Roger Mellie

Another ex-ology here! I left when it fell in a hole. I had already joined land but posted rarely. Sheesh that was a while ago.

Out: Thommo, Baker, Melksham/Jones In: Petty, Chandler or Bedford, Sparrow Petty for Thommo, Baker (ordinary) out and Brayshaw (also ordinary) back to the wing, Bedford or Chandler to be rewarded for good form and bring some pressure to the forward line. Melksham or Jones (I thought Melksham was a little better than previous weeks and Jones OK, but neither are an option for the centre bounce) out to enable Sparrow to take up Viney's role. Jones or Melksham as injury sub

Exactly - a case in point was Isaac Smith. There was solid mail he was coming to Melb, but it's likely the dude just changed his mind. The poster (s) were shot down in flames. The good news is, Isaac Smith is at Geelong with the other silly old coots. Sucks be to him.

6. Salem 5. Petracca 4. Gawn 3. TMac 2. Lever 1. Rivers Stiff: Clarrie, Lingers, Jackson, Hibberd, Viney, ANB Hard to leave anyone out. Brilliant team game

Fair point, but that's why I said developing mid, rather than depth mid. I think we're ready for another mid who can come through the system in two or three years.

Watching the Casey game, we need more midfielders. At centre bounces, we barely had any AFL listed players in there. It was pretty much VDB with cameos from Nev (and Bedford?). I know we've loaded our side with midfield run, but we now lack depth. A developing mid please.

I've been watching Bradtke quite closely and have reported more than once, on his performance and the things I like about his game. They are (still) his mobility, his kicking ability, cleanness (so that's a word?) below his knees and general ball handling (good dish off, can take a grab etc). I've stated each time that it was too early to judge his ruck ability as he was getting rag-dolled. Nothing's changed. Watching him v Box Hill, his tentativeness or lack of aggression was really disappointing. He's still getting rag-dolled at hit-outs and needs to work out when to body or jump over his opponent. Having said that, the commentators said that it was only his 11th game of VFL so we should all cut him some slack. He definitely needs to stack on some weight and if we're able to grab Mac Andrew, he might not get the development time he needs.

The players who's kicking has notably improved this year under Williams IMO: Langdon Hunt Bedford Gawn ANB Brilliant!

What's worse is sports journalists (using the term loosely) referring to each other as superstars. Andy Maher is a serial offender

I prefer the navy. Royal blue is such a poxy 70s colour. I liked that Carlton wore their home strip against the Suns on the weekend and I would rather we did too than the royal blue. But, each to their own. I also like the red-backed jumper.

Hawks will likely have one of their rucks resting forward alongside Lewis and Koschitske (sp?), so Petty makes sense. If they want to go with speed, then Hibberd, but I think Petty will get the nod. For mine, go with the same 25, with Jordon being the sub this week. It was a good week to play Melksham and Jones, given Geelong are old, but I don't think we can keep doing it all year. The same goes with Jetta, but we're winning, so happy to run with it.

My 3 favourite moments other than the magnificent win: 1) Free kick against Selwood for a high tackle on the ducking Spargo in the first q. Can dish it out but can't take it! 2) Seeing Viney mark in front of goal and watching Selwood (his direct opponent and 15m away) pointing to all and sundry in a 'not my fault way' 3) Kossie standing over Selwood as mentioned earlier..... say no more Yes, I have a problem with Selwood, or should I say, had

QB Demon clearly said that Collingwood is the third biggest team in terms of financials and membership no.s yet you try and twist his post into a preposterous claim that Melbourne is bigger than Collingwood. Give it a rest.

Huh? He didn't say that at all.

He's been in a couple of centre bounces, but too early to comment. I know he played junior footy in the middle so it shouldn't be completely foreign.

I'd like Weid for TMac. It doesn't mean Tmac is out. He can rotate with Brayshaw on the wing and Brayshaw can swap wing / inside mid. It would mean maybe Sparrow or someone out - not that he deserves it. Jackson and the Weid worked well together last year before Jackson went down. We can also see if TMac works on the wing or not. Jackson will be something special when he starts putting it together. Not sure when that will be but it's not too far off.

I'm pretty sure I heard the Ox say about 3 years ago, that he was more interested in basketball ☹️. He must be about 17 now.

There was nothing more cringe-worthy than BT calling G. Ablett the little master. There's only one little master on this planet, and he played cricket. While I'm a big fan of Spargo, the copycat tag/legend status is a tad premature. I agree about the unusually large footy brain.

Cripps is a gun, but he looks slow and injured.

Max's only real weakness is his kicking. Unfortunately, he loves to kick and needs to handball it more. There's a reason the opposition give him so much room to kick.

I don't think there will be too much of an issue over dollars or contract length, it'll be more if he thinks he'll have any success with us versus another club. If we bomb out again he'd be off

It's a long drawn out dispute over who pays for the sound tech during the interviews - the AFL v the journalists (or their organisations). As you can see, it's unresolved and is likely to stay that way. To put it mildly, it's lame!

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