Cashed up - Now spend on a big forward

[Dee Landing 9]

The Club now has the readies and must go out and chase a big proven forward player and also try and entice Gaff to the club.

I wanna see the MFC become super aggressive in all aspects after this shyte today.

And finally - get the coach who will die in the ditch for the MFC!!

No more mamby pamby MFC...gutful already!

[PeterJames 46]

Mitch Clarke?

[Spaghetti 264]

I think we should organise some sort of package deal for some former melbourne supporters warming up elsewhere - Judd, Pendlebury, Franklin.

[Jesse Christ 2,884]

Give us a list of who is available and I'll tell you who we should chase.

[cooko 124]

Give us a list of who is available and I'll tell you who we should chase.

ok master

[Jesse Christ 2,884]

I don't necessarily think we need a forward as much as a big bodied midfielder. Someone to give us run and guts in the middle.

Goddard was suggested in another thread, and if we get Lyon as coach a sainter might not be totally off the cards.

[Striker475 696]

Why don't we take a tilt at Pendlebury at the end of next season?

(apart from his brother probably going to be at GWS)

[Jesse Christ 2,884]

Sure, I'm all for that too!

One thing's for sure, if we want to land a fish of any significance we need to get a coach and get our house in order first.

[Freak 100]

for f#ck sake, how long do we have to be chasing a big key forward for! We go out of our way not to pick up darling, then we recruit skinny key forwards that turn out to be more flankers and refuse to get busy in trade week.

Grow some nuts melbourne and pick up Dawes or someone. anybody..and be done with it.

We need an elite midfielder now with the loss of scully. we were already getting raped at clearances etc. and now we lose scully without a whimper.

we will have 3 first round picks in next years draft but unfortunately 1 of them will be used on jack viney.

[H_T 3,043]

for f#ck sake, how long do we have to be chasing a big key forward for! We go out of our way not to pick up darling, then we recruit skinny key forwards that turn out to be more flankers and refuse to get busy in trade week.

Grow some nuts melbourne and pick up Dawes or someone. anybody..and be done with it.

We need an elite midfielder now with the loss of scully. we were already getting raped at clearances etc. and now we lose scully without a whimper.

we will have 3 first round picks in next years draft but unfortunately 1 of them will be used on jack viney.

We may use one of the compo picks this year's draft. I'm not saying we definitely will, but we might.

And Darling has been covered. Every side overlooked him. Cook's not a flanker, btw.

[Grandson of a gun 276]

I love it how people say the club must go out and get a big proven power forward as if they're just floating around out there readily available.

1. The top liners are out of reach (buddy,Cloke,Reiwoldt x2,Petrie)

2. You would need to pay massive overs for any currently contracted mid tier key forward which will upset the balance of the rest of the list (a fact many were bemoaning re Scully).

2A. With mid tiers you there is every chance they will just be list clogging in a couple of years whilst getting paid massive overs.

3. Anyone else left is either not proven, untried or a dud.

Unless you name names your ridiculously general demands of a proven power forward are not worth the bandwidth sucked up by your post.

A similar situation is in place re the repeated calls for the strong bodied mid although there is a little more availability in this area.

Name names. Don't just make broad demands and then pot the club when those broad demands aren't satisfied.

Edited September 12, 2011 by Grandson of a gun

[Jesse Christ 2,884]

for f#ck sake, how long do we have to be chasing a big key forward for! We go out of our way not to pick up darling, then we recruit skinny key forwards that turn out to be more flankers and refuse to get busy in trade week.

Grow some nuts melbourne and pick up Dawes or someone. anybody..and be done with it.

We need an elite midfielder now with the loss of scully. we were already getting raped at clearances etc. and now we lose scully without a whimper.

we will have 3 first round picks in next years draft but unfortunately 1 of them will be used on jack viney.

Should we pick up someone just for the sake of picking up someone? That's smart. Hey as long as were pro active it doesn't mean you have to have method hey?

Relax a little. Everyone passed on Darling and hindsight is awesome. Although I would have liked him at the club. Cook will be a gun so it's all good.

In the mean time we need to target a mature body with leadership skills. Preferably a mid. Or if its a KPP they must be better than mediocre, and they don't grow on trees.

[H_T 3,043]

I love it how people say the club must go out and get a big proven power forward as if they're just floating around out there readily available.

Yeah, and in the next breath they say, Just get "someone, anybody...and be done with it !"

That's not a "I want a premiership/flag attitude", Freak.

You've got to know what you want.

[The Chazz 4,077]

My mail is that we signed our big forward up last night...Stef Martin, and in my Round 1 team of 2012, there is ample room for he, Jamar and Gawn. The big question that remains is how BIG will Watts, Cook and Fitzpatrick get? I think it's fair to say that Watts will be a big figure with another 2 preseasons under his belt, Cook & Fitzy I just don't know...

Look at Geelong's team on Friday night against the Hawks - Ottens, West, Hawkins and Pods. 2 dedicated rucks, 1 that can pinch-hit, and the other a big forward.

Look at Collingwood - Jolly, Brown, Dawes, Cloke.

Can we see the trend here?

I was a Bailey fan, but 1 of my criticisms was the fact that we never really got to see any consistent forward structure. Our backline is basically pre-picked every week, but multiple changes were made to our forward line each week, and as a result, they don't have that same understanding of each others game like the backline does.

If we have cash to spend, target a quality midfielder. I mentioned in another thread that we should offer Brad Sewell good $$$ plus look at picking his brother up with a 2nd or 3rd round pick in the draft. I reckon we could get Brad for about $450k-$500k per season.

[7-UP 107]

Can we trade for Majak Daw

I Know its a risk but I think he can make it in AFL.

And we don't have to worry about him have to be in the Gym off season.

[drdrake 3,163]

Jonathon Patton, he will go Number 1 this year, let him spend two years up North then offer a front loaded big contract to get him to Melbourne. This guy will be a gun and will be cherry ripe in 2 years.

[GRUN DEE 69]

Gunston now! Patton in 2 years...

Pendlebury end of 2012.

[furious d 463]

Elton, Crouch and Viney training with us by December would make me less furious.

[cooko 124]

lets try for Tom Scully in 6 years time

[Pipefitter 2,151]

Our boys in the forward line will grow. We need another midfielder or 2. Theres no point having forwards when we have 20 less inside 50s than the opposition most matches.