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Pick 25 is a steal for 2013 Jake Melksham and it's overs for 2015 Jake Melksham. I suppose I have to back Goodwin's assessment of how he thinks Melksham can be developed.

Chris from Camberwell has been ringing in for over a decade - SEN/3AW. His whiny voice is arguably the worst ever heard on the airwaves and he is always, and I mean always, asking incredibly inane questions.

You reckon Toumpas is worth more than Melksham ? I have no idea how you process that. Fwiw, Chris Pelchen said he thought Melksham was worth in the vicinity of 20-25. He said he's an untapped talent that had the excellent combination of speed and endurance and had the lowest skinfolds in his draft year. I keep harping back to 2013 when in his 4th year he averaged 20 possessions and kicked 16 goals. He finished top 5 in the B&F and Essendon finished 7th. If a trade was mooted at the end of that year he would have been worth pick 10 and Essendon would not have traded him. How much has coaching and ASADA ruined the last 2 years ?

Can do some special stuff, but only gets it 9 times a game. But there's talent there. Conundrum.

So you're equating a doctor's role with the coaching staff's footy acumen ? Great logic.

Do you reckon we might know him a bit better than Port Adelaide ?

SS is a scrubber.

It was discussed on Demonland at the time. We had 7 top 20 draft picks between 2008 and 2009. It was imperative we get them right. For varying reasons, such as Trengove's foot, all have been a fail. Throw in Morton at pick 4 in 2007 and our drafting set us back 7-8 years. He lucked out with Max Gawn, but a chimp with a dart board would have got one right.

If a player is average and small it's worse than a player who is average and 185 cm. Kennedy is average and small. A good VFL player. I wouldn't have thought this would be a revelation around here. So when I question a potential trade targets height I don't need reminding of the Tony Liberatore's of this world. Btw, you'll forgive me if I don't take the advice of someone who'd happily resurrect Col Sylvia's career.

So am I.

Pity he's not a left-footer.

I must have said on here for 13 years that "if you're good enough you're tall enough". You then give me a silly reminder of a star who's short. Why waste your time. I saw Harvey as a 19 year old win the Ted Whitten Medal 18 years ago. It's a childish height comparison and I don't need reminding of Harvey's quality. A banal comment you made to equate the two. I get annoyed with such frivolities.

You think Ben Kennedy is in Boomer's class ? Wow. All those years watching footy and you've still no clue. I'd prefer Dean Kent to Kennedy any day of the week.

Another tiny tot I have no great interest in.

You've changed your argument.

Notwithstanding your personal views of Melksham, surely you realise that if Goodwin wants him on a 4 year deal he doesn't expect him to be a fringe player ?

Every time I open this thread I'm hoping to read news of another NQR having left the building.

Far be it for me to become the great Melksham defender, but they would have been disappointed at the end of 2013 when he came top 5 in their B&F. And before you throw Matt Jones and Terlich at me, Essendon won 14 games and finished 7th on the ladder. They weren't a 2 win - 54% team.

Ok, so I'm in the underwhelmed camp when it comes to Melksham. That said, he played his best footy in 2013 with Goodwin as midfield coach when he averaged nigh on 20 disposals and kicked 16 goals, which is none too shabby, It was his 4th year and he'd progressed every year in the system. And then comes Essendon's "saga". Supposedly he's been effected by this shambles as badly as any. I've also read where he's been played out of position and it will flourish more as a genuine mid. In other words... While I'm far from excited about this possibility, the people making the decisions know far more than me; and when I consider their decisions last year, besides Lamumba, they nailed the trade/draft period. So I'll back them again.

I hope Hogan is just guessing about where Frost will be playing in 2016. He's far more suited to the back-line.

He's so good he's been delisted ahead of Butcher.

It's seriously embarrassing. Melksham is the sort of player you recruit on the last day of trade week when you've been jilted at the altar by others. He's not a coup half way through September.

Because we're interested in this spud.

Jack Watts had at least as good/better year than this C-grader. Same possessions, more marks, similar goals and overall rating. http://finalsiren.com/PlayerCompare.asp?SeasonID=2015&PlayerName1=Jack+Watts&ExactMatch1=true&PlayerName2=&PlayerName3=&PlayerName4=&Compare=Compare&SelectedPlayers=1997%2C This tells me that we just can't attract anything decent. It falls into the category: We must do something, this is something, therefore, we must do this.

I've seen enough of this at the MFC to last me a lifetime. No thanks.