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Victoria
FB: C.Brown, Scarlett, Milburn
HB: Shaw, Croad, Waite
C: Harvey, Mitchell, Goodes
HF: O'Keefe, J.Brown, Murphy
FF: S.Johnson, Fevola, Bradshaw
Foll: Simmonds, Bartel, Judd
bench: Fraser, Power, Chapman, Kelly, Foley, Pendlebury, J.Selwood
emergency: Roughead, Sewell
Dream Team
FB: Johncock, Rutten, Bolton
HB: McLeod, Pavlich, Cooney
C: Richardson, Kerr, S.Burgoyne
HF: Goodwin, Mooney, D.Motlop
FF: Burton, Franklin, Davis
Foll: Cox, P.Burgoyne, K.Cornes
bench: Bock, Charman, Corey, Stokes, Kirk, Griffen, Glass
emergency: Bassett, Cross, Enright
The tip: Dream Team by 33 points
Best player: Dean Cox
Looking at the teams, and giving a grade based on what was expected from them this season and what they have produced so far in the first 7 rounds. The teams are listed in their current ladder positions.
1 Geelong B plus
Were expected to win all their games in the early rounds, but have not found their best form yet, that should happen when Ottens returns.
2 Hawthorn A
They were expected to be the second best team this season, and have lived up to that.
3 Bulldogs A plus
Minson and Welsh up forward have added height, while their younger players have also improved the team.
4 Adelaide A
Injuries to their ruckman and other important players have not held them back.
5 St Kilda B
They made some trades to bring in veterans to get to a Grand Final, the jury is still out on those moves as well as what the coach is trying to do.
6 Sydney B plus
Some injuries and a suspension have certainly kept the Swans from putting their best side on the field.
7 Kangaroos B
A bit of an up and down start to season 2008, as long as they make the top 8 the season will be considered a success for them.
8 Collingwood C plus
They were expected to replicate last season's success, or even improve on it a bit, but have lost a couple of games this season that they would have thought would be certain wins.
9 Port Adelaide C
Not the best start to a season from a team that was just in a Grand Final, although things are going much better now than they were a few weeks ago.
10 Brisbane B
Brown and Bradshaw were expected to get them back into the finals, so far Bradshaw is doing his part but Brown has been out of form, or injured.
11 Carlton B plus
They have been winning a few games, Judd and Kreuzer have been great acquisitions for them, they are on the way up but still have a long way to go.
12 Richmond B plus
They are trying some new ideas and some of them have been successful.
13 Essendon C
The new coach is bringing in a new system, so they are going through an adjustment phase, add to that some injuries to their better players and they are struggling right now.
14 Fremantle D
They finished last year with some optimism for season 2008, but that has disappeared now.
15 West Coast D
It did seem that the Eagles had plenty of depth to cover the players who left, that was not the case.
16 Melbourne C
Not a lot was expected from them this year, but they are showing improvement as the season progresses.
It was a good round for the smaller forwards of the AFL. Porplyzia, Milne and Wonaeamirri all performed. An even better player was Daniel Motlop, he was at his freakish best.
Motlop can play tall and short, taking a high mark or tackling an opponent are both skills in his repertoire. He had 7 marks in this game and also had 5 tackles. What he is best known for is kicking goals, especially from difficult angles, and he was accurate once again with 7 goals and only 2 behinds
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Melbourne have shown they do have a future, as Wonaeamirri, Bate and many other youngsters contributed to the big comeback win over Fremantle. There is also hope for a few more wins this season as veterans like Bruce and White can overcome the best in the league at their position.
From the Melbourne site: Record comeback breaks Dees' duck
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Things will improve next year, but there is also 2008 to get through too. Here are the percentage chances of Melbourne winning their remaining games this season.
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One problem the Melbourne Football Club had after getting to their last Grand Final was that their spot on the ladder fluctuated so much in recent years. In the finals one year, close to the bottom the next. The best Victorian team one year, fighting for the wooden spoon the next. In the trade periods they could never figure out if they were a buyer or a seller, whether they needed to blow it all up to start over or if they needed to add a few players for a run at the premiership.
Except for 2003, which was a problem draft for Melbourne, they have not been among the highest picks and best prospects until last season. For a team to rebuild effectively, they need to acquire a future core with draft picks and trades over two or three seasons. Right now, Melbourne are in year 1 of that process
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Sandringham has been a great success in recent years while Melbourne hasn't really achieved a lot. Sandringham is like a well-oiled machine that dispenses opposition teams with ease, if Melbourne is a machine there is no oil, very little fuel and the gasket needs replacing. The strange thing is, a lot of Sandringham's success has been possible due to Melbourne's players.
Last weekend really showed how each team fares in their competition, Sandringham destroyed their opponent while Melbourne had a lot of trouble and a big loss. If they played against each other last round, Melbourne versus Sandringham, it might have been a close game
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If a player keeps a star midfielder to 13 possessions it means they had a very good game, if they do that and also get the ball 33 times themselves, then they can call themselves the player of the week.
Kane Cornes kept Nick Dal Santo quiet when the Saints had the ball, and when Port Adelaide were in control it was Kane Cornes who often had it. 19 kicks and 14 handballs, along with 6 marks and 3 tackles, were some of his big numbers for the game
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2008 at Melbourne should be all about their previous 150 years, so while the playing list is going to have a review and cleanout the entertainment for the fans should be what happened before.
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Plenty more coming up about Melbourne, although today's post isn't something that is important to the future of the Melbourne Football Club. It is a song, called Nathan Jones, presented by Bananarama.
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