WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB – LACHLAN FILIPOVIC

[Whispering_Jack 28,118]

Ruckman from the Sandy Dragons

 

[Demonstone 20,021]

They call him Flipper, Flipper...

[Tony Tea 2,792]

Big lump of a lad. Hope he can properly develop.

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,534]

So, half Scottish, half Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian or Montenegran

[Bring-Back-Powell 13,627]

In before anyone  says "Couldn't believe he lasted all the way to the rookie draft" 

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

I was hoping we'd get Oscar McInerney as a ruckman but he's off to the Lions.

[Die Hard Demon 1,181]

loves a handball

[Clintosaurus 6,893]

4 minutes ago, Die Hard Demon said:

loves a handball

As any average or worse kicking ruckman should.

[Dante 2,577]

5 minutes ago, Clintosaurus said:

As any average or worse kicking ruckman should.

True, I thought it was Spencil doing the kicking for him.

 

[DeeSpencer 23,642]

Looking only at stats:

Doesn't take a heap of marks and very few contested marks. Doesn't kick goals, 1 for the entire year. So very much a follower type of ruckman who looks as though he can run like an extra midfielder.

Which is probably where the game is going with the Dogs using Roughead and Boyd like extra followers.

Does find a bit of the ball and has had some big hit out games. 

http://websites.sportstg.com/team_info.cgi?action=PSTATS&pID=199622788&client=1-3020-111708-392810-14528790&ocompID=392810

Can't say he's any worse than most ruck prospects. But doesn't look like the answer to our forward/ruck problems.

[Ted Lasso 17,313]

He's quite raw but i reallly like his intent and his follow up work, and he's quite good at getting clean hands on the ball in the ruck, will take some time but in 3-4 years i think he could be an AFL standard ruckman, good selection.

 

very happy with our other two rookies as well.

[Return to Glory 7,846]

1 hour ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

So, half Scottish, half Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian or Montenegran

So he's nuts.

[Bombay Airconditioning 6,022]

Comes from a "basketball background".

Ive always wondered how players that don't cope.

[Mach5 4,499]

Got this image up on the MFC app ... 

Oops?

(sorry about quality, had to reduce it to post & maybe went too far the other way)

[Satyriconhome 10,087]

Read the blurb on club website Maxy has been working with him already at the Dragons, i'm satisfied

[beelzebub 22,716]

46 minutes ago, Abe said:

He's quite raw but i reallly like his intent and his follow up work, and he's quite good at getting clean hands on the ball in the ruck, will take some time but in 3-4 years i think he could be an AFL standard ruckman, good selection.

 

very happy with our other two rookies as well.

echoed my thoughts exactly.... Raw but something to work with here.  Needs a few meals 

[RalphiusMaximus 6,000]

I'm glad we've got another ruck project on the books, but it still leaves us short if we need backup in the next few years. 

[Cards13 9,117]

Please Maxi don't break down.... Please maxi don't break down

[Leoncelli_36 2,264]

This bloke isn't the answer to any of our needs next year. Dunno what we are going to do if Max goes down..We will be funked.still think we could have rookied a mature Ruckman. Not another bean pole who can't kick

[Vogon Poetry 2,095]

8 minutes ago, Leoncelli_36 said:

Dunno what we are going to do if Max goes down..We will be funked.

I wish you'd told the FD this before the draft cos they probably don't know.  Just kidding.

The FD obviously have a lot more faith in Pencil than many here. 

[Stretch Johnson 2,603]

1 hour ago, Return to Glory said:

So he's nuts.

And frugal

[Satyriconhome 10,087]

29 minutes ago, Cards13 said:

Please Maxi don't break down.... Please maxi don't break down

 

14 minutes ago, Leoncelli_36 said:

This bloke isn't the answer to any of our needs next year. Dunno what we are going to do if Max goes down..We will be funked.still think we could have rookied a mature Ruckman. Not another bean pole who can't kick

So the club didn't  go for mature age ruckman because?. ......

[chook fowler 18,570]

4 minutes ago, Vogon Poetry said:

I wish you'd told the FD this before the draft cos they probably don't know.  Just kidding.

The FD obviously have a lot more faith in Pencil than many here. 

Spencil's performance in the VFL grand final justifies the lack of faith in his abilities such as they are.

[Leoncelli_36 2,264]

12 minutes ago, Satyriconhome said:

 

So the club didn't  go for mature age ruckman because?. ......

Question for them ... 

[Cards13 9,117]

13 minutes ago, Satyriconhome said:

 

So the club didn't  go for mature age ruckman because?. ......

They believe in voodoo and have put a spell on Maxi so he'll never get injured again and play for 100 years.

Otherwise no fing idea.