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Draft picks three and four

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    Was worried the way port and bulldogs are tanking (sorry playing) we might get above them with a win

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    Could give 2 flying sh !ts we have shown no ability to draft or develop players at the top end of the draft over the last how ever many years. I want a team that is a chance to win a game week in week out, to be relevant. NOT to be frigging happy about how sh !t we are so we get low draft picks. Looking at the Swans, Cats footy clubs who have this ability to find talent wherever they draft along with identifying fringe players from other clubs they think they can get the best out of and them having an impact is where I want MFC to be. When will that come?

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    Could give 2 flying sh !ts we have shown no ability to draft or develop players at the top end of the draft over the last how ever many years. I want a team that is a chance to win a game week in week out, to be relevant. NOT to be frigging happy about how sh !t we are so we get low draft picks. Looking at the Swans, Cats footy clubs who have this ability to find talent wherever they draft along with identifying fringe players from other clubs they think they can get the best out of and them having an impact is where I want MFC to be. When will that come?

    That will come this Pre Season & beyond.

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    Surely we won't stuff this up this time. Surely?

    Like we were stuffed up, sorry we stuffed up in 2007...

    Theres a time to win everything & a time to lye down & stay down. Knowing the times is the skill of the clubs concerned. Collingwood got it right as did the Hawks.

    And the Eagles have done it again.

    The Saints did it but got impatient & went off half cocked. They didn't finish the contract.

    The Crows have just spent some years rebuilding.

    The Cats did it, & were lucky as well,,, as were the Hawks.

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    Hopefully we'l get Jesse Hogan, along with some good midfielders who have an appetite for the ball!

    This years draft could possibly make or break the Melbourne football club.

    edit: Im not happy!

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    Surely we won't stuff this up this time. Surely?

    Don't call me shirley!

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    Could give 2 flying sh !ts we have shown no ability to draft or develop players at the top end of the draft over the last how ever many years. I want a team that is a chance to win a game week in week out, to be relevant. NOT to be frigging happy about how sh !t we are so we get low draft picks. Looking at the Swans, Cats footy clubs who have this ability to find talent wherever they draft along with identifying fringe players from other clubs they think they can get the best out of and them having an impact is where I want MFC to be. When will that come?

    Well we do have a largely different lot of people at the club atm compared to the years before so things will hopefully change :) i do agree with you, we do need to be able to do the sort of things that the swans have been able to do with their lower picks and also recylcle players like they do and take them to new levels!

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