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If we had a priority pick I would give it up for Sloane. He's a tough uncompromising midfield competitor.

Yeah I would probably be up for that too. Maybe not if it was after our first pick, but more likely if it was end of first round or something like that.

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My good mate played footy with Rory and went to school with him.

There are whispers that he wants to come home but remember that MFC told him and his family categorically that we would draft him then pulled out at the last minute. I believe a family members comment at the time was that they'd never deal with MFC again...

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My good mate played footy with Rory and went to school with him.

There are whispers that he wants to come home but remember that MFC told him and his family categorically that we would draft him then pulled out at the last minute. I believe a family members comment at the time was that they'd never deal with MFC again...

Fair enough that they would be upset at that, but it seems fairly unprofessional that we would tell someone we are going to draft them, i thought most teams liked to keep options open, then again MFC has been abit unprofessional for a while.

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My good mate played footy with Rory and went to school with him.

There are whispers that he wants to come home but remember that MFC told him and his family categorically that we would draft him then pulled out at the last minute. I believe a family members comment at the time was that they'd never deal with MFC again...

Time heals all wounds NSC.

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Wouldn't hurt to have a crack though.

My concern is the only player in the draft that will interest the Bulldogs enough to offer him up is Boyd, and even that is a stretch

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Sloane is on the market.

I was told this tonight and I rate the source, then got on facebook and was hearing it again.

Adelaide want Boyd and we want a young mid who wants to come home.

If Boyd slips to second pick it will happen. If not it may not.

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Sorry Norm but trades are done before the draft so Adelaide would be taking a big gamble that Boyd would not be gone at Pick 1 and I wouldn't take that gamble giving up a player of Sloane's ability

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The Inside Footy article suggested we were interested in using pick 2 for Sloane.



Let me put on record that I love his heart and passion, but in reality he's a good get at pick 40 something. He doesn't have anywhere near the class that warrants the mention of pick 2. As I said, I rate him, but don't get seduced by a B+ footballer that we all love due to his intent.


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The Inside Footy article suggested we were interested in using pick 2 for Sloane.

Let me put on record that I love his heart and passion, but in reality he's a good get at pick 40 something. He doesn't have anywhere near the class that warrants the mention of pick 2. As I said, I rate him, but don't get seduced by a B+ footballer that we all love due to his intent.

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Can categorically state that Rory Sloane will not play for Melbourne.

We've all heard how he felt let down by Melbourne, but we didn't just tell him we'd consider taking him ... he told our recruiters that he wanted to play for Melbourne. We told him and his family that if he was available at our pick we would take him.

A rumour I heard was that he even told a club before us, I can't remember who, that he wasn't interested in them because he was confident he was coming to us!

As the night turned out we betrayed him completely, and I just looked for it but there's an article that came out from him and his father post-draft that stated in no uncertain terms how much he was disappointed at falling due to one club.

Nothing has changed.

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