Mt. Dee-Maaan

36 minutes ago, Turner said:

said on gettable he is a dons fan, so do we have to get ahead of them, theyve got a spot for him in the guts with hobbs delisting, straight away goes past plenty of their other options too

a dons fan you say?.. well that's certainly a mark in the 'cons' column.

9 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

I’m surprised there’s not more love for Hibbins-Hargreaves, yeah he’s got a lot to work on but he has pure class. Good size, looks a good athlete, clean hands and makes really good decisions.

Obviously needs a thorough medical and will need to have his defensive game coached up but profiles as a modern midfielder who excels in transition.

i agree, i saw him as a mid-fwd, as opposed to a medium sized forward. good but good size too.

very unexcited by dovaston.. despite the need for a small, i don't think we'll select him. hopefully there's a better small in next year's draft. i'd rather get a few more mids. need foot-skills and speed and another young inside mid to grow..maybe a KPF/B if one is there at our pick and JT likes what he sees.

super exited to have him around the club.. generally happy with all the pick-ups really. love some speed though. we needed more in the back half and now we have it.

1 hour ago, Fromgotowoewodin said:

Wishing the suns a very merry miss the 8 next year. I’m sure their 9 fans will be disappointed but I can live with that.

hits unfollow on OnTrac5

you've only JUST unfollowed him??! a year too late..

57 minutes ago, Demonland said:

disappointing that he made sense... taking the easy option/less attacking option. remember in 2016-2020 when we would just over-handball (clarry in particular, but a lot of the team)? hand-balling to stationery targets and hand-balling almost for the sake of hand-balling... no sense. our coaching has been pretty ****ty (goes without saying) for a long time now.

might we be about to be the biggest possible baddie and nick one of the suns' prized recruits/bid for them at 7 & 8 (if that's what we get for CP?).. I would love to become the villain at trade time instead of the 'easy beat'.

like 75% of the supporters on here and social media, i'm [censored] off that we are looking like bending over this trade period (even more than normal). SURELY, they have something planned.. SURELY. surely?.. we must be one of the most undesirable clubs going. the only positives i can see are, we play the MCG for home games and that we have Gawn and Kozzy and maybe a few POTENTIAL young stars coming up.

i had been quite positive about King's appointment, but geez.. not sure to make of things if the cards fall like we are all expecting :-/

although some have said that he is not a contested player (true), i stand by the statement that he is hard at it (stands up in collisions and puts his body on the line).

1 hour ago, Norm Smith's Curse said:

Any word on Sparrow - was whispers at one stage of him being packaged to a SA team. Seems that wont happen now.

i reckon we give him one more year. seems like a good young fella and has shown propensity to kick big goals and get his hands dirty. maybe having King come in will inspire him to step up his game after a quiet/disappointing 2025?

if we do end up gulp with picks 7 & 8, i'm liking Robey and Lindsay. surprised that no one has mentioned Lindsay. antother with great foot skills & looks hard at it too. potential mid?

20 minutes ago, Gawn's Beard said:

Too old for our list profile

touk is a year younger than petracca..

19 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

I dont see any other players other then Humphrey that would suit our needs or equivalent to a satisfactory level.

Touk & Pick 6?

1 hour ago, Demonland said:

it would've been hard not to giggle, or express utter shock when North put that to the Pies recruitment team.. so glad we didn't got for Simpkin.. he's a nothing player. apart from being the captain of North, what else does he do?

1 hour ago, BW511 said:

This quote from Charlie sums up the Goodwin era for me, it was a success on the whole but very robotic;

• "I feel like at Melbourne I played the small forward role and it gave me good building blocks but it was a rigid role, without freedom. I spoke to North about playing a role with a bit more freedom. I play my best when playing on instinct." - Charlie Spargo

If King can let the boys play on natural instinct a little more, we will be infinitely better to watch - sure, we might get a few heavy touch ups but we lose a lot anyway

changing out style might even revitalise our wanna-way star petracca..?

20 hours ago, DubDee said:

Aussie Rules Rookie Me Central

wonder what he's been up to the past 5 yrs..

any insights into heath as a player? obviously a big unit, seems pretty athletic.. is he purely a ruck, or does he have capacity to go forward and kick straight too? anyone see much of him in the vfl?

as mentioned in the thread already, steele would be welcome as a last resort for some maturity/inside mid-ness coming in, with us losing mature bodies of trac and clarry, but only if its a deal we 'can't refuse' $ wise.

has been one of my fave non-dees since he came on to the scene.. looking forward to seeing him look much better in red & blue and kicking bags. fingers crossed on hid body.

5 hours ago, PaulRB said:

Now would be the ideal time to announce major progress on our new home base in Caulfield.

i reckon if we are meeting potential players, that would be part of the selling point.. they would be getting more of an update on Caulfield than the fans have thus far. just a hunch.

stating the obvious, no point looking at the draftees for our picks yet really as we don't know what we'll have come the actual Draft. we could have two top 10s, or we could just end up with kalani and a few late speculators?..

48 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

This just happened…

I was walking out of the Newmarket plaza having just made this week’s banner and a tall guy wearing a Melbourne cap walked past and said “Go Dees!” It was Majak. He took his cap off and put it on my head and told me to keep it. He said “Look, it’s got my number 28 on the back. I really want you to have it because you clearly love the Demons as much as I do.”

He’s in a really good place currently. His adoring sister (who was with him) is his biggest fan and as he said, his rock.

This is going straight to the poolroom. Well it would if I had a poolroom. The display cabinet in my lounge room will have to do.

SOOOO COOOOOOOL. WHAT A LEGEND

3 hours ago, MrFreeze said:

Crows don't have picks but they have cap space

This makes them a very suitable trade partner

Pick swaps and future pick trading can make this work

they have pick space?.. has that been reported..? i would've thought they'd be pretty tight?

2 hours ago, 2021 said:

Did he play under King?

i'd trust King to know if he had the potential/temperament. we clearly need more speed and run.. all for it if King is keen.