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The Herald-Sun reported yesterday that Pruess was one of six North Melbourne players that attended a high altitude training camp in Utah. Four current Kangaroos along with two former teammates paid their own way to head to the United States for two weeks where they got a head start on training in the mountains of Utah. Paul Ahern, Cameron Zurhaar, Declan Watson and Sam Durdin joined recently-delisted Alex Morgan and new Melbourne ruckman Braydon Preuss for high-altitude training in a bid to hit the ground running in 2019. Good to see he is committed and knows what it is going to take to become a permanent inclusion to the team.

Weren't both Prestia and O'Meara out of contract at the end of the season? If one or both of them were to nominate us as their preferred club, we should be able to get the deal done. Maybe trade out 2017 first rounder ... That's providing they don't take the Terlich/M.Jones package :D

Yeah, 19. Thanks for picking that up. I misread one of the quotes about him.

The Herald Sun has reported that we are into Alex Morgan with our pick 46. Was a gun at TAC level in 2013 then lost his love for the game. Seeing his mates at AFL clubs has reignited his passion. Selling points: 21 year old, big bodied rebounding defender Fastest 20m sprint time (2.88 seconds) Second in the relative vertical jump (71cm) Champion Data rated Morgan’s Vic Metro games elite for contested possessions, intercept possessions and SuperCoach points Looks like a good pickup if he slips to 46?

Looks like we are into Nick O'Kearney with our pick 50 - http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/afl-draft-2015-nick-okearney-models-game-on-trent-cotchin-determined-to-forge-afl-career/news-story/3e912fe3160d26c0e173e828059b5061 Some of his key selling points: Ball magnet Registered a perfect goal kicking score at the combine (30/30) Equal 4th in the kicking test at combine (21/30) He is tipped to go in the 40 - 60 range.

I think Salem will take his game to another level this year. I think he will be like Luke Hodge ... but with more demerit points

Well played MFC!!! This trade period was like an episode of Game of Thrones! I like how we got the Melksham deal done, letting Essendon think all through the trade period that Darcy Parish was heading to windy hill. Today's switch of picks would have Essendon seething!!!

Yeah, there is a bit more to the diet. It's pretty much based on the caveman diet. Hunter/Gatherer foods e.g Meat, Nuts, Fruit, Vegetables etc. Avoiding dairy, grains etc. Carbs are still in the foods you eat but they are not complex carbohydrates which take the body longer to break down. I don't think it was optional. Sounds like it was enforced while they were on the pre-season camp in Darwin. I remember Max Gawn wrote something on Twitter at the time that he was struggling with the diet until he found a shop that sold paleo energy bars

Pretty sure they only adopted the diet during the pre-season but it wasn't the strict "Pete Evans" style paleo diet. It was mainly to get the players eating more protein and less carbs. I gave the diet a go at the start of the year and managed to drop 20KGs, just by eliminating breads, rice and pasta. Most of the players came back pretty lean at the start of the year and David Misson is a big supporter of the diet, so I think they may adopt it again in the off season.

GC don't need the points. They don't have any academy players worthy of gathering points for this years draft. They wanted Howe more for the marketing aspect, as he is the type of player that could bring young supporters to GC with his high marks.

Chuck in Gary Ablett Jr as the steak knives and it seems like a good deal! All kidding aside, any player on GC senior list would make a handy set of steak knives. Pick 3 would get us the best mid from the draft as the top two key position players look to be locked in to Carlton & Brisbane.

It was a shock to see Fitzy on the Footy Show players review last night. Maybe as it's a shallow draft pool, he has been offered a rookie spot if he has no interest from other clubs. He certainly would be handy as he can play forward, back and in the ruck. Like with Nev Jetta, it might be the kick up Fitzy's arse that he needs to take his game to the next level.

Lovett gets my nod as the best true recycled player. 235 games and handing us a future club champion in Jake Lovett as a father/son pickup! Jeff White came to Melbourne on big money after finding form at Freo, so I don't consider him as recycled. Ingerson was a great pickup from the Crows. One player that comes to mind as a handy recycled player was Craig Nettelbeck. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Nettelbeck Played a good season with us before an injury cut his career short.

I love Stevie J, just don't think he is right for our club. Maybe a club that has a closing premiership window would best suit him. If club did get him though, he would be the perfect teacher for Petracca - adding a bit of selfish mongrel to his game!

Pretty sure he is. I vaguely remember Justin Plapp mention that and that he is a player to watch out for at the Round 1 Casey luncheon.

Interesting to see Paul Roos'es son Tyler is playing for Casey. It would be interesting to see how he goes. Might be a good rookie pickup!

Yeah, definitely an F-Bomb from a stray footy kicked at them. They took the video down pretty quick.

Dunny would have to consider a career in the NFL after he retires! That kick put the ball right back in the middle. Awesome effort!

Match report: http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2015-04-19/casey-claims-first-up-win And it looks like Aidan Riley has changed his name to Adam

I was there today in the function room for the round 1 luncheon and saw the bloke up there streaming in an out of the way spot from the main function area. I am pretty sure it was Casey's main sponsor that took the initiative to live stream it and it can be re-watched if anyone missed it: http://livestream.com/WilkarProductions/VFLRd01 Not sure if it was going to be a regular thing, but I would imagine they would stream the non-televised home games. He was there all through the development game, so hopefully he uploads the footage he got of that. Of the Melbourne-listed players, Max King looked impressive up forward. As for the function, Justin Plapp and Shannon Byrnes talked about how the two clubs would be more unified in 2015. He has all the Casey boys on almost the same program as the AFL players with less weights for the younger guys. Shannon hinted that after his playing days are over he would be moving into a full time position with the club. Not sure if he meant with Casey or Melbourne. Fitzy looked bloody great in defense. Pederson played a good game also and would be the most likely to replace Frost.

Here is the training report from they guy that runs the MFC supporters page on Facebook, always a good read: https://www.facebook.com/melbournefcsupporterspage/posts/679014852196470

Good size for a mid! The Ainsley FC website says he is good as a half-forward and half-back option also. Looks like Casey is going to be full of mids this year. Looking forward to going to some of their games too to see some of these players develop.

All the best to him. He was starting to show a bit. But if his heart's not in it, I am happy to see we can still use pick 40 and give Evans a second chance to show Demonland what he has got.

That's a great decision by the club. Casey has really suffered this year with Magner and Couch getting the axe. It will be great for the Scorpions having an experienced head like Byrnesy to help steer the ship and hopefully build a winning culture for our younger players. Teams like Geelong and Hawthorn have very successful VFL teams, so it would be good to follow their development model. I want to see our young players this year earn games, not just getting picked because they were the best from a bad bunch. With picks 2 and 3, we really can't afford to stuff up their development!

I know a lot of people here think McCartin should be overlooked for the next best midfielder, but I think we should looking to inject the best talent on our list regardless of position. We all saw just how much currency Tom Boyd had after 9 games. Paddy McCartin could be the trade bait for an elite midfielder at the end of 2015. It may net us someone like Rory Sloane!