Blistering

Rhys Shaw?

Liked the second part in particular for its inspiration but I hope we don't follow the Hawks with this sham - Hawks claim $2m pokies revenue as community benefit!

Swift is no smokey. Did an ACL last year & had a reco. Injured the other knee this year and missed the U18's champs. A mate in WA reckons on of the local sides tried to hide him away & will draft him in the 2nd round.

That really is in poor taste. Shame on you.

ALL FOOTY - has a fair bit of infor on this year's draft They suggest we'll take Nicholas Naitanui with the 1st pick in the 2008 AFL draft, Steele Sidebottom at #17 and Sam Blease at #19.

Where was it mentioned before that TJ was dropped in the same week as Grimes was selected to make his debut?

Trapper has been dropped from the Brisbane team - at the same time that Jack Grimes, his replacement on the list and as wearer of #16, makes his debut with the MFC. One of sport's great ironies!

John Meesen named in the best for Sandy today. Should be enough for the call up to help us against Port Adelaide. After 3 years in South Australia with the Crows, surely he would at least be familiar with his surroundings.

N O W ! ! !

JACK WATTS U-18 CHAMPS 2008 Some great vision there!

Liam Pickering gave his top six on SEN (I don't know how many of these players are under his management ) - 1. Jack Watts (Melbourne) 2. Daniel Rich (West Coast) 3. Nick Naitanui (Port Adelaide) 4. Hamish Hartlett (Fremantle) 5. Jack Ziebell (Essendon) 6. Tyrone Vickery (Richmond)

Sounds like a promising start to Grimesy's senior career.

Unless that tournament is the Olympics, your excuse is not acceptable.

Why can't we beat Port Adelaide? No Tredrea, no Kane Cornes, terribly out of form and wanting to finish as low as possible on the ladder.

I think we're better of than a number of clubs that will need to start rebuilding in the next year or two. It won't be easy with all of the concessions to the new clubs while at lweast we have started the process and will have three picks in the top 20 plus first in the PSD. we should get back quite a few next year after their injuries this year.

The Bombers jumper will have a yellow ring on its sleeve. Perhaps with hindsight we could have replaced the silver on our clash jumper with the colour yellow as well. It probably would have looked a darn sight better.

worth jackshit if it stayed inside the bloody computer

Smart talker this Vlad, Says he wants to help promote closer relations between the MFC and the MCC when he knows that Jim and his people have plans in this area and have already been working hard at cementing relations. The MFC and the MCC need each other to be successful and IMO they will work things out v. soon. Then Vlad can take some of the credit.

Welcome Maric and good to have Mac back. With Ausie out this week, does it mean the club could quietly sneak in another emergency?

Corrected stats: Fremantle Attribute Melbourne 188.3cm Height 188.2cm 88.0kg Weight 87.4kg 25yr 4mth Age 22yr 11mth 89.4 Games 42.0

Some news on Benny Holland here as well as some intersting stuff on other players including Jack Grimes:- Jack Grimes, who was selected at No.14 in last year's NAB AFL Draft, but has battled back and groin injuries this season, was progressing positively via the Sandringham seconds. "He's playing at Sandy seconds on purpose and is only having limited game time, as part of a long-term strategy, so we only want him to play there so he can get conditioned, before he plays Sandy seniors," Monaghan said. "So regardless of his form, he won't be considered for Sandy seniors for at least another two or three weeks and that's just part of his conditioning program."

Stef Martin to debut Melbourne Squad Backs: Matthew Whelan, Colin Garland, Matthew Warnock Half backs: Brad Green, Paul Wheatley, Cameron Bruce Centreline: Colin Sylvia, Brock McLean, Lynden Dunn Half forwards: Chris Johnson, Matthew Bate, Aaron Davey Forwards: Stefan Martin, Brad Miller, Austin Wonaeamirri Followers: Paul Johnson, Clint Bartram, Nathan Jones Interchange (from): Jace Bode, Simon Buckley, Nathan Carroll, Mark Jamar, Cale Morton, Jeff White, Shane Valenti In Simon Buckley, Nathan Carroll, Stefan Martin, Cale Morton, Shane Valenti Out James Frawley (omitted) James McDonald (groin) New Stefan Martin (21, Sandringham)

The original club was the Springvale Scorpions whose colors were navy blue with a red collar (rather than a Melbourne V). Therefore, there should be no difficulty having the clubs marry up their colours. CASEY FIELDS EARMARKED FOR 'WORLD CLASS' SPORT STADIUM

Magpies come to rescue of Demons "COLLINGWOOD, which will this year post a record eighth consecutive operating profit in excess of $1million, has put its support behind the financially struggling Demons by offering to continue playing Melbourne next season on the Queen's Birthday public holiday. Melbourne, which is $4.5m in debt and expects to lose between $1.5m and $2m this year, will net about $400,000 from the round 11 match at the MCG, which attracted just under 60,000." That loss figure just keeps on going up.

Good to see the mix here as well as it reflects the fact that we're becoming younger and there's definitely a changing of the guard.