titan_uranus

Nicholson when he had a beard to

Don't need the beard, he's the MFC cult hero of all time

To be honest we got a pretty good draw this year, we were just too [censored] to take advantage of all the MCG games we had early in the year.

I agree. It's not the crappiness of our draw that pisses me off, its the great draws of other clubs (need I mention them). Fairness for the rest of the competition would be nice.

Essendon delisted Richard Cole

Wasn't that a successful pickup for the Dons... Did he even play a match?

Page one.

Ah. Thanks

Where does the article say anything about Travis? And the title is 'Shaw might head to Brisbane'.

I think the Roos are in for a torrid time, if not next year then 09. I know, I know, nobody respects them and all that bollocks. Their defence is pants, their midfield is decent but the genuine stars are getting old, and the young'ns aren't great. The forward line is decent. I don't rate Corey Jones but he has the scores on the board this year, and Thompson is an excellent player, with Petrie a solid CHF.

And now that I think about it, with Archer gone there too goes inspiration, leadership and obvious skill. Defence shall suck next year.

I think this guy could develope into something pretty special, and i kepp thinking back to one game he played in 06 at CHF were he dominated before getting injured. Were do you guys see his future:

Ruckmen: tapwork is average

CHB: too slow

CHF: This is the one i like, you have bate as a roaming flanker, taking marks up the field bit like O'keefe, then paul playing closer to home as the next link in the chain, breaking packs and creating spillages for the likes of Davey and sylvia.

CHF is the go. I've been thinking though - with the addition of Meesen we're going to have 4 ruckmen:

White

Jamar

Johnson

Meesen

There's no point having them if we're not going to play them, so I'm thinking maybe one of Johnson or White to no longer be a 'ruckman' but to play this CHF role or something. I can't see the point in re-signing Jamar AND getting Meesen if we're also rucking White.

A summary of Monday's progressions for the MFC:

MELBOURNE

General manager recruiting and list manager Craig Cameron:

On Travis Johnstone: "Nothing has happened with Travis today. There hasn't been a lot [of interest in him]. There hasn't been many offers. It's a strange week, trade week. We don't use our players as bait but Travis' name is out there."

On Brad Miller: "There's been a little bit of interest from Sydney. We'd like to keep Brad, so that's where we're at. It would have to be [a good offer].

On Crows ruckman John Meesen: "I think by the end of the week [a trade] should happen. At this stage, we haven't gone too far with it. It will probably be draft picks, but it's only Monday and by the time we get to Friday, or even by Wednesday, we'll have a better idea. I wouldn't have thought [we would trade] a second round [pick]."

Adelaide says:

On John Meesen: "Once again, we want [Melbourne's] pick 21 so we're just negotiating that. I want their second round pick and they've offered their third."

From http://www.afl.com.au/Default.aspx?tabid=2...mp;newsId=52298

Like we're gonna give them pick 21...

Geelong

West Coast

Collingwood

Adelaide

Fremantle

Melbourne

Port Adelaide

Hawthorn

St. Kilda

Sydney

Brisbane

Essendon

Carlton

Richmond

Bulldogs

Kangaroos

How come? Add Nathan Thompson to their '07 side and they couldn't possibly slide that far, could they?

Geelong

Hawthorn

West Coast

Port Adelaide

Fremantle

Brisbane

Collingwood

Kangaroos

Melbourne

St Kilda

Adelaide

Sydney

Richmond

Carlton

Essendon

Bulldogs

I believe that Heath Hocking at Essendon has also been elevated off the rookie list - same time as Ramanauskas

Losing Miller is a must.

Losing Trapper is stupidity, he is one of the only blokes that can spot a target in heavy traffic.

Like Ottens this year for The Cats he is going to click big time eventually & contribute massively towards a flag.

We have invested a decade already & Dean Bailey might just be the Trigger to consistency for Trapper.

Don't do It CAC, I have visions of Trapper winning a Norm Smith in Red & Blue.

Quite right you are. However we have invested 5 or so years in Miller, maybe Bailey will get something out of him too?

ur an idiot...firstly 16.9 is actually rediculous. good on you if you can get 16.9, if you can u must be an athlete.

which brings me to my second point...these guyz are 17-18 yrold footballers...they are not proffesional athletest...to play in the midfield you need a beep test of mid 15. every one of these guyz will work on getting this over the summer.

the record ever in the afl in Jarryd Mcveigh, and he couldnt even get 16.9. and youll notice that mcveigh, despite being an excellent athlete, is a pretty shitty footballer.

as long as these guyz are working themselves to their capacity, and pushing eachother along, anything above 14.5 is very acceptable. above 15 is excellent.

You're right. I think everyone is expecting too much of them at the moment. And you make a good point about McVeigh. In 4 years time some of these players will be star athletes regardless of their 18-year old beep test results

Sydney

Gain: Travis Johnstone, Brad Miller, pick 36

Lose: Pick 11, pick 43

They are the winners here - getting Trapper and a KPP for Pick 11, and bettering their pick 43 with 36.

i'm sorry but are u crazy!! i HATE the brisbane jumper and so do most people. if melbourne did anything like that i wouldnt buy my membership. i reckon that the best jumpers are the plain, traditional and old fashioned ones. thats why i like the idea of our alternative strips bieng either the 80's jumper with the lighter blue, or a red jumper with ye old MFC logo in the middle.

I have to agree. We don't need to try anything too radical. We're the oldest club, why not honour our history on our clash jumper?

Nathan Buckley pies

Confirmed?

Murphy: I like our tall forwards. But I feel as though we could fit this guy in. The trouble is, with Bate, Dunn, Juice and Garland I wonder where he'd fit in.

I rate Murphy above Garland.

That's what I meant TU - blue monogram on a red jumper. And it looked really good, for a training jumper.

Ah, well I like it. Although I guess anything would be better than our current clash strip.

I remember the players used this logo (in navy) on red training jumpers - they could do a LOT worse than use this as a clash jumper, because the current clash jumper is terrible

The way it looks there, it's not very different in colour to our normal jumper, so how could it be a clash jumper? Invert the colours?

Why is Michael Voss listed as retired this year?

Because he still had a year to go on his contract when he retired last year so technically he was still on the Brisbane list for this year.

I don't get it. He tells us our facilites aren't good enough, then goes to Carlton where they're almost as bad. I reckon he could have thought of a better excuse than to publicly shame us like he did.

Compare what Harris said to what came out of the Essendon camp today:

http://essendonfc.com.au/news/news.asp?nid=5402

In particular:

"We won’t just put a line through this and walk away, we will sit close and see what happens," Mr Auld said.

"There is a lot to happen between now and the end of trade week and if that means Collingwood and Carlton can’t do a deal we will just have to see what happens then."

Compared with:

"...but we do have this comparative disadvantage"

"...it is very disappointing that Chris will be playing elsewhere next year"

We could have been a bit more positive like Essendon. Sure, we have a 0.00000001% chance now, but if Dylan Howard is to be believed, then WC was a little bit interested at our deal, and if they can't deal with Coll or Carl, then maybe.

its a joke isnt it.. must have been done by a consultant group of 10 kindergarten kids !!

would have hoped for something a little more.. well.. anything !! lol

Underwhelming doesnt quite do justice !!

Yes.

Overall not a good day in the history of the MFC

I would give the Doggies Robertson, Jamar and pick 21 for pick 5

Then we have picks 4 and 5. Beautiful.

This is good. Reminds me of 03 with 3 and 5 for Syliva and McLean

Was sent an email today from the club about the 'Advisory Panel' - in it they said that the club had a new logo for next year:

I for one am not overwhelmed by it. I prefer the current logo. Thoughts?