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grant Demon

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They didn't need to go.... They went last week ;)

Well if players are only as good as there last game, then JT isnt worth a first round pick and Reiwold is a dud!

Get hold of yourself people, one game in isolation proves nothing, especially while still at a developmental level..

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Brocks departure forces the recruiters to take 2x mids with the first 2x picks. Scully and....Trengrove seem likely.

Your kidding arn't you! Trengove is in the top 2 players in the draft, he may still go at number 1 and if he does he would fully deserve that recognition. It has nothing to do with brock leaving and it has nothing to do with our need for midfielders. You take the best availible especially when talking about the top few picks. If a key forward or back was in the top two we would take him. Look at richmond who tried to take players that they needed and missed out on players like franklin and roughhead. You take the best availble for the simple fact that they are the best.

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From Matt Burgan's review of the top picks:

"Jack Trengove (South Australia/Sturt)

Did not attend last week's draft camp due to SANFL finals, but his recent form has several recruiters now thinking he should be taken at No.1, ahead of Scully in the draft. The tough midfielder/forward now appears to be one of Melbourne's top two picks."

what a month! considering scully has been a lock for 4 or 5 months ... this is one hell of an effort.

i personally am almost equally excited about both. cant split them... great times ahead

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tab...00/default.aspx

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Brock left because we were planning to draft two mids.

Don't believe everything official that you read. Brock was pushed. Our FD opened the possibility at the end of season review of him being put up for trade, Brock understood the situation with all our hard in and under midfielders, spoke to his manager who quickly found a trade with Carlton who may have approached him during the season expressing interest (I am not sure of this bit). It was in both Brocks best interest and Melbourne FCs best interest to part ways saying Brock walked out. Both parties agreed that the "walk out" story was the best way forward. Brocks gets a much better contract and Melbourne get more for the trade. In other words his value is higher. Think about it, we would have been lucky to get pick 30 if it had come out that we wanted to trade him rather than him wanting to go on. Brock is also better off as he can demand a bigger contract.

We got one back on Carlton with Brocky. Gumboots McLean is injury prone and slow. He must be the slowest 23yo midfielder in the AFL and not worth pick 11. He has about 4 seasons left before the game passes him by, and will never be better than an average player.

Well done Dee's..

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Ahhh Disco, that talk is true, just happens that the best two available are both Mids.

it does seem the best available are mids. no arguments...i'm a big fan of trengove...have read more about him than scully...just think think it's stupid talk to mention we are now taking mids because brock has left. brock leaving has forced the club to do nothing except draft another player at pick 11...i doesn't force the club to pick a mid...

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http://www.theage.com.au/news/rfnews/jack-...8043836478.html

Fantastic article about this fellow. I went to school with Richard Loveridge who played with the Porks in the eighties and he seems like a very similar kind of guy. Good at everything including humility. Hard not to like!!

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http://www.theage.com.au/news/rfnews/jack-...8043836478.html

Fantastic article about this fellow. I went to school with Richard Loveridge who played with the Porks in the eighties and he seems like a very similar kind of guy. Good at everything including humility. Hard not to like!!

Sounds quite impressive. Anyone reckon he's a chance to be drafted?

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Like Scully, a class act all round. I can't see how they can be split as No.1 pick, and though I'm sure that neither of them would be fazed by missing out, IMO we should make them joint No.1.

If the issue of who was taken at #1 DID become a point of some kind of contention between the two, I would consider it an opportunity for one or the other to bring it up, talk it over, and come out closer for it. How they handle one another at training, in matches and in the media (as well as socially obviously) will be the defining aspect there. They could be closer mates for it?

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