Nice to see an article on the Club website about Tom McDonald yet disappointing that the Club never updates player's statistics under drafting them. The article tells of Tom's endeavour to put on more weight over the pre-season and says how he is currently 96kg, yet if you go to the 'player profiles' the Club has him at 88kg. Surely, it is not too much to keep these periodically updated for members!

I remember asking Watts once how tall he was and had he grown since he was drafted. He said he didn't know. The Club only measures these things about once a year. Once they are recruited it is kind of irrelevant....

I think you'll find that once the list has been settled after the National draft and/or preseason draft you'll find these details will be updated prior to the start of next season.

I think the club have better things to do than letting supporters (and the opposition) that some players have put on a few kilo's here or there during the season.

Sometimes I think some of us are like a high maintenance girlfriend.

Gippy

When all of the players are here, team photos are done and height / weight measurements are done....the list will be updated

Hard to get Dawes' height / weight / photo when he's not even at the club....

EDIT: lucky you're not an Essendon Supporter, you'd be going insane

They don't even have Goddard listed in their team listing, and still list all the delisted players

http://www.essendonfc.com.au/team/list.asp

It is basically consistency that I was getting at, with Max Gawn listed as both 206cm and 208cm at different parts of the same website.

I think you'll find that once the list has been settled after the National draft and/or preseason draft you'll find these details will be updated prior to the start of next season.

I think the club have better things to do than letting supporters (and the opposition) that some players have put on a few kilo's here or there during the season.

Sometimes I think some of us are like a high maintenance girlfriend.

Gippy

It has been my criticsm for many years now--& nothing has improved. A terrific resource that is being wasted.

They (The Sites) are run by the AFL to my knowledge...need I say more?

How about the MFC keeping their website up-to-date with the new draft picks and players numbers? It is five days since the draft and more since the trading period yet we have no information posted on the draft picks and only the bare minimum on the trades, let alone Grimes & Co's new numbers. Lift your game Melbourne!

You are at the source of all Demon knowledge right here.......

How about the MFC keeping their website up-to-date with the new draft picks and players numbers? It is five days since the draft and more since the trading period yet we have no information posted on the draft picks and only the bare minimum on the trades, let alone Grimes & Co's new numbers. Lift your game Melbourne!

Have you had a good look at the website since the draft? There's video footage of all of them.,Br />

I dare say the players numbers haven't been officially announced yet?

After all, the new draftees arrived today for their first training.

One poster asked Todd Viney what number is Jack wearing and got the inside scoop of no.7. On another thread.

The club will update all heights, weights, players & numbers straight after all the guernsey numbers are finalised.

Cheers

we have no information posted on the draft picks.....

Wrong. There is interviews posted on the website with each of the draft picks.

http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/7415/newsid/151626/default.aspx

http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/7415/newsid/151611/default.aspx

http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/7415/newsid/151606/default.aspx

And the recently posted: -

http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/7415/newsid/151724/default.aspx

It's all been there since draft night. Try connecting your computer to the internet.

They seem to lag a bit behind other clubs wrt updating the player list but their general website content is quite good and timely IMO.

As much as I hate to say this I like the look of the gws site (My mate Tim Mohr plays there) I despise the team .. IMO our site is a little dated in design in comparison to theirs

They seem to lag a bit behind other clubs wrt updating the player list but their general website content is quite good and timely IMO.

As far as Clubs websites go it is somewhere between Average and Good IMO.

All club web sites are basically very political, just pushing the club / league line.

Good for facts but don't expect too much that is insightful.

I do think though that it is slow in some areas compared to some other clubs.

May well be the result of low staff numbers or are we dependant on the AFL / Telstra to do some of the work.

Nett result, not the worst going around.

I realise that there have been videos posted however I cannot seem to open them for some reason (maybe gremlins in my computer?). The point I was only trying to make is why not put what information that you have on hand in the way of statistics up straight away even if you update it daily it shouldn't be a major hassle. The Players list is consolidated and it is easier to refer to that to find Jack Grimes is No. 31 (rather than have to trawl through news items).

I realise that there have been videos posted however I cannot seem to open them for some reason (maybe gremlins in my computer?). The point I was only trying to make is why not put what information that you have on hand in the way of statistics up straight away even if you update it daily it shouldn't be a major hassle. The Players list is consolidated and it is easier to refer to that to find Jack Grimes is No. 31 (rather than have to trawl through news items).

Your initial remark about "How about the MFC website update us with info..." - it's not their fault they update it and you cannot open the links. So I wouldn't be sledging the club in this case.

They (The Sites) are run by the AFL to my knowledge...need I say more?

Are you suggesting that they have "other things" on their mind...like Gestapo or Starzi type "investigations"?

But seriously, even when the season is up and running, the sites are pretty ordinary in informing supporters and members about who is where doing what.

Every year the same question arises, so here is the answer:

With the exception of Essendon, every AFL club site is controlled and managed by Telstra.

Telstra provides a limited amout of upload to each club each day. If the club want to upload extra, then they have to pay exorbitant amounts to Telstra to do it.

Every other club is trying to get their uploads done at the same time. And being in a monopoly position, Telstra don't provide much in the way of resources to do it. We sit in the queue with everyone else, so we have to be smart about what we put up, and with what priority.

If things are happening as far as Club news is concerned ( like Trade week or the Draft ), then uploads of new players video is of higher importance than player weights and heights. Be assurred that when things quieten down later in the year, the information will get put up.

But don't blame the club. Just move your phone services to someone who cares......

What you've been waiting for: Players numbers....

http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/7415/newsid/151758/default.aspx

Every year the same question arises, so here is the answer:

With the exception of Essendon, every AFL club site is controlled and managed by Telstra.

Telstra provides a limited amout of upload to each club each day. If the club want to upload extra, then they have to pay exorbitant amounts to Telstra to do it.

Every other club is trying to get their uploads done at the same time. And being in a monopoly position, Telstra don't provide much in the way of resources to do it. We sit in the queue with everyone else, so we have to be smart about what we put up, and with what priority.

If things are happening as far as Club news is concerned ( like Trade week or the Draft ), then uploads of new players video is of higher importance than player weights and heights. Be assurred that when things quieten down later in the year, the information will get put up.

But don't blame the club. Just move your phone services to someone who cares......

What like vodafone!

At least my calls don't constantly fail and the internet works great.

Guys

I don't think it helpful to blame my computer because the Melbourne Football Club does not update their site with either player numbers, selections or statistics. All of us are aware of whom we have drafted etc but potential members may not be and it is amazing that people can blame Telstra charges for a reason that our Club is too inept to keep their website up-to-date. If we have enough data to keep posting 'News' updates then why cannot we keep our website current?

It's all been there since draft night. Try connecting your computer to the internet.

they have the internet on computers these days?