Chelly

Circumstances may evolve and a more favorable outcome could be achieved for all parties in 12 months’ time. There is no necessity to accept the GWS offer at this juncture, given its inadequacy and the disrespect it shows to the club and the player they seek to acquire.

Love the fact checking on Cornes (and his minions who followed with the same thoughts). These AFL Trade Radio commentators are like zombies lacking originality of thought. What are they going to come up with for their zinger of the day?

Injury List: Round 9 Melbourne Shelley Heath — finger / 1 - 2 weeks Sarah Lampard — calf / 1 - 2 weeks Saraid Taylor — hamstring / 1 - 2 weeks Blaithin Mackin — calf / 3 weeks Grace Beasley — knee / 4 - 5 weeks Olivia Purcell — knee / Season Jacinta Hose — knee / Inactive Aimee Mackin — knee / Inactive

Injury List: Round 8 Melbourne Blaithin Mackin — knee / Test Molly O'Hehir — leg / 1 - 2 weeks Sarah Lampard — calf / 3 weeks Grace Beasley — knee / 4 - 6 weeks Saraid Taylor — hamstring / TBC Olivia Purcell — knee / Season Jacinta Hose — knee / Inactive Aimee Mackin — knee / Inactive

For perspective, I just checked the Demonland Player of the Year voting to see how Judd McVee went in 2025 with Demonlanders who were the ones who cast the votes. He polled three votes, a mere 295 behind the winner and wasn't in our top 20 votegetters. Appreciate that he did much better last year but you're only as good as your last game.

I’ll bite - very difficult to cast votes when the team had such a comprehensive victory but here goes … 6. Megan Fitzsimon 5. Ryleigh Wotherspoon 4. Tyla Hanks 3. Tayla Harris 2. Kate Hore 1. Maeve Chaplin

I was just thinking that early on Saturday evening, one of the teams that we disposed of with great ease during the 2021 AFL finals series will have won two premierships in the interim four years since then. Such a shame that we couldn't make it a dynasty.

Is St Kilda is the frontrunner for Flanders because they offered him the most money or am I missing something?

Never really got much of a go.

But I have a feeling that it might get better next year 😊

Injury List: Round 7 Melbourne Denby Taylor — foot / Available Blaithin Mackin — knee / 2 - 3 weeks Sarah Lampard — calf / 3 - 4 weeks Grace Beasley — knee / 5 - 6 weeks Olivia Purcell — knee / Season Jacinta Hose — knee / Inactive Aimee Mackin — knee / Inactive

Injury List: Round 6 Melbourne Tahlia Gillard — knee / Test Sinéad Goldrick — shoulder / Test Denby Taylor foot — foot / 1 week Sarah Lampard — calf / 3 - 4 weeks Grace Beasley — knee / 4 - 6 weeks Blaithin Mackin — knee / 5 - 7 weeks Olivia Purcell — knee / Season Jacinta Hose — knee / Inactive Aimee Mackin — knee / Inactive

Or flop badly because some players feel dudded and not as highly rewarded as others.

Injury List: Round 5 Melbourne Tahlia Gillard — knee / 1 - 2 weeks Sinéad Goldrick — shoulder / 1 - 2 weeks Denby Taylor foot — foot / 2 - 3 weeks Sarah Lampard — calf / 3 - 4 weeks Grace Beasley — knee / 5 - 7 weeks Blaithin Mackin — knee / 6 - 8 weeks Olivia Purcell — knee / Season Jacinta Hose — knee / Inactive Aimee Mackin — knee / Inactive

6 Hanks 5 Hore 4 Chaplin 3 Pearce 2 Gall 1 Paxman