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The balance on the forward line was immediately ruined when Melksham went down. Who would of thought he'd be so key.

Did Tmac have a touch in the last? He was beyond disgusting tonight.

Its definitely no where near 800k for Kozzy.

How many times is Goodwin going to lose important games at selection.

Absolutely not.

I absolutely love the Melbourne Football Club. Get it done tonight boys!

It's a risk assessment for Jake and the club. One year - get the knee right, assimilate back into the senior team late in the season and see how it looks. I'll back him in. Faced adversity his whole career given supplement scandal, redefining his position and now the knee.

The knee is one thing but it's important to think about the bigger picture than just Melksham's age. His conditioning is elite. He has the lowest body fat percentage at the club and his ability to take care of his body, diet and recovery is second to only Clayton at the club. His role relies on smarts more than speed. There were no signs of him slowing down prior to Round 23, in fact it looked the opposite. I'm not advocating for a two year deal but I do believe if any players conditioning and physical attribute belies their age, it is Melksham.

Happy with Tommo's inclusion in the hope it does free Lever. I am flat about No Woewodin. In the minority obviously but I love what he brings with his kicking.

Maybe so but his ball use seperated him from our current average wingers/ half forwards. When the heat was on against Brisbane in a finals like game, he nailed a running shot from 40. I'm not seeing many others capable of this at the moment.

We definitely want Duursma and I believe we want his brother too - which Hawthorn could have something to say about.

I second this. Neither he nor Hunter really penetrate. Compared to Daicos and Sidebottom, they looked out of their depth at the finals level.

My most painful post in years but Rivers is being found out defensively. In a big way.

Need a huge lift from Sparrow, McDonald, Fritsch and Salem. Simply not good enough so far.

Come on Dees!

Confirmed by Yze.

42 players go to war tonight with Viney & Maynard.

Smith is in the team, starting as a forward. The sub will be Laurie or Jordon.

Hibbo and Tmac in. Turner out!

We never had a conversation with Georgiades post his ACL.

Hopefully a future AFLW Star and continuation of the Smith bloodlines at our club. Congrats to Joel & his partner.

It sure does. This article makes it seem like Goody/coaches pigeonholed him and didn't have the belief that Longmuir did. He was made our primary ruck in the second half of a grand final over our captain and greatest ever ruckman (Sorry Jim).

I was told by as strong a source as you can imagine that Jackson had told people at our club in early June 2022 that he was going to re-sign. This meeting at Crown must have been what changed everything.

Another year at the MFC. Mods feel free to thread merge.

He and his brother would be unbelievable assets. I'd be focusing my attention there and not on Harley.