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It doesn't. And for those wanting 'the latest' on Shiel; he is not coming, we have no picks for him, he is contracted. End of story.

There is... a great deal wrong with this post...

I dream. I dream of incredible improvement from the depths we are currently in. But I won't expect more than is possible and damn those results as not good enough. I have hope, it's different to expectation and aside from from disappointment. I want to enjoy the slow ride back to relevance.

Can we keep it above board or just move on? Thankfully, we have used FA to our advantage (imagine that hennypennys) and spun Sylvia into Vince. End of a story, start of a new one.

If we need mature bodies in the middle he is going to play there. No use whingeing about him being an out of place HBF if our midfield requires him. And remember, HBF is the easiest position to play in the world ever. A trained monkey can do it. Dunn can nearly do it.

Nuts and bolts were taken out last I heard...

If some of you think we are going to win 10+ games next year you are going to be disappointed, if some of you don't take some solace in being in games longer without actually winning them - you are going to be disappointed. So many excited people forcing themselves to be disappointed people...

On Sylvia - good thing we have FA hey?

Probably trade bait. As with a few others. And lol at Jones Insurance - you can't replace your best players, he needs to work on plenty to make it.

Yeah, that is what was tacit with what I said earlier. Matt Jones gets a pass mark for 2013. I'm over ruling your assessment.

The whole scenario is tempting.

The kids can train well, then play well at Casey, then learn a role, and then they can play AFL for Melbourne. Sick of kids who are 'great trainers' getting games on nothing more than that. It is pathetic. Cross would be our 3rd to 5th best mid as of Rd 1, 2014.

There is a difference between set shots and field kicking. And Howe's importance diminishes if he can't play up the ground because it will soon be Hogan's Forwardline in a couple years. And Clark needs a crumber not a high flyer in the meantime. Howe needs to work hard and contribute in the middle.

He gets a pass. Hogan should be a HFF who goes in the middle a bit in his first few seasons. His tank is enormous and so is the rest of him.

Call me conservative but I don't think we can pick up Cross, a couple of kids, and immediately throw Matt Jones, McKenzie, and Grimes out of the midfield. People trot out all the excuses under the sun for the players they have a soft spot for and surgically dismiss players they think the reverse of. I am glad there is more young talent at the club, and more competition for midfield spots, but it is just that at the moment. We still only have kids, journeymen, NQRs, and Jones in our midfield.

You need a break from whatever it is you do. It must be stressful.

Bb - you lost. Diminish into the abyss gracefully. You can jump into some semantical cocoon of your own making but we see it, hell we can feel it over the intertubes. It's over.

Oh yeah, they showed those witches hats who was the King of Old Melbourne Town didn't they? Torched them so much they melted tips! Burn. Literally, the plastic was burning. The smell was terrible. Evacuations. It was a big deal.

http://m.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/paul-roos-has-started-work-at-melbourne/story-fni5f91a-1226715517572 Never underestimate rpfc. He remembers things...

Dawes will ease Hogan's entry to AFL. I would play him and make him do the bullocking work. Protect the investment (and capitalise on him) a little hey?

Dawes will ease Hogan's entry to AFL. I would play him and make him do the bullocking work. Protect the investment (and capitalise on him) a little hey?

Nobody meets Jesse Hogan. Not really...

Living up to your name with the above. A sure way to ruin whatever momentum we have would be to trade Dawes, Frawley, or Clark. We have got enough kids.

Matt jones gets a pass mark surely? Are we grading on the curve in here? We pay on the curve...

We got another two talented mid kids with a third to come in November. I don't think it helps next year as much as it is really promising three years from now. Jones, Vince, Viney, Trengove, Grimes, Jones, Tyson, Michie, Toumpas, Pick 9, and Evans are the 'talents' that will drive our improvement and most are kids and/or unproven. How quickly do they come on? Couple years I think...