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Apart from that Hogan and Martin are part of next years draft pool, if they were then we would still have pick 3 and GC would still have pick 2.

Great to see the Dees being active but is anyone else concerned that we have only picked up one mid at this point in time?

Considering we have the worst midfield in the AFL I am a bit concerned.

Apart from Jones no one else was in form in the mids.

Jones, Sylvia, Grimes, Trengove, Blease, Howe, Magner, Byrnes, Viney and Pick 4 rotating through the middle has a pretty good ring to it.

Would easily take Jai Sheahan over either of them.

Has definitely shown a bit this year with dash from the backline. Seems to be able to play on both talks and smalls.

Williams was extremely sick early in season while recovering from a shocking back injury. Do your homework Lobster!

You do realise that this refers to Luke Williams, not Leigh Williams.....

Watching the highlights of the Casey game I was quite impressed by his ability to burst from packs.

Not playing Champs wouldn't be the worst thing considering all the above talk

6. Clark

5. Frawley

4. Jones

3. Morton

2. McDonald

1. Howe

Don't Casey have a bye then there is the bye again for the interstate match? No 2's for a couple of weeks...

Any "permission to train" players sighted? or will they not be there for a while?

Pretty sure that is for the few weeks between the Main draft and rookie/preseason draft

Thought he was going to retire - chronic injuries (shoulders?)

Pretty sure he did his ACL during the year so won't be able to play till mid year.... Looks like being cut from the pies

Fantastic pickup! Will be an integral cog in the coming years.

The fact that he has indicated that he wants out puts us in a good position to target him.

Will be looking for more opportunity and higher pay which we can provide.

We have 12, 36 and 54 to fill

I find it hard to believe that much will be left by 54 in this draft.

Any thoughts?

18 year olds will be speculative but mature ager from VFL, SANFL or WAFL could be a chance

Would really be interested in Walsh. Has a bit of an unknown factor and could be anything given the opportunity.

Would be a good get but not 100% sold on him

I was being a tad sarcastic. Gumbleton no doubt has serious talent but if Essendon were willing to go then alarm bells would ring for me.

Definitely agree. If he gets his body right then he will be a great asset but for essendon to shop him around means that they can't or don't want to try a fix his problems. Only reason to trade for him is if he wants to leave.

What's disappointing is the ease at which we could've picked Butcher, Darling or Sam Reid in the draft, and now some are prepared to trade a really important MFC player and clubman for one of those guys - indeed someone potentially inferior to those guys.

It's not like we didn't know we needed such a player in those drafts. I really hope we backed the right horse with Cook.

Butcher was never an option as he was not a top two pick (Scully/Trengove). If he was available at our next pick I am sure we would have picked him but no great loss as he has played 3 good games so far in two years. By that reckoning Cook has until this time next year to show something.

Highly doubt it considering the form and commitment he showed after the ban.

If he was floated many clubs would be jostling for his services.

Very good year for Watts after a slow start. Earnt first Brownlow votes as well this year

I'm going, should be a great night

Dawes is a pretty good No. 2 forward. I don't see him as the go to number one key forward as he does not have that many variations if he is having a bad night. For what we will have to give up to get him it wouldn't be worth it.

Looks like the club has run with the phrase 'Generation D' for the membership drive.

Currently 9520 members

Where is the announcement?

There was a mention that Lyon was staying at the end of 10 News as well that we will receive two first round picks for Scully.

Was Jurrah's goal in Shanghai after the siren, or seconds before it?

There was still about 10 seconds left

Is it his first game for the year?

Super retort RobbieF.

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