This is the new look listing for the Mighty Dees.. annotations made as to their status for 2008

Clint Bartram

Matthew Bate

Daniel Bell

Jace Bode

Cameron Bruce

Simon Buckley

Nathan Carroll

Kyle Cheney - draftee 2008

Aaron Davey

Lynden Dunn

James Frawley

Colin Garland

Brad Green

Jack Grimes - draftee 2008

Ben Holland

Mark Jamar

Chris A. Johnson

Paul A. Johnson

Nathan Jones

Addam Maric - draftee 2008

Stefan Martin - draftee 2008

James McDonald

Brock McLean

Tom McNamara - draftee 2008

John Meesen - via trade

Brad Miller

Brent Moloney

Cale Morton - draftee 2008

David Neitz

Michael Newton

Ricky Petterd

Jared Rivers

Russell Robertson

Jake Spencer - rookie 2008

Colin Sylvia

Shane Valenti - rookie 2008

Matthew Warnock

Isaac Weetra

Paul Wheatley

Matthew Whelan

Jeff White

Austin Wonaeamirri - rookie 2008

Adem Yze

Trent Zomer -rookie 2008

Well Ooze is no long "bottom " of the list..lol

You'd think we ought to be able to play a decent game or two with that lot

thats 11 new young players all under 21 years old! looking mighty fresh to me

Well.. Im fairly pleased with all that lot

We now seem fairly balanced. the existing team is boosted with the potential of the new kids. It will obviously take time for some to come through but we seem to have addressed areas many thought a concern. Some height and speed is added to the back line. Some new rucks are added to the developmental group. And some serious potential is also put into the forward line.

As they say it wont happen overnight but if even half these "budding' talents come to fruition we have a fairly good looking team.

Well done MFC

go Dees !!

oh..a p.s.

for those who wanted some "X" factor. watch the likes of Magic Maric and Aussie Aussie Aussie in years to come

Have a notion Morton might be that classy winger we need too

cant wait for 08 !!

Thanks for the list BB59.

No wonder we are all excited for what is possibly to come in 2008; All the fresh faces, talent and experience tells me we are going to play to win in 08.

Im really lazy so can anyone with time (and non-laziness) see how many players we still have over 30 and maybe calculate the average age? Becaue last year we had one of the highest if im not mistaken

9 players last names begin with "M". That's got to be the most on an AFL list! Equal second is "B" and "W" with 6 each!

  belzebub59 said:

Well.. Im fairly pleased with all that lot

We now seem fairly balanced. the existing team is boosted with the potential of the new kids. It will obviously take time for some to come through but we seem to have addressed areas many thought a concern. Some height and speed is added to the back line. Some new rucks are added to the developmental group. And some serious potential is also put into the forward line.

As they say it wont happen overnight but if even half these "budding' talents come to fruition we have a fairly good looking team.

Well done MFC

go Dees !!

very happy, people at work say the Dees have to rebuild,years away from being competitive. Bailey got handed a decent list, and with latest additions has a lot to work with

our average player age must have decreased significantly since the draft.

this was crucial because this season our list was simply too old.

with White, Neitz, Yze, Holland and Whelan all to retire within 2 years, in 3 years time we are sure to have one of the youngest developing lists going around

  sylvinator said:

our average player age must have decreased significantly since the draft.

this was crucial because this season our list was simply too old.

with White, Neitz, Yze, Holland and Whelan all to retire within 2 years, in 3 years time we are sure to have one of the youngest developing lists going around

and robertson, bruce and green on last legs (all will be 29 or above me thinks)...

also add junior to your original list.

the core group of mclean etc will be around the 25 mark, and apart from the 3 i mentioned will be generally the oldest players at the club...

  sylvinator said:

this was crucial because this season our list was simply too old.

with White, Neitz, Yze, Holland and Whelan all to retire within 2 years, in 3 years time we are sure to have one of the youngest developing lists going around

Neitz is the only one i'm worried about having to fill.

Juice's going okay but needs to lift a cog or two for him to take the position.

White - Decling badly due to global warming.

Yze - hasn't being important to the team structure for a while.

Holland - Very good fill in but still a fill in.

Whelan - Bell/Bartram.

JMac - Good honest player but not a game breaker.

  demons06 said:

Im really lazy so can anyone with time (and non-laziness) see how many players we still have over 30 and maybe calculate the average age? Becaue last year we had one of the highest if im not mistaken

22.378 years i calculated

And I reckon 2 will be called Woewy & Zombie

Thanks occo. That would be one of the lowest in the competition

  occo said:

22.378 years i calculated

that is great...i wonder if we are now one of the youngest teams going around...i know hawthorn are still the youngest....btw, dont forget there is not that much in wheatley aswell

  Nugget Jones said:

that is great...i wonder if we are now one of the youngest teams going around...i know hawthorn are still the youngest....btw, dont forget there is not that much in wheatley aswell

wheats is 26. Hawks would have the lowest and i recon we could be 2nd youngest team

  dazzledavey36 said:

thats 11 new young players all under 21 years old! looking mighty fresh to me

Agree its a big change to the list and you could expect a large number at the end of 2008 if certain senior players dont perform.

Dunno why I did this but I did...

Kyle Cheney - draftee 2008

Jack Grimes - draftee 2008

Addam Maric - draftee 2008

Stefan Martin - draftee 2008

Tom McNamara - draftee 2008

Cale Morton - draftee 2008

Jake Spencer - rookie 2008

Austin Wonaeamirri - rookie 2008

Shane Valenti - rookie 2008

Trent Zomer -rookie 2008

Isaac Weetra - 0 games - going into 2nd year of AFL footy

Colin Garland - 2 - 2nd

Jace Bode - 4 - 2nd

James Frawley - 9 - 2nd

Ricky Petterd - 9 - 2nd

Matthew Warnock - 4 - 3rd

Simon Buckley - 6 - 3rd

Clint Bartram - 23 - 3rd

Nathan Jones - 29 - 3rd

John Meesen - 2 - 4th

Michael Newton - 10 - 4th

Lynden Dunn - 23 - 4th

Matthew Bate - 33 - 4th

Chris A. Johnson - 21 - 5th

Colin Sylvia - 52 - 5th

Brock McLean - 61 - 5th

Aaron Davey - 82 - 5th

Paul A. Johnson - 27 - 6th

Daniel Bell - 45 - 6th

Brent Moloney - 61 - 6th

Nathan Carroll - 62 - 6th

Jared Rivers - 64 - 6th

Mark Jamar - 52 - 7th

Brad Miller - 91 - 7th

Paul Wheatley - 113 - 9th

Matthew Whelan - 128 - 9th

Cameron Bruce - 162 - 9th

Brad Green - 166 - 9th

James McDonald - 198 - 12th

Russell Robertson - 205 - 12th

Ben Holland - 189 - 14th

Jeff White - 253 - 14th

Adem Yze - 265 - 14th

David Neitz - 301 - 16th

a few 8th year players would be nice, i wonder what year that would be from...

Just came across some interesting statistics, albeit from the 2006 season.

In 2006, Melbourne had the least number of players in the league aged between 20 and 24 years of age. However, in the same year we had more players 25 years + than any other team in the comp.

That year, we had the 4th oldest list in the league.

If the average age of our list is now 22.378 then this would make our list the 2nd youngest in the comp when compared to 2006 figures.

That's a pretty radical change in two years.

  Rhino Richards said:

Agree its a big change to the list and you could expect a large number at the end of 2008 if certain senior players dont perform.

sort of begets the next question .... who might really need to get a wiggle on or they might find themselves a little furhter than the outer come eos '08 ?

  belzebub59 said:

sort of begets the next question .... who might really need to get a wiggle on or they might find themselves a little furhter than the outer come eos '08 ?

Wheatley

Holland (will probably retire anyway)

CJ

Miller (make or break)

I must declare a liking to Whetas. .hopefull y he can take a step up this coming season. Until someone comes along who can do better we need his booming kick outs.

CJ..yep..agree.. needs to really show his stuff.

Probably Clogs last as surmised

Miller.. hmmm... next!!

Jamar and PJ must be on borrowed time unless they get going.

Warnock is going to heave to break through or he'l l be usurped by someone behind him.

Weetra may never tie his boot-laces in anger..

I'll invite the normal amounts of scorn by suggesting Dunn, Slyvia and Ooze will want to keep the standards high.. plenty of willing footsteps behind them.

Then we have some injury prone lads.. As much as we like them Beamer and Wheels may find themselves on the endangered list if they break down again.. harsh...but thats reality !!. One certain D Neitz might be a member of that club also...he's not getting either yonger or fitter..just an observation.

cue...barbed arrows and burning oil !!

  brey9186 said:

a few 8th year players would be nice, i wonder what year that would be from...

1999-2000 draft penalties

A shocking 2001 draft result

Scott Thompson going home

  belzebub59 said:

sort of begets the next question .... who might really need to get a wiggle on or they might find themselves a little furhter than the outer come eos '08 ?

If you look at Schtacker's list, skimming the top player off each of the sub-lists (besides the most recent one) would be a good start. From Wheatley down, they're the ones who are most likely to have the "why is your output so low?" question asked. I also believe guys like Whelan and Moloney are only one season dogged with injury away from the axe.