Pipefitter

Luke Hodge.

I think we will only win one more game this season. Does that mean we have gone backwards? Perhaps not, we are just well behind how quick other teams develop. I think 6 would be the absolute tops we will win next year. I see another clean out this season of older players which just means more short term pain.

We just love kicking and handballing to stationary targets.

Its a common misconception that sheehan is a dees supporter. I know his nephew. Hes actually a neutral observer funnilly enough, with a soft spot for the doggies.

At least we wont lose this weekend.

Happy to see king go. He "Accidently" booted our only ruckmen of the match White in the finals years back and took him out of the game.

He's def got the X-factor. Did some amazing things in the VFL on the weekend. The commentators were drooling. So was i haha. We def need some spark up forward. Someone that can make things happen.

Call me crazy but i think we will beat the bombers next round. The matches are always close betweeen us the last few years and i hope melbourne will be keen to make amends for the queens birthday disaster.

My friend is wrapt. She has got a bit of a crush on stef martin so she gets to see him a bit more haha.

I don't think west coast are any danger of taking butcher. West coast haven't gone after any big forward types in the worsfold era. Sumich was the last proper full forward they had.

this is def on. My friend works for casey and the paperwork was signed lunchtime today.

Agreed. Im glad some of us in here arent our selectors. Its easy to look at stats and say oh he didnt do much, but if you watched the game he put his body on the line at crucial moments to force turnovers (none of which are counted as stats). Hes getting more and more confidence every week. He's gonna be great this kid.

Hmmm no that aint going to work. Forward is his least worst position ha. But its not his fault. The dees work back in big numbers when on the defend though dont work back hard enough to be in leading positions thus we see the ball just being booted into the forward line on their heads. Did you notice the only goals we got the other night were on the run from outside 50 as there were no forwards in the F50.

6: Jamar 5: Rivers 4: Green 3: Warnock 2: Frawley 1: Bennell Couldnt really award any of the midfielders points. They were good but each were beaten by their respective opponents. The bulk had to goto the defence who held the saints to a fairly low score considering the amount of times it went in the F50.

Amazing game from him. He pushed himself the extra mile.

Brocky did some great things today. What are you guys on?

Good things: - We look fit. Last 3 weeks we have finished games full of running whist the opposition are out on their feet. - Apart from the first quarter and a half one on one rivers/frawley did a great job on Franklin. - Stefan Martins contested marking. Far better forward line resting ruckman than we've ever had. - Brocky playing with a bit more flair. Havent seen that for a while. And of course SSSYYYYYYYYYYLLLVVIIAAAAAA!!!!! Bad Things: - Seeing how professional Hawthorn games are compared to our home games. Giving away 5 grand at half time, Tasmania competitions etc. - Millers inability to back himself EVER. Handballing running into an open goal just sums it up. - Robbo.

Dont think so.

If we can cut out these costly errors we will win games. The bulldogs scored 1.1 from direct turnovers from kick outs. That score being the difference at the final siren.

I dont know why anyone would want to boycott any of our games, twilight, etihad whatever. We need all the supporters at the games we can, home game or not. Im sick of people msging me while watching the game saying "hey looks like there are 10 people there."

Could be the second melbourne player this year to miss the target completely lol.

Im not really fussed about picks 1 and 2. Ive said it before we have had a few good years of drafting which is already starting to show signs of coming together nicely as yesterday showed us. Lets not forget Watts, Blease and Strauss havent even been in the team yet. Im not saying we will make the finals or anything stupid like that but it wont be a complete disaster to not finish on 4 wins. We will still get a top 3 pick regardless.

Same here, keep us posted friends!

Yeah its unfortunate cuz the kid is a real competitive beast, throws himself at the ball, but much like godfrey his disposal lets him down. I guess this is where the difference is between clubs like melbourne and geelong/hawthorn. Their "taggers" like Ling and Sewell are also exceptional ball users. Who is the player for the dees that will stand up and play this role?

As the dees were walking off aker was looking over a lot at the players. I think he actually felt sorry for the boys knowing his team prob didnt deserve the win today.