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In all seriousness though...who is that bloke and what has he done with Barret ?? lol

I actually agree with him ( need to shower now)

The chopping block needs to be resolute and the knife sharp !

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Terlich, Bail, Fitzpatrick, M Jones, McKenzie, Garland, Grimes, Dunn, Howe are all players I expect to either be sacked, traded or sign elsewhere. I have liked Grimes but imo he might seek time at another club. Wouldn't be surprised if Dunn requests a trade.

Watts is another who may entertain a trade but I'd like to see him stay.

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Not much I disagreed with in there, particularly Barrett's simple comment of "more wins". It's sort of like saying "we have to score more than the opposition" but it's true, we can't afford stupid losses like the St Kilda, Essendon, and Carlton. We just have to win games and get positive emotions around the club, especially the young guns who will be driving the club forward.

Speed and skills as Gary said must be a priority in the trade/draft period, a jet like Stringer is exactly what we need (hopefully Tracca will be part of that).

It's positive, but we're on a knife edge.

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Add Prestia, a fit Pedersen for structure, one or two pick ups like McKenzie, natural improvement from our younger guys and we'll win 10-12 games, IMO. We must eradicate any blow outs though and close the gap between us and the top 4 teams.

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Terlich, Bail, Fitzpatrick, M Jones, McKenzie, Garland, Grimes, Dunn, Howe are all players I expect to either be sacked, traded or sign elsewhere. I have liked Grimes but imo he might seek time at another club. Wouldn't be surprised if Dunn requests a trade.

Watts is another who may entertain a trade but I'd like to see him stay.

If Watts and Dunn have stayed this far - they won't willingly leave now I wouldn't think.

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Still in shock they both said we will go up next season Not because we wont but because Damian Barrett and Garry Lyon said it.

And I love the Petracca talk, something for us supporters to look forward to for sure.

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Dunn said after his last contract that he will be a one-club player and is very happy about that. He is signed up for the next 2 seasons, which takes him to 30.

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Garry's passion and love for the Dees showed when he talked of crying like a baby while watching the Geelong game this year.

It brought home to me that when he makes critical comments of the Dees he is only doing his media job.

He loves, hurts and cries along with the most diehard of us Dee supporters.

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Dunn said after his last contract that he will be a one-club player and is very happy about that. He is signed up for the next 2 seasons, which takes him to 30.

I think having Frost back, allowing Dunn to be the third defender, will make him look a lot better. Still don't mind him as a player and his 2014 was very good but he can do some very dumb things.

Always has a crack though.

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Not much I disagreed with in there, particularly Barrett's simple comment of "more wins". It's sort of like saying "we have to score more than the opposition" but it's true, we can't afford stupid losses like the St Kilda, Essendon, and Carlton. We just have to win games and get positive emotions around the club, especially the young guns who will be driving the club forward.

Speed and skills as Gary said must be a priority in the trade/draft period, a jet like Stringer is exactly what we need (hopefully Tracca will be part of that).

It's positive, but we're on a knife edge.

Agree. We have won a few games unexpectedly this year and lost games we should have won to improve. Wins over St Kilda, Carlton and Ess would have shown us as exceeding expectation this year. Must win those next year.

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AFL article on 'season review' of the Dees: http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-09-02/season-review-melbourne?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=RSS+feed%3A+AFL+Latest+News

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4/10. The Demons took strides forward but every time they looked like taking a definitive step, they were held back by inconsistency. The young core is developing nicely but the list requires major redevelopments before finals come into the equation.

Harsh but fair I thought.

One of the more interesting comments was: "Lumumba's role was undefined and he struggled mightily because of it."

I don't know where Ben Guthrie got that but if true quite and indictment on our coaching staff.

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AFL article on 'season review' of the Dees: http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-09-02/season-review-melbourne?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=RSS+feed%3A+AFL+Latest+News

Overall rating

4/10. The Demons took strides forward but every time they looked like taking a definitive step, they were held back by inconsistency. The young core is developing nicely but the list requires major redevelopments before finals come into the equation.

Harsh but fair I thought.

One of the more interesting comments was: "Lumumba's role was undefined and he struggled mightily because of it."

I don't know where Ben Guthrie got that but if true quite and indictment on our coaching staff.

Thats a pretty good summary by Guthrie 4....yeah...about right

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AFL article on 'season review' of the Dees: http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-09-02/season-review-melbourne?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=RSS+feed%3A+AFL+Latest+News

Overall rating

4/10. The Demons took strides forward but every time they looked like taking a definitive step, they were held back by inconsistency. The young core is developing nicely but the list requires major redevelopments before finals come into the equation.

Harsh but fair I thought.

One of the more interesting comments was: "Lumumba's role was undefined and he struggled mightily because of it."

I don't know where Ben Guthrie got that but if true quite and indictment on our coaching staff.

Hate to be pedantic but 'redevelopment' is the wrong word. Geelong needs a redevelopment. We need to stop dealing with shoddy contractors that stall building works.

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If 10 is a premiership then 4 is about right. 6 or 7 would be making finals. Hopefully next year will be one of those seasons for the Dees where a team makes a fundamental gain because they had been so close to significant improvement but had been waiting to turn over the last few NQR players, trade well and find consistency

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