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And a few seconds of footage at the end of this report too.

Some vision from training in this news report.

"FOR THE third consecutive year, Melbourne Football Club has announced a strong financial result, returning an operating profit of $2.2m for the year ended 31 October 2023. The Club has also generated an additional one off $900k in fundraising proceeds for the purpose of upgrading current training and administration facilities. These proceeds added to the operating profit, create a statutory profit of $3.1m."

Interesting article with stats about the Go-Home Factor. What can AFL fans actually expect from first-round draftees?

He was not available. However Daniel Curtin was.

MELBOURNE Picks (at start of the draft): 6, 11, 42 Selections: Caleb Windsor (7), Koltyn Tholstrup (13) This is the ultimate ‘drafting for the present’. They know what their problem is – forward 50 entries and scoreboard conversion – and tried to fix it with their two selections. Caleb Windsor is an exciting winger and one of the most penetrating inside-50 kick in the draft class, while Koltyn Tholstrup is a high score involvement half-forward. If they can slot straight into Simon Goodwin’s line-up and play those roles, this could be a huge win, because the Demons’ premiership window is clearly open right now. And it’s not only about the present, because these two could be good for a while. But the risk when you draft for need, rather than picking the best available, is that you reach. Windsor was a slight reach at Pick 7 on pure talent — though someone would’ve taken him right after the Dees’ pick if they ignored him, which speaks to the lack of top-end prospects in this class. Grade: B ALL TEAMS GRADINGS: ADELAIDE CROWS: A- BRISBANE LIONS: C CARLTON: C+ COLLINGWOOD: B- ESSENDON: A- FREMANTLE: B- GEELONG: B GOLD COAST SUNS: A GWS GIANTS: C+ HAWTHORN: B MELBOURNE: B NORTH MELBOURNE: A- PORT ADELAIDE: C+ RICHMOND: C- ST KILDA: B+ SYDNEY SWANS: C+ WEST COAST EAGLES: B- WESTERN BULLDOGS: B

The 2023 Pre-Season Draft will commence at 3:00pm with the Rookie Draft following at 3:20pm. From afl.com.au AFTER 64 players achieved their dreams of joining an AFL club at the 2023 AFL Draft this week, a handful of clubs will add more players to their lists today in the 2023 Pre-Season and Rookie Drafts. A total of 27 players were picked up in last year's Rookie Draft, which clubs often use as a list management mechanism to move players around their lists. Much like previous years, the bulk of the rookie selections today are expected to be players who have been recently delisted, but whose clubs have already committing to re-drafting them as rookies. Sydney's Sam Reid, Hawthorn's Chad Wingard and Melbourne's Jake Melksham, who are all on the comeback trail from serious injuries suffered in 2023, are expected to be among this group. But will there be another diamond in the rough who finds a new home after being overlooked in the National Draft on Monday and Tuesday? Tune in live from 2.55pm AEDT on AFL.com.au and the AFL Live Official App as draft experts Cal Twomey and Riley Beveridge bring you all the details. Clubs may pass with their selections today and opt to leave some list spots open for potential pre-season signings under the AFL's supplemental selection period over summer. 2023 Rookie Draft Order (via AFL.com.au) Round one 1) West Coast Eagles 2) North Melbourne 3) Hawthorn 4) Gold Coast Suns 5) Fremantle 6) Richmond 7) Geelong Cats 8) Essendon 9) Adelaide 10) Western Bulldogs 11) Sydney Swans 12) St Kilda 13) Melbourne 14) Port Adelaide 15) GWS Giants 16) Carlton 17) Collingwood Round two 18) North Melbourne 19) Hawthorn 20) Gold Coast 21) Fremantle 22) Adelaide 23) Western Bulldogs 24) Melbourne 25) Collingwood Round three 26) Gold Coast 27) Western Bulldogs 28) Melbourne 29) Collingwood Round four 30) Gold Coast Round five 31) Gold Coast

I'm interviewing the Melbourne Football Club Recruitment Manager Jason Taylor early next week on the Demonland Podcast. I'll be asking him about moving up the draft order, our new recruits (both Draftees and Trades), Daniel Curtin, our recent recruits who have yet to play a senior game, who he thinks will be the next Judd McVee and more. If you have any further questions let me know below and I'll see if I can squeeze them in. I will release the podcast either Monday or Tuesday. We'll be aiming to do a 2023 Season Review (Men and Women) as well as give our thoughts on the Trade & Draft period in the coming weeks. Look out for a thread soon where we will open it up for questions from Demonlanders.

Koltyn will join Premiership defender and 2 time All Australian Steven May as Demonland's Sponsored Players for the 2024 season.

With the departure of Brodie Grundy at the end of the 2023 season Demonland lost one of it's Sponsored Players after only 1 year. It is with great pride that we announce that after a long and exhaustive search we have found a replacement. In 2024 the Melbourne Football Club's Pick 13 in the AFL draft Koltyn Tholstrup will join Premiership defender and 2 time All Australian Steven May as Demonland's Sponsored Players. We look forward to many years of success for our newest player who has already become a cult figure on this website before a ball has been bounced in again.