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The only trade I would like to see is a swap of picks which gets us into the 1st Round of this year's draft.

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We know what Lingers can do on the wing and we saw Brayshaw play one of his best games in a GF on the wing. 
 

I have changed my opinion in that we don’t need Cerra. Our midfield brigade is young and hungry and should keep us in good stead for the next 5-6 years without having to change much. 
 

Focus needs to be on developing the younger players. No doubt that there will be players on the fringe that will leave for more game time.

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1 hour ago, Jaded said:

Also now is the time to put big long contracts in front of Oliver and Jackson. 
When I say now I mean right now. They’re very drunk. It’s a good way to get them to agree to terms. 

best comment I've ever read on Demonland! You're not wrong though, people can make great decisions when they're drunk so get them to sign now whilst they are on a bender and when they sober up they'll probably be like ' Wait I signed on for 5 years last night? That's (censored) sick' 

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1 minute ago, CYB said:

We know what Lingers can do on the wing and we saw Brayshaw play one of his best games in a GF on the wing. 
 

I have changed my opinion in that we don’t need Cerra. Our midfield brigade is young and hungry and should keep us in good stead for the next 5-6 years without having to change much. 
 

Focus needs to be on developing the younger players. No doubt that there will be players on the fringe that will leave for more game time.

I feel like having Sparrow and Jordon in the midfield is great for our future, plus if rivers gets a bigger tank he could play midfield as well

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36 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

cerra is an absolute jet and would slot perfectly into our midfield rotation

he is now likely to nominate the blues from all reports, presumably cos we can't get the deal done as we don't have the assets to offer freo for him

Agree. I think Cerra really wants to come to MFC but we don’t have the bargaining chips in players or picks to satisfy Freo. 

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2 hours ago, Skuit said:

The suggestion of him going back to Adelaide has been floating around for a while now. Then a poster said we could lose a couple fringe-22 players (not of the 2019 crop) in our pursuit of Cerra. But letting him go would be a big mistake in my opinion. 

Massive mistake, I agree. 

Sparrow isn’t fringe, he’s clearly best 22.

And had some outstanding moments last night - the kick to Fritsch on the goal line was perfect, and the goal he kicked from 50, off a step, to put us three goals up was absolutely huge. It’s not his first big goal from that distance (think Brisbane on the run, last quarter). 

Plus, he’s a regular at my local cafe with Jimmy Jordon and the two of them look about 14 years old. They’ll be even better when they grow up. 

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1 hour ago, Marcus94 said:

I feel like having Sparrow and Jordon in the midfield is great for our future, plus if rivers gets a bigger tank he could play midfield as well

Rivers is the wildcard. He’s a long term midfielder I reckon so we’d be needing to look at someone to replace him down back. 

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33 minutes ago, Undeeterred said:

Rivers is the wildcard. He’s a long term midfielder I reckon so we’d be needing to look at someone to replace him down back. 

maybe Woewodin can be trained up? that'd be perfect.

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I think what yesterday and probably the whole year proved that development is everything. You get the right people in position (Choco Williams)  and ordinary, seemingly delistable guys like ANB go to another level. Then your kids (Petty, Rivers, JAckson, JJ, Sparrow, Kozzy grow much faster than expected. Much faster than other clubs as well.

Sure I think a bit more depth in hard running skilled ball carriers are needed but even with picks in the 20s and 30s you can unearth blokes and at the same time not ruin your salary cap. This is what we'll do here in my opinion.

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2 hours ago, Undeeterred said:

Massive mistake, I agree. 

Sparrow isn’t fringe, he’s clearly best 22.

And had some outstanding moments last night - the kick to Fritsch on the goal line was perfect, and the goal he kicked from 50, off a step, to put us three goals up was absolutely huge. It’s not his first big goal from that distance (think Brisbane on the run, last quarter). 

Plus, he’s a regular at my local cafe with Jimmy Jordon and the two of them look about 14 years old. They’ll be even better when they grow up. 

Sparrow has come from nowhere to suddenly look like he can be more than a bottom 6 role player.

A body like a Greek God, a leg like a mule, and a toughness that is rare for someone so young. And his delivery inside 50! Holy sheet!

By God our recruiters have done a fantastic job over the past half dozen years.

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3 hours ago, dee-tox said:

You get the right people in position (Choco Williams) 

Absolutely, but in the Clarry interview, he gives credit to Brendan McCartney. Can't forget the contribution of players like Bernie Vince,  Daniel Cross or of course, Jordan Lewis. It's a long list. All goes back to Roos and Jackson, and what has been built over years, plus the increasing maturity of the players. 

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Deakyn Smith to come.

Rivers, Salem, Bowey, Hunt, Hibbo one year, Hore even JJ played there for Casey.

HBF is not a priority.

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14 hours ago, bing181 said:

Absolutely, but in the Clarry interview, he gives credit to Brendan McCartney. Can't forget the contribution of players like Bernie Vince,  Daniel Cross or of course, Jordan Lewis. It's a long list. All goes back to Roos and Jackson, and what has been built over years, plus the increasing maturity of the players. 

(I think) it was Jordan Lewis I heard earlier in the year talk about Clarry's love affair with Brendan McCartney.
I found it really interesting that he said Clarry's improvement in his game came from unlearning bad habits McCartney taught him at the coalface

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20 minutes ago, FritschyBusiness said:

(I think) it was Jordan Lewis I heard earlier in the year talk about Clarry's love affair with Brendan McCartney.
I found it really interesting that he said Clarry's improvement in his game came from unlearning bad habits McCartney taught him at the coalface

Wow: interesting observation.

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1 hour ago, FritschyBusiness said:

(I think) it was Jordan Lewis I heard earlier in the year talk about Clarry's love affair with Brendan McCartney.
I found it really interesting that he said Clarry's improvement in his game came from unlearning bad habits McCartney taught him at the coalface

Perhaps in terms of on-field play (though what other kind is there), but it was more along the lines that McCartney got him thinking about taking his football and his career seriously.

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Reckon we should flick our 2022 first rounder to the Dogs for pick 17. they don't want to use that pick, and we obviously want picks this year for either Andrew or Cerra. 

 

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Just now, Dwight Schrute said:

Reckon we should flick our 2022 first rounder to the Dogs for pick 17. they don't want to use that pick, and we obviously want picks this year for either Andrew or Cerra. 

 

Cerra’s going to Carlton mate..

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6 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Cerra’s going to Carlton mate..

Thoughts are with Adam and his family in this difficult time, poor kid. 

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On 9/27/2021 at 5:00 PM, FritschyBusiness said:

(I think) it was Jordan Lewis I heard earlier in the year talk about Clarry's love affair with Brendan McCartney.
I found it really interesting that he said Clarry's improvement in his game came from unlearning bad habits McCartney taught him at the coalface

I think Brendan McCartney laid the foundations for the Dogs 2016 win and our 2021 win by setting the standard required in the contest.  Then it took,  in the words of Tommy Hafey, "some finessin' " by others to polish the final product. 

Macca is part of the legend for me!

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5 minutes ago, Dwight Schrute said:

Thoughts are with Adam and his family in this difficult time, poor kid. 

That's my guess btw..

Jungle drums in the media points to him nominating Carlton.

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1 minute ago, dazzledavey36 said:

That's my guess btw..

Jungle drums in the media points to him nominating Carlton.

I think there is a fair bit of guessing going on in the media tbh, like demonland i think the journo's aren't sure how Melbourne would get the deal done. 

But my guess is he'd like to come to Melbourne, but probably thinks Carlton is more stress free/doable. 

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26 minutes ago, Dwight Schrute said:

Reckon we should flick our 2022 first rounder to the Dogs for pick 17. they don't want to use that pick, and we obviously want picks this year for either Andrew or Cerra. 

 

Dogs need at least 2015 points for a potential bid for Darcy at Pick 2. They currently have 1025 (990 short) which are all attached to Pick 17. Their next pick isn't until 70 odd, outside the points scale.

The only way they're trading Pick 17 is if it's for multiple picks in this year's draft to give them more points. Our future 1st gives them nothing.

If we want to trade into this year's first round by using our future 1st Round Pick, Essendon or St Kilda are probably better bets as they might be looking to stock up on picks for a potential Ben King trade.

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