Our Match committee has a lot to answer for tonight. Granted I am not privy to injury & form but you have to select players on the basis of their ability to play in a top four side.

a) Acland stole another development game from Hampson. I would rather Hampson get beaten in his second year and gain some experience than take up space with a guy who is not afl standard


b) Bentick, Wiggins and Hadley - can not play in the same side. We need more run if we are to be a top 4 contender. So why drop ellard or play another runner


c) Bentick & Carazzo can not Mix it with the top midfielders in the competition so play Gibbs on the ball

d) O'hailpin is a genuine backman and better than Waite

e) Waite needs to replace fisher in the forward line

IMO, the match commitee has not selected the right players in the right posiions this year

What is mediocrity?

Mediocrity really sucks.

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In that case, I don't like the thought of us heading there. I thought the last 5 years were as bad as it could possibly be, but now, to read we are headed for even worse...shattered.

Actually, mediocrity seems pretty good compared to the last five years!

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What is mediocrity?

It's something a lot of people on TC do not accept, ever.

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I love it when I know more than the MC

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"there’s more chance of me becoming the full forward for the [Western Bulldogs] than there is of any change in the Labor Party." Julia Gillard 18-05-2010

When is that?

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NOW!

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"there’s more chance of me becoming the full forward for the [Western Bulldogs] than there is of any change in the Labor Party." Julia Gillard 18-05-2010

Something the Final 8 rewards.

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THEY LIKE TO SEND UP!!!!!!!!

Until each team plays each other the same number of times, the AFL, as a fair dinkum competition, cannot be taken seriously.

He (Mr Swann) said the honour and pride associated with the club's traditional navy blue jumper was priceless.

BRING IT ON!

Can they drive us towards mediocity before the end of the season? That would be great.

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I hope they dont drive us anywhere near West Sydney

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"The ability to speak doesn't make you intelligent." Qui-Gon Jinn 15-05-2005

"there’s more chance of me becoming the full forward for the [Western Bulldogs] than there is of any change in the Labor Party." Julia Gillard 18-05-2010

Surely mediocrity is a step up from where we have been?

Jezza, nobody's taking you seriously but I will, because the MC themselves would probably admit they got a few wrong tonight.

On your points -

a) Ackland - they got it dead wrong. Hammo should've played. Not many players are a disgrace to the jumper - but Ackland is. Won't play again.

b) and c) Yes, we're slow. Bentick, as much as we love him as a gutsy hard worker and honest trier, is simply not in our best 22. He ends up at the bottom of a lot of packs and holds the ball in, but he lacks that '2nd step' in his play - the ability to create something from the stoppages in which he's involved. If we had no injuries, he wouldn't be in the side.

d) Setanta is also just playing cos of injuries. I'm a bit pessimistic about his and his brother's chances of making it long term. MC's hands are tied here.

e) Disagree with you Jezz - Waite is a backman, pure and simple. He can;t play forward because he has no footy brain and cannot kick the ball. He is better off being led to the ball by the opposition.

If you look at the BUllants, we don;t have much to come in, so the MC's hands are tied. Hampson was the glaring mistake.

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They will know that they've been playing against the famous old dark blues

Once again, the lack of appreciation for what Bentick's role is drives me insane

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I think people are missing the point that after 3 wins (two against very weak teams) our expectations were way too high for our actual ability - what hope did we have against a team with an equal or better midfield and a top forward line?

We are developing - hang in there.

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MC?

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It is actually what the DRAFT rewards