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Good points. McLacklan obviously would have changed nothing so we'll just have to wait to see if Dillon does some rejigging. I wont hold my breath i have low expectations. The positive media story about new CEO Dillon means nothing. Of course they will cosy up to him. They need access to AFL people same as media need access to politicans. Its just a game.

The Cripps suspension followed by a AFL pardon and the Cripps Brownlow medal set the tone of hypocracy and corruption in 2023. The disgraceful behaviour of the AFL ignoring the welfare of Brayshaw and rigging the tribunal so Maynard could play in the finals was the last straw for me. Remember what MRO goon Michael Christian(pies player) blurted. He basically threatened to resign if Maynard was suspended. Christian would have sent May straight to the tribunal and got 4-6 weeks if he had knocked out either of the Daicos bro's. The AFL is definitely rigged not to mention all the money going in and out the rear door of GW$ Swans and Suns. Is the AFL ever audited or is it the same as the church and treated differently to the rest. How much did Gil McLacklan pay himself every year? 5 million maybe more? Do the clubs have a say or are they too frightened to speak up. CEO's are just employees. Grossly overrated office clerks.

When was the last time Hawthorn played at the Cattery or even Richmond. Send them down to Geelong. Wont happen. Dillon is just a McLachlan clone.

The AFL is too inept to lay out the whole fixture in Nov. They'll stuff everyone around releasing the fixture in pieces right through to next year. Im expecting a shocker especially with possibly another round + stupid Gather round + Cattery. Wouldnt put it past the AFL to play us at the Cattery for the opening of their new grandstands in R1 or 2. Hawkins and Rohan will run down the race doing cartwheels. Pies will love it.

Little chance of another club signing him. He's undergoing ACL rehab for a significant part of 2024. Any setback and he wont play a single game. Weve invited him to stay because he has currency whereas he doesnt anywhere else. The only club stupid enough to try and grab him from us would be Freo. That club is run by halfwits.

Hope his injury isnt as long term as recently suggested and might return soon after mid season bye. We need every forward we can get.

The Omac signing might have been the last straw.

Apart from Harley Bennell the Omac pick is one of the weirdest picks in memory. Not really a trade as he wasnt even on any AFL list since 2022 and the still young factor doesnt apply. Freo really are a class act. lol

Id like to see a list of the top 20 AFL players who were picked way down the draft betweeen 40 and 80. Garry Lyon was talking about it with with one of those Data guys.

I know that, but he wont shut up. You wouldnt want to get into an elevator with him . He'd let go an enormous fart.

Good luck to omac but you look at Dees backline in the 2018 Prelim and wonder how the hell we got that far. Bog ordinary. Those defenders wouldnt get near selection nowdays. Freo must be losing their mind. Good.

Cornes said yesterday Petty is 'desperate' to return home. How would he know and what does desperate mean? Desperate to do what? ffs I dont get any of this. Is there someone on this forum close to MFC who knows whats really going on. If the rumours are true and hes gone then stop recruiting interstate players unless were 100% sure they wont take flight. May and Lever were not interstate players . Lever is from Vic and May has a history in Melbourne.

Essendon and Freo expecting to play finals? 5 teams have to finish bottom 14- 18 on the ladder. Who if not them?

Top 50 for ' 24^? Means absolutely nothing. Birdcage carpet. Anyone can pick with reasonable accuracy many of the top 50 esp top 20 as theyre the elite players who pop up most seasons unless injured. Seasons over Dwayne. Go away. No doubt you'll be back in March blabbering alongside BT.

Peter Moore won a Brownlow with us. Wayne Gordon was ok but played in a poor side with useless coaches. Sadly died very young. The Melbourne curse?

Why take down the Melbourne synopsis? ffs I wanted to read it. There are too many posters on DL who are so easily offended. Pathetic really.

Did MFC also get a 2nd round pick from Freo in the 2024 Draft via the Jacko trade ? I reckon Freo could be in trouble next year. All good for us.

Spot on. Urban planning in Melbourne is tradtionally the sole domain of morons. Caulfield is the best option due to its proximity to facilities and fan base. Get it done.

3Some players simply wont make it but guys like McVee Bowey Rivers take that major step up almost immediately. McVee was one of our big success stories in '23. Buckle up for a big list clean out this time next year. Ruthless business.

Probably should pick the 1st best Victorian available to us in the draft rather than a higher interstate player. Theyre turning out to be more trouble than theyre worth. As soon as they become established players their home town clubs start sniffing around and hiding in trees outside his house tossing bags of sweets over the fence. Curtin and definitely Sanders are flight risks. AFL wont hesitate to kick us in the face and flick Sanders to Tassie. Why take the risk! Pick a Vic.lol MFC should never deal with those slimey Crows and Flogmantle knobs.

Some luck for a change. A full strength dees team is very hard to beat anywhere.We almost beat Colingwood in QF with a VFL fwd line. Imagine if Melks Petty and Brayshaw were there. Ive done well avoiding 90% of the footy media since GF day. Got caught recently when some smerk faced [censored] talking with Garry Lyon said Pies are a great side better than Melbourne . Sickening vomitious stuff. Lyon replied yes Dees are a better side then corrected himself and said Pies are. Bulltish.... Lyon did it on purpose. Good delivery too.

Fullarton and McAdam getting 3 year contracts?They havent played much footy. Billings only 2 years?. It does appear we got those players for light coin. Billings the only one presumably that was salary dumped. Probably arent paying too much for him either. Ok, lets see if these guys can make a difference for MFC next season.

I know now Tex has a young family but when i saw him sitting in the stands giving an interview/apology after the racism thing i thought he looked straight out of the Village People. Even a Freddy Mercury lookalike.

Pretty sure Ginnivan made a terrible blunder and said publicily that ."its my job to play the umpires for free kicks".. ....in others words, umpires are blind and gullible. The umps obviously caught feelings and retaliated next round and beyond.

Sounds like the Aints are doing a salary dump. We're basically swapping a 500k Harmes for a 500k Billings. Fullarton McAdam and Billings in the trade period. No bigee.