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We now have a couple of picks in the 20s, of which one selection might be used on Noah Gown.

GCS are better placed than we were because the AFL is desperate for the franchise up there to succeed. I don’t think it’s beyond the bounds of credibility to think that the AFL would be pulling all of the necessary levers to get Hogan there (special ambassador payment outside the salary cap). It all depends on Hogan’s mindset and his wish to go home but I wouldn’t rule it out.

Because the second language of the AFL is telling lies.

Only kidding?

Peter Bell has told the media in Perth this evening that he would be prepared to do a trade for Bennell if the club in question was prepared to part with a top ten pick.

That offer was a ludicrous one to make in light of the new rules that in my opinion will make key forwards more valuable to their teams. I think the club should start a new discussion with Hogan and his management concerning him playing with the club in 2019 and working towards negotiating a longer term agreement as the year unfolds.

Reports suggest he was waiting for the B & F before announcing his decision. If that’s right and he didn’t announce that he was staying last night, then expect the news by Monday that he’s selected North Melbourne.

We should also have a crack at getting Andrew Brayshaw across and giving them adjoining lockers.

I think that’s the tack we might want to take.

Carlton has delisted Aaron Mullett and Cameron O’Shea along with rookies Jesse Glass-McCasker and Matthew Shaw.

Could we put out an all points bulletin to locate Chris from Camberwell and invite him as a guest on the Demonland Podcast. It would be riveting!!!

I was watching The Block tonight and I now understand the fascination with the Gatwick. Magnificent!

Good to see out cat b boys are already in the mix.

He probably doesn't fit the criteria because he's now living here but what's involved in drafting an international rookie like the NZ kid we had over here a few years ago?

Welcome to the wonderful world of the AFL. The final nail in the coffin will come if they go lightly on GWS for their role in the Whitfield affair.

Of course Melksham was already on the list.

Interesting with the ins and outs (including the ones to come), I don't think our list's average age is going to change all that much in the end.

Good point ... and the strange thing about this is that back in January when the CAS verdict was announced the AFL immediately announced (and therefore without a need for a meeting to be held a month later during which time all and sundry could deliberate on issues of fairness, the impact on other clubs, the competition and the game) the rules that would apply to Essendon to enable it to cover for their missing players and even the issue of how their absence would impact on the draft (as far away as November). The rules all gave the club that was responsible for the plight of the guilty players an advantage while the other innocent clubs that now also had guilty players on their books no rights in regard to replacing those players. This is yet another example of the embarrassing way in which the AFL competition is being run these days.

Pamela Anderson's mother died?

The only game we're setting ourselves up for is Round 1 v GWS, nothing else.

Redleg, you should be up on the Gold Coast for the Magic Millions, not Port Adelaide.

Even if there are no big fish available, that doesn't mean that you go after minnows.Virtually all of the players you mention from other clubs are struggling to get games with their current clubs or have been delisted which puts them in the same category as the NQR's who we've just delisted. Your proposal is like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.

Do you go to a lot of non MFC games there?Our losing streak at Etihad currently is 22.

Fair go there. My uncle's forever grateful to one of them chinese capitalists who bought his house in the 'wood at auction a few weeks ago for waaay over the reserve. Nice.

Looks like we could be on track for pick 1, 2 or 3.