Machsy

Either way, I'm of the opinion that Taylor Adams should be the number 1 priority for MFC in the trade period.

Also confirmed by Ross Campbell on 3AW (Rumour File) this morning that we would not be getting a priority pick! He seemed pretty adamant.

He's just following Hutchy's lead.

The AFL Commission hasn't even met on this yet, and I think it would only be decided already, if Demetriou has promised it and will get it pushed through.

I'm tipping Scott Burns.

All clubs do it, to get leverage for government funding.

It's exactly the same at Geelong.

Poor Melbourne, not get favourable media coverage even in light of outrageously inept business decisions.

Damn you Barrett and your frustration at reward for ineptness!

Don't act like MFC is the only team that has ever been helped out of this position.

As BB said above, MFC have actually assisted other clubs by effectively squandering our draft picks in the recent past.

This is not about getting an unfair advantage or relying on others for our success.

It's not like we'll be making priority pick applications hear after year.

It's about not having to start as far back when rebuilding.

This is just an effort to claw back one of the many picks we've wasted.

And you can't tell me that GWS really needs another pick 1, or rather the much-sought-after pick 1 to barter for more assets.

They are, along with GCS, exceptionally asset rich.

It's one thing MFC isn't.

To be honest, I understand where people are coming from when they say 'MFC does not need handouts, MFC needs to stand on its own two feet.'

We have been stockpiling high draft picks, Priority Picks and compensation picks for years and we have gotten worse.

Our race to the bottom in 2009 clearly had an adverse effect on our club's culture, whether or not it is tanking is beside the point. MFC's naive reliance on draft picks in place of hard work is a major reason why we find ourselves where we do in 2013.

MFC must create a winning culture. Will another Priority Pick assist with this or will it simply continue the cycle of our playing list & club relying on others for success?

I have a lot of issue with the bolded sentence.

It's the sort of ignorant bullsh*t I'd expect from an opposition supporter that knows nothing about the club.

Since 2003 we've had a total of 2 priority picks. 2. Picks 1 & 17.

Hawthorn had picks 2 & 3 as priorities, as a comparison.

High draft picks are not some extra "reward" for finishing lower.

They are our draft position for having to put up with a rubbish bottom 4 team year after year.

We get 1st round draft picks just like every other team in the competition, who by your logic must have been stockpiling them too.

Compensation picks are fair compensation in return for losing assets.

They haven't come in without us losing something valuable in return.

It's inflammatory language to make a redundant and ill-considered point.

Just loves himself a bit too much, is what I've heard.

Bit of a DH.

Don't know first-hand though, but there's gotta be some good reasons why there isn't talk of teams falling over themselves to poach him.

That he is.

Not sure about his character either.

I heard that and wasn't too surprised.

I wouldn't take it as too much of a backhander.

They had faith in his ability to contribute when we didn't, and he has only just finished his first year as an assistant at GWS.

You wouldn't want to leave after only 1 year.

Maybe next year or the year after he'll be ready for us to ask again.

Does it really matter? It's not like anyone here is making our draft selections.

Conversely, does it matter if I complain?

Am i the only one who thought his agility was lacking?

He seemed to know how to get the ball while running in a straight line, but in traffic, he looked a little heavy in the feet, to become an A grader.

Maybe i dont see enough on the telly?

Thats probably it.

I think you may have a point here.

It's one of the major things holding Tapscott too, along with his tank.

Still a decent pickup.

Still irrelevant to your previous incorrect point.

Hahahaha! The Hitler rant.

So clever.

Is it?

Probably the worst and least funny version that I've see .

That might apply to Watts but he has almost no control over Sylvia.

Yep, that's great, but it's STILL not my point.

The point is that, regardless of whether supporters may think a player wants to go elsewhere, it doesn't necessarily mean that Roos will.

It may be a factor in whether he wants to keep or trade a player, but it's obviously not the deciding factor, as history would suggest.

That's it.

My point has no bearing on what Sylvia wants to or will do.

Still, it was Roos decision to NOT trade him, just because he wanted out.

Regardless of who's coaching, if you don't want to give 100% to the jumper....sodd off now. That includes Watts, did he verbally agree to Carlton when we had no coach?

That may be your attitude, but it is not that of Paul Roos.

As pointed out directly above, O'Keefe asked to be traded to the Hawks or Carlton, but Roos wouldn't let him go.

Depends.

Highly doubtful, but if we were to get a 1st round compo pick for him, at this stage it'd give us pick 3.

If it was an after-round-1 pick, we'd get pick 18-19 as it stands.

People need to seriously stop overhyping and overrating this Dunstan kid.

It's ridiculous.

Have you even seen him play?

"I'll leave that to Roos and his team to identify though."

I wouldn't have picked Kennedy or McGlynn, but Roos had the foresight. I'll back him.

But we're talking PP1 or pick 2 here.

Do you know what Sydney traded to get Kennedy and McGlynn?

It's interesting, my brother in law is a mad eagles member/supporter and I was talking to him about S.Selwood last night. He couldn't care if Selwood left, he said Shuey would hurt Selwood not so. Reckons if we gave up a first round pick we have been robbed. I personally think we rate players from other teams a lot higher then they actually are because our cattle is so far below the afl standard.

So... you're saying Scott Selwood is Jordie McKenzie..?

Looked like running in a match was going to kill him early in the year, and finished off the year looking like a well oiled machine. Has the right shape for a solid midfielder, backs his pace and runs until he chucks. Another big fan here.

Agree with all that.

Never shirks an issue, and kicks goals too.

A good find.

Well, maybe I misspoke.

I've not watched much of Adelaide this season, not Thompson individually.

I was under the impression he'd missed more games than that, and was moving a lot slower than previously.

But I'm reliably told that is the case.

Or even draft Lewis Taylor... (will make sense to Gervais fans)

Roos as CEO?

That is ridiculous.

Roos has absolutely no designs on that role.