt - rather let him settle back to HBF where I think he adds a lot of much needed pace Bedford - love to see him succeed but just never seems to get enough of the ball Rivers - he seems like a natural HBF to me why shift him

I haven't given up hope that LJ can be a very effective forward He's played a handful of games and as we know the big guys take a bit more time - he is learning every week and with some patience and some game time we will be paid back in spades if you ask me Can he mark - you betcha Is his kicking action sound - it needs a little bit of work but basically its solid in fact I'd go so far as to say its better than one JH who some predicted to be the next messiah He will continue to improve - it may not be linear as in better each week but by the end of this season I am confident that he will be a much better player and be far more confident in his own ability (of which he has plenty)

Luke took a few nice marks , missed an easy goal (by not much I might add) made some skill errors and got out positioned by his opponent several times I am a big fan and think he will be a very good player but atm he looks like he lacks some confidence - hopefully he can put together a strong game this week He certainly wasn’t alone in the skill errors dept quarter 3 probably some of the sloppiest footy I’ve seen for a while I was glad to see Goodwin give Luke encouragement straight after he’d made a simple error I think he’s in good hands with our coaching group

Really I stand by my comments - the games I’ve watched there seems to be quite a gap in the way the umpires assess lateral movement off the mark, sometimes they wait until the ball carrier has almost run past the player on the mark - other times they call play on almost straight away Maybe this will be judged more consistently in time but for now it’s a bit of a lottery The more scope for umpires to influence the game = a risk to me and a source of confusion and frustration for supporters IMHO is this rule change bad - maybe not is this rule change really necessary - not sure

Jake will get his chance soon enough If not this week then it will not be that long - I have now seen enough to realise why he was picked up with our first pick Speed, great delivery by foot, good evasive skills and awareness - overall a neat package. Time will tell but if he keeps training well , playing well for Casey and a few injuries happen he will get his chance Hopefully he makes the most of it and cements a place in the team because we certainly could use more people who can choose the best option and hit targets consistently

Disappointing news - despite the lack of love for James Harmes from some here at Demonland I think we are a better team with him in the side - played out of position most of last year which was not his choice

What has Melksham done to deserve a recall ? Did he play a blinder last week ? His form in the last couple of seasons has been poor and I would have thought he should earn a recall particularly when others have done a full pre season and have greater match fitness. I'd love to think we are past the days of gifting players games on reputation

Agree Nev actually played quite well and Jones was a pass in my book The problem lies with the Saints fast smalls particularly in the front half of the ground Nev whilst reading the play brilliantly and being fantastic one on one will struggle to keep pace with them How do we combat them ? I'm tempted to say Bowey in but I know I'll get howled down by a few on here Other key threats Brad Hill - I'd try Harmes first in a run with role Steele - Viney hopefully comes in matching his physicality (Sparrow has done ok but if Viney is fit he has to play)

Fine with being aggressive but stupid remonstrating and targeting players with the view to roughing them up will likely lead to suspensions - that we certainly don't need or want

I think this played a big part in what was at times comical kicks for goal from players on both sides At one point I watched Fritta lining up and his shorts were seriously flapping in the wind - has to be pretty strong breeze for that you would think Players on both teams totally shanked kicks for goal and in general play - strong gusts must explain at least some of those I don't really like the ball spinning that Trac and others do - with goal kicking the less moving parts the better i would of thought. Trac doesn't even seem to make sure the laces are on top of the ball on his set shots - unless footy's are different these days its hard to connect perfectly when the laces are underneath as the ball tends to be firmer on the side

Because you fill their heads with negativity ?

Ruckman , Smuckman Give me a bont, Danger, petracca, Oliver, Dusty any day of the week

They have JUH waiting in the wings who will be a beauty - he may even replace Bruce by years end

Yes until it’s Petracca subbed out of a prelim but fit and good to go for a GF

If our team can’t handle 26 degrees then we are a complete lost cause lack of speed, basic skills, contested ball wins, inside F50 pressure, efficiency going inside 50 - these should be the difference between winning or losing not the temperature

Captain obvious

His best will come when (or if) BBB and Weideman are both in the team, performing and drawing the best two defenders

Not unexpected we brought in BBB but he is injured we recruited 3 young kids and they are being given time as they should be I think this game is 50/50 at best - our side looks slow to me - hope I’m wrong

Find some Vic games when he played amongst the very best he was still one of, if not the best - consistently hard to imagine anyone getting close IMO

So I think we’ve all worked out you don’t like him or don’t rate him No need for you to express that opinion anymore - it is understood

Bowey will play games this year because - he is not slow and - can hit targets

Possibly but his first goal was a gift via a down field free kick where he was easily out positioned by his opponent the second one was the result of a wayward kick but both his shots at goal resulted in full value so he did his job well Hopefully Oscar manages more games and prolongs his career he seems like a nice fella and popular with his teammates I’m still very much of the view that his delisting was in his and the clubs best interests

Hope everyone on our list looks very closely at this - its called peer assessment and the MFC are a big fat fail Judged as likely to make the 8 as Carlton, Essendon, Fremantle, Hawthorn and less likely than Gold Coast No respect , no fear , the MFC are effectively considered to be making up the numbers - again ! Time to get some fire in the belly and fix this NOW

He's right that its been 56 years since our last premiership That's not something to be proud of - somethings NQR Our list is either not good enough (possible) or there is a lack of real hunger by the playing group in particular For many decades this club has appeared to be happy with either modest levels of success or found ways to excuse its failings I think most of this rests with the players, once they cross that line the coaches have limited control In my long journey supporting this club the times I have felt confident going into games knowing that the players would play for each other and give 100% unconditionally have been fairly limited unfortunately

3 out of four 1st choice KP players either ruled out or doubtful for early games - I'd say glass half empty was the mindset but only Sisso will be able to confirm Whatever it was doesn't really matter - our stocks are low and unfortunately TMac continues to struggle so we need help