Roger Mellie

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!

It's JordOn

I heard Mahoney's interview. I didn't believe him then and nothing's changed. It sounds better to play down our interest than say he knocked us back or that we couldn't fit him under the cap unless we could dump TMac. But, believe what you want.

Lever's still got a few things to work on, like bringing the ball out of defense - which is horrible. His spoiling and intercept marking are top notch.

Watch the footage and you'll see May repeatedly point to his chest

Endurance X

Source AFL: "May will now be assessed under the AFL's new concussion protocols, which state that the earliest a player can return to play is on the 12th day – the same day as the Demons' season-opener against Fremantle on March 20." So if he's recovered he should technically be allowed to play.

Maybe a combination of players to rotate through. Melksham is certainly smart enough to play the role and his delivery into the forward line can be sublime. If he's done the work over some before pinging his string then give him a crack. I don't see him running up and down all day but he is crafty enough to adapt. If he brings last years attitude then he shouldn't be in the team. Let's hope it was just a case of hub cabin fever. I also hope the hamstring injury wasn't an sign that he can't manage the running load. I've said it before and I'll say it again. I like Fritsch in the role but acknowledge he is needed elsewhere. He can certainly spend time on the wing in a shared role. Bowey would also work. He has the skill level, smarts and a bit of speed but I think it's a lot to ask of a first year player. Laurie might also be an option and much later Rosman. Of our inside mids Jordon could spend time there. I think he has the tank and is better at getting to the outside of the contest than the others but he's a bit of a plodder. My choice would be a combination of Bowey , Fritsch, and try Melksham with assistance from others. Not keen on Baker (Casey), TMac (running ability only gets you so far and needed fwd) , Salem (needed elsewhere), Jones for the role.

I'm confident we either couldn't afford Phillips without successfully offloading TMac or he just said NO to us.

Agree, I reckon it was Choco's turn to supply the song list