Lord Nev

Don't know that story in particular, but could be correct. He worked for the club at one stage and yeah, didn't exactly endear himself in the end.

Look, I'll call a truce with you good doctor, not sure how we got tangled up tbh. Sound ok? On Tuesday I heard Smith was looking pretty good (I wouldn't have gone as far as 100% certain, but seemed fairly firm) for an MFC move. Haven't heard anything since though, other than the media reports about Geelong that have sprung up. I know a while back Smith wasn't answering Gawn's calls, someone here posted a similar story about Lewis. Might mean nothing and just be how he is though.

No worries Ethan.

Morris is fairly well connected with Melbourne.

Basically, in my opinion; irregardless of 'moving forward', our learnings should be scalable.

If I was wearing a tin foil hat I may put together a theory about Rance coming back from retirement...

Not worth a first round pick by themselves, would likely involve our pick 23 (or a future 2nd rounder), and maybe pick swaps on top.

Will go top 10 for sure. Know we're keen on Macrae, but if we managed to get GWS' incoming pick 9 and both he and Perkins were available I have a feeling we might take Perkins.

Pending the contract, they could get pick 9 as compo for Williams.

Doubtful he'll go to the Saints IMO.

Having mature, experienced and exceptionally professional players around the club does the opposite of costing us the development of a youngster. Melbourne fans, more than anyone, should understand you don't develop kids by just throwing them in for games without enough guidance and support from experienced players.

Club is meeting with him. Not sure of level of interest either way just yet tho.

MFC are going to meet with Higgins.

I'm glad we've settled it then. All of Ethan's posts are jokes and he has absolutely no intel or useful information. Thanks for clarifying for me everyone.

Not sure I'm sold on a twitter account that posts things like "10 retweets and we reveal all!" etc. Can't even spell his name correctly...

From whom?

Yeah, they're hilarious.

I don't find getting followed around on the internet, receiving email threats and constant trolling very funny tbh. Perhaps just block my posts if you're so bothered. You were never even mentioned.

If the bloke is going to constantly have a crack at me then I have a right of reply I reckon. As usual, I didn't instigate this.

Only joking though right....

Also gives him a convenient excuse. None of the trade ones I mentioned above were jokes. That's pretty clear. Easy to backpedal and say "only joking" when you're wrong though.

From Gary Buckenara's 'list analysis' article today... Melbourne has to decide whether this group can win a premiership in the next five years. I say no, but the club probably believes it can, so are unlikely to do anything bold like seeing what offers would come in by putting Clayton Oliver on the trade table. That would shock some people, but clubs need to think outside the box – you never know what possibilities and opportunities will present to improve your list and get the types of players you need to take the next step. Oliver is a great player but there are a few knocks on his game. He handballs too often and puts his teammates under pressure. So, he doesn’t really hurt the opposition like the great midfielders do. I think he can be replaced. You obviously wouldn’t do the deal unless an offer too good to refuse came up, but it’s food for thought. Be bold because this list has stagnated.

Or even "it was all a joke..."