Roger Mellie

I agree and would add that I'm confident because I haven't seen a jot of complacency. If that creeps in, we might be in trouble, but the players are loving the freedom, flair and even the hard work that enables it.

6 Pickett 5 Spaz 4 Gawn 3 Chandler 2 Fritta 1 Lever

I'd appreciate it if someone could post a list of the players' songs. Andy's opening post isn't working. I just get a bunch of numbers and it doesn't appear to be on the MFC website. Cheers

I'm surprised he's taken this long to weigh in.

And "Sweet Caroline"

This^ I haven't seen the interview, but thought straight away that with King coming out of the Geelong system, Gawn would get a whole lot more 'management,' whether he liked it or not. I think that's a good thing for both players. I'd also like to see Heath as a ruck forward and think he has the tools, particularly now with Kentman out for a few weeks. I'm not sure it'll fly though, with the current single ruck/running game emphasis. I have no idea how Heath goes with running/endurance, but I think he can slot a goal despite his practice game inaccuracy.

Thanks. How do you pay for it?

Interesting! I checked out the website and it gives you absolutely nothing.

I understand the rule to be that AFL-listed players can't play the weekend before the official comp starts (whenever that may be for each team). In recent years players could get exemptions eg. Tom Matthews/Campbell would get an exemption as they haven't played in the preseason comp. It looks like they've scrapped that though, which is unfair. Hawks players would have been banned last weekend, I assume.

I won't be cheering him. I'm flat out death riding GC at the moment. I hope he kicks lots of points and bombs it into the forward line.

What a let down!

I thought he was very good defensively but relatively poor going the other way. Looked unsure of what to do with the pill and didn't make great decisions.

Storm and Victory fit under the one roof. We don't! I don't think the sharing is as much of a problem (although not ideal) as our club being scattered between three sites.

Completely agree on why McAdam might not be brimming with enthusiasm. One of the recent training reports* said he was visibly limping and did little more than walking. IIRC it might have been a knee issue, so he may have had another set back. *Can't remember whose but a few weeks back.

As a rule, the club generally excels at organising these events at annoying or inopportune times for fans/spectators.