Ohio USA - David

How do you know that they never asked to be captains...? That is your speculation. As i said... they were not up to be captains nor were they experienced enough. It was a "political " statement for the Club moving forward that failed.

thanks

totally disagree They were not up to it as players or Captains... We move on to greatness with Gawny

MMM ?

how do you know that ? simon goodwin would not let the world know that view...

Yep... I was there and it was a special night. We have won AFL X every year since... still have the trophy

Are you sure that was the only thing you shrugged when you were in the dunnies at the G ?

Like all of us, 2019 was a down year but I feel it started with the 17 surgeries required from the end of the 2018 year. Coming into the 2019 season proper we were faced with many players still in rehab, many players who never went through a full pre season and all this had an unnerving lack of confidence effect built not only into the players individually but the Team as well. To be a successful team you almost need 19 players on the field at the same time. The 19th man being Mr Confidence. Look at T Mc... and even O Mc... one could sense that they lacked personal and Team confidence to the point that O Mc withdrew himself from the Seniors towards the end of the 2019 season to rejuvenate himself. I recall Jonesy immediately after the Geelong Semi in 2018 saying that the buzz around the ground was like having an extra player on the ground. On Richo, I see him being a replacement for Brendan McCartney only I feel Richo will be more hands on. My only criticism of McCartney was that he was not seen as an assistant coach who embraced all players but viewed as a Coach of coaches in the main. Richo's role in 2020 will be more of an assistant to Goody as he stated in the interview.

The Press - Best 22 MELBOURNE Recruits Ed Langdon (pictured below) and Adam Tomlinson assume wing roles, while first-round draft pick Kozzy Pickett edges out Jay Lockhart to be the small forward but this may be a bit premature. Oscar McDonald is better suited to playing on the second-best tall forward and wins a berth over Harry Petty and Marty Hore. Alex Neal-Bullen had an awful 2019 but is an endurance and pressure specialist and a best-22 staple when in form. Mitch Hannan and Tom Sparrow are around the mark, and Joel Smith and Aaron vandenBerg will have roles to play after neither appeared this year because of injury. Mitch Brown could be the third tall forward, if the Demons opt for a bigger frontline. Harley Bennell is training with Melbourne and could be a valuable addition via the pre-season supplemental selection period. – Marc McGowan B: Neville Jetta, Steven May, Oscar McDonald HB: Christian Salem, Jake Lever, Michael Hibberd ? Ed Langdon, Jack Viney, Adam Tomlinson HF: Christian Petracca, Tom McDonald, James Harmes F: Kozzy Pickett, Sam Weideman, Jake Melksham Foll: Max Gawn, Clayton Oliver, Angus Brayshaw I/C: Bayley Fritsch, Jayden Hunt, Nathan Jones, Alex Neal-Bullen DEPTH Defenders: Marty Hore, Harry Petty, Aaron Nietschke, Trent Rivers, Josh Wagner Midfielders: Oskar Baker, Kyle Dunkley, James Jordon, Kade Kolodjashnij, Charlie Spargo, Tom Sparrow Forwards: Toby Bedford, Mitch Brown, Kade Chandler, Mitch Hannan, Jay Lockhart, Joel Smith, Aaron vandenBerg, Corey Wagner Rucks: Austin Bradtke, Luke Jackson, Braydon Preuss

absolutely correct.

Yeah........... and what if we have a run of bad injuries like a few years ago when we lost Gawn against Geelong at Marvel Stadium.. I reckon it is good insurance. We could have used him last year as well.

great post except we are an A+

Yeah well we recruited attitude, personality and imagination.. Go Dees

agree with all you say especially J Hunt. He is in my Team... BUT have to disagree with you on Lever. His is in my number one team.

Someone has it wrong then if Mahony can get picked at number 34 by Nth Melb...

Just sour grapes...

As a MFC supporter - Melbourne were the big winners last night. We gained a real prospect in Jackson and a talented Pickett. MInd you I am biased due to the fact I follow the Demons.

Nah, I will bring it to you in A$... I need to see an MFC game live anyway...

how arrogant you are...

I really am sick of this thread. Get over it... The MFC will not want at pick 3 or pick 10 a player who cannot play for twelve months. If you want to start taking bets at whether MFC will take this guy then I am on for $1,000 to say NO WAY.

We need to look at the wider strategy here and it appears to me to be that the Club want to bring in as many early picks as they can and I believe that by this swap we lose very little within the top ten picks but definitely gain improvement up the pick line. The day after the Grand final our pick range was: Picks: 3, 22, 40, 58, 76 Now we have picks : 3, 10, 28, (future 4th round pick) 97 Overall we have achieved 2 first round picks and brought our third pick overall number 97 down to pick 28. This position is what is more important than all the small minded comment here on this post. Frankly I applaud the MFC recruiting department for their fortitude in our desire to be a successful team into 2020. Thinking "out of the box" and out smarting rival clubs is the way to move ahead. Well done MFC

Just listened to the Burgess interview through SEN over here in America and I am sooo impressed in his lateral thinking and overall presence.

FYI: The college Gridiron players do not get paid but their school scholarships form part of their inducement to play to a high standard. As an aside the Ohio Buckeyes who I follow over here average 105,000 per game.

Melbourne, Richmond, Greater Western Sydney and North Melbourne are among the teams to register their interest in Murray, with the Demons considered as keen as any of them. It remains to be seen whether the opposition interest in the defender will result in Collingwood looking to broker a trade, or do we pick him up as a free as a delisted free agent. The 22-year-old has sat out of AFL football since August 17 last season, after traces of cocaine were detected in his system in a game-day test shortly beforehand. Murray faced a four-year ban but will instead be eligible to play again on February 17, and can train at an AFL club from December 17. He played all 13 of his senior matches in 2018 after two previous seasons at Sydney, averaging 21 disposals, five marks and four rebound 50s while earning a NAB AFL Rising Star nomination.