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I think making maric the sub will send a msg without having to drop him. Love to see frawley back but surely it will be via Casey.

I really can't see why he's playing seniors at the moment. To me he just doesn't do enough to warrant being selected. If his name wasn't jack watts he wouldn't be playing. Needs to dominate at lower levels.

His kicking was ordinary. Not as bad as rivers though.

Goodes to absolutely destroy us. Melbourne to put in a mediocre effort and lose by 5-6 goals. Demonland to explode with negativity tonight. Hopefully i'm wrong. Our midfield just looks very very average on paper today.

Doesn't sound like there is much in this.

Wouldn't think its injuries. I usually limp out of the gym and I do nowhere near the amount of running they do in a match.

Hasn't looked an AFL standard player at this stage. Expectations aren't very high in my eyes ATM.

Totally agree. We really are still a while off where we want to be. I think we will see a similar amount of wins as last year which some supporters will label a failure. I think alot of people underestimate how much of a loss McDonald and Bruce are.

I gotta admit, watching Hurley last night makes you question watts. Hurley seems such a natural footy player. But I'm def not jumping off watts at this stage. Watts has a few more tricks up his sleeve. I'd love to see watts attack the ball like Hurley though. Eyes only for the ball.

According to a mate at Casey council march 12 is def locked In at Casey. Fantastic not to travel again this preseason.

Jesus! We lost a nab cup match! Scrap the whole season! Not too concerned. Let the bombers go The 1st quarter. We were right back in it by 3/4 time but what's the point going gangbusters and doing hammys trying to reel back in the lead in a preseason match. We saw 2 very different agendas from the clubs tonight. The bombers are trying to win back the respect of their supporters and justifying the appointment of the messiah hird. The dees have their eyes firmly on round 1 and are using the preseason as it should. Trying new players, getting a bit of miles in the legs etc. Good teams don't reveal their full hand of cards in the nab cup. And we are clearly Becoming one of those teams. If we serve up garbage like that in round one, you're I Your rights to complain. But now, Just relax. It's a scratch match. Would you rather be a [censored] bombers supporter giving hirdy a standing applause like they just won a premiership. Please! My only gripe; warnock is not close to afl standard, hurry back frawley!

Looked very classy.

Cheers!

Any radio coverage?

Until proven otherwise we can't win at this ground. Don't really mind getting bundled out first round. I love the opportunity to see the dees play practice matches at suburban venues.

If fit will be a much better back up than PJ ever was. In answer to whether or not he can play a key position, No. Has been tried up forward for not much luck, and was shocking when used at CHB when the Hawks lost pretty much all of their defence to injury.

Terrible, Terrible news. The joy on Aussies dads face as his son ran down the field with the ball in his hands against the dockers as the siren was about to go will be a timeless Melbourne image.

Strauss.

Its good he is gone. He just doesn't have the disposal skills to execute our game plan. I'm not going to miss his helicopter kicks and hospital handpasses. The only bad thing is that he leaves us without compensation. Its pretty bad. I'm sure he was 1 of the highest paid players at our club for a long time. To leave looking for money at the age of 31, well that just stinks.

Laycock is one of the worst footy players I've ever seen. He makes a mistake nearly everytime he is near the ball.

Pretty shocking. I think we will also look back on the Saints efforts last year as pretty damning in the future. 1 bad draft can stuff you up for years. 16 - Andrew Lovett (sacked) 32 - Nicholas Winmar (No sighting as of yet) 48 - Brett Peake (Fringe player) 64 - Adam Pattison (delisted)

Would be great if Melbourne could release an official DVD. If not its an opportunity gone begging.

He was trying to showboat and boot it into the 3rd tier. When your captain is doing that, you have no chance.

They have an amazing list of kids. Whats going to be really sad is by the time melbourne is heading to a grand final they will probably be unstoppable. If we lose to them in a grand final ill pretty much stop watching AFL. The AFL have bought this club a premiership and it will only take a few years.

No surprises Swallow polled high. That kid is going to be a gun. Paul Johnson won this award a few years back.