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Who will be first to don the MFC jumper?

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My tip is:

John Meesan Rd 1. First ruck.

Kyle Cheney Rd 1. No frills, hard worker, tough as nails. Clint Bartram all over again.

Addam Maric Rd 1. To add spice in the fwd line for round 1.

then

Frank Grimes, Cale Morton throughout the year.

Buzz Mcnamara. Next year.

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    Cale Morton is my tip.

    If all goes well, he should play in Round 1, to give him a taste if nothing else.

    Also, Maric might replace Yze sooner than we think.

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    Morton - Round 1

    Maric - Round 1

    Messon - Round 1

    Grimes - Round 6

    Cheney - Round 12

    McNamara - Round 15

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    Cheney - Round 12

    McNamara - Round 15

    Is Round 12 when we start trailing off and 'thinking about the future'?

    Id like to see Morton out there next year and I wouldn't be surprised if Marric played a lot of games either. Him as a small forward means Davey can play as an outside midfielder/running half back which I can't wait for!

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    3 new young'uns, only one of them with any experience in the AFL? No. Morton has the best chance of slipping in after a good pre-season. He would only need to get the pill a few times to have an impact from all accounts. MAYBE Maric given his designation and our lack of tiny dangerous forwards.

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    big call mate, big call..

    Yeah definete big call. If he does all good in the NAB cup i would expect he would line up on the bench. Use Paul Johnson as either defender or forward.

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    marric is most likely to play round one...or even one of macnamar of cheny because they are bartram smokies i reckon

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    My round 1 prediciton -

    Adam 'The Wiz' Maric will be sitting there at the feet of David Neitz at the opening siren, while Sir Cale Morton will come off the bench to thunderous applause about 10 minutes in

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    Morton - Round 1

    Maric - Round 1

    Messon - Round 1

    Grimes - Round 6

    Cheney - Round 12

    McNamara - Round 15

    I hope that doesn't happen!

    That smacks of another injury ruined year where we've put the cue in the rack by round 15.

    Morton - Round 1 V Hawthorn

    Meeson - Round 1 V Hawthorn

    Maric - Round 3 V Geelong

    Grimes - Round 12 V Richmond

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    I hope that doesn't happen.

    That smacks of another injury ruined year where we've put the cue in the rack by round 15 - like last year.

    Agree BBP.

    People get carried away with the expectations of draft day and forget that the players we have drafted are kids whether they are 17 or 18.

    Unless we have an injury riddled year, I would expect few to get a consistent run in MFC in 2008.

    If Morton is as good as everyone says I think he would be closest.

    The big critieria for me is that they firstly settle into the AFL/MFC culture and begin to fulfil the confidence shown in them by CAC.

    I hope longer term they become stars for MFC.

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    I thought I read somewhere that CAC said Cale Morton was unlikely to play for us this season... he is only 17, so we've drafted him young, and I think he will need a bit of time... however if he's ready, from what we've heard him say already I have no doubt Dean Bailey will give him a go... however I think we're going to have to wait a while to see his talents...

    Addam Maric will be the first to play for us i think... the way he plays will translate well into AFL quickly, he's already used to being smaller than everyone else and getting knocked around a bit, so i think we will see him feature quite early in the season...

    Grimes would also be a chance you would think, however I think Maric will be the first new draftee to wear the red & blue.... meesen is always a chance to play too...

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    I think three of the four will be having their 18th birthday next year, so they're still pretty young. I don't really mind if none of them end up playing next year - there are plenty of other young and inexperienced players who have been around longer, and we can't fit them all in.

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    I think three of the four will be having their 18th birthday next year, so they're still pretty young. I don't really mind if none of them end up playing next year - there are plenty of other young and inexperienced players who have been around longer, and we can't fit them all in.

    In the eyes of some if Bailey if he is not playing them in the AFL by Round 1 then he is stalling their development. Its the only qucik fire way to bring a young player on! :rolleyes:

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    I recall when Daniel Bell debuted in 2004, ND said something along the lines of “sometimes, these kids get a game before they are ready”.

    Contrast this with Dean Bailey’s views that development is based on getting rookie players to play like 50+ gamers.

    The philosophies appear to be at polar opposites. For what its worth, It wouldn’t matter to me either way provided players showing good form at Sandy are rewarded and senior players are not continued to be carried, regardless of injuries. It’s a “horses for courses” scenario.

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    Morton and Maric to start the ball rolling on the new players

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    Our current youngest 22:

    B: Bartram Frawley Bell

    HB: C.Johnson Rivers Grimes

    C: Bode McLean Buckley

    HF: Petterd Bate Morton

    F: Maric Newton Sylvia

    R: Meesen Dunn Jones

    I: Garland Weetra Cheney McNamara

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