Noticed in tonight's media that Melbourne report that Ryan Hoffman has had surgery on his troublesome ankle and will be out for the remainder of the season.
Melbourne, from players to coach, to CEO, are a club that has had an extraordinary number of things go their way. They take the good and you dont see them thankful for it. But when things dont go their way, the massive whinge is immediate. The aura of the storm is fading into a grey drizzled victorian weather pattern, with windswept outlook and a lower table forecast.
Melbourne have lost Hoffman and the two Smiths. Big blows. Their bench looks very weak in comparison. Instead of having Jeremy Smith and Sika Manu coming on after 20 minutes, they now have Scott Anderson (neville) and Aiden Tolman (good talent, but still very raw, and not a great threat compared to Sika who is a gun).
