Fritta and Turner

When does his current contract expire?

16 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Just give the Christmas gathering a miss. Think of it this way: in the last 57 years there’s been 57 Christmases but only one Melbourne premiership. 😃

Nice try but I think the family might still be expecting presents...

On 10/19/2021 at 7:00 AM, Premiers said:

Updates for delisting of Hore and Declase and Hibberd one year contract. 

We have no more players OOC.

A few points:

• I've corrected the Allowed A Rookie numbers to be: 1 - 6.
• Jordon has been shown as a senior all year so I left him there for the sake of consistency.  He is contracted until 2023 so a late pick will be used (94 or 112) to make that official.
• Chandler has been assumed to be an A rookie, pending further clarification.  If he is promoted to the senior list a late pick will be used to make it official (94 or 112).
• In summary, we have 38 senior and A rookie players giving us 4 overall list spots.  Based on Jordon/Chandler assumptions herein that is 3-4 senior spots and 0 -1 A rookie spots.  (Plus two 'B rookie spots).

The classification of A Rookie vs Senior is a bit academic regarding list numbers and eligibility to play.  The benefit is that being a rookie helps manage the sal cap as a portion (I think the first $80,000) isn't include so their is an incentive to max the rookies.

As @Turnercorrectly noted if Andy Moniz-Wakefield gets thru the draft we can take him as a 'B' rookie.

Some forthcoming dates may clarify our list intentions:  List Lodgements, NGA and F/S nominations.  Refer to this thread:  

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Re our draft picks:  Collingwood and Bulldogs currently have 10 draft picks between our 37 and 57 and will use them for their respective F/S, and/or trade/consolidate them.  This means our picks 49 and 57 will come in a long way.  My current estimate is that 49 will be in the low 40's and 57 will be high 40's.  I won't make it too exact as it will change with more pick trades. 

The next update will be after the Draft, unless their are significant changes to our draft position.

Is James Jordon a free agent already?

3 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Imagine Bill Lawry Commentary during the 3rd Quarter 

Or Richie Benaud - there is a seagull standing in the goal square at the city road end.  Marvelous that.

I am amazed by his awareness of opponents and the play.

It is a very rare event when he is tackled and didn't know it was coming.

Brett Heady (92) and Dean Kemp (119) in the days when WCE told their future prospects to keep a low profile.

12 hours ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

There would hardly be an Olympic gold medalist that didn't train on Xmas day. 

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Interviewer: what separates the really good players from the champions?

Paul Roos: The champions train on Xmas day. 

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Um I am not talking about stopping training....I am talking about having a holiday. Different environment, relaxed but keeping fit.

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Admittedly covid makes that hard.

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Brisbane bears had many smokeys....

4 hours ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Easton Wood busted his hand pretty early in the Grand Final let’s not forget.

and tell me, why do I need to remember that? He hit someone? Potential trivia question?

(sorry for the attitude but both my sisters have rung me twice already today.  They are up to something....I am on edge)

Club merch arrived yesterday in FNQ.

MCG Shop merch in transit.

11 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

They did

I dont call a day out against Footiscray a holiday.

Nor training in the local park and getting harassed by the fans.

They need a complete break from footy....

Perhaps we should go with what has worked best in the past and pick someone called Christian.

TBH I reckon they should have a holiday.

31 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Just watch the AFL again give Jeelong another dream draw!!🤑😵

I cant see them getting too many night time games.  The retirement village locks the doors 8.00pm sharp.

I have spent the last few weeks endlessly watching replays, and to be honest I thought it was time to get back into reading.

So, whilst perusing the AFL GF Record I noticed that Libba had an AFL Ranking of 5.  R u serious.  What a joke.  The only 5 in Libbas life is on the the back of Petracca and it progressively got smaller as Tracca torched him.

The Bont is a champion.  But as my Dogs mate said 'We needed 4 Bonts'.

Dees were a champion team.

41 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

 

"The strange thing was the dogs conceded another two in the first two of the last. A four goal lead wasn't impossible to chase. I think they were just broken from that last minute."

And it would have been quicker except those goals in the last were from set shots which takes an extra 30 secs+.  And Sparrows kick to Brown took so long to come to earth I had time to make a cappuccino.

A solid game in the finals.  Fortune smiled on him in terms of team selection but after the personal year he had who would begrudge him that.

Premiership player!!!!!

13 hours ago, tiers said:

Robbie. He also could do things that others could not then or even today.

That he was a natural without the training and development of today's players is a measure of his greatness.

Clarrie and Trac deserve to be next in line.

Totally agree though Clarrie and Trac are the best 'rovers' I have seen in red and blue.

3 hours ago, Demon17 said:

Scary thing? 

He's only 25 years 3 months old. And "hates losing".

With his much improved kicking he now hurts the opposition. Unlike many leesser accumulators like Mitchell and McCrae.

Importantly was a Goodwin project from day 1.

Whats even more scarier is he is only 24 years and 3 months old. Getting better all the time.....

43 minutes ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

@binman, @daisycutter, @John Crow Batty, et al,

Just watched Haymes's 'All Of The Melbourne Goals' again (just 'cos we can, can't we?!)

I'm now calling 'Mark'. Split-second thinker that he is, I reckon he turned and saw the then empty goal square, knew he had momentum in the right direction, looping around on his right, and knew he could at least bounce it through. (As to the possibility of 'touched', the Dogs player 5m from Salem certainly was trying, with an arm upwardly very outstretched, but the lack of umpire and Ch.7 response is telling)

And on his other goal (re my query on behind-the-goals vision of it) I see now that he turns away from the kick and to the crowd before it's even half way to the (dead centre of!) the goals. Maybe a glance over the shoulder but, wow...

Finally (yeah, right...) I've thought Bowey's kick* to Brayshaw was doubtfully 15m but I've come to realise that might have been the case as the kick was released but, during the camera angle change, Angus made, then dived, a good extra 5m. Ditto, wow...

(*Also, I've been thinking Bowey's was another of the shortfall kicks in that passage; I reckon he was trying to spot up the mismatch between Brown and Daniel just past where Angus marked?)

Was thinking the same but Bowey made the common mistake of thinking that our older forwards are much quicker than they are.  Not only did Angus save the day but he kicked the goal!!!

(*Also, I've been thinking Bowey's was another of the shortfall kicks in that passage; I reckon he was trying to spot up the mismatch between Brown and Daniel just past where Angus marked?)

Was thinking the same but Bowey made the common mistake of thinking that our older forwards are much quicker than they are.  Not only did Angus save the day but he kicked the goal!!!

For a change of pace I watched the prelim final. We came 1 point short of tripling their score.

1 thing in common with GF was Goody crying on the boundary line.

11 minutes ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

Half mark @binman?

Agree. Remarkable.

Nah half volley

(looks like a mark to me)

16 hours ago, CHF said:

I have not posted really at all since The Win. I have re watched the game more than a few times and I am astounded at the quality of play that was achieved by individual players and by the team as a whole.

According to the AFL player stats for the game the bottom 6 players for the Demons were, from the sixth lowest to the lowest, McDonald, who scored a couple of goals, Rivers, who had a strong defensive game and attacked when the chance presented, Spargo, a goal and a good forward 50 defensive game, Petty strong defense with a 6 disposal game for 95% TOG, Hibberd, who played an excellent defensive game and Pickett, whose pressure in the forward 50 lead to goals.

For a bottom six that is as strong as it gets and was one of the critical reasons why we won and won so well.

Add to that Tom Sparrow who was just above Tom McDonald and you get a clear idea of the level of play we achieved across the team. I rate Sparrow very highly and believe he will mature into a top class mid for us.

Excuse me I have to go off and have a look at the replay of our most recent premiership.

Thanks for the stats on the bottom 6.  No real surprises except for Rivers and Sparrow.  Amazing how you can play a great game and not get much of it.

matches up well against Caleb Daniels......most of the time