Demons cut Valenti and Buckley

[Brettmcg 24]

MELBOURNE has delisted midfielders Simon Buckley and Shane Valenti.

Buckley and Valenti join the departed Brock McLean (traded to Carlton for selection No.11 in the NAB AFL Draft) and retirees Russell Robertson, Paul Wheatley and Matthew Whelan as players to depart.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tab...33/default.aspx

[H_T 3,047]

Well, there you go.

[beelzebub 23,370]

Good luck gentlemen in your future endeavors and thankyou for you contribution to Melbourne over the journey

[beelzebub 23,370]

that will leave us free to exercise 1, 2, 11 18 34 and PSD1

[Mondê 525]

Thought Bartram would go before Bucks, will there be more to come?

Edited October 13, 2009 by Deemissioner

[beelzebub 23,370]

Along with many others I always suspected we'd look to get on board 6 new faces for 010. With Buckley and Valenti delisted today it would seem now we are able to exercise picks 1, 2, 11, 18, 34 and PSD1 assuming we will bail on the draft after 34.

The club has spoken

[beelzebub 23,370]

lol..damnations !! MOd to merge please cheers

edit: that was bloody quick...:D ta

Edited October 13, 2009 by belzebub59

[Crackers 67]

lol..damnations !! MOd to merge please cheers

edit: that was bloody quick...:D ta

Is Buckley to old to put on the rookie list?

Would he be worth a shot on the rookie list?

[Mousey 47]

sad day for me!

Been a huge Bucks fan and unfortunately being injured all last year has hurt this chances.

If both fit though i would choose Bucks over Barts all day...

Be interesting to see if more is to come though..

[old55 23,571]

Biskit watch!

[... 11]

I don't feel like we gave Buckley enough of a chance to show his worth. I know he had a bad season with injury, but when he played senior footy, I thought he showed a lot of promise. I hope he gets picked up elsewhere and that he gets himself the footy future he deserves.

[titan_uranus 25,018]

CB will be disappointed re: Valenti.

We're still a spot short. McLean, Whelan, Robbo, Wheatley, Buckley all make 5 spots. That's 1, 2, 11, 18 and PSD 1. Valenti was on the rookie list, so his delisting doesn't give us another spot.

As it stands we'll be passing on 34. I would have thought, if we were going to delist more players, we'd have done so today. So maybe we don't think 34 is going to be of much use.

[Toot182 7]

This disappoints me a little but I understand why it has been done.

I thought Valenti did very well with limited opportunities, but would have suffered game time once our midfield became more 'full' after this draft.

I liked Buckely's endeavor and dash, and unfortunately I think the Injury he sustained last year ended his career at the demons.

Thank you boys for your efforts in Red and Blue colours and I wish you well for the future.

[sylvinator 96]

Strange to delist Buckley unless his injury is career threatening.

He is surely better than the prospects out there for pick34 in this shallow draft.

He is great pace and great dash. Is a half back flanker. Seems exactly what we'd like.

It must be his poor decision making and poor kicking. Bailey is obsessed (and rightly so) with players who can hit targets

[Akum 2,660]

Along with many others I always suspected we'd look to get on board 6 new faces for 010. With Buckley and Valenti delisted today it would seem now we are able to exercise picks 1, 2, 11, 18, 34 and PSD1 assuming we will bail on the draft after 34.

The club has spoken

Doesn't this only free up one extra spot (i.e. not pick 34)? It just means that Valenti isn't going to be elevated from the rookie list or retained as 3rd year rookie, doesn't it?

[beelzebub 23,370]

point !! i.e youre right ..lol

Edited October 13, 2009 by belzebub59

[Mondê 525]

CB will be disappointed re: Valenti.

We're still a spot short. McLean, Whelan, Robbo, Wheatley, Buckley all make 5 spots. That's 1, 2, 11, 18 and PSD 1. Valenti was on the rookie list, so his delisting doesn't give us another spot.

As it stands we'll be passing on 34. I would have thought, if we were going to delist more players, we'd have done so today. So maybe we don't think 34 is going to be of much use.

We can say goodbye to Dylan Grimes then. Would have been a nice family connection but meh, tall defenders would be at the bottom of our wish list.

[titan_uranus 25,018]

Strange to delist Buckley unless his injury is career threatening.

He is surely better than the prospects out there for pick34 in this shallow draft.

He is great pace and great dash. Is a half back flanker. Seems exactly what we'd like.

It must be his poor decision making and poor kicking. Bailey is obsessed (and rightly so) with players who can hit targets

Seems like a contradiction to me, sylvinator.

Personally, I never saw anything other than pace from Buckley. And I think there has been a growing trend moving away from athleticism and towards skill in football.

[beelzebub 23,370]

the club may yet announce more delistings...probably unlikley but not impossible

[Bucks-Fan 1]

aww.. i wanted to see much more of Buckley.

Best wishes to the both of them! and i hope they manage to get into a another team and continue their careers.

[Old Gregg 1]

Awwww, always sad when people get delisted.

Its a shame that not everyone can get a go. This is what has to happen when we're rebuilding through the draft...

Edited October 13, 2009 by Stop: Jurrahtime

[flog 20]

Strange to delist Buckley unless his injury is career threatening.

He is surely better than the prospects out there for pick34 in this shallow draft.

He is great pace and great dash. Is a half back flanker. Seems exactly what we'd like.

It must be his poor decision making and poor kicking. Bailey is obsessed (and rightly so) with players who can hit targets

Maybe they want to use pick 34 on Kane Tenace?

YES!!!!!!!

[Deeoldfart 8,030]

Doesn't this only free up one extra spot (i.e. not pick 34)? It just means that Valenti isn't going to be elevated from the rookie list or retained as 3rd year rookie, doesn't it?

Yep. That's my reading of it. Barts may be added to the list if the rumours are correct.

Delisting is obviously tough on the boys, but I expect they saw it coming .......... and I'm certainly glad that the MFC have made what some around here will undoubtedly see as the wrong decisions. Personally, I'm very pleased that TMac may have missed the chop. IMO he shows loads of promise.

Good luck to Bucks and Valenti. I hope they get picked up by another club.

[east gippsland demon 7]

thought valenti showed a bit and is stiff would step into juniours shoes as the hard nut with it being his last year...

[grant 10]

Very sad to see them go....but unfortunately they had there chances to impress in a less that impressive side. I hope they both have more luck elsewhere.