Thank God! He's the goose that lays the golden eggs - or at least spots em.

52 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

For all his misses Barry did land Gawn.

Even a broken clock is right twice a day 

Perfect news to start the long break between now and the big one.

2 minutes ago, Deeoldfart said:

Perfect news to start the long break between now and the big one.

Two weeks is a very long time to wait, I am scared I might die before Saturday week.

5 minutes ago, old dee said:

Two weeks is a very long time to wait, I am scared I might die before Saturday week.

You should buy a defibrillator and put it in a handy place at home.

38 minutes ago, Demon17 said:

Bevo said some very nice things about jason taylor in his post match presser last night. 

And many of his old MFC mates, but with Taylor, he has known since they attended kindergarten together and went through school together. Good friends.

Its a great coomentary on Bevo's background and worth a listen.

East Bentleigh represent. 😉

Excellent. Critical now though that our footy dept. brains-trust comes up with some creative compromise to retain the services of Burgo too. I would pay him the same amount for half the hours, current soft-cap restrictions be damned. He can do a pre-season intensive and then fly over once a month, with some zooming and program-writing in between. It's a half an hour flight from Adelaide. And half of that cash-sacrifice would be simply to keep his IP from other competitors. It's easy to forget what it's like not having full confidence that our team will come out in the last and compete until the very end. It wasn't always like this. 

36 minutes ago, Skuit said:

Excellent. Critical now though that our footy dept. brains-trust comes up with some creative compromise to retain the services of Burgo too. I would pay him the same amount for half the hours, current soft-cap restrictions be damned. He can do a pre-season intensive and then fly over once a month, with some zooming and program-writing in between. It's a half an hour flight from Adelaide. And half of that cash-sacrifice would be simply to keep his IP from other competitors. It's easy to forget what it's like not having full confidence that our team will come out in the last and compete until the very end. It wasn't always like this. 

I’ve been thinking about Burgo a lot recently, I’ve got two chiclets under soon to be 6 and couldn’t imagine not being near them for any length of time.
 

After the last couple of seasons, it would take a lot for one to not want to be living right near them every day of the week. He’s given a lot of himself for the MFC cause and if he goes, he goes with my heart felt thanks and hope that he gets to be a key feature in the little ones lives. 
I’d be amazed if he and the club could find a way. 

Give him the keys and a blank cheque signed to fill in what ever he wants.

Edited September 12, 20214 yr by Win4theAges

Yeah baby what a champ I want to have his babies!

1 hour ago, Skuit said:

Excellent. Critical now though that our footy dept. brains-trust comes up with some creative compromise to retain the services of Burgo too. I would pay him the same amount for half the hours, current soft-cap restrictions be damned. He can do a pre-season intensive and then fly over once a month, with some zooming and program-writing in between. It's a half an hour flight from Adelaide. And half of that cash-sacrifice would be simply to keep his IP from other competitors. It's easy to forget what it's like not having full confidence that our team will come out in the last and compete until the very end. It wasn't always like this. 

I was thinking exactly this: I’m sure they’ve explored this option, but could he run things from Adelaide, with a trip over each week? Maybe it’s a job where you need to be always amongst the players?

 

 

Fantastic news to hear about Jason Taylor. He certainly has an eye for picking good recruits!

May he continue to do an excellent job spotting young talented footballers for the Melbourne Demons!

 

12 hours ago, Demon17 said:

Bevo said some very nice things about jason taylor in his post match presser last night. 

And many of his old MFC mates, but with Taylor, he has known since they attended kindergarten together and went through school together. Good friends.

Its a great coomentary on Bevo's background and worth a listen.

Did Taylor repeat kindergarten ten times? He looks at least a decade older than Beveridge.

As to the signing, it's great that we have such stability in the back of house that Taylor has decided not to exercise his free agency rights.

Talking of stability, there's a brief reference in today's Age to the seamless transfer of Chairmanship from Bartlett to Roffey pointing out how that sort of changeover mid-season could have been very disruptive yet is barely a blip on the radar. 

This is a great signing.

11 hours ago, old dee said:

Two weeks is a very long time to wait, I am scared I might die before Saturday week.

Hang in there @old dee

31 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Did Taylor repeat kindergarten ten times? He looks at least a decade older than Beveridge.

He has kids at my son's primary school - I don't think he's that old.

The timing of this is superb. It's a low-key reminder that the future is still going to happen whatever the result on the 25th and that we have the right people attending to it.

I'm definitely a little less anxious now.

Huge signing! 
Getting good kids at picks 18+ shall be vital to staying at the top for the next decade 

13 hours ago, old dee said:

Two weeks is a very long time to wait, I am scared I might die before Saturday week.

That's the spirit Old, keep that positivity up.😂

2 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Did Taylor repeat kindergarten ten times? He looks at least a decade older than Beveridge.

As to the signing, it's great that we have such stability in the back of house that Taylor has decided not to exercise his free agency rights.

Talking of stability, there's a brief reference in today's Age to the seamless transfer of Chairmanship from Bartlett to Roffey pointing out how that sort of changeover mid-season could have been very disruptive yet is barely a blip on the radar. 

Winning cures most things...

With 9 of our regulars 22 and under AND some talent that hasn't yet debuted we have created a springboard for a sustainable tilt at success.

Recruiting like Geelong  rarely works altho it has them up there for a long period. I reckon they would trade all those finals appearances for one more flag.

You could argue hawthorn tried it and succeeded to a certain extent but its an awfully big fall if you get it wrong. Brisbane tried in 2004 as well going for a 4 peat - arguably worth trying with a reduced ageing list.

West Coast look like they are at the cross roads and could easily drop away sharply. Collingwood has no cap space and no draft picks so could be in trouble as well.

Its a fine balancing act and ever since they brought in trading future picks its been a bit of a lottery as to how that has worked out.

We shouldnt be cocky but I think we are in safe hands..

 

excellent news. I thing clubs talk a lot about processes and hard work, but talent spotting and 'feel' for the game is so important.  Carlton for instance have had similar picks etc and while they recruited some top high picks they missed this whole middle tier of talent.

at first when he arrived and got Oliver and Petracca we then kept recruiting mids and were too one sided with contested beasts, but the last couple of years (2019 especially) we finally got some balance. I think prime examples are Petty and Jackson. When we got Petty we were full with talls especially tall backs but he said for our second pick he thought he was too good to pass up. and again with Jackson he went for pure talent rather than needs which was a classy half back available at pick 3.

I think its important to pick blokes on superior talent and let coaches re-work the game plan.

Edited September 13, 20214 yr by Bay Riffin

Honestly, we have so many father-son selections coming through in the next few years, he'll barely have a job to do.

How many years did he sign for?

Do my ears deceive me?!!!

Gerard Healy currently giving praise to Melbourne's talent finders for drafting Oliver, Trac and partic for finding McVee (said Juddy is just about the best kick in the league) and for trading for Lever and May

Though he did give a levelling backhander for picking Weid above Curnow and McKay

Maybe Gerard might even don a red n blue scarf if we make the GF, being Demon alumni and all. Won't hold my breath, though