Smokey

Hard to imagine our best 22 with Tmac starting at CHF after his performance over the last 2 years. I don't care how fit he looks this pre-season needs to earn his way back into the side.

Serious question to those here who don't think Wiz Jnr should get a spot on our list: Who would you give the spot to instead? I really don't see the harm in having him on the rookie list next year to see how he goes. We ain't gonna win a flag anytime soon without making at least some high risk/high reward moves ...

As they say, money can't buy happiness ... Hope he's doin alright though, I never wish hard times (outside of the football field) on any player.

Whatever ends up happening, I expect to see Steve May's name in there somewhere. He is everything our group needs in a leader.

Bit of an overreaction from many on here. He never said Kozzie is as good as Cyril was at the same age. Just says hes doing similar things. And I reckon Jordy is in a better position than anyone here to make such comparisons. Calm your collective farms, and enjoy some favorable commentary from someone most of us here respect.

In fairness, May is one of the better one on one defenders getting around. Thanks for the great report

Yeah, nah. Anyone this clueless about personal data security gets zero sympathy from me in this day and age. Thick as 2 short planks is Patton. As a public figure, its seriously poor judgement on his part sending these sorts of images over the internet. Also, you offering an opinion on whether or not the female has the right to be offended by his behaviour isn't your place. A woman should have the right to deal with unwanted sexual advances in any way she see's fit. He offered to pay her money, as if any women on earth should be willing to prostitute themselves for him. This shows his character to be that of one who does not respect women at all. Trying to fly the flag for him him here only makes you look the same way.

So he acts like a complete degenerate, treating women with disrespect for who knows how long. Finally gets pulled up, and now he's having a mental health crisis and needs to be in hospital? Yeah, nah. Doesn't sit right at all does it. Zero sympathy for a bloke who treats women like this.

I haven't been a fan of Goody for awhile now, but I'm backing him in for top 4 thanks to his new supporting cast.

Not sure that's true considering the price we pay for him.

I like the sound of that. Good to see the club thinking outside the box and bringing in top talent in different capacities.

So is Browny actually mentoring Sam, or did they just have a one off chat?

If I had a dollar for every time I've read that on DL I'd be retired at age 34

MFC predictions Ladder position at the end of the H&A season: 4th Position at the end of the season (e.g. stage of finals): 3rd B&F top 5 (1 point for correct inclusion, 1 point for correct place): 1. Petracca 2. Oliver 3. Viney 4. May 5. Jackson Leading goalkicker: Brown Most marks: Fritsch Best first year player: Bowey Most improved player: Kozzie All Australian 40-man squad selections (1 point each): Petracca, Oliver, May All Australian final 22 selections (1 point each): Petracca, May Big Ben Brown will kick his biggest goal tally against: North Biggest winning margin (exact guess is 5 points, within 1 point margin is 4 points etc): 85 Biggest MFC story of the year (5 points): Melbourne announces new home base Other MFC predictions (1 point each): Wied to kick 35+ AFL predictions Premier: Brisbane Runner-up: Richmond Wooden spoon: North Biggest improver: Melbourne Biggest slider: Geelong Brownlow medal: Petracca Coleman medal: Charlie Dixon Rising star: Luke Jackson

Perhaps an email to the club will be more effective than a post on Demonland ...

If he gains that mobility, I'd love to see him tried on a wing. Not interested in seeing him up forward unless covering an injured player.

When I see names like this I always assume the parents have spent much of their life receiving unemployment benefits

I'd be very wary of moving Salem off HB. His kicks out of the back 50 set up so many of our scoring opportunities. I like where our backline is at, we should find the answers to our forward 50 connection elsewhere.

Ok i'll bite. Let's look at your first example here. Roughead kicked 6 goals from 16 games in his first season. Also had 8 hit outs for the season, so you can safely assume he spend most of his time up forward. LJ; 3 goals 6 games. Also, 29 hit outs in those 6 games. So not only did LJ average more goals, he did it while spending less time in the forward line. In a season of shortened quarters.

Hi Burgo, thanks for dropping by DL

Bloody hell, the way some here are carrying on its like the MFC are bringing back national service.

I get that this is exploitative in some ways, but really ... who's got a gun to these uni students head making them do this?

Yep that sounds about right. In the 5th season of Tom's career (2011), he had played a total of 80 AFL games in consistently good team. In that same year, he kicked 27 goals @ an average of 1.5 goals per game. Sam has played 44 games in a poor team over the same period. This year, Sam kicked 19 goals @ an average of 1.46 goals per game. But hey, let's not let reason get in the way of a good ol' player bashing on DL.

You'd have to think that with our list where its at, in terms of talent and age, we really should be finishing top 4 next year. Ben Brown was the last major piece of the puzzle really. If he gets going from round 1 I think we're a good chance for that.

Couple of things here: 1) Stats are important if you want to analyse the game and its players correctly. Your point is centred around the fact he's coming up to his 6th season. In his 5 so far, he's played 44 games. That's an average of 8.8 games of footy a season, or less than 2 full seasons worth of footy. 2) My week is going just fine thanks.