Allen Jakovich

Our midfield is now starting to look much more talent laden and a lot less raw:

Jones, Cross, Vince, Viney, Toumpas, Tyson, Trengove, Pick 9 etc...

That is a hell of a lot better than this year.

Brent Grgic.

I saw Pedo play against the Cats at skilled this year for Casey and he was so dominant playing at full back that I was in shock. Nobody could touch him and he was hitting 60m clearing balls lace out to targets coming out of the back 50.

But every time I saw him play for Melbourne he was a shadow of that player.

Not sure why he can't make the transition but I hazard a guess it's all between the ears. He did the same thing at North.

Maybe Roos can help him.

They just said on the radio we've apparently agreed to the Vince for pick 20 trade. Any confirmation anywhere?

what station?

Wow. That's awesome. Good on em.

If Sloane wanted to come to Melbourne, pick 2 would get it done.

If Sloane doesn't want to come we need to pay overs; why would Adelaide swap a young established gun midfielder for a potential gun midfielder?

If Vince leaves next year they get nothing for him under FA. The sweetener in the Sloan for pick 2 deal then is that we take Vince for pick 20 now which is a win for them. Jamar is steak knives to throw the balance in their favour but he is no real loss to us.

That gives them 2 picks before their first pick this year, makes it worthwhile. Also their ruck stocks are pretty low, so Jamar may be a good stop gap to support Jacobs and Graham and Jenkins.

We get the young gun mid we need and a second older mid for 3 years. They are now 2 of our best 3 mids for our first two picks and a Rickman who doesn't get a game.

We certainly aren't paying overs in my eyes.

Why do you think Roos made that comment in the press this week about teams getting rid of players a year before they become free agents...

He was talking to the Crows...

Has Dew made way for him perhaps?

Far from it dr.. But what do we do about it ? Twiddle thumbs or go on the front foot and not only realise the elephant's in the room but lets give it a name and use it.

lets turn this trade period a bit on its ear. Everyone else wants to play by some form of co-agreed values, well lets upset that apple cart and play by ours. lets get something.

Like a government whos money isnt worth shlt it revalues the currency to suit. We need to do exactly that. next year might be different and so on but right now we arent being taken seriously.

Just do yourself a favour and stop typing.

Really bad news for the club. If he had have played all 22 games this year would have been top 3 in bnf. In the worst midfield in the comp. And we lose him.

Tough pill to swallow.

What did they achieve for us??

Well for starters we now have the worst midfield in the comp without these players (barring Rivers), and the last time they all played in our team we were half decent at least and capable of winning more than TWO GAMES for a season.

Seriously, the stupidity around here is pretty amazing sometimes...

Scully, rivers, McLean, Moloney and now Sylvia. Wow.

The pitchforks have been out for Sylvia for years now.

Deservedly so.

It's amazing how perceptions of how good a player could be lead to people turning on their own.

It's especially sad when the bloke bleeds red and blue and has done his absolute best during a horrendous period for the club.

Maybe if we had a midfield to kick the pill to him, Watts would have had a better year.

As it stood, he did very well in exceptionally difficult circumstances.

A coach who has a clue will make a massive difference to his output next year too.

Take this kid for pick two any day of the week. Get it done.

Well i can announce that I haven't been approached.

I don't normally comment on rumour and innuendo but I figure I may as well put an end to the scuttlebutt.

I would be incredibly surprised if Col leaves. Just can't see it happening.

Really needs to work on his kicking for goal if he's going to play forward.

yeah terlich deserves third, I'll pay that. Great player.

You can imagine it. The end of the best and fairest... Suddenly the lights dim... Soft, brooding ambient music... Then a light rises at the back of the room. Opera voices - the voices of Angela begin... From the rooftop the messiah cometh. Lord Roos has arrived to commence his first sermon.

That story would have been way better if Juice Newton had have come parachuting through the roof when the angels piped up...

Trust this club to blow up a Roos deal because somebody set a dwarf on fire.

POTY.

He thinks so!!!!!!

Thank gawd, if Col left I'd be mighty [censored].

The only thing that'll improve us is confidence, and the only way to build confidence is to improve the personnel around the players. This will see them grow in self belief and then the tide will turn.

If there's one thing we don't have its a shortage of talent.

The year Ratten was our mid field coach we were top of the ladder at the round 18 mark. If that doesn't impress you then your a hard man to impress chippy!

Exactly, and as soon as he left...

This shatters me. It's like Stephen Tingay all over again.

I hope for his sake they can work out sooner rather than later whether he can come back or whether he should give it away.

So devastating for the bloke.

I'll tell you one thing we don't need and it's a list clean out.