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Hey, I'm certainly not delisting him :)

I'd just rather keep other guys before Petterd.

Same here.

We're in the fortunate situation now of having a large stockpile of talented players coming into the "right age bracket"

making them valuable commodities.

Highly unlikely, but if GC17 came a knocking with pick 5 in return for Petterd, i'd take it.

And as much as I love watching Ricky go about it, I'd rather see him go than Grimes, Frawley or Morton

et al.

(sorry Ricky)

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Gys was likened to a Joel COrey type of player drafted by Barry P.

That'd be handy.

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Gys was likened to a Joel COrey type of player drafted by Barry P.

That'd be handy.

Having seen his last two games live, I am becoming rather bullish about Jordy. He has great hands, is at home inside traffic, makes good decisons, has height, is not slow and will develop physically over the next couple of years. Looks to have a real future.

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gysberts is a gun enough said.

not only are we only 8 weeks into the real football season, but he has not even been listed for a year. he will be an absolutely amazing player, and why every body is getting on his back is so stupid.

he is more than likely an easy replacement for a bruce or junior when there time comes to step down.

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He could turn out to be another Daniel Jackson or Cameron Bruce,

OR

He could be a new Jobe Watson or Brendon Goddard.

Either way, not a bad thing to look forward to in the years ahead.

Go Dees!!!!

I'm pleased about Gysberts' progress but I've got to pull you up here. If Daniel Jackson ends up having half the career that Cameron Bruce has enjoyed, he'll be a very lucky man.

No doubt Bruce's influence and importance to our side has waned in recent years as the game has changed, but don't let that cloud your judgement of his contribution to our club, and his worth as an AFL player. 15 other clubs would have loved to have Cameron Bruce in their team for the past 10 years.

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I'm pleased about Gysberts' progress but I've got to pull you up here. If Daniel Jackson ends up having half the career that Cameron Bruce has enjoyed, he'll be a very lucky man.

No doubt Bruce's influence and importance to our side has waned in recent years as the game has changed, but don't let that cloud your judgement of his contribution to our club, and his worth as an AFL player. 15 other clubs would have loved to have Cameron Bruce in their team for the past 10 years.

Fair point.

I wasn't having a crack at Bruce, I originally started out (at least in my own mind) wanting to make the point that we tend to judge these young guys based on the way they look and play now. When you cast your mind forward to the 2012 pre-season, at 189cm he is likely to start looking like those sorts of players. And as I said, his pedigree suggests he is likely to be able to make the impact that these current day tall midfielders make. Add him into our mix and I am increasingly more optimistic about our prospects than anytime I can recall.

I don't know about anyone else, but all my mates have gone from saying over the last couple of years, Melbourne is a basket case to all saying what a great bunch of kids we now have and that the future looks really exciting.

What they don't know, but we all do, is that there are still some gems to get into the side like Gysberts in the years ahead.

The Dees will scare everyone in the next five years.

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I don't know about anyone else, but all my mates have gone from saying over the last couple of years, Melbourne is a basket case to all saying what a great bunch of kids we now have and that the future looks really exciting.

What they don't know, but we all do, is that there are still some gems to get into the side like Gysberts in the years ahead.

The Dees will scare everyone in the next five years.

I think alot of us here have been experiencing the same as you have in relation to your mates views on the Dees. Certainly I have. I've copped it from pillar to post with ongoing ribbings for 2-3 years, I've said time and again that we've been undergoing a massive rebuild whilst focussing on best available players through the draft to build sustained success over a long period.

Now "they" can see the start of proceedings at MFC. But they've only seen small glimpses of improvement. They can't see what is yet to come.

I talk to them of players with such names as Strauss, Blease, Gysberts, Tapscott. They say "who?" with ignorance.

I say, "Just you wait & see you...... (you flogs) " (thinking payback time will soon arrive)

Enjoy it.

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I think alot of us here have been experiencing the same as you have in relation to your mates views on the Dees. Certainly I have. I've copped it from pillar to post with ongoing ribbings for 2-3 years, I've said time and again that we've been undergoing a massive rebuild whilst focussing on best available players through the draft to build sustained success over a long period.

Now "they" can see the start of proceedings at MFC. But they've only seen small glimpses of improvement. They can't see what is yet to come.

I talk to them of players with such names as Strauss, Blease, Gysberts, Tapscott. They say "who?" with ignorance.

I say, "Just you wait & see you...... (you flogs) " (thinking payback time will soon arrive)

Enjoy it.

Hehe. I know what you mean HT.

That's why sitting in the freezen cold stands, depressed as anything during the floggings the last few years have been worth the pain. Because they will make the competition wide domination so sweet over the next 10.


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Sorry to all the anal people who will hate this being a topic.....but

Jordan Gysberts 30 Disposals today.

Get him in!

Yes please.

In - Gysberts

Out - Johnson?

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Sorry to all the anal people who will hate this being a topic.....but

Jordan Gysberts 30 Disposals today.

Get him in!

Not trying to ruin the party or anything but I hate these "rate a player because of their disposal count" posts.

I didn't watch the match and maybe he did play well and most of these disposals were effective. But that is all I care about.

Players who really use the footy well. Not how many times they get it.

This includes people that claim Morton is a star already. He is a high possession getter but doesn't always use the ball well.

Hopefully he improves over the years. Looking forward to seeing him play this year.

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Not trying to ruin the party or anything but I hate these "rate a player because of their disposal count" posts.

I didn't watch the match and maybe he did play well and most of these disposals were effective. But that is all I care about.

Players who really use the footy well. Not how many times they get it.

This includes people that claim Morton is a star already. He is a high possession getter but doesn't always use the ball well.

Hopefully he improves over the years. Looking forward to seeing him play this year.

I'd rate Gysbert the best ball user at our club except for Strauss maybe.

But has been in the best players every week.

Morton who could be a forward option, Gysbert and Wona all should come in.

Johnson, Bartram, Bruce (Hammy) out. Might give Bennel a spell down at Casey.

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Well Gysberts got 30 possessions and was also one of the best so I guess that answers the question. I was looking at JT in the last quarter today and he looked knackered I wonder if he needs a rest? Perhaps we can give a couple of the boys a break and bring in some of the other youngsters, Maric was also in the best and i would give Dunn another run, he was probably a little unlucky to be dropped for today's game.

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Agree with this. From reports, playing well and earnt an opportunity. Interesting to see he wasn't in the emergencies this week, has he been at all this year?

Maybe waiting for a Round 11 debut where he can play on Brock.

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Maybe waiting for a Round 11 debut where he can play on Brock.

LOL @ Brock, you really think he will get a game? He is so slow turtles look like a blur when they pass him.

PS - Carlton fans are starting to realise how crap Brock is.

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