I jsut got the Melbournefc Magazine today in the mail and was just flipping through it and had a look at the list and noticed that their weights seemed to differ significantly from those listed on the official website. The weights below are what is stated in the magazine compared to the website.

Bartram: +5kg

Buckley: +7kg

Davey: +5kg

Ferguson:+8kg

Johnson: +5kg

Jones: -3.5kg

Mclean: +4kg

Newton: -1kg

Rivers: +5kg

Sylvia has grown 2cm and Robertson has grown 3cm. haha

I jsut got the Melbournefc Magazine today in the mail and was just flipping through it and had a look at the list and noticed that their weights seemed to differ significantly from those listed on the official website. The weights below are what is stated in the magazine compared to the website.

Bartram: +5kg

Buckley: +7kg

Davey: +5kg

Ferguson:+8kg

Johnson: +5kg

Jones: -3.5kg

Mclean: +4kg

Newton: -1kg

Rivers: +5kg

Sylvia has grown 2cm and Robertson has grown 3cm. haha

I beleive batram has put weight on during the year whilst playing, which is very odd, considering the large amount of running, and only small amount of weights they do over the course of the year. Even if you have a completly mesomorphic physique, there is no way you can put on that amount of weightt in such a short period of time. Strange. I saw in a previous post you played for Scotch, you still play old boys?? What year did you finish???

a young player like bartram could put weight on during the year, especially because his body is still growing and maturing. he would naturally bulk up a bit if he wasnt doing anything beforehand...

Keep in mind also that one of the reasons Clint was taken so low in the draft was that he was quite badly injured at the end of 2005 (I think) If he was out for a long time, it's conceivable that once he returnded to training he started to develop, simply because of the fact he was working hard again.

Is there a possibility that those weights lidted in the mag are up to date, and the ones on the site are old? It seems to match that kind of correlation. Apparently Jones has been losing weight. Buckley has nearly doubled in size. Newton looks like he's gone backwards. All fit correctly.

BTW, which Johnson is +5kg? I hope it's Chris.

i remember reading an article on bartram and he said he put on muscle by eating 5 meals a day! maybe newton shpuld take a leaf out of his book

This is not a new anomaly

Here is what I posted in a thread in September.

There are some glaring changes.

I don't have a problem so much with the weight as the 'shrinking' of some players

2005 - 2006 Height - difference. 2005 - 2006 weight - difference.

Bate 191, 190 - 1 88, 90.9 + 2.9

Bell 186, 186.5 + .5 82, 90.2 + 8.2

Bizzell 188, 186 - 2 89, 89.5 + .5

Brown 180, 179.8 - .2 81, 77.6 - 4.4

Bruce 190, 189 -1 88, 85.5 - 2.5

Carroll 191, 191 91,91

Davey 177, 177 72, 71.5 - .5

Dunn 192, 191 - 1 90, 94.7 + 4.7

Ferguson 195, 190 -5 90, 94.3 +4.3

Godfrey 184, 184 86, 89.1 +3.1

Green 184, 185 +1 85, 85.5 +.5

Holland 198, 196.5 - 1.5 101, 100 -1

Jamar 198, 198 98,102.3 +4.3

C Johnson 189, 188.7 - .3 84, 85.1 + 1.1

P Johnson 199, 199 106, 105 - 1

Johnstone 186, 183 - 3 85, 83.4 - 1.6

McDonald 180, 179.2 78,73 -7

McLean 184, 185 + 1 88, 88.8 + .8

Miller 192, 194 +2 92, 97 +5

Moloney 181, 181 88, 89.3 + 1.3

Neitz 193, 191 - 2 100, 103.6 + 3.6

Newton 193, 193 88, 89 + 1

Nicholson 197, 190 - 7 102, 100.4 - 1.6

Read 180, 179.4 - .6 83, 82 - 1

Rivers 192, 191.5 - .5 90, 91.2 + 1.2

Robertson 184, 187 + 3 90, 94.5 + 4.5

Smith 196, 198 + 2 97, 99.5 + 2.5

Sylvia 184, 186 + 2 87, 87.2 + .2

Ward 185, 186 +1 84, 84

Wheatley 189, 189 90, 88.9 - 1.2

Whelan 180, 180 83, 83.2 + .2

White 195, 195 98, 97.2 -.8

Yze 187, 187 87, 88.9 + 1.9

Sorry about the crap formatting.

we have all known that nicho has always been 197cm tall and fergo 195cm. how the hell did they get to 190cm?

and theres no way dunn is 191cm and 94.7kg!..he would be closer to 84 than 94.