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I am Neeld fan but Taggart and Tynan arn't exactly setting the world on fire either.

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    Makes you wonder whether BP actually ran for his life out of this club when Neeld arrived.

    Don't think there is any "wonder" about it wyl

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    I am Neeld fan but Taggart and Tynan arn't exactly setting the world on fire either.

    I will let them off so far olisik

    Injury again means "how the hell would you know".

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    Good Article dees64

    Thanks for it

    Seems to make a lot sense to me.

    Especially the bit about the youth only policy

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    I will let them off so far olisik

    Injury again means "how the hell would you know".

    I am half expecting at least 3 years worth of injuries for them.

    That way we cant blame them or embrace them. List clogging drafting at its finest.

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    There can be little doubt that the recruiting decisions made by Barry Prendergast - ratified by Dean Bailey - have played a massive part in bringing this club to its knees.

    'Diabolical', the fella writing the article says. I agree.

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    I am Neeld fan but Taggart and Tynan arn't exactly setting the world on fire either.

    You're right, absolute hacks. There were clearly better players available during that stage of the draft. Looks like BP stuffed it up again.
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    There can be little doubt that the recruiting decisions made by Barry Prendergast - ratified by Dean Bailey - have played a massive part in bringing this club to its knees.

    'Diabolical', the fella writing the article says. I agree.

    On this RR we are going to be in total agreement

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    Such a shame we did not stand up to The Filth & draft Luke Ball.

    I was at that draft at the convention centre and happened to be sitting 10 ft away from Eddie.

    He had a [censored]-eating grin from ear-to-ear when Melbourne's turn came and we didn't call out Ball's name. He knew he'd put one over us and had Ball in the bag (pardon the pun) as soon as that happened.

    I agree. It was pi$$weak by the club ... a true reflection of the Bailey ethos.

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    On this RR we are going to be in total agreement

    We can only hope that the new regime can right the ship in time OD, otherwise we may well be looking back on Prendergast/Bailey as the architects of our demise.

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    I was at that draft at the convention centre and happened to be sitting 10 ft away from Eddie.

    He had a [censored]-eating grin from ear-to-ear when Melbourne's turn came and we didn't call out Ball's name. He knew he'd put one over us and had Ball in the bag (pardon the pun) as soon as that happened.

    I agree. It was pi$$weak by the club ... a true reflection of the Bailey ethos.

    Course it was. Broke my heart. I knew he was going to be a GUN foot soldier. Who trains 8 hours a day. What that would have taught our list even before a game
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    People talk about his lack of medical records...i mean really...we all knew the Filth were happy. We should have pounced.

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    I know hindsight is a great thing any most clubs have early picks that fail but WTF the MFC just continue to get it wrong & when you look at the top clubs they get more right than wrong!

    In fairness Tapscott & Gysberts will be good but the other decisions with early picks is absolute disaster!

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    In fairness Tapscott & Gysberts will be good

    Will they? I had early hopes but am still not sold on either.

    Time is still on their side but as high draft picks they should be having no problem commanding a spot in the senior team.

    As it is, both are currently fringe players.

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    I disagree with the writer's analysis.

    It's superficial and doesn't allow for the fact that different players have different rates of development particularly if they have, as is the case with many of Melbourne's recruits, not had the opportunity to show their wares yet because of prolonged periods out of the game through injury.

    I accept that some of the choices haven't come up to expectations but there's plenty of room for development among a number of our young players. How many of these blokes have played their 50-60 games yet? How many have had the opportunity to take part in a full pre season?

    As for Taggert and Tynan from the 2011 draft, one hasn't been able to get onto the field much at all this year but is highly regarded and hopefully will get his chances next year. The other (Tynan) will definitely be a footballer IMO.

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    This article is very true but it begs the question......what if we can get all these blokes on the park together at the same time?

    If we can have Gysberts,Clark,Tapscott,Strauss,Blease,Taggert,Jurrah,Jetta actually playing some continuous games together

    along with the rest of the team maybe we will see some improvement. As much as we have really struggled this season we have

    been cruelly hampered with injuries to our younger players really slowing their development. This still gives me hope. If they had

    all been playing every game and we were still at this point then I would be even more worried but the fact is we have one of the worst

    injury lists in the AFL and being a young struggling side we pay for it even more than others in similar situations.

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    The author obviously isn't aware that the 2007 ND selections were made by Craig Cameron, not Barry Prendergast.

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    I know hindsight is a great thing any most clubs have early picks that fail but WTF the MFC just continue to get it wrong & when you look at the top clubs they get more right than wrong!

    In fairness Tapscott & Gysberts will be good but the other decisions with early picks is absolute disaster!

    Jury is still out for Me

    I see little so far to suggest they will be more than average AFL players.

    One cannot stay healthy and they other cannot get a game when we are desperate for mid fielders.

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    What's so great about Gysberts??

    Please tell me. People just want him to be great....

    Ball magnet mate.

    First three games just got mid 20s touches in AFL and has PLENTY of time to deliver it .

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    Ball magnet mate.

    First three games just got mid 20s touches in AFL and has PLENTY of time to deliver it .

    First 3 games and then everyone realized he had limited pace.
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    Ball magnet mate.

    First three games just got mid 20s touches in AFL and has PLENTY of time to deliver it .

    What about since then?

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