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    Pre Season Phantom Draft

    in Melbourne Demons

    Posted

    I'm changing my selections...... Note that I selected Ben Cousins at pick 6 .. ;)

    1 Melbourne - Rockcliff or De Boer

    2 Port Adelaide - Josh Carr (Fremantle)

    3 Essendon - De Boer if Rockliff is selected by Melbourne.

    4 Carlton - Chris Johnson (Melbourne)

    5 Brisbane - Adem Yze (Melbourne)

    6 Richmond - Ben Cousins (Southbank, Yarra River)

    If De Boer is the best available player....we'll take him. Been tossing up on Rockliff and De Boer.

    Interesting....... HT.............

    Pre Season Phantom Draft

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    Posted

    Gone Cold on De Boer but not totally freezing..... i hope im wrong!

    A TWO-TIME state representative for WA at under-18 level; an All-Australian in 2008; invited to the NAB AFL draft camp; rated among the top 30 prospects by junior talent guru Kevin Sheehan; senior experience at WAFL level … and still overlooked in last month’s national draft.

    Star youngster Matt DeBoer ticked all the boxes one could hope to leading into the NAB AFL Draft in November.

    His state coach, Andrew Lockyer, and club coach at Claremont, Roger Kerr, agree the 18-year-old is a ripper.

    Perhaps the only doubt on DeBoer is his kicking, although selectors at this year’s NAB AFL U18 Championships didn’t think that was too shabby when naming him in the centre of this year’s All-Australian line-up.

    But draft day brought only disappointment for the University of Western Australia student.

    Kerr, the father of West Coast star Daniel, said DeBoer was shattered at having been overlooked on November 29.

    Kerr believed the young midfielder had been contacted by Fremantle and Melbourne since the national draft in regards to possible rookie positions. But he has continued to train with Claremont and must again wait anxiously next Tuesday to see if he will earn a chance at AFL level. Kerr certainly believes DeBoer is worthy of one.

    “He’s been a regular in our league side and an All-Australian in the under-18s … and he was averaging about 20 touches a game for us and doing fairly well when he was at senior level,” Kerr said.

    “His kicking’s maybe the only knock on him because it’s maybe a bit of an awkward style, but he can certainly pick the ball up and [he ticks] every other box.

    “He gets a lot of the footy.”

    DeBoer’s absence from an AFL list at the conclusion of draft day emphasised the strength of this year’s talent pool.

    Lockyer, who coached him in the 2008 national championships, was shocked when the name DeBoer was not called out on draft day.

    DeBoer also enjoyed a superb 2007 but didn’t nominate for the national draft then, which may have cost him on November 29.

    “Last year, the way he played as a 17-year-old, he would have been [a] top-20 [pick],” Lockyer said.

    “I look at some of the kids that were taken in the draft [this year] and I think Matty’s definitely up there with them.

    “He’s a smasher of a kid and he works hard at his game. I reckon he’d be worth a go at one of the clubs and I think the kid deserves an opportunity.”

    Pre Season Phantom Draft

    in Melbourne Demons

    Posted

    i'll give goose some credit for admitting he was wrong about Naitanui, however whether we were 'close' or not to picking him is irrelevant as you said that he was a 'certainty'. oh well, better luck next time

    that next time could be tuesday Freakazoid!

    WELCOME TO DEMONLAND - ROHAN BAIL

    in Melbourne Demons

    Posted

    I assume you might be right. ;)

    Seriously though, I think perhaps all might get a game throughout NAB Cup/NAB Challenge matches. If we 'somehow' go the distance in the NAB Cup, maybe 4 out of the 6 new draftees. (Not including the PSD pick).

    Go all the Way??

    kidding arent ya HT....... sit tight my man....

    READING IN THE DARK

    in Melbourne Demons

    Posted

    Really not a concern for me.

    Edit: There's actually a photo of all 6 of them in today's Herald Sun.

    Website has been the same for a week now!! just think considering the year we had that the MFC would take the opportunity to give the supporters some info/pics on "our" own website and not rely on the herald sun!!!

    READING IN THE DARK

    in Melbourne Demons

    Posted

    stupid i know but am i the only one that is frustrated that we are the only club that has not yet had a pciture of all our draftees taken as a group???

    its really starting to annoy me... every other club has displayed their draftees together except us!!!!

    not even on the webiste......

    sort it out MFC

    Pre season training invitees

    in Melbourne Demons

    Posted

    We want Simpkin or Sibosado....... FACT!

    and nowadays it costs money to have someone train with you..... as we are strapped you might find that we dont have anyone train with us but we will go the cheap option and watch players like (i hope Simpkin and sibosado) from over the fence at other clubs......

    maybe not though.... we will see.....

    oh and gugliotta not hard enough at the contest

    Great day for the MFC

    in Melbourne Demons

    Posted

    Thankls for reading you mean

    is it annoying anyone else that the demons recruits are yet to be seen together all in their gear??

    most of the other clubs have been on the news, fox sports etc but we have not yet seen our new players together in the MFC gear.

    have i missed it??

    i also ran the lake this morning and trotted past the junction to see a fairly ordinary turn out at training..... i can actually name who was there and i watched for 5 mins. can someone tell me why there would be such a small turn out

    Players training:

    Dunn (massive unit these days - and i would expect him to be to big do a run with role)

    Sylvia

    Davey

    Aussie

    Newton

    Blease

    Bartram

    Bate

    That is all......

    Draft

    in Melbourne Demons

    Posted

    West Coast

    2. Nicholas Naitanui | Bio

    18. Luke Shuey | Bio

    20. Thomas Swift | Bio

    36. Ashley Smith | Bio

    52. Jordan Jones | Bio

    Matt Burgan says:

    It was yet another first-class recruiting display from West Coast, with this group of players among the most talented selected by a club this year. Naitanui could've quite easily been the No.1 draft pick and many believe he could take the game to another level long-term. Midfielders Swift (No.20) and Smith (No.36) were touted by many recruiters as first-round/priority round selections. Another ball-winner Shuey was also highly-rated as a 15 to 30 prospect. Jones adds defensive depth. It will be fascinating to see this group evolve.

    Take into consideration they picked after us all draft…..

    Who do you think (at this stage and obviously on paper) did better??

    Great day for the MFC

    in Melbourne Demons

    Posted

    I'm sorry to burst your bubble, but we only have one true proven quality midfielder, who can get the ball and use it, and that's McLean.

    Putting Morton in there was generous and possibly premature.

    The rest of our midfield has serious, and I do mean serious deficiencies, primarily when it comes to disposal. Jones and Bruce have awful disposal, Junior is on his last leg, Morton is not necessarily an extractor or even a pure midfielder, but more a wingman, same goes for Green. Moloney can barely get on the park, Grimes is a complete unknown but hopefully will become a great player. So go on, who else, apart from McLean, has shown us that they are good enough to become a part of a premiership winning midfield?

    Lets hope that the boys we picked up today will finally provide us with some much needed class and above all else the ability to dispose of the ball... and not to the opposition :rolleyes:

    i reckon thats a bit rich Jaded.... Buckley?????? he will be a very good player next year and uses it ok

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