Phillip "Molly" Malone is one of the most prolific Web pundits on Aussie Rules footy with his blog Mollyzine and podcast Molly's Monday Machination. He's an engineer and a Hawk fan, and you'll see his name everywhere.
#34: Round 7, 2008 live on Talkshoe
We’re back after a week’s break, and boy are we jonesing for some REAL Dream Team action! The big news of the is, of course, the launch of Premium Dream Team, which m0nty reviewed on the FanFooty blog as well as providing a draft strategies post. m0nty and Molly discuss the issues in those blog entries, as well as possible gaming of the system such as the BigFooty league proposed by rota69. (Apologies for Molly cutting out… m0nty has to keep ranting twice as hard!)
Then it’s onto the round review. We start with Eagles forwards Quinten Lynch, Josh J. Kennedy and Ben McKinley, then it’s unassailed Bubble Boy of the Week, Steven Browne who is primed to replace Cale Morton and Craig Bird. Daniel Bradshaw, Jarryd Roughead, Travis Tuck, Cyril Rioli, Chris Newman, Jake King, Jordan McMahon, Justin Koschitzke, Charlie Gardiner, Sam Fisher, Brendon Goddard, Jason Gram, Nathan Bock, Jason Porplyzia, Scott D. Thompson, Nathan Jones, Garrick Ibbotson, Bachar Houli, Steven Salopek and Brad Symes are all given the third degree.
In the captains segment, we debate the merits of Lance Franklin as captain material at Aurora Stadium. There are a plethora of choices this week, such as the Geelong engine room vs Richmond, the Carlton mids vs Brisbane, Adam Cooney and Daniel Cross vs Freo, Simon Goodwin and Scott Thompson vs Melbourne, Dean Cox up against Hamish McIntosh, and finally Ryan O’Keefe vs Essendon’s leaky defence.