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Anyone know anything about the winner?

Still out of our reach ... and still a favourite to go #1. Jack Lukosius - Knightmare’s best draft prospect of the past decade

In the footsteps of Aaron vandenBerg, I introduce you to Canberra Demons midfielder, Mitch Maguire ~ Canberra Demons star Mitch Maguire named NEAFL Rising Star Canberra pulls off stunning upset over Sydney Uni to win historic first final “NEAFL Rising Star winner Mitch Maguire was inspiring for the Demons and was a huge factor in their win. Maguire collected 45 disposals, which was 11 above the next best on the ground, 10 tackles, seven rebound 50s, five inside 50s and five clearances in an incredible display.” The you tube from April when Maguire was nominated for the NEAFL Rising Star https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Md3VAGX-MZo&feature=youtu.be

Hands up those who would be happy with a 35 point Demon lead over the Cats at half time next week.

Was Alastair Nicholson, the former Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia there as well?

Another advantage of the bye round. He has a week to get over what is ailing him.

Jake Melksham on Jack Viney today:- “He’s on track- he trained with us today in the main group. We know the impact he can have, so we can’t wait to get him back.” From MFC Twitter feed And from SEN DEMONS SKIPPER VINEY ON TRACK TO FACE GEELONG IN KNOCK-OUT FINAL

So back on Steven May, it would seem that Collingwood, having apparently missed out to Richmond over Tom Lynch (GCS), is making a big play for May. This would of course, be devastating for the Suns and it will be interesting to see how this is played out.

Earlier this year, the talk of the town was about how North Melbourne had hit an AFL draft jackpot with star academy prospect Tarryn Thomas surging into top 3 draft pick calculations meaning that the Kangaroos would be forced to bid their highest draft selection to get the talented Tasmanian youngster. North Melbourne could be forced to match top-three bid on Tarryn Thomas at AFL draft 2018 The Kangaroos even made arrangements to bring Thomas over Bass Strait to play as 23rd man for their VFL side in the final round of the home and away competition. Now, surprise, surprise ... they are claiming to have cooled off on him due to “due to a worrying mix of off-field issues and lack of on-field form”. AFL draft 2018: North Melbourne cools on formerly highly-rated prospect Tarryn Thomas If this sounds somewhat familiar then cast your mind back a few years to when a young WA draftee with plenty of wraps on him was said to have been expelled from school with rumours of misbehaviour and even violence that saw him drop from a top 5 contender to selection to be picked at 26 by the Eagles who were widely believed to have been responsible for the rumours in the first place. Next week, Jack Darling will play game number 170 (he’s kicked more than 300 goals) in a qualifying final against the Pies - and he’s more or less a model citizen. I smell the same sort of blarney about Thomas and I hope someone picks him around # 10 just to stick it up North.

I’ve been of the view that priority picks should be scrapped altogether as a result of the precedent the AFL set four or five years ago when they denied a destitute Melbourne of picks after a series of really poor seasons when it won as few as two games. That should effectively rule out even Carlton with its two wins this year after trading out quality players last year in a move that ensured that the team would bottom out at this time. That is tantamount to “tanking” anyway and if you take that course, you shouldn’t be rewarded. Further, over the last three years, the Blues have won more games than the MFC did when it was denied priority picks. The AFL should be acting consistently with all of its constituent clubs. Of course, it won’t be consistent and it will, in all likelihood, give Carlton a priority pick because the AFL needs to prop up Gold Coast and how can it help them at the draft if it doesn’t give the Blues a leg up? Stay tuned.

The name proposed by Deanox - “The Draft, Trade and Cheese Board” seems to have struck a Red and Blue Vein of support that’s all too rare among Demonlanders. I therefore declare that it’s a feta accompli and without further ado, let’s kick off with the new board. And just to help newer posters, here’s an example of how to initiate a new thread and, in doing so you might just Krakouer Barrel of laughs:- The Matthew Limburger Thread A caller just rang SEN to report that Bomber ruckman Matthew Limburger is a bit cheesed off at having to play second fiddle to Tom “Taco” Bellchambers in the ruck and is thinking of taking a dip at the trade market. The caller described the 202cm ruckman, who has only just turned 30, as the cream of the available big man crop and if he’s looking at topping off his great career, there would be no better place for him to do it than at Melbourne. ”He’s the Big Cheese””, the caller said. Hearing the news made me grin because I think the story is nothing more than waffle. A frustrated Limburger is pictured below sitting out a recent game at the MCG.

I was thinking the same thing until I remembered him from the Front Bar a few weeks ago. Mind you, he looks slim compared to Andrew Jarman.

With a finals series to be played out at both AFL & VFL level, it’s a bit early to start speculating but Declan Keilty must be a good chance to be upgraded if he continues to perform well with Casey.

Mitch isn’t even in the Casey side for this Saturday although it’s not clear as to whether or not he’s injured. Preuss would be handy but what role would he play if Max remains injury free?

That’s about as good as we could have expected given the club’s injury list. Mitch King is the only MFC player out of the side but it’s not clear as to whether he’s been dropped or the mystery injury of the week. His form has been patchy so having Cam Pedersen in the ruck is probably not going to be a major disadvantage.

I am not a great fan of threads such as these but really, Fremantle has nothing much to offer us and very little to offer to Jesse Hogan except home town environment and football oblivion at a club that's going nowhere. I like the Goodwin comment that he's going nowhere.

The Dockers really have me puzzled. They currently have picks 5, 77 and 95 and, apart from some of their younger brigade who they would want to keep, they don’t have much material for trading. It’s little wonder therefore that they’ve recently re-signed veterans and crocks like Ballantyne, Bennell, Mundy and Sandilands. I can see their so-called rebuild taking up the life of Ross Lyon’s contract and can’t see them going anywhere very soon.

That has to be the answer. The Saints fostered him for such a long time and, when they finally gave him his chance, he performed reasonably in his two games. It seems heartless on their part to then turn around and single him out as the first player from the club to be delisted ... unless he’s been given some assurance that he will be rookied later on down the track.

That’s “talk” and it’s possibly reasonable in Carlton’s situation (although even that flies in the face of the precedent the AFL twice set a few years ago in refusing to give PP’s to the MFC when it had a worse record than the Blues) but there’s the AFL’s canary in the mine which is the competition’s basket case - Gold Coast. The AFL is desperate to save the Suns and the competition from the embarrassment of multiple 100 point floggings so it will try its hardest to help them. It wouldn’t surprise me therefore that they might decide to hand out PP’s this year after pick 10 or even earlier.

You wouldn’t give pick #1 in the draft for Mitch McGovern but there is the matter of the priority pick that Carlton originally didn’t really want because chasing priority picks is indicative of a lousy culture. If the Blues are given a priority pick after the first 10 picks that should do it for them. Adelaide might have to package up that pick with something else to trade down to the early pick that would deliver them one of those SA young guns. Who can guess why he would no longer go back to WA? All I know is once upon a time, a bloke called Mitch Clark who wanted to go home from Brisbane to Fremantle and somehow, he ended up at Melbourne.

I don’t think we should underestimate the value to an AFL side going through a finals series to have your State League team playing in September as well. The last three AFL premiers have had their VFL counterparts play off in Grand Finals:- • 2015 Hawthorn – Box Hill (runners up); • 2016 Western Bulldogs – Footscray (premiers); and • 2017 Richmond – Richmond VFL (runners up). The Casey Demons have had a superb season making it to a home qualifying final but they have been struggling with the loss of players to injury/retirement/holding players over. Last week against Williamstown they had 9 AFL listed players which left them badly exposed for lack of depth and this was reflected in the way their they lost their composure and were overrun by the Seagulls. Casey are fortunate to have some very good VFL-listed players but the last three or four players selected for the team have been playing suburban or country football for most of the year and it’s tough for them to come up against a combination that’s been playing together all year. This week they get Tom Bugg back plus Jayden Hunt and Joel Smith returning from injury. Mitch Hannan is an outside chance to play this week but the club has ruled out Jack Viney. That would give them 12 MFC players which is the bare minimum. Players like the skipper Jack Hutchins, Jay Lockhart, Corey Wagner, Mitch Gent, Jimmy Munro, Angus Scott and some up and comers like Cory Machaya and Cory Stockdale should see them through this week. If they can win this week, they go to a preliminary final and hopefully, by that time they might have a few more players back from injury.

The general view is that there will be a deal done with Carlton but it’s unlikely that the Blues would give away their first pick.

Before the event?

Tall forwards named for NAB AFL Draft Combine

Calling this thread pornography isn’t attacking it. I would have thought it was more of a compliment to some of the regulars here. Besides which, you’re straying off topic. Didn’t Melbourne play the GWS Giants yesterday? How many kicks, handballs, marks and tackles did the unmentionable amass during the game?