Demons1858

I think credit for getting players wanting to come to the mfc goes mainly to Simon Goodwin. Then Tim Lamb, and Kelly O'Donell in that order. When players arrive they invariably say it was the conversation with goody that got them most interested plus the fact we usually offer an extra year than most other clubs ... there are quotes out there from the players themselves if anyone wants to Google. l give Mahoney alot of the credit for the draft pick swaps that have been first rate

Seems to me that good mates Oliver, Salem and Petracca are all done deals and the marketing department is staggering the good news for maximum affect .. good on them if true

If he sets himself, the classic but still classy Love Hate knuckle tattoos aren't out of his reach and could be the difference in inking himself a new deal

We have a shortage of players with tatts, Jones was the only one against the Hawks last week and he's getting on. Another mullet type would add some much needed depth also

we have had as many goes at this has we have rebuilds

l would take jess back in a second for 3rd round pick and peanuts

But none of us on this forum are playing on Sunday!

I had the same thought P2J, hopefully our players aren't thinking the same thing as we are ... should be a smashing really!

Just analysed it in a bit more detail. This was their side last week with 8 players 1.90m or more. We played 6 1.90m or more against the cats. B: Sam Frost, Kyle Hartigan, Changkuoth Jiath HB: Jarman Impey, Blake Hardwick, Michael Hartley C: Dylan Moore, Jaeger O'Meara, Harry Morrison HF: Luke Breust, Chad Wingard, Tim O'Brien F: Tyler Brockman, Mitch Lewis, Dan Howe Foll: Ben McEvoy, Tom Mitchell, James Worpel Interchange: Jack Scrimshaw, Tom Phillips, Jonathon Ceglar, Liam Shiels With the Hawks being so tall, we have to replace May with another tall and Petty has to come in as the most in form VFL big man which leaves Lever to still do his thing. I would just reshuffle the rest of the side this week for Fritsh's forward role including Melksham, Jones, and maybe Sparrow. Hibberd probably comes in on the bench as his form warrants. Also, it might be a good idea to rest James Jordan as a med sub this week like they did with Sparrow previously. If the hawks want to go in with 3 talls (including Scrimshaw) in their defence then good luck keeping up with us in the forward half

His form seems to have coincided with him signing a contract extension ... co-incidence or complacency ... I'm thinking the later based on the available evidence. Still hopeful he can switch on again however

mayak daw might be a chance

In 2018 he dragged the team with him to win finals being a bull ... if others were doing more then he wouldn't need to ... others have changed and he no longer needs to fill the void is whats happened .. selfless means doing more of the pressure and defensive acts ... in the past he had to always the first to try and lift the team when momentum is against us and others are dropping off

That this thread was even started is 'quite brilliant' as Ross Lyon would say. Gun teams have gun mids that need to learn to work together if they want to be strong finals contender. The answer isn't pushing one of your best players out and certainly not the most selfless mid of them all that had been waiting for the penny to drop with the other mids to lift their team first acts and sacrifice their games when it's their turn ... Bris had Voss, Black, Akermanis, Lappin etc. 3 brownlow medalist amongst them and they stayed together

could see BC coming in to consult on the new training base and perhaps leading the project

I'm going to guess its to fill this position ... https://seekjobsaustralia.com/job-details/general-manager-commercial-melbourne-football-club-8538843

Sounds promising ... can you advise if its player related, football dept related, any other category you could narrow it down to?

If we believe this to be the case, then Pert probably needs to take credit for keeping our quality players on the list with the review and changes he drove. Personally, I don't doubt he was looking around (or maybe his mgr was for him) but he would have needed interest from a team that will challenge sooner than MFC to have even considered moving and Carlton was never that team - they do however have salary cap room to help drive his price up which is handy. Anyway, excited to have him on board and love the way he goes about his footy. We have an awesome midfield emerging with maturity

You will find that MFC would have been consulted in the decision as it reduces cost out to them

No one can doubt that he is a one eyed demon now ... 2 to 4 weeks ... will be back in 2 unless there are complications

Needs to come from this lot plus 1or 2 newbies. https://www.melbournefc.com.au/history/team-of-the-century/#:~:text=The Melbourne Team of the,Dudley Phillips and Steven Phillips.

Awesome that BB is into match sim already and testing his lateral movement ... with the lead up forward back in vogue the BB trade could be an even more of an inspired pick than we first thought ! So to the selection of outsider runners and highly skilled types like Bowey and Laurie

If its to do with "The toll that supporting this club has taken on me over the year" I'm surprised it lasted even this long ?

Yep, I'm sure the middle ground has always been that if you want to be released from your contract to go back then you give us 1 more year (2021) to learn from your methods and also appoint someone to shadow you / take over. edit: Like the well considered note by Gary Pert on this

Positive is that not many clubs can afford $1 mill a year in their salary. caps and the ones that can are potentially further from success than us https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/salary-cap-score-the-afl-clubs-that-do-and-don-t-have-room-20210327-p57em2.html

Good points. We also got saints at a good time as they: returned from nsw, had 1 less rest day, played in tiring wet conditions, and have a few injuries at the minute