Saw we needed some bigger bodied inside midfielders to go with Scully and Trengove so went for Gysberts.

He might have been tall, but he wasn't "bigger bodied". After four years on AFL lists, he still isn't.

Looking back, it could have easily been Fitz being traded instead of/as well as Gysberts, as neither were in Neeld's good books. Fitzy's VFL form was good enough to get a decent run for us in AFL but he was obviously out of favour under Neeld. Craig takes over and Fitzy takes leaps and bounds.

Neeld quite clearly got a lot of [censored] wrong and Gysberts may or may not be one of them. He simply wasn't big enough for Norf, and probably never tried to root the skippers mrs, so he got cut. He's light yes, but he may be a slow developer. A very slow developer.......

I wouldn't be against having him train with us with a view to be rookied, but he'd need to dig deep. Very [censored] deep.

"Fitzy takes leaps and bounds"...I know you meant something else, but what a great description of how he plays.

Meh. Who didn't see this coming?
I'm sick of focusing on the not so distant past. Time for us to move on.

Meh. Who didn't see this coming?

I'm sick of focusing on the not so distant past. Time for us to move on.

Not sure i will ever get over the last six years CBF.

I hope the MFC does.

What a bloody pointless thread.

He wasn't good enough, we made a big mistake picking him, boohoo, end of story. There's nothing else to it.

Not sure i will ever get over the last six years CBF.

I hope the MFC does.

Sure you will

Just drink more

Sure you will

Just drink more

There is not enough booze on this earth to take the memories away TBF

Winning a few games in 2014 will ease the pain.

I'm sorry bit I can't agree with anyone that saw 'something' in this bloke.

When he played that game against Geelong, none of their mids took even the faintest bit of notice of him, and so he accumulated possessions by pretty much being free at stoppages. They were simply useless possessions. Greenwood had 38 in one game this year but can't break into Norths engine room.. Why? Magner got over 50 in the VFL this year and didn't play the week after. Why?

Cale Morton was averaging high numbers in his first few years when many here were frothing at the thought of our very own Adam Goodes. Numbers. Nothing but numbers. Why do people place so much emphasise on this stat on its own. This is the AFL. The elite. You're not suddenly a good player if you manage high numbers. Just like it doesn't make you a good player if you can only tackle well. Or only kick well.

Raise the bar.

Gysberts was an out of the blue pick and one of the laziest players I have laid my eyes upon. He did nothing in the champs to prove his worth as a top 20 draft pick and BP will go down as one of the worst AFL recruiters the game has seen. I'm sorry to be harsh, but it's infuriating.

I've never seen anything to excite me when watching him play and that was the same with Morton.

This post needs even more love

Not sure i will ever get over the last six years CBF.

I hope the MFC does.

It has been a shocker OD. No doubt about it. I would say as well that you should still be angry if CS, CC, MN, DM, GL, BP and that crew were still in charge of the club.

However, Hollywood Boulevarde and the sycophants that surrounded them have been moved on. No point getting angry about them anymore as all that will do is raise your blood pressure.

I won't go so far as say that we will be successful next year but we have a new group running the show. Let's focus on what they are doing and forget the dropkicks who preceded them. During the early Bailey years, I got chapter and verse on a lot of these boards ('Ology mostly) about how evil ND was and how he had set us back five years. I never believed it then and I don't believe it now. I reckon however a lot of that focus on the past on the behalf of the supporters was blinding them from the real elephant in the room. A lot of the criticism of Bailey as well had that effect during MN's reign of terror (though it was more justified). I think Roosy and co will be a little more competent than MN and CS but I want to judge them based on what they do now, not what they inherited.

It has been a shocker OD. No doubt about it. I would say as well that you should still be angry if CS, CC, MN, DM, GL, BP and that crew were still in charge of the club.

However, Hollywood Boulevarde and the sycophants that surrounded them have been moved on. No point getting angry about them anymore as all that will do is raise your blood pressure.

I won't go so far as say that we will be successful next year but we have a new group running the show. Let's focus on what they are doing and forget the dropkicks who preceded them. During the early Bailey years, I got chapter and verse on a lot of these boards ('Ology mostly) about how evil ND was and how he had set us back five years. I never believed it then and I don't believe it now. I reckon however a lot of that focus on the past on the behalf of the supporters was blinding them from the real elephant in the room. A lot of the criticism of Bailey as well had that effect during MN's reign of terror (though it was more justified). I think Roosy and co will be a little more competent than MN and CS but I want to judge them based on what they do now, not what they inherited.

Good grief, I actually agree with most of what you have written there, it must be a new year

Eveybody is an expert in hindsight (my pet hate), staying on topic Gysberts was one of the most naturally gifted footballers in the draft in his year, same with Morton, unfortunately that is not enough these days and you get found out

Mistakes happen, agreed the club made some poor drafting choices which ended up being compounded by many other issues, but to actually lay the blame at the feet of one person lacks an understanding into exactly how many people have input into who is drafted.

Every club makes them, Tambling, Johns, Gumbleton, the list is endless, but it is all in the past now

Take a deep breath, let it go and wait for the next big dip on the roller coaster that is being a Melbourne supporter

That's the prob he can't put weight on.

Can't......or won't???

Can't......or won't???

Spoke to a certain development coach about his trade. Said it was because of attitude issues. So it's won't. And I would say Nth found that out this year. There will be no way in the world he will be rookied by D's.

Sooo he has been delisted by Two clubs yet people on here would still want him back..??? This is after he has a strength of a 15 year teenager, poor attitude, poor work ethic and just a crap footballer in general??