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Melbourne currently has twelve players on its list who have yet to play an AFL game for the club. This is how I rank them in terms of readiness to make their MFC debut in the coming season —

1. Harvey Langford 
2. Xavier Lindsay 
3. Harry Sharp 
4. Aidan Johnson  
5. Matt Jefferson 
6. Tom Campbell 
7. Tom Fullarton
8. Oliver Sestan 
9. Jed Adams
10. Will Verrall
11. Ricky Mentha Jnr
12. Luker Kentfield 

Your views?

 

Langford and Sharp would be the two front runners.

I'm not as confident as Lindsay debuting in the early rounds due to his late pre season. 

Campbell would be clear number 1 if Gawn was unavailable for round 1, touch wood that doesn't happen.

 

JEFFO, Langford and Sharp..... dark horse... CULLEY

Langford round 1

Sharp round 2

Campbell round 4 or 5 as Gawn tires

 

Disco preferred to Jefferson as latter's form in the VFL not markedly better that the former's in the AFL.  AJ still unkown to prove in VFL.

 


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Hmmm, not as helpful as I'd hoped.  

OK, so as a pure guess, I'd like to see Jefferson finally get his chance, he's more than earned it.  

I also suspect that Sharp and Langford will be early call-ups.  

Well Campbell is clearly the most “ready” to debut seeing as he’s been in the AFL system for over a decade.

But you’d think it’s Langford who’s the most likely to debut in round 1.

8 hours ago, redandbluemakepurple said:

Langford round 1

Sharp round 2

Campbell round 4 or 5 as Gawn tires

 

Disco preferred to Jefferson as latter's form in the VFL not markedly better that the former's in the AFL.  AJ still unkown to prove in VFL.

 

I think they’ll play 3 talls up forward. Jefferson takes pettys spot

 

ill wait till i see them all play at Nth Melbourne. Hope they all get significant time on the ground.


My tip is on Langford & Jefferson AFL debuts in R1, with a Harry Sharp club debut

Langford, Sharp and one of AJ/Jefferson would be my tip, with Henderson a smokey considering Kozzy and Kolt won’t be available, and question marks over Spargo

6 hours ago, Whispering_Jack said:

We now have Jack Henderson in play. 

Where does he fit in?

Fits into the Casey 22

6 hours ago, demoncat said:

Langford, Sharp and one of AJ/Jefferson would be my tip, with Henderson a smokey considering Kozzy and Kolt won’t be available, and question marks over Spargo

Question marks over spargo? He hasn’t done a session all summer. His career is over 

6 hours ago, Oxdee said:

Question marks over spargo? He hasn’t done a session all summer. His career is over 

Rubbish. Read the track watchers and Club reviews recently. 


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On 17/02/2025 at 17:21, Pinball Wizard said:

Melbourne currently has twelve players on its list who have yet to play an AFL game for the club. This is how I rank them in terms of readiness to make their MFC debut in the coming season —

1. Harvey Langford 
2. Xavier Lindsay 
3. Harry Sharp 
4. Aidan Johnson  
5. Matt Jefferson 
6. Tom Campbell 
7. Tom Fullarton
8. Oliver Sestan 
9. Jed Adams
10. Will Verrall
11. Ricky Mentha Jnr
12. Luker Kentfield 

Your views?

Well, we now have 13 with the signing of Jack Henderson and I’ve put him on equal footing next to his Werribee mate AJ. It’s a case of sight unseen but I put him there because of our small forward shortage in the absence of Kozzie, McAdam and the slow pace of Spargo returning to full fitness. Don’t know if Henderson trains today but next Saturday should be of interest.

1. Harvey Langford 
2. Xavier Lindsay 
3. Harry Sharp 
4 (eq). Jack Henderson, Aidan Johnson  
6. Matt Jefferson 
7. Tom Campbell 
8. Tom Fullarton
9. Oliver Sestan 
10. Jed Adams
11. Will Verrall
12. Ricky Mentha Jnr
13. Luker Kentfield

9 hours ago, Oxdee said:

Question marks over spargo? He hasn’t done a session all summer. His career is over 

Good lord, the quality of trolling on this site has fallen off a cliff.

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51 minutes ago, binman said:

Good lord, the quality of trolling on this site had fallen off a cliff.

He hasn’t participated in a contact training session all summer and has relapsed with his injury. 2025 looks the same as 2024. His contract expires at the end of the year. Do you think management would risk him for 2026? 

On 18/02/2025 at 17:09, Whispering_Jack said:

We now have Jack Henderson in play. 

Where does he fit in?

According to JT, he's a ready-made replacement for ANB.  


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An additional player and a little change as a result of the outstanding 4 goal performance of Harry Sharp, rivalled by Harvey Langford’s good form with Xavier Lindsay not far behind.

I have the field as follows -

1. Harvey Langford 
2. Harry Sharp 
3. Xavier Lindsay 
4 (eq). Jack Henderson, Aidan Johnson  
6. Matt Jefferson 
7 (eq). Tom Campbell, Jai Culley 
9. Jed Adams 
10. Oliver Sestan 
11. Tom Fullarton 
12. Will Verrall 
13. Ricky Mentha Jnr 
14. Luker Kentfield
 

On 19/02/2025 at 04:42, Oxdee said:

He hasn’t participated in a contact training session all summer and has relapsed with his injury. 2025 looks the same as 2024. His contract expires at the end of the year. Do you think management would risk him for 2026? 

Is that true about the injury relapse? I am shattered for him. A sad story if he doesn't get back

23 minutes ago, Wizard of Koz said:

Is that true about the injury relapse? I am shattered for him. A sad story if he doesn't get back

No he hasn't he's back to full training after a calf complaint. Could play a VFL game this week.

 

According to my best 23 Sharp, Langford, Jefferson and Lindsay all play.


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