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Our second tallest player with a big leap It just depends how he develops I just want to see him get a bit more ball. I'm not worried about the ruck side of things - that will come.

No just that he has more upside from where he was last year. JVR still has a lot of upside to come but it will be incremental

He easily has the most upside potential of any of our forwards not only because as everyone says he needs to bulk up and is obviously doing so, but his height, telescopic arms and soft hands marking the ball like fritsch impress me most.

When you go to the races nearly 70% of the race is too far to see and you see more on the big screens there. It would be interesting to have a low rise building for MFC adjacent to the home straight on the inside of the course with double sided stands. One facing the track and the other facing the training ground. Bit of a win/win for both parties.

In the MFC Gallery for today they have a picture and named it Hogan????

I agree with everything you say. I've watched a small amount of pre season at Casey over the last few years and you see the newer guys is the various drills and you think 'how good will they be'. Then as the pre season goes along and the match sim part of training becomes more serious the senior players continue to dominate. The better on ballers still get the ball 30 times so leaves less opportunity for the newer guys to stand out and you realise how much further they need to improve. But then 3 - 4 years ago Bowey, Kossie and Jackson came along and last 2 years it was JVR and McVee. Sometimes you just don't know until a few games into the season. But as you say they have to overtake a player already there, so only leaves a spot for 1 or 2 permanently. Your best players have say 12 year careers. (18 to 30 years of age) With 24 main players, mathematically that only allows for the 2 a year.

Thanks Lucifer for all the work. Don't know if its my system but all the previous pages appear to have disappeared.

Congrats Lucifer. You were right about maintaining the 36/6/2 squad.

so 42 becomes 74 (plus 3rd pick next year) which we won't use. So I guess we get Brown and one other as A rookies. So keeping the status quo - 36 senior list, 6 A Rookies, 2 B Rookies

Its ok I found it St Kilda gets pick 42. Melbourne gets a future third.

What was the deal pick 43 to 74? Can't find it anywhere

You can't teach speed or jumping ability that much. I like the selection. It reminds me of Jack Steele, present st.kilda captain. Steele also performed really well at the combine but was never spoken much about. We've got a few smaller midfielders coming through but lack a taller one, so a good fit all round.

I know it's not so simple but when you look at the table above. Melbourne has a really good selection. If you take out North there is no other club I would swap with as a whole.

Thanks

There was one midfielder from last years draft (can't think of his name) who started the season at 187 and grew to 197cm Only played the one game so far but looked good.

how did he go at the combine testing? Was he invited?

According to your latest chart we have 35 senior spots and 3 A Rookiies. B rookies are full. If Melksham goes to Rookie then it is 34 and 4. That leaves 4 spots vacant in any selections we make in whatever category regardless of whether Melksham is rookied. We usually only have 36 senior positions. Interesting times.

LH how does the Kye Turner delisting affect your views on how the ND picks will pan out? My view is they will now put Melksham to rookie then go for 37 senior and 5 A rookie lists. Would allow for using first 2 ND picks on new players and Brown as father/son misses out. This means no new A list rookies. If they upgrade with a deal for 6 &11 then do the same except using 43 as the second pick.

Thanks for all your efforts LH and answering the query. I doubt we would use the first two picks for Brown as they would go to other more credentialed draftees. I think North have a better go at swapping for number 1 and not sure there is much hope for pick 2 or 3 swap (below that is hardly worth it). I think Brown would likely go in the ND and not make it through to the rookie. I hadn't thought about the second option though. Not enough room for the third option unless we can pick upgrade the first 2.

So at the moment to stay the same 36 senior list we only have 1 selection to be used in the draft. With 2 round one picks it would make sense as you suggested to move Melksham to the rookie list. We would then use two picks 6 and 11. (Melbourne: 6, 11, 42, 93 That means 42 is wasted as we don't have room to pick Brown as a father son. My question is can we use the rookie draft for a father/son selection getting the same priority? Of course we still have the option of delisting more players prior to the draft.

Agree with the 5 you've got but we generally take 7 - 8 into the game. 2-3 on ballers who have turns on bench and forward (mainly ANB and Petracca but also Kossie). Then one designated forward rotating through the bench - say Smith and either Chandler, McAdam or Melksham when fit. If they decide to use Fullarton in the same way we used Jackson 2021. Then he takes one of those spots.

For a ruckman to get an average 15 posessions a game even at VFL level indicates he has a bit of go about him Maybe not just a Mark and Hitout type.

Agree our game is built around the best defense. You add a lumbering tall up forward and its one less player to race back to form the tight knit that doesn't allow holes. Would rather groom a younger Jefferson to run back into that role. Of course we still need someone to fill for Max if he goes down for insurance. Is it better to kick an extra 3 goals or allow opposition to kick 5.

Williams dad was a top footballer at Mornington Peninsula and so familiy ties would count. Would probably live close access to Casey similar to Gawne and others

If we say McVee and D Turner get promoted onto the primary list then the primary list is filled. Assuming we get a decent player for Grundy our primary list will still be full. Hard to see who else goes from the primary list to get any other players (including draftees). There's always talk about Thomlinson, TMac and Melksham but more likely to stay than leave.