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I had hoped we were going to grab Brayshaw. Might get him as a Rookie.

Until Melbourne release the statement and we find out more, it's a bit hard to judge. I'll admit that I was angry when I first heard about it on the radio today, but if it was a low reading, under .02, I'm happy to give him the benefit of the doubt, cop his whack from the Leadership group and that's the end of it. On the other hand, if it was a high reading and he really should have known that he had alcohol in his system, he deserves to play the first few games for Casey. Hopefully this is a one off and turns out to be a blessing in disguise.

Without knowing what was written in these so called text messages, I don't believe Whitfield has actually breached the rules? I can't be bothered searching the rules now, but I thought that the player has up to 10 days to notify ASADA of new address, or where they can be tested, as long as someone from the club knows where he is? He was staying at a club officials house, so you could argue that the club knew where he was and could have told ASADA, if ASADA had turned up to test him. Technicality I know, but that's the excuse I would use. ?

Instead of Pick 47 in this scenario, would it be worth more to us to try for their next years 3rd round pick?

I seriously hope we don't cave in, play hard ball, if they don't except next years 2nd round pick, then bad luck, let them keep Hibberd for another year. We have to use 3 picks in this draft and we have the bonus of picking up Lewis, keep pick 29.

I think he's worth pick 48, just not sure we need to use it. Do a deal with Lewis to join us after next season if the Hawks want to play hard ball.

MELBOURNE 26, 44, 62, 80. 26 will go on the Hibberd trade. 80 for Lewis, I'd definetaly take. Runner up in this years B&F, shows he's still playing well, and I think he could teach our young midfield a bit. 3 year deal with provisions on the last 2, possible coaching job etc. 62 for Lewis, I'd still probably take this deal. 44 for Lewis, I'm not keen on this deal. I'd rather poach him after next season, be cheaper for us. 2 year deal, possible move into coaching.

Pretty sure I posted this in another thread, but I recall one of the commentators on trade night stating that they believed that as long as he could stay injury free, he'd be the steal of the draft at No.9. I'm quite happy with the 3 games I've seen from him, he's showed plenty of potential for a first year key position player.

One of my favourite players, had a shocking run of luck with the injury and concussions, looking forward to seeing him next year with a full pre season under his belt.

Does our Melbourne Membership get us into the Grandfinal?

And we know what sort of Clowns some posters on here are too. ?

ANB was an emergency for the Port game, flew back and had a great game for Casey by the looks, he might get his chance if Garlett doesn't recover.

So you're saying that his field kicking and shots at goal inside 40m are bad? And I'm talking about on average, not after one bad game. I'm fairly certain I could look up a bad game from Dunstal and Locket and state they were crap kicks too in that case.

He's a young key position player in his second year, not many key position players constantly play good football in their first few years. He rarely gets out marked and brings the ball to ground if he doesn't grab it himself, he takes the number one backman each week and his field kicking is above average to elite. The kid is a gun and we will miss him if he left, in saying that, I still don't understand why commentators/journos keep going on about his contract, he's contracted for another year, why should he re-sign before the end of next year? I wouldn't if I was in his shoes, even if I knew I wasn't going to leave the club I'd hold out until the middle of next season at the least.

Technically you might be right on it being classed as a shirtfront, daisycutter? I was trying to look at the incidents mentioned from an MRP point of view, the way they have adjudicated in the past, I believed they would state that it was a fair bump with no contact to head, therefore no suspension, and if it was the other way around I would have expected Clarrie to get off too. That being said, I believe the MRP stated that Rioli did make contact to the head, therefore I believe he should have copped a week instead of a fine.

Yes, but their percentage is so much lower then the teams around them that they cannot afford to finish on equal points, they knew they had to win the game against us.

Rioli's bump was fair, and if it was one of our boys who did it, I'd be [censored] if he got suspended. I thought his lifting tackle on Weeds was worse. Mitchell hit Watts with an open hand, no suspension. I actually hope they don't look at it too closely because it looked like Watts sort of grabbed Mitchell's face first, play on, nothing to see here. ? I've only watched the replay twice though...so far. ?

I remember one of the commentators on draft night stated that if his body holds up, Weeds could be the steal of the draft at 9. I'm not expecting anything flash from him, just hope he has a solid game.

Even though I agree that Jones has been down on form this year, no one in our club busts his arse as much as he does, or for as long as he has, plus it's not all about on field performance. If Jones still wants to Captain, I still want him as Captain. ?

I actually didn't back Kent to kick that one. Track is a gun, and overall I think Omac, TMac and Frost have been solid down back. Edit: That's the AVB of old

Do you mean where did I get the quote from? If so, page 4, DazzleDavey's Hearald Sun link. And I guess he probably means the other VFL teams who aren't too happy with the weak decision.

So, Hook, who didn't attend, lashes out at those who comment without being there? And then tries to tell us that they did a good job, how would he know if he didn't attend? From what I've read, he pleaded guilty with no excuses? I don't know how much more evidence they needed/wanted other then the Channel 7 footage, he clearly turns his head and bites Oliver's finger, a finger that was clearly on the ball and away from his mouth. Any player that blatantly bites, or spits on, another player should cop a minimum 4 weeks.

Our decision making needs a lot of improvement, especially our handballs under pressure. On the plus side, we do have the youngest list in the AFL, against the Hawks our Avg games per player was something like 63-125. That being said, I see plenty of improvement to come over the next couple of years when our boys get another 30-40 games under their belts.

I just caught the last few minutes of the game on tv, I wish I hadn't, shocking basic errors from Trengove and Pedo. ?

I don't rate Hurley, so not fussed about him. Prestia is out for the season and having a knee operation, he's only 23 but I'm not sure if his best is already behind him with his injuries. O'Meara might be worth the risk, but I don't think we can afford him at the 700k that the Suns say he's worth?