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MELBOURNE v PORT ADELAIDE

Melbourne

B: Cale Morton, Matthew Warnock, James Frawley

HB: Paul Wheatley, Jared Rivers, James McDonald

C: Neville Jetta, Brock McLean, Liam Jurrah

HF: Cameron Bruce, Matthew Bate, Ricky Petterd

F: Russell Robertson, Brad Green, Nathan Jones

Foll: Mark Jamar, Jack Grimes, Aaron Davey

I/C: Brent Moloney, Lynden Dunn, Stefan Martin, Daniel Bell

Emg: Jamie Bennell, Brad Miller, Clint Bartram

In: Dunn, Bell

Out: Colin Sylvia (susp), Jamie Bennell

Port Adelaide

B: Alipate Carlile, Toby Thurstans, Jacob Surjan

HB: Nathan Krakouer, Chad Cornes, Peter Burgoyne

C: Steve Salopek, Domenic Cassisi, Tom Logan

HF: Robert Gray, Warren Tredrea, David Rodan

F: Brett Ebert, Brendon Lade, Justin Westhoff

Foll: Dean Brogan, Kane Cornes, Danyle Pearce

I/C: Josh Carr, Jason Davenport, Michael Pettigrew, Paul Stewart

Emg: Matthew Broadbent, Danny Meyer, Matthew Westhoff

In: C. Cornes, Pettigrew

Out: Troy Chaplin (susp), Danny Meyer

the final squads... i guess Bell was amongst the best at Casey, and they do need to give him a chance to earn a spot on the list for next season...

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Daniel Bell ROFL

We are tanking for sure.

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Putting him on display for Port A.

Hopefully he plays a blinder, and they fall for the old "he was pretty good against us, lets pick him up"

we've fallen for that one a few times...

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Daniel Bell ROFL

We are tanking for sure.

Na! I recon it is his last chance opportunity to stay with MFC in the long term. I would say that a few player may get this last op to in the next few weeks.


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Not overly impressed that neither Cheney nor Bennell is playing, but I suppose we're playing for a priority pick as well as the future.

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Not overly impressed that neither Cheney nor Bennell is playing, but I suppose we're playing for a priority pick as well as the future.

Including Bennell & Cheney is not going to have a major effect on weather we win or lose this game. Both have shown steady form in the seniors so this is a decision I simply dont understand.

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Incl. Bennell&Cheney isnt going to have a major effect on weather we win or lose this game. Both shown steady form in seniors so this is a decision I simply dont understand.

They (Bennell & Cheney) both are young and have shown enough in the early stages of development to be secure on the list. By playing Dunn & Bell (list managing), the club can determine their future having played 45 & 63 games respectively. Read threads for confirmation.

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They both are young and have shown enough in the early stages of development to be secure on the list. By playing Dunn & Bell (list managing), club can determine their future having played 45 & 63 games respectively.

Exactly.

As an aside, Valenti, Hughes (both rookies), and Bail (underwhelming mature-aged recruit), you'd think, will all get one final chance at some stage to consolidate their spot on the list before the year is out. Even if it's just for one or two games, the pressure will be huge for those 3.

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They both are young and have shown enough in the early stages of development to be secure on the list. By playing Dunn & Bell (list managing), club can determine their future having played 45 & 63 games respectively.Read threads for confirmation.

Your on the money here HT.

Personally, I'd rather give Bennell the experience than play Bell.

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Your on the money here HT.

Personally, I'd rather give Bennell the experience than play Bell.

agreed mate, they dropped bennell for QB clash,i had the pleasure of having a chat with him that day,he was very dissapointed,out of the kids we drafted last season IMO bennell is the lad that has stood out.

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List management at its finest!

Both Bell and Dunn have been good at casey from all reports so they deserve to show if they have something to offer the club for the future before seasons end. Perfect time to do all this. We know the position we are in and looking at these fringe players to make an assessment on them of if to keep them or delist.

Hoping for a good contest but for the first time think its a must to lose this game in the grand scheme of things. I dont care about priority pick but i care about getting Tom Scully, he is that impressive.

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Exactly.

As an aside, Valenti, Hughes (both rookies), and Bail (underwhelming mature-aged recruit), you'd think, will all get one final chance at some stage to consolidate their spot on the list before the year is out. Even if it's just for one or two games, the pressure will be huge for those 3.

Bail has a 2 year contract, as he was drafted in the national draft... He's safe for the time being...

Valenti, we have to either promote him or let him go I believe... If we don't promote him, we can re-rookie him, but would have to do so through the draft...

Hughes is in the first year of his rookie contract, so we can extend this to a 2nd year if we so wish... Which I think we will do...

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This is tanking. I don't see how Dunn and Bell deserve to get another chance to prove themselves. Haven't we seen enough of them already to know that they're not good enough at AFL level and are just wasting space on our list?

I think we can all see what's going to happen. Neither Bell nor Dunn will do anything spectacular, they will continue playing mediocre football and will be delisted. I would much rather see Bennell playing instead of Bell.

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This is tanking. I don't see how Dunn and Bell deserve to get another chance to prove themselves. Haven't we seen enough of them already to know that they're not good enough at AFL level and are just wasting space on our list?

I think we can all see what's going to happen. Neither Bell nor Dunn will do anything spectacular, they will continue playing mediocre football and will be delisted. I would much rather see Bennell playing instead of Bell.

It is not tanking, your thinking into it to much. Giving these players a game is about giving them another chance and working out if we should keep them, delist them or trade them. Its not tanking.


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This is tanking. I don't see how Dunn and Bell deserve to get another chance to prove themselves. Haven't we seen enough of them already to know that they're not good enough at AFL level and are just wasting space on our list?

I think we can all see what's going to happen. Neither Bell nor Dunn will do anything spectacular, they will continue playing mediocre football and will be delisted. I would much rather see Bennell playing instead of Bell.

Not tanking. Dunn and Bell aren't going to give us any further chance of losing than Bennell, Miller, Bartram etc would.

I think Bails just wants to see where there at before the end of season delistings.

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Dunn and Bell have been around for long enough to realise they don't cut the mustard at the highest level.... I believe Dunn may one day cut it, but it won't be at this club....

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This is tanking.

Both Bell and Dunn have been in the best players at Casey for the past two or three weeks. One of them replaces a player out suspended. If we really were tanking, we would have tanked it big time last week when it really would have made a difference. The fat, swarthy looking bloke who runs the caper got it right when he said that clubs don't tank!

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I dont care about priority pick but i care about getting Tom Scully, he is that impressive.

How you could not care about getting gifted a free pick in the top 3 is beyond me.

"Here, have Griffen for nothing". "Oh, no thanks, we're right". :lol:

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How you could not care about getting gifted a free pick in the top 3 is beyond me.

"Here, have Griffen for nothing". "Oh, no thanks, we're right". :lol:

Makes perfect sense H.

What support in their right mind would agree to taking Franklin...or Pendlebury... or Kreuzer/Judd... or Mclean...Koschitzke...Pavlich...

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