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Better off with Majak.

True, we could just add him to the list of others that are currently cashing in, I can think of at least 4.

Demonland being the exception....

Self imposed ban of any media, social or otherwise, at least until the tennis finishes and the pre season starts.

2015 games played. 20 - Garland 10 - Salem I see what your getting at but Salem may not of been the best example. Ideally this season we will have good users of the footy on both back flanks not just one.

What did I just watch??

I hear you, imagine if "all" the players bought in like the supporters did....

I had to check the match centre, couldnt remember, I know I didn't see the game as I was working. Thomas 5.2 Waite 3.1 Brown 2.2 Boomer 2.2 Higgins 2.0 and bloody Nahas with 2.0 + a few with singles You make a good point with it being a yardstick game for us. Should (I know I know....) be coming of two wins while North play the Crows at Etihad the the Lions at the Gabba.

Giants - win Drugs - win North - can we get beaten up again or will we finally stand up for ourselves? Pies - win - their midfield is looking good and has s couple of years on ours but I think our back and forwards are better and can nullify their backs and forwards. Tigers - we own them The big question is when will we come to play every week? Having done it for years. So could just as easily be 1-4 or 2-3.

Because they had a full list.... As luck would have it we have them on our turf in about 11 weeks. Actually our first five : MCG - Giants MCG - Drug cheats Blundstone - North MCG - Pies MCG - Tigers 3 wins at an absolute minimum, 4 is possible. Lets start the season well, then we've turned the corner and I'll get excited.

Was just looking at the NAB challenge fixture on FB, scrolling down and there it was....our new logo is embarrassing. It hasn't grown on me and I won't be buying any merchandise with it on it. If it wasn't for the secret launch they could have consulted members/fans. I don't mind the lettering and I get the Melbourne branding but the the whole acorn thing doesn't work on any level.

I would argue when we have the ball every player needs to have (now I know some people hate these Americanised terms) offensive capabilities and when we dont have the ball every player becomes a defender. To suggest Garlands game doesn't require anything offensively is no different to saying that Hogan and Garlett don't need to try and lock the ball in when it enters our forward 50. Yes players have their specific roles but considering how fast the game is these days and how one dropped mark or one misdirected kick can result in a turnover and the ball being slingshot up the other end of the ground, players will find themselves at times out of position and switching between offence and defense in seconds and without warning. Yes every team has their preferred users of the football, but as we know at times on the break players will be caught out. Garland can't simply wait for Salem to present himself before offloading the footy. I don't think it's as easy as saying someone's game is x amount offensive and y amount defensive. In a thread last year I argued that even Jetta's position is under threat, for example if White gets elevated of the rookie list during the course of the year our back six could look like White Tmac Melksham Garland/Frost Dunn ? In the back pocket if our midfield was firing and we didn't have many injuries Salem/Stetch/ANB could be an option for back pocket. If we have a player that can do as good as a defensive job as Jetta but offer more going the other way why wouldn't we use him. A scenario like that would make us very hard to match up on and we wouldn't find ourselves getting bogged down in our back 50 so much. This is what made Geelong sand Hawthorn so great is the flexibility in their teams. Our team has been stuck in the past for years, coaching has been a large part of that, and allowing players to think their role is simply doing one thing. I would like to think that McCartney is teaching Oscar and the likes both sides of the game.

Is White still a rookie? Contracts thread has him as one, for some reason I thought that had changed.

That got me interested too but I think what we need is players that can identify when to play on and when to hold things up. I'm thinking/hoping the younger players will be all over this.

What I don't like is that our club still try's to get itself up for certain games. I'm sick of hearing that the Collingwood game is our biggest game of the year. We have players who still don't come to play every week. We need to set ourselves for every game, when did we last beat Hawthorn/North/Port/Eagles?? We can't simply wait until these teams slide before we think we're a chance. Any player should debut when he is ready not be held back for some trivial reason. If it just so happens to be against Collingwood or should we make finals this year or next so be it. I'd rather play a first year player who has earned the right rather than go with a senior player who has had years to perform and deliver nothing. 90% of talent on this list is 23 or younger.

Not as much love for Col as some initially thought. I don't see his new 3 year contract as proof that he's a part of the future and a guaranteed starter. I see it more as shoring up depth while Oscar learns his trade and Frost tried to get on the park. With 18 clubs real depth becomes very important. I think we've hedged our bets and signed him for a modest amount. If he can recapture his best form we do well out of the deal if he doesn't then he hasn't cost us much but he is ready to go. Like many others needs to get over the past and now. We have been heading in the right path for a couple of years now, and as I've stated before you don't just simply loose your ability. I think what will help Garland a lot along with Tmac and Dunn is two weapons off half back. We need both Salem and Melksham (or a combination of attacking players) on the back flanks. We can't be so arrogant to think we can just play one and have Grimes on the other because the opposition will only need to try and shut one player down. We need two options off half back. This way players like Garland can concentrate on defending and not trying to be too creative when we have the ball. People bag Tmac for trying to do to much but can we blame him for trying to create something. Surround these players with elite ball users and their game will grow.

Not on every point he's made he's not.

I wonder if Stu has a job or is he paid to police these boards. My favourite bit is where Stu gets caught out arguing with one poster so just drops the ball and starts jumping on someone else.

Injuries whilst training or playing are part of the game. Yes players are entitled to pursue activities outside of football as is anyone in any job but if your coming back from a workplace injury you need to be doing everything in your control to get back, coming back from an ACL and still attempting getting through your first full per season it wasn't the best time to being shooting hoops. Had it happened in twelve months time after he's played a full season I think the coaches would have been a bit more understanding.

As an extra?

Yeah your right, next time someone does an ACL they can just have lars surgery and rush back. No more trips to America to give them the best recovery possible. Activities outside of football aren't the issue, it's the timing of it. I don't think people would have minded so much had he completed a pre season and played some games, he's still coming back from a previous injury.

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