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I just noted that he was continually being asked whether the Saints are rebuilding and he finally admitted they were. That of course only happens, when you are at the wrong end of the ladder.

Agree. That is where we are and what we have to do though.

Scott Watters now has finally used the dreaded "rebuild" word, in respect to the Saints who sit just above us on the ladder.

Maybe Kennett could stand for President of the Burwood chapter of the Australian Alpaca Association.

Just back from training. Players looked ok. Spoke to Jack Grimes who should be right after next 3 games. Met Longsuffering, Saty, Rusty and Nineteen. Spoke to Jack Grimes dad Steve and there is another brother coming through. He said Dylan would love to play with Jack at the Dees if the Tigers ever let him go. He is however happy at the Tigers. Spoke to Josh Mahoney who impressed the need for Dees fans to come to the game. Hopefully we get a decent crowd. At least it will be a nice day.

Partially, yes. You can't persist with non AFL standard players and expect to do well.

Titan, clearly I am not suggesting we could get a Cotchin, or a Watson or an Ablett, but rather a player who would be in our best 22 but might not be in his side's, or is after a bit more security.. You look at Josh Kennedy going from the Hawks to the Swans, I need say no more. There must be a few of those types of players out there. They need to be identified and targetted. If we could get a couple and then the best two mids in the draft and then a few more later and hope for improvement in JV,Toumpas, Taggart etc we would improve quickly. Hogan, Clark and Grimes back and a small forward and things are really changing. It would be difficult but not impossible. The real hard thing would be getting a couple of mids from other clubs. The rest is there before us.

Kennett has said our Coach must go. He has tonight threatened the elected Board and CEO and warned them not to pick a new Coach. This from a Hawks supporter and non MFC member, who is therefore ineligible to stand for the MFC Board. This self promoting, arrogant piece of work, is telling the elected board of the club and its officials not to go on with its business, because he may at some stage stand for election. What an absolute disgrace. We all want a unified club. It would be impossible under this bloke.

I think we will have PP1 and pick 2 or 3.

Do Alpacas like bananas?

If MN has lost the players then it is a non negotiable. On the other hand I am not sure he can coach anyway and I am not alone in that view. Our performance under him has been deplorable.

No it's not. Casey Scorpions 5.3.33 9.7.61 14.11.95 21.15.141 Collingwood 2.1.13 3.3.21 5.6.36 7.9.51

We will not lose it, especially next year. The AFL cannot be seen to be destroying any hopes for our future at this time.

It's all realistic, just a matter of picking up the right people/ players.

It's not full yet.

We accept. I will get old 55 " on the prowl".

BB you are a man ahead of your time. I have a role for you in my new admin. You will find me a great President to work under.

In cotton wool for the 2014 draft night.

Happy with all of that. I only did it in point form in a summary way.Wonder if I could call my plan the Red and BluePrint rerun.

OD, don't use the word "monkey". We will get in all sorts of trouble. Good luck with the implants, you might end up looking like Ben-Hur's avatar. Oh sorry, you were talking about teeth implants. Good luck anyway.

Mark Williams is one. Rumour of Junior as his midfield coach. Lot of respect there.

Son of Melbourne Demons legend Steven Stretch on club's radar at just fourteen years old Eligible 2014 draft.

1. Let PJ restructure the admin including the FD. 2. New President and a few changes on the Board, keeping only those who can really contribute and adding people with expertise in the required portfolios. 3. New coach, with previous AFL experience, including if possible, a flag as a coach. Must be a player's coach and able to generate player buy in and loyalty. 4. Trade in a free agent mid or two who are in our best 22 with the right work ethic and with plenty of their career left. 5. Trade an aging ruckman to GWS, who will lose Brogan, for a mid or 2 or a mid and a pick. 6. Ontrade the pick for another mid. 7. Obtain a Priority Pick or two with the second at the end of round one. 8. Use the PP's and first few picks to draft mids. At least 4-5 could be taken and even more if good players were available. Also if possible get one or two Christensen/Motlop/Garlett small forward types. 9. Delist those who cannot dispose of the football to AFL standard. 10. Unless Gillies completely turns around his game admit failure on MN's older players and delist Byrnes, Rodan and Gillies and pay them out if necessary. Pedersen obviously gets another year as he has two more to go and is at least versatile. Dawes is fine. 11. Get as many games into JV, Blease, Kent, Taggart, Toumpas, Terlich, M. Jones, Fitzy, Gawn and Tynan as possible in the rest of this year. 12. Wrap Mitch in cotton wool for next year and keep him mentoring Jesse at Casey. 13. Re-sign Watts and Sylvia and get them to buy in under new Coach and new side that we will see in 2014. 14. Get as much cash from the AFL as possible to compensate for the dreadful financial fixture we have been given for the last few years (I admit our performances this year haven't helped). 15. Get everyone in the club to start talking up the club instead of spewing doom. 16. Pray for a good run with injuries next year. I know I have forgotten some points but feel free to add to them Demonlanders. I honestly believe with 2-3 reasonable mids from other clubs and the best two in the draft, as GWS will take Boyd, plus more mids and the improvement in the boys we have with another pre season and Mitch and Hogan into the forward line with Dawes and say Howe/Sylvia/Watts we will be a completely different side.

Correct WJ. No GWS threat anymore. He has said that his lifelong dream is to play with us. His father is on good terms with the club. I think Todd is pretty friendly with Steve. I also think Billy said he knew JV and wanted to join him. The club has been in constant contact with Billy and his family. I would be stunned if he went into the draft other than as a F/S for us. He is also not a first round pick ATM.

Tappy is a slow, 180cm, non midfielder, who goes hard, but gets little of the ball and more often than not is injured. Taken after we took Gysberts and overlooked every Demonlander's choice of Daniel Talia or Kane Lucas. BP take another bow