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With the drafts coming up later in the month, this looks like an excellent resource for those interested in the list of available players ~ AFL DRAFT CENTRAL: 2019 Draft Pool

Possibly because that “retired” player took part in a game of football less than 24 hours ago and, at the age of 30, it’s not inconceivable that someone that age might be convinced to make a comeback?

ROOKIE LIST: CATEGORY A Kade Chandler Kyle Dunkley Jay Lockhart Corey Wagner ROOKIE LIST: CATEGORY B Austin Bradtke

As per the previous posts, a rookie spot is all that would be required to secure Bennell so Geelong could reach the same deal as the one suggested. In fact, a sign that Melbourne might be edging closer to such a deal could be the upgrading of a current rookie to the primary list.

Essentially, this is what is being suggested that Melbourne wants to do with Bennell by having him agree to train with the club with a view to selecting him as a pre-season supplemental selection in March 2020 in the same way as we took Jay Lockhart as a rookie in March this year. Obviously, as part of the deal, he would have to reach the club’s required standards of fitness and conduct in that time.

Draft Guru’s attempt at solving the mystery of draft pick 3 ~ WHO WILL GO PICK NO.3 IN THE DRAFT? SHEEHAN THROWS UP TWO NAMES

Wylie Buzza is the first to go - he has officially joined Port Adelaide as a delisted free agent.

The standout player in the list for me is Ben Keays but there’s little being spoken about him. Is there something we don’t know?

Why is that a negative? There was a kick in it in our round 22 game and we were operating at about 60% rat power. With a reasonable list that translates to a 5 or 6 goal win.

The article is about “street drugs”. That’s what I was referring to - in my professional life I’ve seen the damage and destruction they’ve done to young people.

I don’t have much time for drug users but FWIW - Doping bans for 'street drugs' likely to be cut, too late for Murray

Would Bennell by any chance be mates with Jack Martin?

There’s an 87% chance that this is going to benefit the club.

Not this year - too young.

Any info on whether Peter Cloke played in any MFC practice matches before he played for Richmond? I’m thinking late 60s.

Is there anything to suggest that he’s on Melbourne’s radar?

https://demonland.com/forums/topic/47034-the-brodie-kemp-thread/

The club already has Aaron Nietschke recovering from an ACL but, as we’ve seen, there have been plenty of players who have recovered from early knee reconstructions to play good footy at the highest level. Question is how his recovery has gone and how good can he be? I suppose at pick 97 or whatever the number turns out to be, he probably wouldn’t be too great a risk if the medicals show he has recovered physically.

In this interview with Rex Hunt, former Richmond and Collingwood big man David Cloke says that he was meant to come to Melbourne at the same time the club traded in Peter Moore and Kelvin Templeton. I was meant to go to Melbourne Having Cloke at the club at that time might have helped speed up the improvement from a basket case in the early 80s to a finalist at the end of that decade but I suspect it wouldn’t have done much for the ethos of the club at the time. Another thing about the Clokes is that early in the interview, he talks about how he and his brother Peter came from Hughesdale in Richmond’s local zone but I believe that Peter actually played in a few intraclub practice games with Melbourne before he started at the Tigers.

I’ll go for some Sams. Sam Murray seems very committed to atoning for his past and to getting himself fit for the fray. I wasn’t initially keen on him but he’s saying and doing the right things. Sam Gray would fit a need as a goal kicking smallish forward if he decides to leave Port (or they delist him). If we can find a tall (7 foot) agile American basketballer (from the land of Uncle Sam) who could be taught to play our game a la Mason Cox, then perhaps as a Category B.

According to this article - How many picks will your club use in the 2019 draft? - “AFL.com.au has found there is likely to be a minimum of 62 picks and a maximum of 74 picks in the national draft.” That means that by the time the draft comes around, pick 97 will not really exist and our last pick will be in the early 70s if in fact we use it at all in the draft. We could use the selection as a rookie upgrade if the club decides to go down that path. Therefore, I wouldn’t concern myself with #97 at this stage.

The link should work now.

Sounds like good reason not to split pick 3 - THE DANDENONG STINGRAYS YOUNG GUN WHO IS A "BULLETPROOF" DRAFT CHOICE

There’s no question that Richmond took a risk with Sydney Stack and that it has paid off to date. I think it worked because the Tigers put in a lot of research and due diligence and then, in conjunction with Stack and his supporters, put in additional effort to make it so. A lot of follow through is needed to reduce risk. If we decide to go in that direction, that’s what’s needed irrespective of the price being asked by the player or his manager.

When you’re looking at players of the ilk of Bennell, Martin and Murray there’s always going to be some risk and I’m not sure whether any of them necessarily entail taking cheap risks. I would be very surprised if a Goodwin team took a risk with any one of the above three but if it did, a reformed Murray might be the one.