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Ron Barassi

doesn't qualify but should of kept him. What was the precise reason he left Melbourne for Carlton?

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Good call. He was no star, but certainly a very handy player for the Blues. Terrible kick, strong mark and gave his all on match day.

Spalding back then is what the current coaching staff are trying get Sellar to become. Won't happen.

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Of players that we let go, only Darren Jolly has evoked that type of response in me. That's one in the past 15 or so years.

Save for one or two of them, you'd get very long odds indeed of any of the players listed in the "who should go?' poll thread even attracting interest from another club, let alone going on to impress at one.

In short, I wouldn't get overly concerned about it.

RR,

Haven't recently studied the poll.

Could imagine given the current mood in Demonland that practically everyone outside of Mitch Clark and Nathan Jones got a mention.

Petterd, Morton and Bate would [censored] the ears of most clubs-IMO

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Wasn't Moloney involved in a three way deal here somewhere?

Brock is looking better as each week goes by.

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Bate=Feel he is well worth holding onto. Leave him at Full Forward and send Rivers back where he belongs. He can drift forward occasionally.

After nine years, Brock strings two serviceable games in a row. He is better off a very low base. MFC did the right thing, offered him a lower $ new contract and then traded him to Carlton for pick 12. Its what we did with pick 12 that is the worry.

Wrist slash would be a little drastic! James Mac may have been worth holding onto as Captain. Even now there is "talk" he will be back soon.

What is "talk"? Fostering rumours for the safe of fostering......

Brock would be very handy now? Travis was class and never really reached his full potential.

No he wouldn't. TJ was hardly class if he did not reach his potential.

Spalding back then is what the current coaching staff are trying get Sellar to become. Won't happen.

No it isn't. Different type of players all together. Better start some "talk" on that.

Petterd, Morton and Bate would [censored] the ears of most clubs-IMO

Perennial tweeners that cant cut it a bottom side. Expect bidding frenzy at the trade table. Package them together they must be worth a mint.

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RR,

Haven't recently studied the poll.

Could imagine given the current mood in Demonland that practically everyone outside of Mitch Clark and Nathan Jones got a mention.

Petterd, Morton and Bate would [censored] the ears of most clubs-IMO

Yes it's a sad state of affairs that we can legitimately consider the names of 20+ players at the crossroads/end.of the line.

I can guarantee you that very few clubs would be interested in any of those players bolded.

I do hope Bater gets another crack somewhere though (the Dogs?). You can't fault his application.

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Pay that.

1st post, too. That you Pikey?

Pikey didn't lack SPEED in those days but he was a journeyman.

Like Jamie Duursma.


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Steven Armstrong--premiership player at West Coast after being delisted by Melbourne

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Spalding, Jolly, Pike, Armstrong, Bishop all played in Premierships after leaving MFC for various reasons.

Jolly is the one that irks me most - Daniher was just too blind and / or stubborn to play him and Jamar in tandem the year that Jeff White ran around crippled with shin splints for about half the season. It would have been a wonderful opportunity to see how they could both fit in or which to let go. Maybe even to rebadge White the following year as a forward?

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Steven Armstrong--premiership player at West Coast after being delisted by Melbourne

Ha nice one - it just goes to show that ordinary players can achieve the ultimate. We have more than our fair share of them - still

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