WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB - DANIEL CROSS

[demonkeaney 61]

would also like to know

was a few pages back. Basically said the wheels are in motion at the dees

[demonkeaney 61]

Brad Miller is happy!

Brad Miller ‏@BradMilzy 10m

+Vince, Cross, Tyson, Michie. The wheel will turn. pic.twitter.com/KyvRfxLpyo

[deanox 9,771]

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Gawn will have to double his output from last season to be anywhere near Minson. I remeber the game we played against the dogs this year where Gawn was doing a decent job of staying even with Minson. Then in the last quarter it looked like Gawn could have fallen over from exhaustion.

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This is Minson strength, I have seen him lift multiple times in the last quarter while the other rucks tire.

Not disputing that Gawn will need to improve massively bit I expect him to improve massively!

Not to the extent that he will surpass Minson but with a preseason under his belt for the first time I expect much higher fitness and endurance.

He has had a horrible run with injuries the past couple of years, but barked through to the best of his ability last year. It was actually great to see him so stuffed, it showed he was truly giving 100%.

Edited October 21, 2013 by deanox

[s-t-i-n-g-a 439]

Millers tweet may have been removed because its not on the official site yet and is subject to a medical.

[Machsy 2,858]

Love the word [censored] wasnt censored...

Won't be long now!

[McQueen 17,864]

I'm worried. Tyson isn't smiling.

Remember this photo was taken when wearing a GWS jumper. Makes sense.

[Deestroy All 14,262]

From wiki

Damien Barrett ([censored])
Damien Barrett, often referred to as [censored], is a [censored] that began his career searching through sports people's garbage. On a few occasions he managed to stumble across some little nuggets of information that were deemed worthy of use in one of Australia's leading newspapers.
From then on, his head - which resembles some sort of rotten onion, Elvis Costello and Ray Liotta's acne scars hybrid - grew to massive proportions. He thought his opinions on football mattered, and his giant purple head would spit forth wads of verbal diarrhoea that would splash upon unsuspecting readers and viewers making them repulsed and nauseous.
He can often be found in gutters, rubbish bins, service station toilets and worst of all, the footy show.

Edited October 22, 2013 by Demonland

[rjay 24,677]

That is very, very funny 'Deestroy'.

[Dees2014 2,377]

Not disputing that Gawn will need to improve massively bit I expect him to improve massively!

Not to the extent that he will surpass Minson but with a preseason under his belt for the first time I expect much higher fitness and endurance.

He has had a horrible run with injuries the past couple of years, but barked through to the best of his ability last year. It was actually great to see him so stuffed, it showed he was truly giving 100%.

Couldn't have said it better myself. Gawn has NEVER had a preseason with us. When he does this year he will be a power. It is amazing he was as good as he was at time last year.

[Courtney_Fish 183]

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/former-western-bulldogs-midfielder-daniel-cross-agrees-to-join-melbourne/story-fn69a32t-1226744100794

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/daniel-cross-to-join-demons-20131021-2vx1o.html

Edited October 21, 2013 by Courtney_Fish

[darkhorse72 1,872]

good news assuming he passes the physical.

[baysidedave 246]

Should be good for a couple of years, our midfield is going to be heaps better next year.........

[jackaub 1,402]

Watch his caerer highlights.Brave Fearless really exactly whatt we need to show the young players how to play the game hard

[Gorgoroth 12,752]

From wiki

Damien Barrett ([censored])

Damien Barrett, often referred to as [censored], is a [censored] that began his career searching through sports people's garbage. On a few occasions he managed to stumble across some little nuggets of information that were deemed worthy of use in one of Australia's leading newspapers.

From then on, his head - which resembles some sort of rotten onion, Elvis Costello and Ray Liotta's acne scars hybrid - grew to massive proportions. He thought his opinions on football mattered, and his giant purple head would spit forth wads of verbal diarrhoea that would splash upon unsuspecting readers and viewers making them repulsed and nauseous.

He can often be found in gutters, rubbish bins, service station toilets and worst of all, the footy show.

Ha ha great read first thing in the morning. Classic.

[Gippsland Dee 367]

All the abuse at barrett has been removed...interestingly brad miller took that tweet down

seems that whole tweet has been removed now!

[Bedraggled Dee 336]

Always liked the bloke

[beelzebub 23,242]

I don't give a toss about what Barrett says .... he's a dimwit, and everybody who knows football knows it.

On the other hand, what I do care a great deal about is the fact that for the first time in more than a decade the signs are there that my club is starting to excel in a lot of what it does off the field, and I'm becoming bullish about what we might be able to do on the field as well.

Theyve always said get the admin and fd right and the rest follows.

We're starting to at and manage ourselves like a proper footy club. Next year , dare I say it, I even expect us to play like one.

Up til recent the players would have been excused for thinking they were part of a rabble , and never be any good !! (sorry..lol ) But I fully expect them to walk taller , run harder, kick straighter for no other reason than they will start believing they are capable of it and this is in no small part a product of the rejigging of the guts and the addition of bone fide ability such as Cross

[Ron Burgundy 8,584]

That's genuinely half a midfield.

And we are still to add pick 9 and pick 40 to the mix.

Expect a big improvement next year.

[Satyriconhome 10,395]

I am actually a bit disappointed we have signed Cross, he wasn't getting a game at the Dogs last season, so there must be a reason.

Yes we needed a bit more in the midfield, but a guy on the wrong side of 30, doesn't kick goals and is slowish, yes courageous, but has the game passed him by?

We tried this last year with pretty mixed results. You get experience as a young guy by playing games, I hope he doesn't hold one of the young ones back by playing

The other 3 signings, yes all for them, Vince is a proven goalkicker as well as a midfielder and the other two could be anything

[jabberwocky 2,301]

1 warrior an experienced linkman and 2/3 promising young mids will make a difference. We might be three times as good..ie win 6 games.

Edited October 21, 2013 by jabberwocky

[beelzebub 23,242]

1 warrior an experienced linkman and 2/3 promising young mids will make a difference. We might be three times as good..ie win 6 games.

or X^{3 ...... 8 games !!}

[Still Waiting 94]

If Cross is that good why was he dropped from a team that won ?????? games in 2013. If he was that valuable he wouldn't have been let go. He will probably get some good footy under his belt at Casey with an occasional run off our senior bench. Thankfully he won't cost us much in terms of picks. A good ordinary player, his stats flatter him.

[Demoneyes 562]

From wiki

Damien Barrett ([censored])

Damien Barrett, often referred to as [censored], is a [censored] that began his career searching through sports people's garbage. On a few occasions he managed to stumble across some little nuggets of information that were deemed worthy of use in one of Australia's leading newspapers.

From then on, his head - which resembles some sort of rotten onion, Elvis Costello and Ray Liotta's acne scars hybrid - grew to massive proportions. He thought his opinions on football mattered, and his giant purple head would spit forth wads of verbal diarrhoea that would splash upon unsuspecting readers and viewers making them repulsed and nauseous.

He can often be found in gutters, rubbish bins, service station toilets and worst of all, the footy show.

Love it but everyone playing with fire so slightly changed!

I am actually a bit disappointed we have signed Cross, he wasn't getting a game at the Dogs last season, so there must be a reason.

Yes we needed a bit more in the midfield, but a guy on the wrong side of 30, doesn't kick goals and is slowish, yes courageous, but has the game passed him by?

We tried this last year with pretty mixed results. You get experience as a young guy by playing games, I hope he doesn't hold one of the young ones back by playing

The other 3 signings, yes all for them, Vince is a proven goalkicker as well as a midfielder and the other two could be anything

What you talking about Willis? He had a fantastic run of games towards the end of the season and was of the reasons they started winning games!

[praha 11,218]

Amazing pickup. Might help the team get its hands on the ball a bit more.

[rpfc 28,075]

I am actually a bit disappointed we have signed Cross, he wasn't getting a game at the Dogs last season, so there must be a reason.

Yes we needed a bit more in the midfield, but a guy on the wrong side of 30, doesn't kick goals and is slowish, yes courageous, but has the game passed him by?

We tried this last year with pretty mixed results. You get experience as a young guy by playing games, I hope he doesn't hold one of the young ones back by playing

The other 3 signings, yes all for them, Vince is a proven goalkicker as well as a midfielder and the other two could be anything

The kids can train well, then play well at Casey, then learn a role, and then they can play AFL for Melbourne.

Sick of kids who are 'great trainers' getting games on nothing more than that.

It is pathetic.

Cross would be our 3rd to 5th best mid as of Rd 1, 2014.