whatwhat say what

i would presume the club has been aware for some time that he wasn't eligible to be selected i imagine it's the eagerness of mfc fans about him as a prospect that has seen the news filter out to the public that he's not eligible to be picked up thru the nga for us it's a shame, but it doesn't change anything at the end of the day

i'm shocked but also not shocked

Unbelievable … NO ACCESS FOR DEES NGA TALENT MELBOURNE will not have access to tall forward prospect Tairon Ah-Mu under Next Generation Academy rules when the 17-year-old hits his draft season next year. Ah-Mu is a member of the Demons' NGA program but under the AFL's eligibility criteria, he does not qualify for the club to have any priority access over him as a draftee. Ah-Mu kicked three goals for the Dandenong Stingrays on Saturday against the Gippsland Power, taking the straight-kicking key forward's tally to 21.5 from 10 games this season. Ah-Mu, who has Samoan descent, is 198cm and also has featured for the under-17s futures team as well as playing under Essendon champion Matthew Lloyd at Haileybury College in Melbourne.

where have they said this?

nope, only one oval pretty much useless when yr managing four teams' training requirements

if he has a season like he had in 2024 in 2025 then could definitely see him going on again the following season yr a long time retired, after all...

my hope with mcadam is that our fitness staff having broken down his body to get him back up in 2025 and beyond

no chance if / when we get 25 back for anb, mebbe swap that for cerra...

so there seems to be some doubts on trainor due to repeated concussion incidents?

i just read that too and came to laugh about it too fairly ambit claim

The silver lining of Melbourne’s disappointing finish to the season is that they now have a top-five pick in the draft. And in this even top-end, you could quite easily grab the top talent in the draft with the selection that Melbourne holds. Replenishing their midfield is a high priority with Christian Petracca’s long-term future remaining uncertain, and there are several options who can add an injection of class. Finn O’Sullivan may be gone by this point but his high-impact per possession and goalscoring threat makes him one of the most damaging midfielders available. South Australian Sid Draper has some wheels and has stood up at state league level, while Murphy Reid can provide the precise ball-use and decision making their on-ball brigade lacks. Midfielder-forward Sam Lalor shapes as the wildcard, a player in the Petracca mould with his strength and attacking threat. Or do the Dees look to shore up their limited key forward stocks with forward Harry Armstrong?

i, too, can make up fanciful trade scenario with no basis in reality...

mfc confirms two reviews being conducted; one by Darren Shand, brad green, and gary pert into the footy dept + one of the board itself by an external independent expert (they don't say who), involving the president and all current board members

sigh i miss raymond much, much better show than "barry"

depends on cost, i suspect if it's the equivalent of a straight swap for tomlinson, i'd be super keen

Paul Hopgood better put on his big boy shorts cos the president's job is his if he wants it?

Smith, Macrae, and Daniel all wanna leave Footscray? Something, something, something… Kulcha?

I think people will steer clear of Ladhams because of his personality and behaviour

houston would suit us to a tee, i think, but seemingly he's ruled himself out of leaving...let's see if that holds til the end of the trade period i just don't see parfitt and macrae in our best side but i imagine the former will be be available as a delisted free agent and the latter a late pick if yr prepared to pick up his entire salary; issue being that they're not that quick and their skills are mediocre at best - with the game moving from 'contest and defence' to 'skill and speed' they simply don't suit the transition game that we want to execute and wouldn't be in our best side if we maintain the style that saw us be successful lynch is on huge money for the next few years, and his body has let him down for the last several years; caveat emptor indeed ladhams will struggle to be on an afl list in 2025, while membrey might be a shot for us but does another mid-sized forward target actually improve us?

pear and gw$

sad that there's no more frostball in 2024 interesting to see how the hok ball restructure their defensive set-up in 2025 and beyond with the addition of barrass and battle coming into their 'best' side those two plus frost, sicily, scrimshaw, weddle, blanck, grainger-barras is a lot of tall defensive types when, really, their best set-up really only has two or three of them

Yea, poor bloke https://www.hawthornfc.com.au/news/1596554/lewis-ruled-out-for-remainder-of-season

Coming off an acl and unlikely to feature much in 2025? Unlikely

At what point did I say that I was remotely interested in Hind?