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WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB - HARLEY BENNELL

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17 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Given where my trade desk is set up, relieved actually. 

don't do it dont do it dont do it dont do it dont do it... ah f  k it lets do it

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    1 hour ago, FarNorthernD said:

    Langdon, Tomlinson, pick 3, pick 8 and a fit Bennell for nix.

    If you’re not happy with that trade period you are just plain miserable 

    This year's pick 8 might be a top 4 pick next year.

     

    The only speed we have brought in, assuming Bennell comes in, is really just a bit of a gamble.

    Frost out, and gamble in....

    I can't see how our outside speed is going to be transformed as a result....unless pick 3 and 8 are jets that are ready to go....which I doubt.

     

     

    Plain miserable I must be.

    As for the others, hey, we are MFC supporters.  We over-celebrate/congratulate mediocrity; dismiss/excuse failure; reflect on brief success as halcyon days.....

     

     

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    It’s a good move. My expectations are reasonably low given his injury history, but he is more a chance of helping us than a dump pick at the end of the draft.

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    42 minutes ago, dworship said:

    Not really, "Gabba" is already the shortened form

    Correct, as in "Woolloongabba".

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    9 minutes ago, TGR said:

     

    Plain miserable I must be.

    Post not entirely devoid of accuracy.

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    2 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

    i hope he's not into photography

    Or wags.

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    52 minutes ago, Cranky Franky said:

    I reckon a lot of Demonlanders have collectively gone mad & lost their objectivity and logical reasoning in their desperate quest for success.

    What happened to the NO Dickhe@ds policy.

    Have people forgotten the troubles & dramas this bloke has caused at 2 Clubs !! with regard to drugs and poor discipline.

     And this is before you even begin to look at his injury problems

     

    Let's bring in a talented Dickhe@d. Jetta and May could sort him out away from the club. Hand him straight to Burgess and if Burgess says he is cutting the mustard, get him in for 2 years. 

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    1 minute ago, Demonland said:

     

    Tough questions?  Here's your answer.

    Yes, you would suggest we're out of the Martin race and we were probably never in it, such was his desire to get to Carlton.

    End story.  Not that tough.

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    22 minutes ago, TGR said:

    This year's pick 8 might be a top 4 pick next year.

     

    The only speed we have brought in, assuming Bennell comes in, is really just a bit of a gamble.

    Frost out, and gamble in....

    I can't see how our outside speed is going to be transformed as a result....unless pick 3 and 8 are jets that are ready to go....which I doubt.

     

     

    Plain miserable I must be.

    As for the others, hey, we are MFC supporters.  We over-celebrate/congratulate mediocrity; dismiss/excuse failure; reflect on brief success as halcyon days.....

     

     

    ^ According to old mate here we didn’t bring in Langdon and Tomlinson to address our outside issues.


     

     

    ”bUt LaNgDoN cAnT kIcK”

    Edited by nacnud

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    Jason Taylor was interviewed on picks 3, 8 and Harley Bennell. Anyone hear it?

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    A few of Bennell's performances:

    2012 V's Melbourne - 38 possessions/4 goals

    2012 V Freo - 37 possessions/3 goals

    2013 V Brisbane - 27 possessions/3 goals

    2013 V Port - 28 possessions/3 goals

    2014 V Geelong - 27 possessions/6 goals

    2015 V Adelaide - 39 possessions

     

    Good stats....I guess....

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    I remember being at that game in 2012 he tore us a new one...back in the dark Mark Neeld era and we copped a pasting from the Suns at home

     

    EDIT - actually might have been a different game according to records we won that one!

    Edited by sisso

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    8 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    A few of Bennell's performances:

    2012 V's Melbourne - 38 possessions/4 goals

    2012 V Freo - 37 possessions/3 goals

    2013 V Brisbane - 27 possessions/3 goals

    2013 V Port - 28 possessions/3 goals

    2014 V Geelong - 27 possessions/6 goals

    2015 V Adelaide - 39 possessions

     

    Good stats....I guess....

    Flat track bully...

    (I'm kidding, but the pessimists won't be!).

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    30 minutes ago, Demonland said:

     

    More than happy to miss out on Martin if we get Bennell, who is 5 times the player  (but yes, he needs to get on to the field)

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    Has only met with us personally by the sounds of it. The ball is well and truly in our court now. 

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    "Just spoke to Harley Bennell after his medical with the Dees. Says he’s been given no guarantees they will recruit him. His manager has spoken to the Saints but not him personally. “I’d do anything to have one last shot at it.” "

    Brett Thomas (Ch10)

    https://twitter.com/Sports_Brett/status/1189385124393046016?s=20

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    1 minute ago, Watts the matter said:

    I'll have a listen now.

    Listing right now, it's a lot of the same you have heard before.

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    56 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

    i hope he's not into photography

    Or mates with Stef Martin...

    Edited by Moonshadow

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    14 minutes ago, AllMyTeamsAreWank said:

     

     

    Has only met with us personally by the sounds of it. The ball is well and truly in our court now. 

    Code: He's in

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    1 hour ago, TGR said:

    Frost out, and gamble in....

    I would say anytime Frost had ball in hand it was a gamble.

    Gamble out, calculated risk in...

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    Just now, rjay said:

    I would say anytime Frost had ball in hand it was a gamble.

    Gamble out, calculated risk in...

    i don't see any list management connect between bennel and frost. apples and oranges. different needs and purposes

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    1 hour ago, TGR said:

    This year's pick 8 might be a top 4 pick next year.

     

    The only speed we have brought in, assuming Bennell comes in, is really just a bit of a gamble.

    Frost out, and gamble in....

    I can't see how our outside speed is going to be transformed as a result....unless pick 3 and 8 are jets that are ready to go....which I doubt.

     

     

    Plain miserable I must be.

    As for the others, hey, we are MFC supporters.  We over-celebrate/congratulate mediocrity; dismiss/excuse failure; reflect on brief success as halcyon days.....

     

     

    The best use of his speed this season was when he chased down Petruccelle and ripped his jumper to shreds. He was awarded the free, took the kick and booted it out on the full. The ball re-entered the Eagles 50. This is Frost. 

    You whine about mediocrity, playing it safe hasn’t gotten us anywhere in 60 years. I think it’s time we don’t play it safe and take a gamble on someone like Bennell. 

    Edited by Ethan Tremblay

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