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  1. Melbourne and Jesse Hogan put contract talks on hold Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/melbourne-and-jesse-hogan-put-contract-talks-on-hold-20160224-gn2ada.html#ixzz414LeHvhz Follow us: @theage on Twitter | theageAustralia on Facebook
  2. I can't believe it's the eve of the pre-season challenge period and we are already missing 11 players with various ailments plus one ruled out for the year due to peptide use. It's a pretty shocking start to the year, injury-wise.
  3. Jeepers creepers. We won't be able to sign him up on a one year deal then; at least one other club who are desperate for a big body with experience will offer him two years. Crazy that Spencer is probably more likely to get offered a deal from another club than Grimes at this stage.
  4. Spencer is an unrestricted free agent? Good grief, has he really been there that long? What was that unctuous moron saying BBP? When he sais things the opposite tends to happen...
  5. Watts and Grimes can walk if the offer is there. Dawes may well retire, and Trengove is obviously an unknown as to whether he can return to the football field...albeit things are looking positive on that front. What other 19 are out of contract at the end of 2016? I think it's pretty strange to have nearly half the list out of contract in a given year - more often than not I'd expect the number to be a closer to a third or so.
  6. just run hola or a vpn, and buy a season pass to watchafl.afl.com.au. streams in hd - it's a little bit behind the real time, or even the time of the foxtel go or afl live app, but quality is outstanding thru a pc. only a titch more exxy than the afl live season pass too.
  7. i think the majority of commentators are happy to have a team to pick on, and melbourne has been an easy target for a decade, hence why they continue to speculate on hogan potentially returning to wa. another element that might be in our favour is that the peptides' cale hooker is a free agent at the end of this year - regardless of whether or not he wants his contract voided, as has been speculated amongst their playing list - and freo are into him big time. some reports this week had him getting the same sort of $$ as jesse. even with forthcoming retirements i doubt that freo could afford hooker, mccarthy and hogan. of course, in saying that, every club in the competition will likely open the chequebook up for our #1. can't wait to see what he can do in his second year.
  8. Lachie Neale a clear exception - knee high to a grasshopper and absolutely prolific.
  9. Also missing was Vince. I'd say max of 5 listed would be best possible 22 - Vince, Jones, Petracca, Dawes and maybe Trengove, with Lumumba, Melksham and Newton part of our much needed 'quality' depth.
  10. In that photo Oliver looks like Blease on peptides. He is huge.
  11. just don't lie down in the middle of any busy roads robert.
  12. Really want to see him succeed at the Dees, but I query whether his skill level will allow him to do so.
  13. He's entering that age where calf injuries become chronic. As we have seen with Dawes, it severely limits their output.
  14. When he comes back, stars in a few premierships, re-takes the captaincy once Jones retires and wins four Norm Smith medals in a row as part of our historic 10-peat... Well, reckon he'll be happy to retire feted higher than nearly any other player in the game ever. No pressure, mind...
  15. Wilbur Green is the elder of the two I think - my son and he are in the same AusKick, and my boy is in the year below, and he's six. Has skills, but not as much as Buckley or Hird's kids, who look natural footballers. But they pale in comparison to Wanganeen's boy, who will be a star for Port in a couple of years. Freaking amazing talent.
  16. If Hogan requested a trade at the end of this year to Freo I'd want Neale, Tabener and their first round pick for the next two years minimum.
  17. He always reminded me of watching a new born giraffe falling about. Cult hero.
  18. I think they'll rotate Pedo, Frost and Gawn as tall options down forward. We will basically play a 4-5 man structure, with one player permanently rolling up. I'm presuming of the currently injured players, it's likely only Watts that will be fit to go for round 1. Ideally I would prefer Harmes in his place, to be honest, but I expect Roos and the coaching staff will continue to back him in. B: Jetta – T McDonald – Garland HB: Salem – Dunn – Bugg C: Tyson – N Jones - vandenBerg HF: Watts – Frost – Brayshaw F: Kent – Hogan - Garlett Foll: Gawn – Vince – Viney I/C: Stretch – Pedersen – Kennedy – Harmes Emerg: Neal-Bullen – Grimes – M Jones Injured / recovering from injury: Petracca, Dawes, Lumumba, Trengove, Newton, Kennedy-Harris Likely Casey representatives: Oliver, Weideman, Hulett, O McDonald, Hunt, ANB, Grimes, Spencer, Terlich, M King x2, Michie, White, Wagner, Smith But obviously we won't have any real clue until the challenge games have been and gone and what injuries we pick up.
  19. It may seem strange, but we could actually win less games in 2016 than 2015 and be a better side, simply by being in games for longer. If we can bridge the gap btw our best and our worst footy then we will have improved significantly as a side. Like most, I think the #1 aim is to be in games to win them deep into the last quarter, rather than being blown away early on as has been the case for too many years.
  20. I just want to see us hitting targets and not turning the ball over. the defensive accountability has been put in place now, I hope, but what has been holding us back for years are our skills, which have been nothing short of appalling for over a decade.
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