titan_uranus

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

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

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?

Confirmed?

I rate Murphy above Garland.

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

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?

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.

Yes. Overall not a good day in the history of the MFC

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?

Good on you

Wow You made so many great points. You pretty much some up my feelings too. I just hope the football community turns on him to make him feel like he made the wrong decision

Spot on

I agree. With no sour grapes at all, I firmly believe that he will lose massive amounts of respect in the football community. He has clearly attacked our facilities and funds, and shown that he is driven by nothing other than money. What is worse is that he chose to rule us out before ruling out Carlton. I can't see his logic at all - unless he wanted to be seen as a money-seeking [censored]. Why rule us out before Carlton? I can think of nothing better than for Melbourne to make a resurgance up the ladder next year, and for Judd to end up with his first ever wooden spoon.

Yep, Dylan Howard was the reporter. You make a good point.

Yeh, there was a reason we got rid of Jolly in the first place. Wonder why he wants out of Sydney, and what are they gonna do about another ruckman if we give them Miller.

This was a Dylan Howard story, was it not? How reliable is he?

I reckon Lade's gone. Getting old now, starting on the bench.

I don't want to see either go, but if it came down to it, Petterd should stay, only because he showed a lot more promise than Frawley this year. Just wondering if his fitness will be affected at all by his lung injury.

Geelong by no more than 2 goals Paul Chapman to get Norm Smith

I like it. Younger and better than Jamar. Thing is, what do we have to give Adelaide? Please not Davey.

We're better off having Judd for 6 than Frawley for 12, and from what Frawley showed this year, it could take another 2 years before he's premiership-quality. That means 8-10 years of Frawley compared with 6 years of Judd (I know which one I'd prefer), and who knows, we could do a Port Adelaide and find another Westhoff with our last pick who can settle into our defence.