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Will Ashcroft starring.

It never made any sense for TMac to play in this game. We move on.

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I think it's been reported that he's been told he will have to wait until the end of the trade period before Carlton make a decision on his future. That's not exactly the same as being delisted but more of an invitation to other clubs to make them an offer?

Best foot forward – Corrigan previews the VFL Grand Final

It’s on again and so far the discussions have been mainly on subjects already well covered on our Board so we won’t be going into every minute detail mentioned on AFL Trade Radio unless it’s MFC-specific or is actually news breaking. Stay tuned.

It's good to see that we have these youngsters in reserve waiting for a call up but football's a tough gig. Anything can happen in the period coming up and one or two of those players might not be on the list next season.

Meanwhile, there have been some slight adjustments made to the current order (see above). Melbourne’s first pick is now #32 but I’m sure that will change over the next month or so.

The mock or phantom drafts will no doubt start coming out once the premiership and final draft positions are determined.

NAB Prelims: It's a Derby decider Scouting Notes: 2022 NAB League – Preliminary Finals

You could argue that we're not really off track since we finished second after the H & A season but in the spirit of seeking perfection and the fact that there's been an announcement of one major player moving on, we're going for the back on track tack.

Back in the early 80’s and is there any wonder why nobody took us seriously in those days?

Yes … given that most of the games are played on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon, this is a truly awkward piece of scheduling in my opinion. Clearly, the organizers don’t want a big crowd coming along.

It’s been announced that Kain Taylor, Springvale's last premiership captain (1999), will present the premiership cup if Casey are the winners and another former skipper, Steve Harrison, will hand over the Norm Goss Medal.

A look at why the Demons are feeling pain tonight. Melbourne's 2022 review: The Hope, the Hurt and the Clanger

One more to go!

Can we go back into the archives from 2001 to 2006 or is all that lost?

If there’s a silver lining from the defeat, it’s a marginal improvement in our draft position. Unfortunately, it’s a minor change and barely makes a difference. 2022 NATIONAL DRAFT ORDER AND SELECTIONS 2022 ROUND ONE 1. North Melbourne 2. West Coast Eagles 3. GWS Giants 4. Essendon 5. Adelaide 6. Hawthorn 7. Gold Coast Suns 8. Port Adelaide 9. St Kilda 10. Carlton 11. Western Bulldogs 12. Richmond 13. Fremantle 14. Sydney Swans 15. Brisbane 16. Collingwood 17. Sydney Swans 18. Geelong 
 ROUND TWO 19. Richmond 20. West Coast Eagles 21. GWS Giants 22. Essendon 23. Adelaide 24. Hawthorn 25. Gold Coast Suns 26. West Coast Eagles 27. St Kilda 28. Carlton 29. Western Bulldogs 30. Richmond 31. Gold Coast Suns 32. Melbourne 33. Brisbane 34. Gold Coast Suns 35. Sydney Swans 36. Geelong ROUND THREE 37. Western Bulldogs 38. West Coast Eagles 39. GWS Giants 40. Essendon 41. Melbourne 42. Collingwood 43. Gold Coast Suns 44. Brisbane 45. St Kilda 46. Geelong 47. Collingwood 48. Collingwood 49. Hawthorn 50. Melbourne 51. Geelong 52. Gold Coast Suns 53. Port Adelaide 54. Geelong ROUND FOUR 55. North Melbourne 56. Port Adelaide 57. GWS Giants 58. Essendon 59. GWS Giants 60. Geelong 61. Hawthorn 62. Carlton 63. Melbourne 64. Carlton 65. Western Bulldogs 66. North Melbourne 67. Gold Coast Suns 68. Melbourne 69. Brisbane 70. Gold Coast Suns 71. Sydney Swans 72. Fremantle ROUND FIVE 73. North Melbourne 74. West Coast Eagles 75. GWS Giants 76. Essendon 77. Adelaide 78. Hawthorn 79. Gold Coast Suns 80. Port Adelaide 81. St Kilda 82. Carlton 83. Western Bulldogs 84. Richmond 85. Fremantle 86. Melbourne 87. Brisbane 88. Collingwood 89. Sydney Swans 90. Geelong

Oh please. All of those things were evident in mid season but we went into the finals with the same set up, the same tactics and strategies and the same game plan as were used in May and June. We had some work to do then to overcome the vulnerabilities. We have to do much better than this.

A wise coach once said that even a premiership side needs to turn over players from year to year. He suggested that you needed to bring in up to five new players to freshen up a side. We brought in two - Luke Dunstan for a handful of games and Daniel Turner who in the end played half a game. There wasn’t much inventiveness in dealing with our problem areas and, in fact, we kept repeating the same failed tactics that just about every decent coach in the competition had worked out and in the end, exploited. The time to bring youth into the side was in Rounds 9 and 10 - just one or two players of the likes of JVR and Bailey Laurie just to see how they fitted into AFL football. Our opposition in those games were West Coast and North Melbourne. Trying some new blood in those games would not have changed the result. Ironically, in the final quarter of our last game Harry Petty shows up on the forward line to be the only tall in the team to score a goal in such a vital game. Hoping the coach had some “learnings” out of this.

The last minute of every quarter is so important. Tonight we gave away 5 goals in the last minute of quarters - 1 in Q1, 1 in Q2, 2 in Q3 and 1 in Q4.

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7 Melbourne flags if you don't mind. We won the last flag decided in her reign as well as the six in the period from 1955-1964

It’s time to get serious - time to do some lion hunting!!!