Straight Sets Simon

I'm crediting Jetta with that goal, so good in the tight situation.

Cannot keep his feet at all.

Game over.

Derm is worse than Melbourne's kicking.

How the hell did Matt Jones not knock that ball out?

Amazing that a team of semi-professional players can be so dominant over a team full of AFL listed players.

They are really throwing Barry into the deep end by giving him a full game.

I don't mean they were thinking he was going to drop in value, just that coming into this year we had good forward stocks (this didn't work out to be the case), he had a pretty good year and lots of clubs were looking for key forwards.

I would love to know if Melbourne looked to trade him last year when he had some currency.

Why the hell would Gawn be gone?

I'm nicknaming Dom Barry "Yo-Yo". It was only a couple of weeks ago that he was named in the Casey Development squad and now he is back in the Melbourne team.

Good article, except that James McDonald did get a farewell game. Did our own Supermercado write this?

The "ghosts of 2009" were out in force this day, Roosy.

Exactly, they haven't been "put out" for surgery, they are getting surgery to fix their current injuries which prevent them from playing.

Which players have been damaged by "tanking"?

Who has Melbourne put out for surgery as Robbo suggests?

I can't believe anyone (let alone Paul Roos) is using "tanking" as an excuse and I find it to be a cop out to be honest. Recruiting is the crux of Melbourne's problems. EDIT: Ironically, it was Paul Roos who told McVeigh not to kick a goal in a NAB Cup game.

No doubt about the speed, I'm just surprised that he was cleared based on other incidents.

Merrett was certainly late to the contest. Like the umpiring, my main gripe is inconsistency.

How the hell did Merrett get cleared for his hit on Pedersen, or am I the crazy one here? The MRP said it was a legitimate attempt to spoil. See the incident here.

With this umpiring I now know how Port Adelaide felt last round.

Are you shore?

Kent is doing a lot wrong today.

Even Kent is making howlers.

Tom McDonald ran straight at his opponent instead of away from him. Amazing.