Ron Burgundy

EVERY club in the competition would've selected Toumpas over Wines.

And weren't Geelong and the Swans going to pick Gysberts had we not done so?! It's clear that players recruited in the Bailey years did not develop properly/as they should have.

Most recruiters in the competition had him at number 1. And that's according to Gubby Allan, not Barry Prendergast.

We're not Geelong.

We need to re-sign Watts. It's a fact. Fortunately PJ gets this. In short, we need more quality players on our list, not less. Pedersen on a 3 year deal is astonishing. Not fighting tooth and nail to keep Rivers is astonishing. Recruiting Gillies is astonishing. Please give new contracts to Watts, Sylvia and Frawley asap. And then move the spuds on - not the quality players. Surely this is obvious.

Following the game, one of the GWS fitness guys said that Scully was running with Nathan Jones and Toumpas was demanding the ball. Jones completely ignored him and then gave Toumpas a spray. Following this, Scully got in Toumpas' ear and told him (words to the effect), 'you've got to leave this bucket shop. There's no on field leadership at the place. They'll ruin your career etc'. I think Toumpas then told Scully to get stuffed. Bottom line is that Scully has absolutely no guilt towards or empathy for this club at all. He is essentially a sociopath.

Sylvia was the one player GWS wanted to shut down yesterday. And they did. The bottom line is though - he is one of our better players and we need to re-sign him asap.

And most at GWS are seemingly resigned to losing him at the end of the year.

I watched the game with the GWS Coterie group, and after the game chatted to several GWS assistant coaches and players. Here's some of what they said (nothing particularly remarkable). 1. The Demons are a rabble. 2. Getting a coach that the players like/respect is absolutely key and it needs to happen soon - otherwise we're facing a mass player exodus. 3. I reckon GWS are going to have a red hot crack at Frawley next year - they need another key defender, and they reckon Frawley's a gun. Many seemed to think he's our best player. 4. They really rate Scully and reckon he'll dominate next year. Scully thought the MFC was about the most amateur organisation in the country - left for more reasons than just $$$. 5. They thought Toumpas was an absolute bargain at pick 4. They very nearly took him at pick 2. I asked if we stuffed up not picking Wines instead of Toumpas. They said absolutely not - Toumpas will be a bloody good player. Just needs time. 6. Watts may very well go to Carlton. One coach commented that he's talented, but lazy - and he reckoned Watts for Yarran would be a good trade for us. Thought Yarran was a bit lazy too though. 7. Reckons Sylvia will stay, principally due to his age - he's more valuable to the MFC than most other clubs. Rated him our most dangerous player and they were very happy about the way in which they shut him down yesterday. In fact, all were saying Sylvia only jagged 12 possessions - they kept saying it. He is one of the very few mids they rate on our list. One coach liked Matt Jones and they all rate Nathan Jones. 8. They think Trengove and Grimes are solid players, but suggested that they have too much pressure on their shoulders for their age/experience. 9. The AFL is committed to the Demons. Some rumours that Roos will be offered about $2M a year to take the job. He wants to see the MFC get the board structured appropriately before entertaining things any further. Probably doesn't want the job, but the AFL is determined to get him to do it. 10. If this doesn't happen, I think we should throw sheep stations at Choco Williams and Junior McDonald. They rate both of them highly - in fact, the players reckon of all the GWS assistant coaches, Junior is most likely to be a really good head coach. I simply cannot believe how we handled Junior McDonald at the end of his career at the MFC - a total fiasco IMO. 11. Hogan will be a star. 12. Sheedy is probably the most charismatic man in football. Real tragedy we didn't take him in 2007. That's about it.

We should have picked Zakarakis with pick 19 in that draft. Plenty here thought we would too fwiw. But we didn't.

Get Choco Williams. He's what this club needs.

Definite possibility. If we can't re-sign Frawley, we might as well close the doors.

We must re-contract Sylvia. Surely this is a no brainer.

We all love this club too Emine - welcome to the Demonland community. PS. I expect you'll witness some amazingly petty arguments in your time here - brace yourself.

I'm not cool with this.

Laphroig. Every day of the week. Right down to the belly.

Pity we didn't land Hannath. Bloody Freo.

Can we please urgently implement a no d1ckheads policy for all Board members, although in particular for the President ...

Stockdale is just the type we need to throw off the life raft. These fellas simply cannot see the wood from the trees.

Jack Watts is a required player. Cannot believe there's any debate about this. We need more quality players. Not less. FFS.

A player whose contract is up for renewal and who has options elsewhere, unlike most of the other players on our list. We need to retain him. And Sylvia. Get Choco Williams. He's a players coach.

He said it's about finding an experienced coach who can build a decent footy culture. And, in this regard, Choco Williams absolutely has to be our man. He'd be perfect for this club right now. Paul Roos doesn't want the job IMO - it's been clear all along, just not to certain Demons wish-thinking supporters and certain media shock jocks trying to create headlines. We're the ugly nerd on the dance floor who keeps asking the hot chick for a dance, and refuses to accept that she doesn't want to go there.

It's turnovers that have been absolutely KILLING us. We need more draftees like Jimmy Toumpas, not less. Like everyone here, I really like Wines - but he has the likes of Boak and Hartlett running alongside him. Big difference.

I'm not worried about Toumpas. At all. We've certainly made some astonishingly bad draft decisions in recent years, but Toumpas isn't one of them.

Our midfield would struggle to make an impact against Box Hill.