Neita3000

What can we do? It annoys the hell out of me.

Good article. Does anyone think that Caro's article concerning Melbourne whilst critical are more often than not constructive? In comparison to the roos last year where she really got stuck into them, she's seems a bit more relaxed.

If this was to come about it would be great for the club. The fact of the matter is that whilst there are 15,000 really passionate mfc supporters the rest are pretty indifferent to the club. Lets get a stadium like this and be more realisitc.

Yeah Viney has some little tackers who play junior footy

Give Brock the captaincy and see how he relishes the oppurtunity

In the Age: Quote: Caroline Wilson | May 21, 2008 THE AFL is looking at softening the father-son rule just one year after introducing the controversial bidding system as one of a series of conciliatory gestures to the 16 clubs that will be forced to sacrifice draft picks and uncontracted players to the competition's two new teams. The league has taken on board a proposal from North Melbourne to reduce the father-son games requirement from 100 back to 50 although football operations boss Adrian Anderson conceded the AFL might even look at a lower number of games required for eligibility. Confirming the North proposal, Anderson said: "The Kangaroos have been very vocal about the father-son rule. They rightly point out that if you have a bidding system in place then perhaps it is fair enough to lower the games to 50 or even 20. "We've consulted all 16 clubs now and we are looking at a number of ways to compensate the 16 existing clubs. The father-son rule is just one that would benefit existing clubs but not the 17th and 18th teams." The AFL's working party overseeing the creation of two new playing lists will meet for the first time next week and includes representatives from the Brisbane Lions, Collingwood, Fremantle, Hawthorn, Geelong and Sydney. Along with revising the most romantic rule in football, the proposals aimed at compensating the existing clubs the AFL is considering include: ■Eliminating the rule requiring clubs to delist a minimum of three players at the end of each season; ■Supplementing rookie lists by up to three extra rookies per club; ■Compensating the bottom clubs by giving them access to earlier draft picks than first mooted in the first model which allowed each new club access to the top five draft choices. North Melbourne chief executive Eugene Arocca said his club would put its father-son proposal to the AFL on Friday. "Our footy department will get together to formalise our proposal," he said. "There are various models we are looking at but personally I think anything lower than 50 games could dilute the meaning of father-son. Arocca said the Kangaroos would also request lists be extended to include up to six extra players be they rookies, scholarship players or international players. "The (father-son) bidding system, in our view, could perhaps be relaxed to the point that nothing lower than a second-round draft pick was sacrificed," Arocca said. However Kangaroos coach Dean Laidley was more bullish. "It was one of a number of small ways we believe the existing clubs could get something back from what they are sacrificing. I reckon if you have a former player with a son you want to draft, then let the club draft him," he said. "We're not talking about forever. If you are looking at losing high draft picks for three years then relax the father-son rule for five years." While several clubs have proposed the new Gold Coast and Sydney teams be eliminated from the father-son bidding system, only North put forward the games requirement reduction proposal. Should the AFL approve the change it would be the 13th change to the rule since it was introduced in 1967. North Melbourne is anticipating several forthcoming father-son opportunities, notably the offspring of 217-game centre half-back Ian Fairley who has two sons. Football operations general manager Donald McDonald has a talented 13-year old son and also played the required number of games for the Kangaroos. Laidley, the father of a 17-year-old TAC Cup footballer, misses out on the current cut-off by one game. Laidley played 99 games for North Melbourne. http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/new...182803000.html Anyway apparently Chris Connolly has a got a kid who is ripping it up and should be availaible in 2 years time. Seeing as the big man only layed 98 games could work out brilliantly for us

Ox has been pretty good. "over the jounrey women come and go for neitzy" classic

Congratulations big fella. You brought me alot of joy. You've been my hero since 1993

undevoloped bodies

Don't let Bailey confuse you with his "trying to build a winning culture" type mentallity we are employing a youth policy that is resulitng in us having some big losses

6: Bartram 5: Morton 4:Wonna 3: Jones 2:White 1: Garland

I wonder if the presence of Chris Connolly at the club will entice any of those players?

we did lose 2 games by a 100 points. our performances in the last 6 round were one of the worst of the decade, no buts about that.

Why can't he do both?

It's only rd 7. Usually this stuff becomes a lot more apparent in the closing rounds of the season.

As the title suggests in the coming years we are going to have 3 crumbing forwards who are just excitement machines. Whilst we haven't seen Maric in full flight yet he is a kid where the hype is justified. Melbourne fans will love him, opposition fans will hate him. We all know how well Davey can play when the team is up and running. As we continue to improve as a club his performances will only get better. We don't need to mention anything about Aussie but baby Bryon. So all we need now is a decent marking kpp player. Perhaps were not a shoe in for 16th place now. There's this kid called Michael Hurley who is very much a player in the Jarrod Roughead model. Is expected to go round pick 3-5. Maybe he is now a more realisitic chance of jumping into the red and blue than Nautini

Don't they played some terrible footy in the first half. There could have been 22 different players playing in the 2nd

Miller played his best ever game for the club/ I for one thought he did not have it in him. Hopefully he can carry on this form

played on gosh's paddock, very formidable surface

you're right about the state of our list from 25-28, pretty shocking. find it so surprising how craig cameron has such a good reputation as a recruiter. yeah he may be able to pick a clint bartram after pick 50 but he sure as hell can't pick any good ones in the top 10

i can't believe their charging 500$ per ticket even for our richest supporters the asking price is extremely dear. Has our football department gone completely insane?

wow

heard that aswell.

last year with juddy mate haha

Still a while to go with all this speculation who will be the #1 pick. Daniel Rich could have a massive U 18 National Comp and be the clear cut #1 by the end of it