Hird and Goody knew how to get the best from Melky. He was pivotal in the dying minutes for us in victories over modern era heavyweights like the Cats.
If we get bumped out of finals, Hibbo and Melky will get my full support.
I always rated him, thought he was still progressing and was never aboard the hate train… that said… Trading him probably contributed to cap room fit the wages of SSS in … so win win for all i guess (even before we evaluate redman as a pick).
At best it’s that other team which is playing Collingwood or Carlton or Hawthorn or <insert team(s) you dislike> and you want that other team to win. BUT, only because they are playing Collingwood or Carlton or Hawthorn or <insert team(s) you dislike>. You are not happy that the other team won, but that Collingwood or Carlton or Hawthorn or <insert team(s) you dislike> lost.
It could also be that team that has such a catchy club song that you can’t help singing it and doing little Russian dances and shouting ‘hey hey hey hey!’
It’s a team that you like to see do well. Usually it’s a team supported by someone you like growing up because you like it when that person is happy.
Melbourne is my second team also.
Melksham tops the league for score assists per game, ranks second for score involvements (behind Hawk Luke Breust) as a general forward, and he is rated the best kick inside-50m in the game.
Melbourne retains the ball from 70 per cent of his kicks inside 50m, while Melksham is ranked the fourth best one-on-one player in the forward half of the ground.
Melk plays as a full time forward in a side which has topped the AFL for inside 50s. At about 1.4 goals per game, he is roughly equivalent to Mitch Brown in terms of average goals per inside 50.
You can pick out stats to make him look good or pick out other stats to make him look fairly average.