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Luke Jackson has undergone a 7 week body transformation by bodymajic in Perth in the lead up to the preseason.

The day I no longer have to listen to Dwayne Russell commentate will be a nice day

David King would like to see Melbourne push Christian Salem further up the ground. Salem has played 106 games for the Dees since being taken at pick nine in the 2013 National Draft, mostly across half back. King believes the skilful ball user could help solve Melbourne’s woes going forward, given they’re one of the least efficient sides in the competition kicking inside 50. “It’s a great call to get more out of him. How do you maximise your best talents? Where do you place them?” King told SEN Breakfast. “How do you get the ball in his hands as often as possible? I think you want your best kicks kicking the ball inside 50 and that’s been Melbourne’s problem, capitalising on inside 50 opportunities. “I think he has to be challenged to go to a wing or even half forward."

That mullet is putrid, I love it!

Look at his current location..... https://instagram.com/kobe__farmer?igshid=1klbozrnzs1x6

boy, they did wonders with his hair......great job

They can go into points deficit next year, which they won't care about because they have a kid coming through who's been touted as top 3, so their 1st round pick next year and maybe one of their 2nds is probably gone anyway. If a bid comes for McInnes before either 14 or 16, then there'd be no point in engaging with them, but if there's no bid before their first 2 picks the offering up 19 and 50 for their 1st next year become appealing.

"Dwayne Russell is a moron" - Nascent, 2020

Goldstein won the hit outs, but I thought Jacko did more around the ground. The question is not: will he make it as a ruck? The question should be: what else can he do to maximise his value? Personally I think we shouldn’t try to make him in to Grundy but rather aim for something like Goodes. Mid/forward/ruck utility. I’d have him spending time on the wing as well as forward and ruck this year.

The kid has just turned 19 FCS. Coincidentally, 19 is Dwayne's IQ.

Yet if he was at Geelong he would be future 5 time All Australian and 3 premierships. Derwayne plz.

I'm happy for him to remain at half back as the kick from D 50 is the most important kick in footy.

luke jackson's haircut is cooool

He looks so much stronger. I am no expert in muscles and fitness but he looks very sexy. Keep at it LJ, you can be the best player in the league if you want it.

But that is the point, he could be worse. Have you seen him play? Why are you saying he is a LOCK for us. If he is good, fair enough, but you don't draft players who aren't AFL standard, just because their fathers were good players. If that was the case, we would have 3 of Lyon's sons on the list for starters.

The key bullet points out of Steve O'Dwyer's victorious acceptance speech: 1) The chairman of the sponsor congratulated Melbourne Skipper "Mike" O'Dwyer. 2) In O'Dwyer's victorious speech he encouraged "all the single girls to get back to the York Hotel and we'll all have a chat" 3) The MC of the night Mike Williamson then proceeded to remark "Well spoken Strawbs" at the conclusion of O'Dwyer's victory speech. Ah 1989 - a little less PC than today.

Look . . . let's face it . . . DR is right. He won't make it as a ruckman. We'll have to settle for 600 career goals, three B&Fs, a Brownlow, three premierships and half a dozen AAs playing a Bernie Quinlan type role across half forward. He might get the occasional tap out to a running Tracktor, who slots it from 55 metres on the boundary into a five goal headwind, but it'll be a sheer fluke rather than skilled ruck craft. Dwayne reminds me of the Executive at Decca records in 1962 upon rejecting The Beatles . . . "we think guitar music is going out of style". Absolutely clueless (on a good day).

Wingmen mainly get the ball at half back. It's a furphy that wings deliver the ball inside 50. The wing isn't a precision ball use position either. Mostly it's about busting your backside getting in to space then moving the ball on safely often with long kicks. Half forward is the same. Gut running with the occasional hit up kick. Kozzie and Spargo are actually far better at that than most supporters give them credit. For Salem it's either half back or on ball. If we move him on ball then we're weaker at half back and even more congested on ball. I'm not against doing that. But we didn't make any moves in trade week to remove a midfielder and find a half back flanker. If we did Brayshaw or Viney out for Saad, Zac Williams etc in then Salem on ball would be a lock. We need to wait and see what we get from the draft, but the designated half back kicker is a vital position. We need more classy ball use on ball but I actually think if it's one of Rivers or Salem to move on ball I prefer Rivers.

Tom Scully has been unfairly maligned by the Dees faithful for long enough. I think it’s time to forgive and forget!

They might do 14 for 19 + 28 and gamble that McInnes doesn't come before 19 and that 28 will cover him.

The mo definitely adds to its awesomeness

Dwayne's assessment of Jackson's season in comparison to the rest of the draftees was daft. Firstly, questioning the selection by comparing his year to players selected above him (which we didn't have access to) and then talking up Ash, Stephens, and Flanders. I also think the argument that ruckman are the least important position on the ground is hard to fathom. Two of the best 10 players in the competition are ruckmen. In saying all that, I am not sure Jackson will ever be a first ruckman at AFL level due to his lack of size. 200cm is actually quite short for a ruckman these days. But he is so athletic that he can play almost any position. And it is possible that he becomes so good that we don't want to risk him in the ruck.

A lot of the mail the journos will be getting will be via player agents. Getting info along the lines of "this club home visited and interviewed my player yesterday or did a medical or visited the facility" - stuff like that. Obviously the clubs are interviewing multiple players and the clubs will have contingencies as well, so they could all possibly be right to some degree. Many of the clubs will have an idea who they will get at various spots, but for most picks its impossible for them to be certain. Some journos are guessing and will be wide of the mark as well and some may have really good inside contacts as well within clubs. Back in the day, Matt Burgan was very good with Melbourne mail as an example.

Could we offer Collingwood 28 and future second round for future first. Gives them points to cover the bid this year and some points for next year.

I did the same with us taking them 2 First Round prediction based on club needs and available players 1. Essendon trade 6 & 7 to Crows take Logan McDonald 2. Dogs match bid take Ugle Hagan 3. Roos - Elijah Hollands 4. Swans - Grainger Barrass 5. Hawks -Will Phillips 6. Suns - Archie Perkins 7. Crows - Riley Tilthorpe 8. Power match Crows bid for Lachie Jones 9. Crows - Tanner Bruhn 10. Essendon- Zac Reid 11. Crows - Braden Cook 12. Sydney match GWS bid for Braden Campbell 13. GWS - Oliver Henry 14 North - Nick Cox 15. Freo - Heath Chapman 16. Pies match GWS bid for Reef Mcinness 17. GWS - Tom Powell 18. Pies - Jackson Callow 19. GWS - Finlay Mcrae 20. Tigers - Bailey Laurie 21. Dees - Tom Carroll 22. Dees - Conor Stone 23. GWS - Matt Allison 24. Saints - Nathan O'Driscoll Hoping DOWNIE lasts to our 3rd pick

I’m impressed by the level of his commitment. I wonder how many other second year players have undergone a 7 week program like this. That’s also a very impressive mullet. A real throwback. Between LJ and BB we’ve got the rest of the league well and truly covered in terms of suave hairstyles!

This. I would only be interested if our recruiting team see him as a potential AFL player. If he is not up to the standard then let's not waste our time. I don't want him just on name alone.

I think his mullet is having a transformation too.

Ps this is a professional athlete, I keep banging on about it but NHL guys spend most off season preparing for next season (they do have shorter training camps), because they realise their skills/fitness/body are the tools they need to improve on every off season. Well done LJ.

As part of its draft discussion The Age says: "Sources suggest the Demons are looking to trade pick 28 for a future selection". Not sure why but I like the idea of extra draft currency in 2021. We need to take 3 draftees to reach the minimum 36 senior list players. Should we trade 28 it means we will use 50 (unless we split pick #19). So still a bit of water to go under the bridge.

I think its been well documented for a number of years now that Wiz has been living in Melbourne for the past 5 years..

Matt balmer has us taking Brayden Cook and Jack Carroll with his phantom draft. https://coupler.foxsports.com.au/api/v1/article/amp/afl/afl-draft-2020-afl-draft-afl-draft-order-phantom-draft-mock-draft-matt-balmer-top-draft-prospects-predictions-whispers-news/news-story/f7f474fb713ea7b1013a0163ce04d15e?__twitter_impression=true

I'm pretty sure we won in 1990 as well beating Essendon and West Coast in London? Would have to check but I'm pretty sure I have these on DVD somewhere (converted from VHS of course).

IF Kobe Farmer is currently in Melbourne training with the Demons with the draft just three days away... THEN You can lock it in that he will be drafted to the club his father 'The Wiz' is still revered at and played in a Grand Final for

Collingwood are in an interesting position, the have 14. 16, 65, 66, 68 They don't currently have 2020 points to pay for McInnes if a bid comes after their pick 16.

Today was the day for lodgement of the Final Draft Nomination Form and AFL Father-Son Bidding Nominations with the AFL. Therefore, if he’s coming aboard with us, we should know by tomorrow.

He's calling this after one (shortened) year where we have Max as our main ruckman so Jacko played mostly as a relief ruck? He also must have been watching something very different to me, as a 19 year old first year player he held his own at ruck contests which is about the most you could expect of someone at that age in that position. Around the ground he looks like he glides through the air, to me he doesn't play like a forward, he plays more like a midfielder/winger. Incidentally, Derwayne is also one of the most annoying voices involved in footy. I would not be disappointed if Fox Footy announce said he would not be commentating for them next year.

Close that WA border !!

Unless you walk into your Grandmas house.

Russell is the worst commentator in Australia. Jackson was great against Goldstein. Clueless comes to mind when I think of Russell

I don't mean to be rude but DerWaynes opinion has as much relevance as the 5hit on the bottom of my shoe.

Der-wayne is going to need a safe-word in a few years

Is it just me or does it seem like this years draft is a giant lottery? Obviously it always is but there seems to be about 30 names that could be a first rounder. Obviously there's a group in the top 5, and then after that there's about 20 names to fit into the next 10 and on it goes... Seems like it's not a bad year to have multiple picks in the top 30 (even with the academy / father son selections).... or (hopefully not for us) it could be a very even draft of low quality

I’m more confident now Derwahyne is saying that. He is the pits in all facets of the game. Was a poor footballer who’s commentary makes his footballing ability seem Ablett like.

DR asks the question "What do you want from your ruckman?" That's easy Dwayne. The answer is - Max Gawn. BTW I too have looked into my crystal ball, and I predict LJ will be an absolute star. ? Dwayne is full of the brown stuff.

Dwayne Russell. “Built like Tarzan and played like Jane”. He was projected himself as a superstar but was a bit of a dud. Can’t believe his opinion gets any credit. Jackson will be one of the most exciting players to watch in the next few years. He’s raw but you can see his energy. Perhaps the most athletic ruckman since Natanui/Grundy with his follow up work. My only knock on Jackson is “he is from WA” and the “go home” offers on big $$$ from the Eagles and Freo will come sooner rather than later.

There was no 2nd wave in QLD, WA, SA, TAS, ACT, NSW or NT and none of them ever had mandatory masks. Its a disgrace that Victorians are being forced to wear them.