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No, he trained with us before being drafted in summer 05/06. We had the chance to rookie him, but decided against it.

Sportingbet odds: Geelong 3.50 Port Adelaide 9.00 West Coast 9.00 Collingwood 11.00 Hawthorn 11.00 Fremantle 12.00 Adelaide 13.00 St Kilda 15.00 Sydney 15.00 Melbourne 21.00 Brisbane 23.00 Kangaroos 23.00 Carlton 26.00 Essendon 34.00 Western Bulldogs 34.00 Richmond 67.00 Bit more realistic I'd say. Good value in Brisbane

Yeah, must be correct! Chris Judd is listed as a prominent fan on the MFC wiki

I can't see him there

People are being much too emotional about all this and the reasons people are using are pretty poor ones at that. People bring up Jolly, Armstrong, Woewodin, Thompson... What choice did we have in these? Jolly and Thompson asked to be traded, at the time we made the right decision on Armstrong and Woewodin, who can argue we made the wrong decision there? Where is Woewodin now? What a loss that was. Are people being blinded by his last game at the club? A high possession game against a team desperate for the loss? His inconsistency alone is enough to merit the decision in my eyes. I'd rather have a BMW that I could drive, rather than a Ferrari in the garage I'm never going to use. What would people be saying if he stayed on the list and put in another ordinary year in 2008? Trade him then? Too late, he is a year older and out of contract, bargaining power significantly reduced and we'd be lucky to get a second round selection. MFC has been too soft for too long in keeping dead weight, and giving people second, third and fourth chances. I'd rather place my faith in CAC for the 14th selection than see Trappers name in our best three times per year.

Very interesting...

Amazing that after what was a fantastic year for the Kangaroos, they are still bottom 4 for the 2008 flag

Agreed!

Yeah, it actually started at Geelong: $2.50 and Essendon: $1.50 I believe. I got on it at Geelong $2.05. However payout isn't until round 1 next year.

I thought Carlton won that again :S They got the VFL equivalent of the brownlow as well yeah?

Surely he must be on the veterans list by now then!

Yeah, its an absurd suggestion.

I'd rather kill myself with a spoon than have Bruce capain MFC. You are delusional if you think Brock can't play football or if Bruce should be our next captain.

Most realistic trade IMO. Most of us would want Sylvia in the team, but I know who I'd rather have. We wouldn't/shouldn't have to throw in pick 20. Maybe a second/third round pick swap.

I'm not defending Daniher, but resources DEFINITELY have an impact on player development. It's naive to think otherwise.

Every year people say trade week will be interesting. Yet every year, trade week is painfully uneventful. Generally just a few nothing trades 10mins before the deadline. And Bailey has already stated he isn't the biggest fan of trade week, so I wouldn't expect too much action... But best of luck to Godders and Ward, kinda surprised to see Neaves go. Can we still re-rookie him? What happened to ruckmen taking longer to develop?

Heard on nova this morn that Trav was seen at 6am wearing his shirt around his head

You don't think players should be tested for Performance Enhancing Drugs? How could you possible argue that?! You think players should be able to gain an unfair advantage in a professional sports simply because it's "something they choose to do"? Sorry, I don't see how anyone could possibly come to that conclusion.

No. A champion to Melbourne supporters maybe. But in the scheme of things, he certainly isn't a champion of the game.

People can come on here and say "no loss" because not everyone is so sentimental. Sure, I can thank him for his time and service over the years, but at the end of the day, he was the Football Manager of an unsuccessful football department, in terms of results, which is what his role is about. Best of luck Chris.

No big loss IMO. Sheedy as Football Manager?

I laughed

Interesting to see Sheedy still at 21-1 for the Essendon Job next year. Seems fairly short odds given the circumstances.

Aha, Neil Balme, surely those are generous odds for Neil!

23-0... Honestly wasn't expecting that when I opened this thread. I'm sure that wouldn't have been the result 4 weeks ago