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Is 9 better than 28?! Neitz or Read? Come on, Nasher. Come on!

But, even with that change, if we don't win 8 games - Bailey's gone. 7 wins and it is sayonara. 8 and its yeah, ok, we will give you another 3 years. Ah, football fans, we are so ridiculously stupid.

I saw him beat up on players in the U/18s and then he becomes this Jeff White clone, without the fantastic ruckwork pre-rule, and is ineffective and just another useless link in midfield. Why did they get Jolly? The answer is Fraser isn't the player they thought he would become.

Wondering why Gysberts gets 28 and Tapscott gets 9? Firstly, they both should get numbers in the 40s, and, secondly, Gysberts is the higher rated player - he should get the 'better' number, no? 1 - JMac 5 - Trengove 13 - Strauss 17 - Blease 28 - McKenzie 31 - Scully 35 - Gawn 46 - Gysberts 47 - Tapscott 48 - Fitzpatrick Let someone earn 9 (If Scully or Trengove aren't given it).

There is another website called Demonology. For time, and because we are all MFC-obsessed losers, we have shortened the names to Land (for Demonland) and Ology for (Demonology). Aren't we clever?

Excuse me, you think that was bad. There were a number of posters spending all their time on here gloating about 'how they got Pick 11 right because BP went for best available over a mediocre tall.' Narcissistic losers... Oh, wait a sec... Nevermind.

Not the talk of the recently banned. They are all under pressure to not be the 4 or 5 we cut. Pointing out who are the vulnerable is not being 'a [censored],' it's being realistic.

Specious reasoning. Mids are easier to see than talls at a young age. Some good ones were overlooked: Tippett was pick 32. Goodes was 43. Fevola was 38. Nathan Thompson was 82. Anthony was 37. Some bad ones were chosen early: Fraser was pick 1. Justin Longmuir was 2. Leigh Brown was 5. Livingston was 4. McDougall was 5. Angwin was 7. Polak was 4. Walsh was 4. Bradley was 6. Hansen was 3. Thorp was 6. I would say that the best mids come from the pointy end of the draft (with notable exceptions) and the best talls come from all over the draft as their talent is harder to gauge at such a young age. (And Molan was a Pick 9)

I am assuming they just picked up jumpers for the presser. I wouldn't read too much into it.

You need a life, 45. And...thanks.

I learnt something today - AFL clubs recruit based on who is their most readily identifiable assistant coach. We have Scott West so we recruit midfielders. Did not know that...

The only problem with that is when Jamar is the only ruck, he also plays his best, and it happens to be better than PJ.

Yeah, contracts are made to be 'paid out'. We are 'going on' because it is not good business practice to show your stakeholders that a contract from the MFC isn't worth the toilet paper it is written on. We made our bed, with Newton and Meesen helping us get the sheets out of the closet by agreeing to go on the RL, and we should sleep in it soundly, knowing that Gawn and Fitzpatrick are on the list because of the club and those two clubmen.

Oh, yeah. He hasn't made the hard decisions in getting rid of players... I wonder if the posters on this site know that most of us remember the inane things you post. I still remember WattsHappening? stating that Petterd should be delisted mid way through last season. Just...think before you post.

I have liked your work in the last few days S. but that is a flawed assumption. The VL is designed to keep players like those two around if no other players qualify and we won't have anyone to push Bruce or Green of the VL until 2013 when Jamar becomes eligible and 2014 when Davey does the same (Miller for 2012 but I have made a judgement call there - that he won't be around). Bruce to play, if he is still doing what he is doing, for another 3 seasons and Green, injuries allowing, 4 more seasons.

I learnt something today - David Schwarz is the reason the Western Bulldogs have good foot skills. Did not know that...

Alright, your story checks out. Ok, fine, I will amend - I can count the posters asking for BA at 11 on two hands.

They were. Their willing removal from the list allowed us to get Gawn and Fitzpatrick. Incredibly selfless when you consider those two are competitors for the positions that Meesen and Newton, respectively, play. And they were cut loose, which is how we got Gawn and Fitzpatrick. I can't see the two rookies we would get instead of them in the 22 either...

Blease and Strauss to compete with, and beat, Jones for a spot in the 22?! Blease will never play the role that Jones plays, and if Strauss ever does he will need a few more summers. Jones and, to a lesser extent, Moloney are our only clearance players now that McLean is gone. Now I think Scully and Trengove will turn into Elite 'In/Out' Mids but not in their first year they won't, and nor should they be expected to. I will be much happier with Jones and Moloney on the bottom of the packs giving it out to more fleet, and sharp, of foot.

Give me some proof, HT.

He can play. Trust me.

Ok, Jarka is the thumb. Pretty sure Jaded was a fence sitter. She is also crude. Therefore, she is not included.

Tom and Jack are 1 and 2 in the draft, that is pressure over and above any number we give them. If the club wants to underline it's history the further we move away from it then fine. I like history. (Bastardised quote of 45HG16 in there)

The club went down this path as a PR exercise - delisting two contracted players but paying them their full contract on the RL is much more appealing to everyone then a straight-out payment of the contract and deletion. It doesn't look good when you don't honour contracts to solid AFL citizens, and their apparent troubles with development, form, or injuries are beside the point. That's football; players don't come on for various reasons but unless a breach of the contract has been made (Carroll) then it is difficult to pay-out players without displeasing AFL heavies (for wasted $$), player managers (for burning players), and the players themselves (who would lose faith in a contract from the MFC). You can delist them though. But there will be repercussions...

Frawley is an inch too short. Oh, just our luck hey... It's amazing how big an inch can get...