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Does anyony know or I suppose, care, where or how Brock McLean is going. He has obviously not been playing seniors footy.

Playing for Bullants. Obviously not part of Blues' future plans. Will most likely be paid out and delisted at year's end. Your right, I don't care.

Posted

While we did well out of getting Gys for him (no question) his leadership (which apparently was pretty good) would have proven handy this year given the age of our group. Difficulty is our midfield with him, moloney and jones was pretty one dimensional.

Ever since he left things have not gone well for him. Reckon he was a decent bloke (as evidenced by his donation to the club in tough times), but probably got enticed by:

1) probable finals action

2) better football facilities

3) recognising that we would play youth and not him if push came to shove and we were not in contention for finals

4) recognising that our progress would take a while and his body couldnt probably survive that extra journey

Clearly has not worked out for him.

Wonder if he could get to another club in trade week?

Posted

I liked him and was disappointed when he left.

Must be a chance at GWS

They need types like him while their young list develops.

He will be back in the seniors on Saturday week so we can play him back into form!

Posted

I tell ya what, if he was delisted and available to us is the PSD I wouldn't say no to getting him back. That said, there probably isn't a place for him in our team with the likes of Gys, Jordie, Skulls (fingers crossed!), Moloney, and Jones. Hell I could throw Tapscott into that list as well.

GWS could be a pretty good fit for him.

Posted

Would be a good fit at GWS. They'd hardly ask (for the sake of this I won't mention a certain Demon) Callan Ward, for example, to be captain. He could be there for two to three years, helping the young guns come through. Like Campbell Brown last year.

Posted

What a huge fall from grace. i loved Brock and thought he would be captian of Melbourne, was very suprised when he decided to leave Melbourne, not sure of the exact happenings as I was overseas at the time. I really hope he gets back playing some good footy. Seen him at the bullants and he dominates every week, although the VFL suits him, he wouldn't dominate as much in the WAFL for example.


Posted

I tell ya what, if he was delisted and available to us is the PSD I wouldn't say no to getting him back. That said, there probably isn't a place for him in our team with the likes of Gys, Jordie, Skulls (fingers crossed!), Moloney, and Jones. Hell I could throw Tapscott into that list as well.

Why would you bother getting McLean back? :wacko:

While we did well out of getting Gys for him (no question) his leadership (which apparently was pretty good) would have proven handy this year given the age of our group. Difficulty is our midfield with him, moloney and jones was pretty one dimensional.

McLean's leadership is neither here nor there. The longer he played at MFC the more apparent it was he was not a leader. And he is not leadership material at CFC.

The problem with McLean is that is dead slow but can chug all days, accumulates possessions but does not hurt you by hand or foot. The speed of game has counted him out of favour. Why would anyone trade for him?? Also I am not sure an AFL/VFL tweener offers GWS. Surely they can get better options.

MFC did a sharp and correct deal on McLean. Happy when he left as the writing was on the wall for him in his last 2 seasons with MFC.

Posted

slowest mid 20 yr old ever, gets 30 fruitless possesions a game(when he plays that is!), mostly backwards or ineffective, will not be picked up if de-listted.

thanks for the early years, thanks for the donation to the club, but most of all thanks for the trade, Jordie Gysberts!!!! Happy Days. you panicked and ran, seeee ya!!!!!

Carn the Dees

Posted

Why would you bother getting Mclean back? :wacko:

I'm not exactly dribbling over the idea of us trying to get him back, and if you looked at my post you would see I recognised there probably isn't a place for him. But if he WANTED to come back, and we weren't going to use the PSD on anything else all i said was i wouldn't say no. Who knows, he could be our Trent Croad. (Probably though with his lack of pace)

If he got his body right i think he could cement his place at another club, but he will never go anywhere at Carlton.

Posted

Why would you bother getting McLean back? :wacko:

The problem with McLean is that is dead slow but can chug all days, accumulates possessions but does not hurt you by hand or foot. The speed of game has counted him out of favour.

100% correct - we didnt trade him to play youth we traded him for the exact reason outlined above

Posted

I think he wanted to leave too because he realised his time was limited and that Carlton are much closer to winning a premiership than MFC are. Unfortunately for him, Carlton do continue to improve and will likely be top 4 this year, but he is not part of their plans.

Posted

The Turtle is back! Listed in the guts for the Blues. Go Brock!

Posted

I think he wanted to leave too because he realised his time was limited and that Carlton are much closer to winning a premiership than MFC are. Unfortunately for him, Carlton do continue to improve and will likely be top 4 this year, but he is not part of their plans.

He is in the centre for what must be his last chance.

Posted

Brock who? Never liked his "blistering pace" and IF we were to get him back, I'll refuse to renew my membership.

Wow. That will fix the Club. Woohoo that's showing them. One poor decision does not balance out another poor decision. You just have two poor decisions.


Posted

Brock USED to be a Melbourne player and when his AFL days are over he ought to be welcomed back to the fold, but hes not someone to add anything to his list Im afraid.

Posted

Y'know, what I like about that trade is that it worked out as a general win-win for everyone, except the Calrton Football Club.

I still hope McLean gets an uninjured run and plays another few seasons of solid football.

Definitely no hard feelings.

Posted

It was a fair effort after a long stint out but he remains a fringe player at Carlton. He's a smart footballer with physical limitations in today's modern game. At least he has a chance to play finals football again and there's no benefit or reason for Demon fans to be mean spirited about him now. He's just another player at an opposition club.

Posted

It was a fair effort after a long stint out but he remains a fringe player at Carlton. He's a smart footballer with physical limitations in today's modern game. At least he has a chance to play finals football again and there's no benefit or reason for Demon fans to be mean spirited about him now. He's just another player at an opposition club.

It's a complicated issue, basically due to his selfishness he decided to leave the club, however his decision will end up benefiting the team in the future. He'll never be 'just another player' because of his defection, supporters will always treat him accordingly. But as I said he actually did us a favour, his body just isn't up to modern footy.

Irony is a [censored]

Posted

It was a fair effort after a long stint out but he remains a fringe player at Carlton. He's a smart footballer with physical limitations in today's modern game. At least he has a chance to play finals football again and there's no benefit or reason for Demon fans to be mean spirited about him now. He's just another player at an opposition club.

Agree 100% WJ

There is a lot of mean spirit around here some days.

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