What if Rory Sloan wanted to come home? Currently playing at a club where Dangerfield and others have received massive increases in salary - perhaps they cant afford to match someone like us? Wonder what they'd want for him if he did want to come home?

It's Sloane. Rory Sloane.
Good midfielder. No thrills. Works very hard, puts in both offensively and defensively.

Signed a contract extension late last year after having a good year so is out of any clubs grasp until end of 2014. By all accounts loves it up in Adelaide so I don't think he's coming home any time soon unfortunately.

Had him until the 11th hour, then changed our minds and picked Bennell...

What if Rory Sloan wanted to come home? Currently playing at a club where Dangerfield and others have received massive increases in salary - perhaps they cant afford to match someone like us? Wonder what they'd want for him if he did want to come home?

Yes please, Sloane or LeCras,,, if not, DelSanto, if he comes cheap, + an inside ball magnet.

Which ball-magnets may be disenchanted?

We told his parents that we were gonna take him. We picked bennell instead and his parents were very upset and felt bit cheated.. but now are both very happy with the crows. His old man politely has said they dont want to ever deal with melbourne again.

Had him until the 11th hour, then changed our minds and picked Bennell...

We told his parents that we were gonna take him. We picked bennell instead and his parents were very upset and felt bit cheated.. but now are both very happy with the crows. His old man politely has said they dont want to ever deal with melbourne again.

Thanks for that info. I thought I recalled something like this happening, but couldn't remember if it was for Sloane or Jack Redden who wound up at Brisbane.

We told his parents that we were gonna take him. We picked bennell instead and his parents were very upset and felt bit cheated.. but now are both very happy with the crows. His old man politely has said they dont want to ever deal with melbourne again.

wasn't aware of that one..( don't blame them parents.)

just another nail- for the recruiters REP !!!

as well as;

lucas cook instead of;- j.darling

scully -instead of ;- d.martin

j.gysberts instead of ;-d.talia or .lewis jetta..( considering prendergasp :-( gave up the offer to put l.jetta on the rookie list ,-which was available due to he didn't want to miss his plane..-when he was in perth recruiting his cousin neville & bennell.)

watts instead of ;- nic nat.or rich-.

blease instead of;- shuey.

strauss instead of zaharakis..or jack redden..or DANIEL HANNEBERY ( crikey )

CALE MORTON instead of DANGERFIELD or CYRIL.....

adam maric instead of SCOTT SELWOOD..!!!

i need a bex & a good lie down for 5 years.& when i wake up its all a bad dream..

con

Edited June 10, 201312 yr by fuchsia

just another nail- for the recruiters !

You do know they're gone already right?

wasn't aware of that one..( don't blame them parents.)

just another nail- for the recruiters REP !!!

as well as;

lucas cook instead of;- j.darling

scully -instead of ;- d.martin

j.gysberts instead of ;-d.talia or .lewis jetta..( considering prendergasp :-( gave up the offer to put l.jetta on the rookie list ,-which was available due to he didn't want to miss his plane..-when he was in perth recruiting his cousin neville & bennell.)

watts instead of ;- nic nat.or rich-.

blease instead of;- shuey.

strauss instead of zaharakis..or jack redden..or DANIEL HANNEBERY ( crikey )

CALE MORTON instead of DANGERFIELD or CYRIL.....

adam maric instead of SCOTT SELWOOD..!!!

i need a bex & a good lie down for 5 years.& when i wake up its all a bad dream..

con

None of those in isolation are particularly bad, except perhaps Cook. After all, all clubs get the odd one wrong.

However, to get so many wrong over such a long period - that's the damning fact.

We told his parents that we were gonna take him. We picked bennell instead and his parents were very upset and felt bit cheated.. but now are both very happy with the crows. His old man politely has said they dont want to ever deal with melbourne again.

Yes His dad Brandon was promised by and then hated BP. Now Rory has a big new house, dogs, darl and even the folks love going to Adelaide.Not coming back.

BP and DB completely stuffed this club and those stats are disgusting and show the types of players they wanted, highly skilled with not a competitive bone in their bodies. Instead the smart clubs take guys who are hard at it with ok skills, not great but they can hit a target more often than not.

This is the reason I won't jugde Neeld until he has had at least two drafts and that doesn't include the first one cause he really couldn't have known what was needed.

We picked the wrong players over and over and are paying for it now. The only way out is to get it right this time which I can already see they have so far. Toumpas, Viney, Hogan and Kent all look like they'll be ok, not gonna say great or the word star until they actually make it there but at least they are goers.

BP and DB completely stuffed this club and those stats are disgusting and show the types of players they wanted, highly skilled with not a competitive bone in their bodies. Instead the smart clubs take guys who are hard at it with ok skills, not great but they can hit a target more often than not.

This is the reason I won't jugde Neeld until he has had at least two drafts and that doesn't include the first one cause he really couldn't have known what was needed.

We picked the wrong players over and over and are paying for it now. The only way out is to get it right this time which I can already see they have so far. Toumpas, Viney, Hogan and Kent all look like they'll be ok, not gonna say great or the word star until they actually make it there but at least they are goers.

spot on, its why Neeld has the guts to rip out the soft underbelly of this club & fix it...

'wrong players',,, No, wrong staff selected... who inturn selected soft types.

Barry Prendergast with former Melbouren coach Dean Bailey on draft day. Source: Herald Sun

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/prendergast-quits-melbourne-to-pursue-a-coaching-career/story-e6frf9jf-1226244554306

While Prendergast could not be contacted, his shock departure, which was confirmed by several sources, continues the sweeping changes at the club.

The Demons have overhauled their coaching and strength and conditioning departments in recent months after it failed to make the finals under former coach Dean Bailey last year.

The restructure includes the appointment of new coach Mark Neeld, coaching director Neil Craig and fitness guru David Misson.