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What’s happened to Ratugolea? He was supposed to be the next big thing but he seems to have dropped right out of the picture.

Mitch has done okay on the rare occasions he’s been given an opportunity. It’s true that he didn’t shine against Collingwood when the team was very much under the pump with multiple injuries but quite a few others also let us down. He came back to the VFL last week and was on fire kicking 6.6 so I think he deserves a chance. The question if he plays is which of the Browns plays the second ruck role and which plays key forward? Or do they have a bit of a merry go round with Weid and both Browns sharing the ruck and forward duties between them?

Neither has GWS.

I just watched the dying moments of the SA v VIc Country game and it was a real thriller with VC’s Harley Reid taking a couple of strong game-saving marks. And yes juniormac, I understood those comments.

I read this interesting match report of our win against Brisbane on The Mongrel Punt

Casey have included a player Churchill Grey. Anyone know anything about him?

Tomorrow’s HUN headline: Demons at War: Part 2 Ex-President: “Wouldn’t have occurred under my watch.” Exclusive pictures taken from under the table.

Has the TMac out/Brown in switch been announced yet?

Kynan Brown had another good day at the weekend according to Rookie Me Central - #44 Kynan Brown In just his second NAB League outing, the bottom-aged Melbourne father-son candidate topped his side’s disposal chart with 25, including four scoring shots. After a steady start, he began to come to prominence with in-and-under work at the contest, producing second and third efforts aplenty to help will the ball out. He also provided a good deal of drive in the second half, bursting forward and kicking a clutch goal to draw level in the final quarter. That touch of polish is something Brown can refine going forward, though his effort was evident

Says above: “Height 180cm DOB 13/01/2005”

Played for Oakleigh Chargers as a bottom age player at the weekend. From Rookie Me Central ~ #55 Kynan Brown “One for Melbourne fans to watch as a potential father-son candidate, Brown (son of Nathan), produced some exciting moments in his NAB League debut. The hard-at-it midfielder got a run through the engine room and also impacted up forward, snaring two goals from 17 disposals and four inside 50s. Both of Brown’s majors were fair efforts, particularly the second term snap which he seemed pretty pleased with. Still a bottom-ager, there’s some exciting traits to work with.” 2022 NAB League Boys snapshot: Round 7 Height 180cm DOB 13/01/2005

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Given Howes’ injury (navicular stress facture) is of the sort that could easily blow out beyond that time frame, the club might give consideration to putting him on the long term injury list to allow it entry into the midseason draft. Tough call but how much of a season can the kid have even if he’s right to return by Round 20?

Hibberd suffered a setback but they're looking out for him to come back soon. Round 8 Injury Report | Smith set for surgery

Saints looked really cooked in the heat and humidity of Cairns. Wonder what the effect would be on them if they had a few instances of Covid19 through the club this week?

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Summed up your Dragons perfectly WJ! 2022 NAB League Boys snapshot: Round 4 Also votes for our own Finn Emile-Brennan at the Stingrays.

Disagree. We might not need a rebuild but it’s still important for us to keep improving by restocking with future players. We have the advantage of being able to take our time with player development because of our current depth.

Going forward a few years this is going to make an interesting topic. Gold Coast used what was effectively its only real draft pick (No. 5) to draft Big Mac. Adelaide went for Joshua Rachele with pick No. 6. Hawthorn got Josh Ward with No 6 and Josh Gibcus went to Richmond for No 9. A few others have already played for their AFL teams. Andrew has yet to play and still looks very light for AFL. Will he make it?

Our boy Finn in the BP.

It comes with the territory in this sort of competition. Players aren’t playing for the jumper. They are there to attract the attention of the scouts because their future careers are on the line. The smart ones however, do realise that doing “team” things is important and is taken into account in player assessments.

Surely Bedford can’t be the sub six times in a row?

The Early Top 40 from Davo-27 on bigfooty 1. George Wardlaw - Oakleigh 2. Elijah Hewett - Swan Dist 3. Elijah Tsatas - Oakleigh 4. Harry Lemmey - West Adel 5. Will Ashcroft - Sand 6. Adam D'Aloia - WWT 7. Olivier Northam - Geel 8. Aaron Cadman - GWV 9. Anthony Munkara - NT/West Adel 10. Matthew Jefferson - Oakleigh 11. Jhye Clark - Geel 12. Jackson Broadbent - Peel 13. Harry Sheezel - Sand 14. Isaac Keeler - Nth Adel 15. Lachlan Cowan - Tas 16. Oliver Hollands - Murr 17. Kobe Ryan - West Adel 18. Kane Bevan - West Perth 19. Jedd Busslinger - East Perth 20. Ted Clohesy - Geel 21. Blake Drury - Oakleigh 22. Bailey Humphrey - Gipps 23. Charlie Clarke - Sand 24. Max Clohesy - Murr 25. Jed Hagan - East Frem 26. Max Michaelanny - Norw 27. Sam Gilbey - Clare 28. Josh Weddle - Oakleigh 29. Braden George - Murr 30. Seth Campbell - Tas 31. Paul Pascu - Cald 32. Luke Teal - Oakleigh 33. Jaspa Fletcher - Bris A 34. Mitch Szybkowski - Dand 35. Jaxon Binns - Dand 36. Brady Wright - GWV 37. Matthaes Phillipou - WWT 38. Jonti Schuback - Gipps 39. Henry Hustwaite - Dand 40. Noah Long - Bend

Jon Ralph seems to be running some form of campaign to get Ben Brown’s MRP suspension increased to 3-4 weeks. That’s ludicrous when you look at the outcome. Not normally into conspiracy theories but he is with the Herald Sun and didn’t they run a nasty little campaign against our coach in the off season?

Does anyone know about Melbourne’s NGA players for 2022? I heard that we had another good NGA prospect coming through the ranks.