Chelly

This is a very strange season so far... if we manage to win this one, we are essentially just one win and percentage out of the 8 (and no, I'm not daring to dream we could make the finals...just making an observation). With this week's fixture, there is every chance that from 9th position down to 13th position will all be on 16 points and one game out of the 8 (positions 6, 7 & 8 all on 20 points).

And we've had a tougher draw so far than some of those around us.

At last ... some signs of improvement?

Melbourne injury list: round nine

Chris Dawes (calf) test

Sam Frost (toe) 4-6 weeks

Neville Jetta (concussion) available

Jay Kennedy-Harris (groin) 2 weeks

Dean Kent (hamstring) 6 weeks

Christian Petracca (knee) season

Christian Salem (hamstring) 2 weeks

Jack Trengove (foot) season

Dom Tyson (knee) test

Jack Viney (fibula) available

Perhaps the samples were given to Dank and Alavi and they lost them?

Melbourne injury list: round eight

Jack Fitzpatrick (neck) – test

Sam Frost (toe) – 4-6 weeks

Jesse Hogan (soreness) – test

Neville Jetta (concussion) – test

Jay Kennedy-Harris (groin) – 2 weeks

Dean Kent (hamstring) – 8-10 weeks

Christian Petracca (knee) – season

Christian Salem (hamstring) – 3-4 weeks

Jack Trengove (foot) – season

Jack Viney (leg) – 1 week

Melbourne injury list: round three

Jayden Hunt (back) – 2-3 weeks

Christian Petracca (knee) – season

Jack Trengove (foot) – season

ANB is off the injury list and a chance to play for the Scorpions this weekend.

nice to see a bump that is giving someone an applause instead of shitcanning them :D

Or perhaps Radar Detector is actually THE G Lyon?

Injury list: round two

Jayden Hunt (back) – 3-4 weeks

Alex Neal-Bullen (knee) – 2-3 weeks

Christian Petracca (knee) – season

Jack Trengove (foot) – indefinite

Dawes said in a NAB cup interview that he was going to play in this game.

In that case I'm tipping Casey.

I thought Voges was gone myself and would have gone for one of the younger up and comers but let's see how he goes on tour.

Almost missed it but the following is the club's injury list issued prior to today's game:-

Jeremy Howe (hamstring) – 2-3 weeks

Dean Kent (heel) – test

Alex Neal-Bullen (knee) 3-4 weeks

Christian Petracca (knee) – season

Jack Trengove (foot) – indefinite

Bernie Vince (hamstring) – 2-3 weeks

Does he know how to get to Box Hill?

Ban him from the NAB Challenge games.

There's no official list yet but it seems that it's possible to compile a rough injury list as follows:-

Jack Trengove (navicular) - indefinite

Christian Petracca (ACL) - indefinite

Alex Neal-Bullen (knee) ?

Bernie Vince (hamstring) ?

Jeremy Howe (hamstring) ?

Angus Brayshaw (concussion) - 1 week ?

Max King (?) ?

Some others like Jack Watts and Aaron Vandenberg are just coming out of rehab.

If you have reliable information on the above or any others I might have missed out on, please provide it here.

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2013-10-18/holmes-afl-spring-clean/5031326

Old article but can anyone clarify what happened with this?

Tracey Holmes = Bomber spin doctor.

No credibility.

Latest from Titus O'Reily: AFL announce the Essendon v St Kilda NAB Challenge match to have the Benny Hill music played throughout.

From Twitter:-

ADELAIDE

2015 members: 50,000+ (Adelaide was unable to provide the exact membership tally).

This time last year: Approximately 48,000

2014 members: 57,500

Slogan: Unleash 2015

BRISBANE LIONS

2015 members (so far): 17,357

This time last year: 16,328

2014 members: 24,032

Slogan: Believe Belong

CARLTON

2015 members (so far): 33,157

This time last year: 35,839

2014 members: 47,485

Slogan: We are the Navy Blues. One club. One tribe. One love.

COLLINGWOOD

2015 members (so far): 64,179

This time last year: 63,003

2014 members: 80,793

Slogan: Side by side we stick together: it’s more than a line in our song

ESSENDON

2015 members: 45,285

This time last year: 45,438

2014 members: 60,646

Slogan: Don the Sash – Back In

FREMANTLE

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2014 members: 48,777

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GEELONG

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This was posted on the other thread about the NAB Challenge but deserves a place here as well -

Rebecca Wilson: Egos of James Hird, Nathan Tinkler and Lance Armstrong causing chaos

Your spot on about Boags. I was fortunate enough to experience that back in October this year. Was very enjoyable. Loved their Wizard Smith Ale which sadly isn't for purchase outside Tassie.

That sucks big one's re the names. And sadly your right, the cost of court proceeding sup front are very steep and then if you loose become life shattering.....

I hope you blokes sober up by the start of the season.

Surely it would be in the players interests to be able to cross examine Charter and Alavi, for I have no doubt that ASADA will be introducing evidence they have garnered from them. The evidence will have less value than if they attended but the players will not be able to cross examine, so for mine I think the players are the big losers and ADADA can say we did our best to get them here but they declined.

Yes, Charter and Alavi declined to appear and the players, although represented at the Supreme Court don't appear to have made a big fuss about them attending.

How can they turn around and complain later on that they don't have the opportunity to cross examine them on their evidence.

If you're going to draw inferences, they are that that the players didn't particularly want them to give evidence because they felt that such evidence would not help their prospects of proving that they weren't given tb4.

This Knightmare must have nightmare's with his arithmetic. He has the bloke he's picked to go at 4 in the 5 - 15 range.

Actually, the performance of the midfield depends on a number of factors and not simply the personnel playing there. You need to take into account the tactics the coaches apply to midfield contents and the performance of the rucks as well. Even this year, our mids performed at their best when Jamar did well in the ruck. When he ran out of steam late in the season because of a lack of preseason training and we lost Cross, the midfield performance slipped.

Post-season medical room

The Demons are confident they will have the majority of their list up and running ahead of the start of pre-season training. Melbourne had four players in for post-season surgery – Dom Tyson (finger), Bernie Vince (shoulder), Max Gawn (knee) and Dean Terlich (ankle). Tyson spent a short time in a sling, but has come through without any obvious afflictions. In further positive news for the Demons, Jack Trengove (foot) and Jake Spencer (ankle) have started their running programs and the belief is they will both be close to full training when the club resumes after the break. Melbourne football manager Josh Mahoney told AFL.com.au the club was happy with how it was positioned from an injury standpoint, "The low number of injuries puts us in a really good position to hit the ground running at the start of pre-season with the vast majority of players training." - Ben Guthrie

There have been no posts to date responding to this thread but the articles contain a wealth of information about the potential draft pool.

Is it possible for this to be made a "sticky" please so that it doesn't get lost in the pack?

Would they take Watts do you think?

A no 1 pick for a no 1 pick. How quaint!

Word out of Carrara is that Garry Ablett Junior wants to settle back in Victoria and has bought a $10m house in East Melbourne. Wants to end his career a Demon. Suns board want picks 2, 3 & 56 along with Toumpas and /or Salem.