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Lets go shopping at the end of the year...

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FOR ESTABLISHED MIDFIELD PLAYERS and not just kids with heaps of potential. We need senior players around the club while our kids develop their trade! Players that aren't getting a game at their club or in the best 22 etc who might just be able to help us out while we develop some of the younger players.

The following are players are midfielders listed as unrestricted free agents, who i think MFC should have a look at.

Shannon Byrnes- 28 yrs old 108 Games

Clinton Young- 26 yrs old 109 Games

Steven Salopek- 27 yrs old 121 games

Matt Rosa- 25 Years old and 124 games

Sam Butler- 26 years old and 88 games

Jarrad Moore 26 years old and and 68 games.

I am going to go with worst case scenario here and use pick 3 on Viney, which at this stage ( by my calculations) would leave us with picks 4 & 11. If we can get atleast 2 of these blokes and use pick 4 on Toumpas and 11 on boak I would be happy.

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    Great names you have raised. I'd certainly like Shannon Byrnes, we are in desperate need of a small forward and he has been pushed out of the Geelong side this season despite playing the majority of the time in their recent successful years.

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    We will be shopping for more than just midfielders, if McLardy's comments mean anything (which I imagine they would):

    "The Demons will target a key forward during the trade period and are the best-placed club to snare Travis Cloke, should he decide to leave Collingwood, according to Melbourne president Don McLardy."

    With all of the midfielders in the world and only one reliable target up forward, we are wasting our time... I hope we get Cloke and a couple of decent midfielders.

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    We will be shopping for more than just midfielders, if McLardy's comments mean anything (which I imagine they would):

    "The Demons will target a key forward during the trade period and are the best-placed club to snare Travis Cloke, should he decide to leave Collingwood, according to Melbourne president Don McLardy."

    With all of the midfielders in the world and only one reliable target up forward, we are wasting our time... I hope we get Cloke and a couple of decent midfielders.

    Be crazy not to go after Cloke and the talent to deliver it to him.

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    I would like;

    - Dayne Beams COLL (Pick 13)

    - Clinton Young HAW (FA)

    - Daniel Archer STK (Trade)

    - David Ellard CAR (Trade)

    - Justin Westoff PTA (Trade)

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    We will be shopping for more than just midfielders, if McLardy's comments mean anything (which I imagine they would):

    "The Demons will target a key forward during the trade period and are the best-placed club to snare Travis Cloke, should he decide to leave Collingwood, according to Melbourne president Don McLardy."

    With all of the midfielders in the world and only one reliable target up forward, we are wasting our time... I hope we get Cloke and a couple of decent midfielders.

    If we get Cloke I will hand my membership back! There is no way we should spend that sort of money on a player like that.

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    I would like;

    - Dayne Beams COLL (Pick 13)

    - Clinton Young HAW (FA)

    - Daniel Archer STK (Trade)

    - David Ellard CAR (Trade)

    - Justin Westoff PTA (Trade)

    If the club was stupid enough to recruit like that, I'd simply give up and go support GC.

    You certainly do have some absurd views on who we should bring to the club.

    A bit of a pokemon method really.

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    If we get Cloke I will hand my membership back! There is no way we should spend that sort of money on a player like that.

    C'mon really? So when we gave a legend of our club in Junior the ass you would keep your membership but if we were to bring someone in you would hand your membership in? If we the members were all going to hand our memberships in after a bad list management decision there would be no members. By the way I want Cloke but I don't think he is worth all that coin in saying that if that's what it takes so be it. Either way I'll sign up again next year.

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    C'mon really? So when we gave a legend of our club in Junior the ass you would keep your membership but if we were to bring someone in you would hand your membership in? If we the members were all going to hand our memberships in after a bad list management decision there would be no members. By the way I want Cloke but I don't think he is worth all that coin in saying that if that's what it takes so be it. Either way I'll sign up again next year.

    Yes!

    How many bad decisions should I keep supporting?

    I was [censored] off just like the rest of MFC supporters when they gave Junior the arse, He was a great leader and the perfect player and when his time came ex player to have around the club to help develop the younger players sadly that wont happen!

    To get Travis Cloke would absolutely F%$K this club up! He is well over priced for the consistency he delivers, and the precedence his two brothers set before him is not very promising. The writing is on the wall with this bloke, it will be a huge pay day and will deliver F all! The last thing we need for our players and club is someone that will hold a club to ransom over money when players 100% more talented and consistent sign for much less because they buy into the team ideal!

    While letting Junior go has stunted the growth of our younger players and overall club position obtaining Cloke at such a huge price would cripple us financially and developmentally.

    From what you've see this year and you had to choose one would you take Mitch Clarke at his value or Travis Cloke for the reported 5 for 5??

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    Yes!

    How many bad decisions should I keep supporting?

    I was [censored] off just like the rest of MFC supporters when they gave Junior the arse, He was a great leader and the perfect player and when his time came ex player to have around the club to help develop the younger players sadly that wont happen!

    To get Travis Cloke would absolutely F%$K this club up! He is well over priced for the consistency he delivers, and the precedence his two brothers set before him is not very promising. The writing is on the wall with this bloke, it will be a huge pay day and will deliver F all! The last thing we need for our players and club is someone that will hold a club to ransom over money when players 100% more talented and consistent sign for much less because they buy into the team ideal!

    While letting Junior go has stunted the growth of our younger players and overall club position obtaining Cloke at such a huge price would cripple us financially and developmentally.

    From what you've see this year and you had to choose one would you take Mitch Clarke at his value or Travis Cloke for the reported 5 for 5??

    It wouldn't financially cripple us. It fits into a salary cap we can afford at 100 percent. The contract would be heavily front ended so when he is 30 he would be on bugger all. Even though he is struggling a bit this year he is still has the most contested marks in the league. Mitch Clarke didn't come to us on the cheap either he just looks cheap compared to cloke's contract offer. Either way it's no reason to not be a member in my opinion but that's your decision.

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    I think we just need to land a couple of experienced midfielders and we will be right.

    add Viney and Toumpas to that list and thats 4 players who could bolster our midfield .

    We can still get Cloke as well....why not? Clinton Young and Matt Rosa are two i would take in a heart beat.

    Id also be happy with Shannon Byrnes....but we could also snare another quick goal sneak in the draft.

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    If we get Cloke I will hand my membership back! There is no way we should spend that sort of money on a player like that.

    The club obviously believes that they can afford it, so unless you are privy to information that says the club is telling us porkies, then the money involved goes out of the equation. If we were to stack up on midfielders, pray tell who they are going to be delivering the ball to... all of those forwards that have stepped up in Clark's absence?

    Go ahead and hand your membership back, I will buy another for my second son to make up the difference.

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    The club obviously believes that they can afford it, so unless you are privy to information that says the club is telling us porkies, then the money involved goes out of the equation. If we were to stack up on midfielders, pray tell who they are going to be delivering the ball to... all of those forwards that have stepped up in Clark's absence?

    Go ahead and hand your membership back, I will buy another for my second son to make up the difference.

    Well said!! And when was the last time the Dees had a chance to land a 25 yr old, premiership CHF who is arguably the best contested mark in the competition?

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