Ted Lasso

I reckon Roosy will be really keen to settle as much of the side in as possible, particularly the backline, i can't imagine there will be a whole lot of unforced changes, alot will be about unity and getting to know each others games, Grimes, Terlich, Frawley, Dunn, Mcdonald, Garland to me is our first choice back line but Georgeou is fantastic cover if we get an injury, as are clisby and strauss

He wasn't much more than a link up player in my opinion, people need to watch Dean Terlich and Jack Grimes, they were both far better off half back than Strauss

I reckon we can knock off the cats and win by 3

I get he hasn't lived up to the hype, not the only player ever but he has given us 10 years of service and that includes more than on field, family days, footy clinics, i'm sure alot of kids had the number 12 on their jumpers so i am sad to see him gone, but happy we got imo a better player for the stage in development we are at in Bernie Vince in return

My best friends is a mate of Jesse and i am told he loves Melbourne, loves Roosy, loves his time at the club and She would be shocked if he walks anytime soon, apparently we fly him back to perth for visits quite regularly so homesickness hasn't been an issue

A good coach gets the best out of his players full stop, Mark Neeld not only didn't manage that with any player but he hindered the development of others by putting too much pressure on them, playing them too early, playing them out of position or simply just not understanding that his hard ass'd attitude didn't work for everyone. Jack Trengove Jack Watts Jack Grimes all fit into this catagory Roos has had one pre season and has all three in career best form, the whole list loves him and the team is starting to crawl back to where it should have been anyway.

Geez roosy is impressive,sorta bloke you would follow into battle and want to do well for

Just having a win and potentially making it to the finals of the nab cup Would be great for the club

Would be interesting to see one of Mark Neeld to contrast the two different attitudes

Well worth a watch, such a positive influence! http://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/2014-02-26/paul-roos-micd-up-part-1

Surprised no Kennedy- Harris and Salem, thought Roosy would be keen to get games into them

Alexis Georgiou James Frawley Lynden Dunn Jack Grimes Tom Mcdonald Dean Terlich Jack Watts Bernie Vince Jack Trengove Jimmy Toumpas Cam Pederson Jeremy Howe Sam Blease Jack Fitzpatrick Jesse Hogan Jake Spencer Nathan Jones Dom Tyson Daniel Cross Viv Michie Matt Jones Jordie Mckenzie Shannon Byrnes Dom Barry that's my guess anyway

I'm all for it, would happily chip in $30 per win or something like that, couldn't offer any more as i am not really rolling in money but i think it's a great idea.

Yeah, bloody impossible with how little info the club lets out sometimes haha

As PJ said we will only again be a great club when we are a great football team, great football teams draw bigger crowds, sign more members, get more game time on TV and such, as the team improves i have no doubt so will that side of things, i think right now the equalisation initiative would be great, if we can get this salary cap to 100% it can only make us a more competitive side and get us there faster.

either way they should make a team rule that they just don't let him kick the ball haha

24 isn't real old haha

One think i really like is big jakey spencers chase and tackle, it's a huge asset, he makes some fundemental skill errors but most young ruckman do, i think he and Gawn will both develop into quality ruckman for us

So are we certain Dawes won't play? didn't he play in the intra club and run it out alright?

and alot of their stars are underpaid in order to stay together, that's an extra two A grade players.

Simply for the doctor not to know and okay every substance administered to the players by the club is appalling imo, not sure if that is the fault of the doctor or the club or both but it's a serious breakdown in ethical practice either way.

So assuming Dawes isn't right, we bring in Hogan and Fitzy yeah? that's not the worst couple of tall forwards

I think both are good enough to play in the firsts but i reckon Roosy will want them to earn the spot, won't be gifting games to the younger boys if Michie, Bail and Matt Jones are playing well

I agree with all of the above points, but i also feel we are well on the way to adressing all of them too, don't have a superstar, but we have players with superstar potential in the midfield and George stone and Paul Roos guiding them and we have Jesse Hogan don't have a jarryd roughead yet, but we have Clark, Dawes, Hogan, Howe who are all capable of kicking multiple goals and Hogan and Clark are capable of being superstars imo dangerous small forward, Kent, Barry,Blease and Kennedy- Harris may develop into that role half back i think jack Grimes will relish being back there and our midfield of Jack Trengove, Jack Viney, Dom Tyson, Matt Jones, Nathan Jones, Bernie Vince, Daniel Cross, Viv Michie, Jack Watts, Jimmy Toumpas, Christian Salem, Jordie Mckenzie suddenly looks AFL standard

Interested to see if the same effort we put in against Richmond, adding Watts, Viney, Dawes and Hogan to the side and conditions we are used to up north will be enough to get us over the line, i think it will be a very tight game, at least for 3 quarters.