Whispering_Jack

No cigars yet ... so on to the next clue Who am I ... 1st Clue: I played only one game for the Melbourne Football Club. I am...? Who am I ... 2nd Clue: The ground at which I played my one and only game no longer exists. I am...?

Do you mean the Nathan Jones look alike who became Federal Member for Pink Batts or the young colt from Seymour who was given the number 31 in 1977 but had to wait until the following year to make his debut?

You're not thinking of Euan Campbell, originally from Old Scotch whose only game was in Round 16, 1968 against Geelong at Kardinia Park, by any chance?

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/localfooty/casey-scorpions-sign-rohan-welsh-as-new-senior-coach/story-fn53khop-1226539438201'>Casey Scorpions sign Rohan Welsh as new senior coach As coach of the last four Vic Metro squads, Welsh would have had a few young Demons under his wing including young Voldemort back in 2009.

Probably 49 & 50 respectively.

You're not trying to win this, are you Biff?

132 to go Smithy!

Next one and please don't inundate me with guesses. You need to be certain of your answer Who am I ... 1st Clue: I played only one game for the Melbourne Football Club. I am...?

http://m.afl.com.au/news/2012-12-17/casey-scorpions-appoint-vic-metro-coach?utm_medium=RSS'>Casey Scorpions appoint Vic Metro coach He's had a fair amount of success as a coach of junior footballers and was named the All Australian coach in 2011 and assistant to the AA coach this year. These are the type of credentials you would look for in your alignment coach if you have a young list you want to develop through your VFL club. It suggests to me that the emphasis at Casey will be very different in 2013 than it has been in previous years and the club's ladder position is going to be secondary to the aim of bringing our young players on to the point where they can move seamlessly into top company. The VFL traditionalists might not be happy with this approach but it makes sense from Melbourne's point of view and given that the Demons have plenty of full time coaches on staff, the fact that the Casey coach is only part time might not be such a big issue in this context.

Tweet from Fox Footy: Tonight, 9pm on @FOXFOOTY, we'll screen his Open Mike interview in an on-air tribute to the legendary Tony Charlton. Worth a watch.

Well done. It was indeed Robert McKenzie, son of Bob McKenzie who was recruited by Melbourne as a father son selection in 1967 before he turned 17 but suffered injuries in a motor car accident and didn't play in 1967 or 1968. He finally made his debut against Collingwood in Round 14, 1969 by which time he had turned 19 years of age. He wore numbers 50, 10 and 2 (his father's number) at various stages during his career and Robbie Flower took over # 2 after McKenzie left the club and, of course, really made it famous. McKenzie's father Bob (who was the subject of a previous quiz on this thread) played 125 games for 255 goals between 1948 and 1955 winning premierships in his first and last seasons. Who am I ... 1st Clue: I was recruited by the Demons as a 16 year old but circumstances outside football prevented my debut until after I turned 19 years of age. I am...? Who am I ... 2nd Clue: I had three different jumper numbers during my four years as a senior player with the club. I am...? Who am I ... 3rd Clue: After I finished with the club one of my numbers was taken by a player who was to become one of the club's greats. I am...? Who am I ... 4th Clue: My father's last game for the club was a winning grand final. I am...? I am Robert McKenzie?

Time for another clue. Who am I ... 1st Clue: I was recruited by the Demons as a 16 year old but circumstances outside football prevented my debut until after I turned 19 years of age. I am...? Who am I ... 2nd Clue: I had three different jumper numbers during my four years as a senior player with the club. I am ... ?

No cigars as yet. Alby was 18 on debut.

Great bloke and a Demon if I remember correctly. Rest in Peace

Please don't mention the war! http://youtu.be/7xnNhzgcWTk

Nice get and for that I award you a bonus point in the player quiz thread.

Nice try but unless I missed something, young Jack has yet to make his debut and if he plays in one of the early rounds he won't have turned 19 yet.Robbie, on the other hand, stood out for a season (1971) due to a clearance wrangle when he tried to join the Melbourne Fourths, but made his debut the following year while still aged 17. So no cigars as yet ... although the Robbie answer has a connection with the player. I am ... ?

OK. I'm taking it one quiz at a time and this is the only question I have prepared at the moment. Correct name required. Who am I ... 1st Clue: I was recruited by the Demons as a 16 year old but circumstances outside football prevented my debut until after I turned 19 years of age. I am...?

Not good at that stuff and with my work commitments right up to and including Xmas Day I'm not going to be terribly reliable.

Siddle's 5fer in the circumstances of this test match demonstrate the folly of leaving him out of the 3rd Test v SA. The question now is whether we have enough ammunition to bowl SL out on the final day?

The Darwin trip is over and I presume the boys are back but the club site isn't telling us whether there's any training this week. Anyone know?

Who would want to be a coach at Casey if, every year, they enter the finals with less than half the normal quota of MFC players available because of injuries and early surgery? I thought Brett Lovett did a fantastic job this year given the losses and injuries to many of his established VFL listed players as well as having to contend with the MFC's long injury list. It was unfortunate that they couldn't keep their list together when the finals come and this will need to happen when the Dees start playing AFL finals again.

Well, it was entertaining while it lasted and infinitely better than the last couple of years when the franchise clubs dominated and we weren't really involved in much of the action. Hopefully, next year we manage to do better during the season so we don't need to rely on early draft picks and moreover, we do the free agency thing much better. At least the board didn't carry an embarrassing name like our friends at Bomber Blitz who named theirs the Caddyshack Board in the expectation of getting Josh Caddy who was almost a Bomber the year before. I have a feeling that in years to come we're going to look back fondly on the Double Dip days.

And so we bid farewell to the Demonland Double Dip Trading & Drafting Board for 2012. It's been fascinating to see what the club has done with the compensation picks awarded by the AFL for Tom $cully. Time will tell.

I think the majority of us at the time would have been content with the selection. As the opening paragraph of the article referred to in the OP says, "Having pieced together a glittering midfield in recent years, the Demons nabbed under-18 All-Australian centre half-forward Lucas Cook." We had picked up Scully, Trengove and Gysberts with our first three selections (1, 2 & 11) in 2009 and all of them had shown sufficient promise in their debut seasons to suggest that within a couple of years our midfield problems would be fixed. With the new GCS franchise picking the eyes out of the early selections (many of who were midfielders) there was a belief that we would do well if we picked one of the top two or three KPP's available in the draft. An All Australian CHF who was tall, could run and kick well, looked appealing. "... Melbourne saw the potential in a forward line that already has a bevy of dynamic mid-sized forwards including Liam Jurrah and Jack Watts. It needed a focal point. A bigger body. A tireless worker. Now it has it. One with a big heart, too. The bonus? Cook doubles as a centre-half-back, where he regularly played in the TAC Cup and national championships." Well, as it happened, not only did Clark get it wrong (query the big body, tireless worker and big heart) but so did Barry Prendergast and so did most of us. Of course, Prendergast and his team had the opportunity to test out whether Cook was psychologically up to the task of progressing from under 18 ranks into elite ranks (and yes, it's not an exact science and it all takes time ...) and this is where I believe the club failed. From his first training run when Cook showed obvious signs of distress and didn't last the session, it was clear there were problems. He did however, start showing something at Casey and looked good when he booted four goals in a televised match on the QB weekend but then injury intervened and he had season ending hip surgery. He just didn't kick on this year. He might get a couple of goals early in a game and then go missing as the opposition manned up on him. I was impressed a couple of times at how he tried to be a leader in the forward line with the use of his voice, trying to bring teammates into the game etc. but he was just too light and often was simply brushed out of marking contests. As the season progressed, I couldn't see any signs of improvement that might suggest he could make it in AFL ranks, so it was almost inevitable that he would be gone by year's end. It was never the kid's fault. He wasn't cut out for this caper and we should remember for the future that AA selection means little. We might fault Prendergast for the selection but one wonders whether what became fairly obvious soon after Cook arrived at the club could have been detected during the observation and testing period in 2010. Everyone talks in hindsight about how we missed out on an Atley or a Darling but what interests me is how Sam Day and Tom Lynch who were the KPP's picked before Cook fare. I suppose the Suns always had more time on their side anyway.