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I just don’t get this thinking - we’ve never had a home base, we get some sort of one and now people are annoyed because Caulfield gets potentially gets pushed back? Who cares - it’s a HUGE upgrade over anything we’ve ever had? What’s difficult about this - it’s the right call, if it adds a few years to Caulfield it simply doesn’t matter - would you rather something now or still nothing in seven, eight, nine, 10 years etc? It’s a no brainer

You weren't exactly banking on Oliver & May losing the plot & Brayshaw being medically retired....

This exactly - not ideal, but not the end of the world - Melksham at times was our most dangerous forward last season

Only issue was with him was he never did it anywher near enough...that's ontop of the fact thats essentially where his impact started and finished - Matthews appears to have signficantly more to his game (at least the ceiling to do so) than sprago did

Can tell you that for a fact - this is the first time in four years in which I’ve been able to upgrade my membership as there hasn’t been places available previously…

He did also have the first goal he kicked, drilled from outside 50 in the highlights melb put up…

Sparrow is not exclusively a forward - nor has he ever had a role as a small, pressure, goal scoring forward? They’re two entirely different players. JVR is a forward, you didn’t compare him to him? That’s my point

Strange

Steele and Viney are the future, so you wouldn’t necessarily NOT pick an inside mid based on that if you highly rate them - there’s every chance they just didn’t rate sharp becoming that level of inside mid and see - to your point - opportunity next year to fill a potential need

He was chosen then because he was well and truly gone by the time our next pick came around - that also indicates that several other teams were into him as well, not just Melbourne. Youre also comparing two entirely different players when referring to sparrow?

He avg 10 disposals and kicked four goals in his debut (avg just under two for the games he played)….it may have been a reach but he has attributes we’re crying out for

Silly question - why did it become pick 30?

Why did it become pick 30?

Totally get that - just find it odd that he said we’ll pick best avaliable rather than reach & the only mocks the have narin anywhere near the top 20 are ones that have picked up the link with Melbourne…