Thanks mate, up for any freelancing work if anyone needs some graphic design - feel free to send me a PM!

And for those wondering who the body was, I used a pic of Rodan and cut out moloney (in action) jumper. Then put that over rodans body with a few tweaks

Oh yeah shouldn't give away your trade secrets. I now see Rodan has a rather substantial love handle on his left side. Photoshop fail.

pick 88 is cool we were never going to use it. the question is will port use a pick that late?

Might have just done Rodan a favour rather than anything more sinister.

Well blended. Hard to tell where Rodan's head meets the thinkers body. Good work.

I don't mind this stuff. Our list has plenty of chaff and the deletions to come will be deep. I like what he can bring and hopefully we get a decent season or two out of him.

Can't hurt to see how he goes for almost nothing. Did he play in Port's premiership? I'm sure he wont be a walk up start, but the competition for spots will be good, and if he can prove that he deserves to be in the side, then great.

Awesome news best ex player we got

This is no over correction. We have already secured Viney, Barry and Hogan. We will use pick 4 on another 17/18 year old and at least one more. Thats 4 kids coming into the club.

We have lost two oldies - Maloney and Rivers and brought two in - Rodan and Byrnes.

We have also brought in mid aged with Dawes and may still get Pederson. We will be losing several of similar age when the dust settles with the long list yet to get contacts.

I feel the club is doing very well with this. We lose some players that haven't made the mark and bring in guys with proven attitudes.

Our depth should be very good next year. Great competetion for spots. The key now is development of our younger players (WE MUST GET THIS RIGHT!!!) and keeping the injury list short.

pick 88 is cool we were never going to use it. the question is will port use a pick that late?

I don't think you have to any more.

Hoping he is unavailable for the TFS grand final revue next year because he is busy on the saturday:)

experienced head around the club at no loss for us, why not? He is every chance to earn a spot in the side

My god there will be a lot of nervous Melbourne players who are out of contract right now. If a bloke who is 29 with banged up knees is needed then you know neeld isn't happy with the list.

Personally, I quite like this acquisition.

Good work again, MFC footy dept.

I'm not jumping off the walls with excitement about his one, but he's a Demon now, let's support him.

Welcome to the club, good luck in the Red and Blue.

No problem with this. Effectively a free gain. At his best he's a damaging mid. At his worst he's like every other mid we have. But he adds competition and a hardened body to the side. Could end up being a total fail, but so could the kid we take at 88, so who cares.

top bloke, really rate him as a person and an experienced trainer and hard-worker who gets the best out of himself.

i hope we pick up surjan too. hard-nosed, tough-as-nail defender whose disposal is usually fairly clean.

I'm not jumping off the walls with excitement about his one, but he's a Demon now, let's support him.

Welcome to the club, good luck in the Red and Blue.

This is how I feel about it. At the end of the day we've picked up a guy who turns 30 next year and has been let go by Port.

The flipside is I would still have him on the field ahead of the likes of Bate or Bennell, so we'll see how it pans out.

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Welcome to the club Rodan. Already looking sharp!

Edited for accuracy and to continue the dancing jokes we'll never hear the end of.

If he can stay fit/not pop another knee he will be a valuable run & carry player around the clearances at least.

Personally, I quite like this acquisition.

Good work again, MFC footy dept.

Got to disagree with you on this, I'm not happy.

I'm all for getting good quality players in the side but I just don't consider Rodan good quality, my gut tells me this is their first mistake and if they trade Gysberyts it will be their second. I'm less than happy with this outcome and hope they aren't trading just for the sake of it.

I like it, we all said we need a small forward options, hopefully Aaron can get fit, along with Rodan and Byrnes, all of them can float across half forward if needed so good guns imo.

Adds some pressure and when fit can be quite zippy and creative, all power to him and the FD imo.

If nothing else it sends a message to a few people who thought that they were safe on our list, preform or be replaced.

Seamless

Got to disagree with you on this, I'm not happy.

I'm all for getting good quality players in the side but I just don't consider Rodan good quality, my gut tells me this is their first mistake and if they trade Gysberyts it will be their second. I'm less than happy with this outcome and hope they aren't trading just for the sake of it.

Just because he has had knee recos doesn't mean he isn't quality.

Seamless

Well blended. Hard to tell where Rodan's head meets the thinkers body. Good work.

Seamless

It's the thought - or in this case The Thinker - that counts!

Garry Lyon personally sought him out so Melbourne will feature in the 2013 grandfinal footy show. He can help teach the small forwards where to run and move to, but definitely won't play much this year

Got to disagree with you on this, I'm not happy.

I'm all for getting good quality players in the side but I just don't consider Rodan good quality, my gut tells me this is their first mistake and if they trade Gysberyts it will be their second. I'm less than happy with this outcome and hope they aren't trading just for the sake of it.

I'm deep in thought. Weighing up pick 88 (noting our club would be finished drafting by then). I acknowledge your point about not considering him good quality. However, I'm weighing him up against who might be outgoing, what his output could be comparitively, and importantly what is 'our quality' like...

He's a hard worker who can provide nous in and under in the middle. A burst player. Depth player. He could be handy. Clearly his injuries have been a concern as you've noted. But he did play quite a lot of games for Norwood after falling out with Primus.

I certainly raised an eyebrow once I was alerted, but we haven't the best quality midfield going around, nor a small forward (apart from Byrnes). He can be dangerous around the feet of the big men up forward and can prove a handful if not kept in check; can kick goals. I think that might be the role for him.

He wouldn't be costly and pick 88 is not much. Then there's the leadership values and good clubman to boot that are indeed positives.

There was interest in him from a number of clubs and had he been delisted as a FA, he could have gone anywhere.