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  1. 19 points
  2. Billy Stretch @billyjstretch Follow Absolutely stoked to officially be a demon! Thanks to everyone for the help and support. Can't wait to get into it! #myheartbeatstrue 11:18 AM - 6 Oct 2014
    15 points
  3. Adelaide bids for Billy Stretch and Melbourne has matched the bid with pick 39
    15 points
  4. Just announced. Phew. Never in doubt That was agonizing. @AFL_PKeane "AFL has advised melb FC that due to Hawthorn contract amount offer and players age, club is eligible for round 1 compensation pick."
    14 points
  5. I have it on good authority that stretch has already asked to be traded to Geelong.
    13 points
  6. Great first day of trading for us. Stretch at 3rd round and pick 3 in our pocket.
    12 points
  7. I for one am looking forward to Prince Harry breaking lines off half back for the Red and The Blue
    9 points
  8. have a cry Greg Swann and the idiot from St Kilda SUCK IT UP
    9 points
  9. It has been a long time. This thread was started about four Machsy aliases ago - by the original, no less.
    9 points
  10. 850k is probably not enough to get him to come here. I'd donate another 250k to the cause if it got him over the line. On a completely unrelated note, are there any armed robbery enthusiasts on here looking to join a crew?
    8 points
  11. All those who have spent the last few weeks feeling sorry for themselves and suffering badly from MFCSS need to have a good look in the mirror. Pick 3 was never in doubt and was set firmer in concrete when Freo put in excess of $600k over 6/7 years on the table, forcing the hand of the other clubs wanting him Time to realise not all is doom and gloom, toughen up and play our part in setting the new culture as a club
    8 points
  12. Well I reckon they've left out some punctuation in this : Frawley leaves Dees for premiers....... probably supposed to be ... Frawley leaves. Dees for Premiers !!!
    8 points
  13. Well that's pretty much the end of the MFC if that happens. Not even exaggerating. If our captain and 3 times B&F winner walks out to Collingwood, we may as well stop trying to keep our list together.
    8 points
  14. Okay Hawthorn work experience kid, NOW you can put up the video.
    8 points
  15. We have placed a bid on Isaac Heeney wth pick 2. Swans have matched that pick.
    8 points
  16. One thing I'd throw in to all this - I bet there are a few at Essendon now wishing they'd had a couple of HL's in the change rooms asking the odd question rather than just toeing the company line.
    8 points
  17. I saw it, and have thoroughly failed to understand why it's got people in to such a spin.
    8 points
  18. I heard that we spent that money on a desk
    7 points
  19. I’ll add my few cents…possibly probably a bit self-indulgent but hopefully that can be excused for an occasional poster in these circumstances. My dad started taking me to the footy in about 1981 when I was 10 and my sister was 8. From that time on we went to nearly all the home games at the ‘G, often to Waverly Arctic Park, and then as we got older to more and more of the enemy territories (Moorabin, Western Oval including that game in ‘87, and the Junction). So I was fortunate enough to see Robbie play a lot, and he was my hero from Day 1. I think I’ve taken for granted how often I got to see him play, and reading the responses here from the younger members makes me appreciate it more. We lived on the Mornington Peninsula but my dad was originally a Murrumbeena boy and when he was 21/22 and playing for Murrumbeena 1s he also coached the Murrumbeena Districts under 11s, featuring none other than R. Flower. I live in country NSW now but was visiting my folks this past week while the kids were on school holidays so we did a lot of reminiscing and also a lot of rummaging around in my old bedroom, and this was in the cupboard. It’s hard to see (camera photo) but there are two signatures on the number two: Flower and Barassi. Believe it or not in the pocket was a ticket (booked through Bass!) for the 13th of September 1987 (the flogging of the Swans). After more digging around we also uncovered the poster that adorned my wall from the mid-80s until I left home (longer really, as I kept coming home to play cricket on weekends, so it remained on display in my room). Dad has more stuff, a picture of the U11s side, the gift they gave him as coach, a three page fax from Robbie that Paul O’Brien (who taught with dad ) organised when dad finally gave up the teaching game. Memorabilia aside, my memories of Robbie the footballer are inclined towards hero-worship, no matter what happened he could do no wrong. Watching the old youtube stuff shows things I’d forgotten, or possibly never appreciated, how quick he was, how he routinely made would-be tacklers look silly, how his kicks were low and very penetrating. It’s horribly sad and my heart goes out to his family. To complete the loop a little, for me anyway, when I was at Uni I ended up living in Murrumbeena and although I’d been playing Rugby Union while at Uni (more as a drinking exercise than physical exercise) I had a crack at footy for one year because I knew I was moving overseas the next. I played at the ‘Beena, 15-16 very undistinguished games in the Magoos as a ‘determined backman’. Great fun, made great friends and was proud as punch to play at the same club as my dad.
    7 points
  20. Confirmed on MFC website. Out: Frawley, pick 39 In: Pick 3, Billy Stretch Not a bad first day of the trade period
    7 points
  21. Lets not [censored] it up for a change.
    7 points
  22. Collingscum beat up Nathan's dad, won't be happening. Plus if it does I'm done with this game, not even joking.
    7 points
  23. Frawley: Frah-Li. Rhymes with 'creepy crawley. Small insect that claims to have red and blue blood and a heart that beats true. On further inspection has no stomach, brain or ability to lead and requires a yellow and brown anus to closely follow otherwise would lose itself and curl up like a slater. Cashturnal: only seen at contract time.
    6 points
  24. And the Bulldogs' recruiters sphincters just tightened somewhat...
    6 points
  25. "He is a team-orientated person who has got great character and excellent values." Only if your team is in a premiership window it seems.
    6 points
  26. I think it was just Roos making sure the Swans didn't get away with murder. Pick 19 downgrades it to manslaughter.
    6 points
  27. Paul Kelly has been asked to sing at the funeral.
    6 points
  28. Apologies for the quip BB but I couldn't resist it. I get your point about him being rated by the competition at 29 but I think we got a better player than that figure suggests anyway. I have a feeling that there might be an element of reluctance about some clubs wasting their time bidding for him anywhere below 29 and above Melbourne's second round selection. A pick at around 22ish would have been fair value for him and I'm happy we ended up with 39 which is now around 41 with the FA picks factored in. I think he's better than Jay Kennedy-Harris who went at around there last year. I've watched him this year through training with us early in the year as an AIS scholarship holder (along with Angus Brayshaw), the National Under 18 championships where he gained All Australian selection and then the rapid improvement he made at Glenelg (through the statistics available). He's an 18 year old who is regularly getting possession numbers in the 20's and rising up to the high 20's at SANFL level and from the vision of him, he's building up quite nicely. Then those Draft Combine results had me concerned that he would cost us a second rounder (two of the three most respected internet draft experts I quoted on another thread agree). I expect that we won't see too much of him at Melbourne next year - half a dozen games will suffice - but on what I've seen of him there's blue sky aplenty with him.
    5 points
  29. They're going nuts on BF, of course I'm not helping
    5 points
  30. 5 points
  31. 5 points
  32. People are missing the point here. If Danger asks for a trade he WILL most likely be traded. It isnt up to Adelaide to offer him up - its up to the player asking if he can be convinced its worth it - like an offer that could set him and his family up for life.
    5 points
  33. 5 points
  34. Roos has made it clear he would not use pick 2 & 3 on Danger. He said it was overs and compared this with the Judd trade. I am sure we have the best offer on the table, but I am also sure it is not 2 & 3.
    5 points
  35. Just told by someone with a paternal relationship to a current player that Dangerfield possibility is still very much alive.
    5 points
  36. As many have already alluded to.....people that want to be part of our club and take it forward.
    5 points
  37. No, the competition thinks he is a second rounder, hence the second round pick bid.
    5 points
  38. It really is the best time of the year. It's a time full of hope and promises. It's a time before our souls are crushed and our dreams are shattered. Welcome to Demonland.
    5 points
  39. Stoked. We get Stretch without compromising our position at the trade table. Excellent way to begin my favourite period of the year. Welcome Billy!
    5 points
  40. Good to see the shoulder sling hasn't affected Bernie's ability to lift a beer glass
    5 points
  41. Evidence that Roosy doesn't give a toss what Rohan Welsh thinks.
    5 points
  42. Haven't spoke to pat for a while, however last night I was lucky enough to run into some other mutual friends. Namely Bernie Vince. It's not a dead deal yet. We have offered him a deal to set him up for life and he is mulling over it. Dont expect any news for a week.
    5 points
  43. And may he never experience any success whatsoever.
    4 points
  44. He spoke about the club he is being kicked out of too... He was also accepting a personal award at the time. I think he can be forgiven for talking about himself and his motivations in his acceptance speech.
    4 points
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