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As a fairly regular observer at Gosch's training (and a very occasional DL contributor), I've recently moved to Italy and am even more appreciative of the training reports. This current crop is exceptional and the fact that they aren't tainted by the petty vitriol that would often emerge in the past is an added bonus. Thanks lads.

And taller than his height, not to mention stronger than his strength, as well as as quicker than his pace.

It's almost lazy to just disregard the jumper as JUST A JUMPER, exsuse the pun but it is the fabric of our club and brand I could not think of a better way to dilute the brand than to constantly introduce new jumpers and colours. Think about some clubs with iconic kits The Yankees - pinstrip The Raiders - siliver and back Real Madrid - there logo hasn't change since 1908 The all backs - back white fern The Chicago Bulls if you want your club to be a icon first the jumper must be.

He looks more like his dad than his dad does.

The coming week is going to be big for the Casey ? Scorpions with the AFL National and Rookie Drafts likely to claim as many as three players - Declan Keilty, Tim Smith and Oscar McInerney. That hasn't prevented the Scorpions from moving ahead with their recruiting plans for next year and beyond. The club has recruited Noble Park midfielder and 2016 Eastern Football League Young Gun winner Ben Giobbi whose brother Andrew played with Frankston until the Dolphins were dumped from the VFL due to their financial crisis.

Yes ... we saw Joel Smith play what was probably his best game for the Scorpions in the Preliminary Final but that was one out of the box. For the most part, his season was a learning experience and his form was patchy but I doubt that the club expected anything less from a young bloke making the transition from one sport to another. The good news is that he appears to have come back in great shape which gives him the best possible chance of breaking into the team. Thankfully, the club has at last started to invest in the potential of Category B recruits. Perhaps, we might try out an Irish player again.

Gotta hand it to Wattsy. Changes his hair colour and it ends up as an article in the Hun and Patrick Dangerfield tweeting about it. The bleach blonde looks seems to be coming back into vogue for some reason. A few of the EPL players are doing it. It looks absurd to me but if he's playing well then he can wear a purple wig with silver highlights for all I care. These reports on Brayshaw have me excited. His highlights package when we drafted him remains the best I've seen. Talent to burn. Can't wait to see what he can produce next year.

Half as good as Howe? Yuck.

I think that's the biggest thing we've got to look forward to next year, the fact that there are very few players we'll be disappointed to see out there. 5-6 years ago I reckon there were 15 blokes on the list who'd frustrate the hell out of you and you'd be annoyed to see them picked on the weekend, now there are barely any. Credit to all involved in the footy department.

Red option plus a royal blue option would cover all bases - can't think of any team we would go close to "clashing" with if we had these two plus our home jumper to choose from. West Coast have done a similar thing for 2017.

why would you ever play a Home game in the white jumper...irrespective of where ?

Just remembered on a note about Mitch King, knee recovery progressing well, had him doing half a dozen set shots from 40 out on 45 degree angle, all through the goal post high

So did Jordan Lewis turn up or does he get another week or two off because he played a couple of finals for that shitty club he used to play for?

That is a significantly bigger Joel Smith. Wow!!

THE SMOKEY (NUMBER 69) by Whispering Jack I did my best, it wasn't much and though I hoped the AFL would do something to help out (by penalising GWS a draft pick or two for its role in the Lachie Whitfield affair - predictably a forlorn hope), in the end I had to write something about Melbourne's second pick in next week's AFL draft at number 69. It would be fair to say that the history of the selection is not particularly encouraging. The passing parade of players picked at 69 reads like this - 2006 - Ben Warren (Kangaroos) 2007 - Kepler Bradley (Essendon) 2008 - Bart McCulloch (Brisbane Lions) 2009 - Taylor Duryea (Hawthorn) 2010 - Cameron Delaney (North Melbourne) 2011 - Mitchell Golby (Brisbane Lions rookie upgrade) 2012 - Mark Hutchings (West Coast) 2013 - Pass (Sydney Swans) 2014 - Logan Austin (Port Adelaide) 2015 - Wylie Buzza (Geelong) Looking back over the past decade gives the impression of a boulevard of broken promise; a number of hopefuls including one upgraded rookie who never quite made it and in 2013, the Swans provided the selection with its ultimate humiliation by turning up their noses and giving it a pass. There always has to be an exception to the rule and typically, the beneficiary of the exception was Hawthorn in 2009 when it selected Taylor Duryea who has gone on to play in two AFL premiership teams (2014 & 15). And just to show that the Hawks have the Midas touch when it comes to recruiting, they used the next pick at 70 in that draft on another dual premiership player in Matt Suckling who was picked up by the Bulldogs as a free agent last year and was unlucky to miss out on a third flag early last month. So there is a glimmer of hope that the number 69 will produce a miracle and perhaps even a repeat of history - not just the Duryea selection but also that of Melbourne's Jayden Hunt who was snapped up in the 2013 draft at number 57. Hunt had not played TAC Cup but rather, was spotted playing for his school, Brighton Grammar in an APS game. There's a similar story brewing about another APS footballer, athletic St Kevins College student 18 year old Oliver Hanrahan (183cm 74kg) who had a superb season at schoolboy level. The lightly built Hanrahan is a lively half forward who can push into the midfield and hits the scoreboard. Like Hunt, young Ollie didn't play TAC Cup but he would have been noticed by scouts who came along to look at other prospects in schoolboy games. Highly rated draft prospect Tim Taranto from the Sandringham Dragons (where a number of Hunt's schoolmates played) also attends St Kevins. Hanrahan was superb in the APS v AGSV representative match and his performance left a few clubs including Melbourne wanting a further look at him - Hawks eye forward with late pick He was good enough to gain selection in the AFL Young Guns game in September and just as Jayden Hunt did in the same match three years ago, he put in a strong game and the rest is now history. AFL Draft Central's Matt Balmer had Ollie going at 70 in his recent Phantom Draft so it's not outside the bounds of possibility that he might end up with the Demons. Inside Football's 2016 AFL Draft edition produced this pen picture Oliver Hanrahan 27/8/1998 Ht: 183cm Wt: 74kg St Kevins "Ollie played school footy this year mostly across half forward but went through midfield towards the end of the year. He has great athletic ability and ability to keep feet. He is a good kick, smart-decision maker, quick over ten metres and deceptively strong overhead. He needs to improve his tank to go the next level but he concentrated on his cricket over summer and at school so he was a bit behind at the start of pre-season." - St Kevins College Coach Paul O'Brien. He's my smokey for 2016. * if you thought the opening words of this piece sound familiar they come from songwriter and poet Leonard Cohen, a favourite of mine, who passed away last week and a great inspiration.

Also hard to build our membership numbers up or bring in a new wave of primary school kids when we have multiple jumpers. When I went to school ( in our halcyon years), most kids wore one of two jumpers, "black and white" or "red and blue"! Bit hard to hand your old jumpers on to the next generation when they don't recognise them!

Are you blokes serious. Watching the draft? You must have something better to do! Life is very short. Improve your mind, look up friends, spend time with mistress or family. Death is just around the corner.

I'm not so sure that it was one out of the box. I saw him early in the season and was very impressed with his attributes but he struggled to find the ball. At the end of the season he was getting involved much more and still doing good things. His preliminary final was good but not a standout compared to some of his later games after he recovered from his groin injury in the middle of the season. I've heard from some sources inside the club he was seriously considered for a debut in the last two rounds of the AFL season so I think your estimation of him is off target. This kid has it all IMO. He has pace, he's got good hands, he attacks the ball very hard, he's agile, has a really good leap that allows him to play taller than he is and is a natural looking kick. He is learning to find the ball and he is learning where to kick it and how to make good decisions. Once he's got these things bedded down he will make an impact at AFL level. One thing I don't know about is his tank. To those that have been to training this year, how is he going in the running? Keeping up or struggling? I think it's safe to be very bullish about this kid. Oh, and BBP, I agree with you that Howe gets a terrible rap here. He's a very serviceable back that provides the ability to spoil and is a good kick. I'm not sure what our exact trade was for Howe as it seemed to be mixed up with Toump and Kennedy and a few picks but so far I think Collingwood would be very pleased with the outcome. Having said that he plays a position we have ample resources for and I don't think we are suffering not having him. But credit where credit is due, he's a very good footballer and the Pies got a good deal.

Umm Howe is a quality player who is/was chronically under valued around here as a 3rd/4th intercept defender. He had a very good season at Collingwood as that defender and finished in their top 5 in the B and F. We all thought he was a 3rd/4th forward but he was crap in that position and as a result became maligned. I believe we would've been better a side with Howe in 2016 in our back 6. Sounds like Smith could be a Jeremy Howe type defender with his leap and ability to take a mark.

Spot on even if one doesn't agree entirely with his rankings. I like his thoroughness and he's very close to the mark in his assessments of those players who I have seen play either in person or on replays of Natuonal Under 18 championship games I've seen on Foxtel. For those who think our # 1 priority is a developing young ruckman, Quigley's pick 50 sounds a reasonable option.

it's only a maybe. let's hope it's a no-way. send sen an email expressing your disgust

Thanks WW , Saty and all other posters great reports greatly appreciated along with the sharp wits, reading this at work and people asking why I am laughing (to hard to explain Lol!!).

Oscar looks like he is starting to build up to a good size. Anyone from those there today note the same?

Brayshaw looks set for a huge year if the start of pre season is anything to go by, showed up in fantastic shape, running extremely well, looks clean and sharp, i reckon he could really bounce back strongly this year.

I was determined to keep mine, but unfortunately determination just isn't enough.

Lots of goalkicking, on the run and snapshots happening now Watts, Vince and Oscar walk to the van JKH doing laps at a good pace. Ollie still sitting on his butt close to the main group I'm signing off now. Cheers

Full oval kicking to lead and running on at top pace now. A lot to like here. The skip is tearing it up. Bernie is fit and chomping the bit. ANB gets a crack at a full preseason. Petracca urges them on from the sidelines. Ollie might be low on middle distance stuff but he remains very high with the ball in his sights!

Darcy Cameron has become a forward who can rotate through the ruck since his draft year. He was very 1 dimensional prior to missing out in his draft year and has worked very hard on his one on one contested marking to become that big forward. Meth Coast and Freo will be looking at him with picks 40 & 54. I am not sure he will be available at pick 47 and I am not sure if he is that we should use this pick on him, given the fact this draft seems to run very deep and I really like Zac Fisher, Luke Strnadica & Liam Baker as WA boys who may be available with this pick. Jeremy Goddard is another ruck from WA who was the main ruck option for WA in this years championships. He was very good at centre clearances and around the ground as a pure ruckman, he doesn't have the upside that English has with regard to foot skills and mobility nor does he impact greatly with regard to contested marking for a boy of his size. Goddard is a very big boy and probably needs to do a fair bit of work on his tank and fitness to impact around the ground but he is potentially a very good long term target if given time to develop. I am sure the FD will be all over exactly what they are looking for with regard to a Ruckman or a Forward ruck and they will have plenty of options

I'm absolutely sick of it. It's bullying. It derails threads. There is going to be a no tolerance policy about it. I'm not going to be playing favourites about it either. If I see it or it is brought to my attention and espcially if it's from one of you usual suspects, and you know who you are, then you are gone. It might be a week, it might be a month, it might be a year, it might be forever. I do not like to do this and I hate that it has come to this but for some of you your time on Demonland is almost up. Last warning for everyone. Play nice. Play the ball and not the man. If you don't like a poster or his/her opinions then scroll past their posts or use the ignore feature. If you continually bait certain posters you will be banned. No more warnings. If you continually abuse certain posters you will be banned. No more warnings. If you derails threads you will be banned. No more warnings. I might miss things and it might seem unfair that this one gets dealt an unfair hand well that's just bad luck. If you don't do the crime, you won't do the time. I'm building a wall around Demonland and the Richmond fan forum is going to pay for it. Last warning starts now. THESE ARE EXCITING TIMES AHEAD FOR OUR CLUB. IT WILL BE A SHAME IF YOU ARE NOT HERE TO PARTICIPATE.

There are definitely two seperate issues being debated here, the issue of the design and the issue of whether it's even necessary. I don't subscribe to the idea that's it's necessary but at the same time I'm enough of a realist to know that this is something the AFL want and I also see there being potential marketing and sales opportunities for the clash guernsey. So I don't have issue with us having a clash strip or the AFL having a policy for clash guernseys. I wish they wouldn't have to be all white but I think GC is one team that we are supposed to clash with so all red is unrealistic vs them. My only issue is with the current, and in my opinion lazy design of this latest top. In the correspondence between Rodney and the club they mention that this design allowed for more Red and Blue with a predominantly white strip. I would be very interested to see if this was pointed to from the start when they put forward this idea to the club. Because honestly I don't see that. I see a logo slapped onto a plain white background. As many have alluded to it's the sort of thing you would see in the cheap markets of Bali & Thailand. In an age where fan/social media engagement is massive I can't believe that the club could miss such an obvious opportunity to give the fans a chance to shape the image of the club. Have a design competition + fan vote + free signed clash guernsey at the end to someone who picks the winner and you've got blatant easy marketing. Add a plug on Triple M and/or SEN and it would take off. As many have pointed to, I don't think this is an issue the club really cares about.

The MFC need to stick fat to our history. Its OURS . The league sell out everything and everyone who have no sway The simple stance is to say enough. Play is a reasonable away strip that suits us ONLY when real clash exists otherwise don the red and blue. Make a stand Dees AFL has shown it crumbles. Theyre weak as plss

Hard to play for a jumper if it has no identity.

The threats worked. All has gone quiet. The AFL has issued its final draft order and GWS will in all likelihood, not lose any draft picks. The AFL has swung another wet lettuce in the direction of the Giants who will draft and pay the Ferryman Perryman.

With the greatest respect Saty, l disagree! To me it is an essential component of rebuilding a strong culture that we have one (1) easily identifiable jumper! Peter Jackson and Paul Roos have started the culture-rebuilding process but a strong identity is the next step. Not only should people see images of Jones, Watts, Viney, Gawn, Hogan, (Daisy) Pearce et al and immediately think Melbourne FC but they should not have to contend with a constant parade of (alternate) jumpers for away games, etc. Collingwood have managed the jumper side but none of their players are as readily identifiable as the Melbourne players I just mentioned so we are making some headway. The ultimate success will be when people see an image of the MCG and immediately think Melbourne Football Club! Go Dees!

I did my best, it wasn't much and though I hoped the AFL would do something to help out (by penalising GWS a draft pick or two for its role in the Lachie Whitfield affair - predictably a forlorn hope), in the end I had to write something about Melbourne's second pick in next week's AFL draft at number 69. It would be fair to say that the history of the selection is not particularly encouraging. The passing parade of players picked at 69 reads like this - 2006 - Ben Warren (Kangaroos) 2007 - Kepler Bradley (Essendon) 2008 - Bart McCulloch (Brisbane Lions) 2009 - Taylor Duryea (Hawthorn) 2010 - Cameron Delaney (North Melbourne) 2011 - Mitchell Golby (Brisbane Lions rookie upgrade) 2012 - Mark Hutchings (West Coast) 2013 - Pass (Sydney Swans) 2014 - Logan Austin (Port Adelaide) 2015 - Wylie Buzza (Geelong) Looking back over the past decade gives the impression of a boulevard of broken promise; a number of hopefuls including one upgraded rookie who never quite made it and in 2013, the Swans provided the selection with its ultimate humiliation by turning up their noses and giving it a pass. There always has to be an exception to the rule and typically, the beneficiary of the exception was Hawthorn in 2009 when it selected Taylor Duryea who has gone on to play in two AFL premiership teams (2014 & 15). And just to show that the Hawks have the Midas touch when it comes to recruiting, they used the next pick at 70 in that draft on another dual premiership player in Matt Suckling who was picked up by the Bulldogs as a free agent last year and was unlucky to miss out on a third flag early last month. So there is a glimmer of hope that the number 69 will produce a miracle and perhaps even a repeat of history - not just the Duryea selection but also that of Melbourne's Jayden Hunt who was snapped up in the 2013 draft at number 57. Hunt had not played TAC Cup but rather, was spotted playing for his school, Brighton Grammar in an APS game. There's a similar story brewing about another APS footballer, athletic St Kevins College student 18 year old Oliver Hanrahan (183cm 74kg) who had a superb season at schoolboy level. The lightly built Hanrahan is a lively half forward who can push into the midfield and hits the scoreboard. Like Hunt, young Ollie didn't play TAC Cup but he would have been noticed by scouts who came along to look at other prospects in schoolboy games. Highly rated draft prospect Tim Taranto from the Sandringham Dragons (where a number of Hunt's schoolmates played) also attends St Kevins. Hanrahan was superb in the APS v AGSV representative match and his performance left a few clubs including Melbourne wanting a further look at him - Hawks eye forward with late pick. He was good enough to gain selection in the AFL Young Guns game in September and just as Jayden Hunt did in the same match three years ago, he put in a strong game and the rest is now history. AFL Draft Central's Matt Balmer had Ollie going at 70 in his recent Phantom Draft so it's not outside the bounds of possibility that he might end up with the Demons. Inside Football's 2016 AFL Draft edition produced this pen picture Oliver Hanrahan 27/8/1998 Ht: 183cm Wt: 74kg St Kevins "Ollie played school footy this year mostly across half forward but went through midfield towards the end of the year. He has great athletic ability and ability to keep feet. He is a good kick, smart-decision maker, quick over ten metres and deceptively strong overhead. He needs to improve his tank to go the next level but he concentrated on his cricket over summer and at school so he was a bit behind at the start of pre-season." - St Kevins College Coach Paul O'Brien. He's my smokey for 2016. * if you thought the opening words of this piece sound familiar they come from songwriter and poet Leonard Cohen, a favourite of mine, who passed away last week and a great inspiration.

He's back with James Tird. I won't be watching.

Dave Colbert went really hard on SEN This morning concerning Jab and his 2012 AA Status being allowed. Great Radio We are not alone!!

First time I've noticed the grooves being broadcast from the boundary during training... nice upbeat atmosphere wafting across the Paddock

I think we can safely assume that this expert from over the oceans will not appear. Can you imagine the conversation? "I need you to testify on my behalf" "Okayyyyyy .... who will pay my expenses?" "The other side." "Why should they pay for your witness?" "Oh, they will pay ... (manic snicker) ... believe me ... everyone will pay ..." "I heard you're out of money" "I will be rolling in cash soon. After I reveal the truth" "You haven't told the truth to date?" "Of course I have ... at some sportsmen's nights ... but soon I will reveal the truth in the appropriate forum ... and I will be vindicated! A ha ha ha ! A ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!" click ... buzz ...

That is not the word I would use. Take your pick of illogical, discracefull or challenge to "the integrity of the competition" - MFC/AFL words, see below response from MFC. This is one of the prime reasons I hate last years and similarly this years clash jumpers with a passion - they look like some bad love child of a St Kilda and Carlton jumper and I don't recognise it as being a MFC jumper. My email and response from the club below: From: Melbourne Football Club <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>Date: 16 November 2016 3:32:28 pm AESTTo: Subject: RE: White Clash Jumpers are Not MFC Thanks for taking the time to contact the Melbourne Football Club. It is the Club's strong preference to wear our home guernsey all of the time however the AFL require all clubs to have a clash strip for when we play teams with similar colours to our own. The reasons for this are quality of broadcast - ease of the viewer to tell the teams apart when watching on television and, the integrity of the competition in terms of players being able to easily tell the opposition players apart from team mates in a contest. The broader debate around the use of clash guernseys is an industry wide issue. For reasons of history and tradition, all Club's would choose to wear their home guernsey at all times but the AFL, as the governing body, has determined for reasons such as clarity for television viewers and player confusion during play etc that clash guernseys are a required part of the game. We have tried a number of designs that don't include white but none of those designs reduce the clash issues with all the teams the AFL determine us to clash with. The bottom line is, some Club's uniforms, like ours, Fremantle, Western Bulldogs, St Kilda, West Coast etc are perceived to clash with more Clubs than others. Clubs like Collingwood and the Swans hardly have any issues with clash. When we are the home Club we will always wear our home Guernsey but as the away Club there are occasions when the AFL will require us to wear the clash guernsey. In 2017 we will be required to wear our clash guernsey 5 times, and potentially a sixth. We will look to work with the AFL to determine if our home guernsey can be worn when we play against St Kilda as the away team in Round 1. In 2015 we had an additional clash option, a predominantly red clash guernsey. This guernsey was only worn twice during that season. As our guernseys need to be approved by the AFL before proceeding to production in May/June the year prior to the season they are to be worn, without a fixture it is impossible to determine if in fact we could wear a clash guernsey that isn't predominantly white. For the past two season we have kept a similar design. The 2017 design has allowed us to include more red and blue whilst remaining predominantly white. We will continue to have discussions with the AFL about our clash guernsey options during the design process for 2018 in the first half of 2017. Thank you for your feedback and ongoing support it is greatly appreciated. Melbourne Football Club T: (03) 9652 1111 | melbournefc.com.au<http://melbournefc.com.au> Melbourne Football Club, Great Southern Stand, MCG, PO Box 254, East Melbourne, Vic 8002 -----Original Message----- From: Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2016 4:06 PM To: Melbourne Football Club Subject: White Clash Jumpers are Not MFC Jumpers To whom it may concern, I have been a MFC member for the past 30 years, having recently renewed my membership again around 2010, a period in which the club saw little success. I am writing to express my extreme dissatisfaction with MFC playing jumpers that feature a predominance of white. Jumpers featuring a majority of white are not identifiable as a Melbourne Football Club jumper and I have high confidence that the vast majority of Melbourne Football Club members and supporters have the same view. Every heart beats true for the RED and BLUE, not Red, Blue and White - that is the Western Bulldogs. I understand that this issue is somewhat driven by relatively contemporary AFL requirements. However these requirements are not applied universally as Essendon and Richmond featured clash jumpers without a predominance of white. I am tired of the club rolling over on this issue, meaning that we watch our team play in putrid playing jumpers for a significant number of games over the past ten or so years. It is time that the club acted on the interests of it's members and refuse to bow to the AFL's white clash jumper policy. Sincerely,

Disturbing image. Do the three of you fit?

That's right! Muck up this thread with a perfectly sensible suggestion! Stone him, I say!!

Don't you mean 'back up on the fence' where he likes to sit

Would have to be too far down the depth chart across a few positions at MFC (considering you need to play youngsters to develop them). Better off taking pick 60+ to the draft. Certainly not worthy of any de-listing anyone currently on the main list.

Many long years ago, I recall hearing of someone caught doing something similar, and the sentence was to spend a certain number of Saturday evenings in the casualty section of a big hospital like the Alfred, just to observe the number of cricically injured people who came in as the result of car collisions. It had a very strong effect on the offender.

This news is just so exciting I will have difficulty sleeping tonight. Yawn.

Oh God here we go again. We have to have a basic white and this is ok at least it says MFC. When the team wins 14 games in 2017 I won't care what they are wearing.

Hard for me to make too much comment on Cameron as I haven’t seen him since he was draft age a few years back (2013?). I understand he spent more time forward in the WAFL this year and added goal kicking to his CV. Ruck forwards are a somewhat rare commodity, so I think he’s a good shot to be drafted this time around and clubs in need could take a punt from around the third round onwards. He may have covered this in ‘Angry's’ thread on Cameron, but @Pennant St Dee would probably be able to give us more on Cameron as our WA based draft watcher. I hope we don’t jump too early for needs sake, as I think there’ll still be a good amount of talent available at 47. The best available ruck options (both mature age under 18) are all likely to need time to develop at Casey, so comfortable with taking whomever gets through to our pick in the 60’s. McInerney wouldn’t be a bad option, but I’ve liked the look of Peter Ladhams from South Australia. He has a fair bit of talent, but apparently some off field issues had recruiters questioning attitude. He appears to be trying very hard to change minds, and could be a value pick. Ratugolea from Murray is an exciting athlete, but is very raw and unlikely to ruck full time at the next level (mainly due to his height which I think is only mid 190’s), but I can see clubs taking a punt. Draftable late as a forward ruck. Rowan Marshall is one I’d be happy to take as a mature ager. Has shown a fair amount of development over the last year or so and has shown ability in key posts at both ends of the ground. His mobility is quite good, so his versatility might give us some cover and depth in multiple areas of the ground. Max Lynch from Murray/GWS Academy is the other one who has shown flashes up forward as a ruck, but is very raw. IMO 47 is too high for all of those guys. Think it was wise list management to retain Cam Pedersen as a fwd ruck, as I get the feeling whichever ruck we pick up in the draft period probably won't play much at AFL level in 2017.

Yes most Phantoms are not up to date but they are mostly well informed. Knightmare is the best but Chris25 has some cred. Mfc unlikely to grab Willie Rioli. We are ok for small forwards. Should grab either Liam Ryan (Subiaco) at 47 or alternatively Daniel Allsop in rookie draft if the brains trust wanted another small fwd.

Chris25 has just released the third round of his phantom draft and Melbourne's first pick which was supposed to be 47 is actually at 49 on his analysis. It's an interesting selection:- Third Round 43. Essendon - Jack Graham (183cm, 83kg midfielder from North Adelaide) 44. Geelong - Mitch McCarthy (196cm, 87kg forward/defender from Dandenong Stingrays) 45. Adelaide - Brandon Parfitt (179cm, 78kg midfielder from NT Thunder) 46. Collingwood bid on Zac Sproule (GWS Giants Academy*) Bid matched. 46. GWS Giants - Zac Sproule (197cm, 84kg defender/forward from Murray Bushrangers) 47. Collingwood - Jack Maibaum (193cm, 90kg defender from Eastern Ranges) 48. Sydney Swans - Max Lynch (200cm, 96kg ruckman from Murray Bushrangers) 49. Melbourne - Willie Rioli Jnr (177cm, 75kg forward from Glenelg) AFL Comparison: Daniel Rioli (Richmond) He's a 21 year old now, but some might remember him from his draft year playing for the NT. He was generally considered one of the most talented kids in the whole draft pool, the only problem was that he couldn't run and weighed well above 90kg. The way he's changed his body shape and fitness level is a credit to him, and he can now push up into the midfield. But his goal sense is absolutely elite, I think he could play next season and win games off his own boot in a matter of minutes. 50 Carlton bid on Isaac Cumming (GWS Giants Academy*) Bid matched. 50. GWS Giants - Isaac Cumming (183cm, 74kg midfielder from North Adelaide/GWS) 51. Carlton - Louis Cunningham (181cm, 77kg midfielder from Oakleigh Chargers) 52. Sydney Swans - Ben Davis (187cm, 84kg forward/defender from UNSW) 53. Western Bulldogs - Ben Long (183cm, 71kg forward/defender from NT Thunder/Footscray) 54. Collingwood - Elliot Himmelberg (196cm, 89kg defender from Redlands) 55. Adelaide - Lachlan Cameron (192cm, 88kg defender from West Adelaide) 56. Richmond - Willem Drew (188cm, 78kg midfielder from North Ballarat Rebels)