Wrecker45

Anyone like anything for the cup? I was at a luncheon last week where Nick Williams said Latrobe is the best horse in their stable since Green Moon. I doubt he was foxing i’m pretty sure the Williams are just passionate about winning the cup and not trying to play funny buggers. Barrier 22 might make it tough. note Macca’s post above about Moreira. Looks to be on one of the more fancied chances.

This is what I don’t understand and in true demonland spirit I normally think I know everything. Can someone explain why in previous calf injuries mri scans were showing a tear if it was just his calf pushing on nerves?

Hopefully he is telling May how to come back fit for for day 1 of pre-season.

There are 3 ways you can pay overs for an existing afl player 1) give away too many or to valuable draft picks 2) pay the player too highly and jeopardise your salary cap 3) offer a longer contract to the player I think it is clever list management to get players in without breaching 1 & 2 and just give them an extra year on their contract. You basically give away nothing and potentially bring in a talent. If it doesn’t work out so be it but there is the real chance of bringing in talent for nothing. KK could still well work out. Might even be in his 3rd year...

I don't think either of the above are true. He worked as a groundskeeper at the Yarra Valley Country Club maintaining the greens etc. He fell through a plate glass window. A bit dopey. One of my favourite players ever.

I heard Gawn on SEN late in the year say he personally had his best pre-season ever last season but that is no good if he can't bring the rest of the squad with him. I'd expect there will be more pre-season catchups amongst players this year than ever to prove a point. I'm glad Viney didn't take Petracca or May they would be to buoyant.

Welcome to the Melbourne football club. Petracca and May are fat as well.

I’ll watch the 3 minute highlight clip and decide if I like him or not. Then praise or slander him for the rest of his career based on my decision, just to prove I was right.

This is the bit that always puzzles me, out of the whole rotten saga. It’s inconceivable electronic records were not kept. There are forensic IT teams that can retrieve deleted data. I’ve never read a good explanation of how the records are missing and not retrievable. Were they only recorded on Danks personal laptop with no backup and that has gone missing? Data just doesn’t go missing if there is a will to find it.

The listing of the substance the day before the self reporting all but confirms Demetrious illegal call to Hird.

Sorry mate I don’t read every post on demonland. I missed your post on this. With the Pickett thread it just reminded of a fellow indigenous player who made my 90’s.

They admit it, in a round about kind of way after the fact. Dustin Martin?

I'll never forget the day Byron Pickett shirked it, right in front of me on the mcc wing, when Tingay was going to run through him. Unfortunately, I haven't had more highlights watching Melbourne over the years. And Pickett ends up coming to the dees so I can't hang it on my mates who barracked for North.

Where is Kobe Farmer? I reckon i was praying on Chris Johnson & Jack Viney for less time. Surely he is getting close to draft age?

Didn’t have his best year and still tied for the bluey. For the record I would back Hunt to kick further than him in a torpedo shoot out.

Draft best available and select players for need. All of a sudden we might be able to win at the MCG. The wings have been our deficiency since Goodwin took over.

Lot’s on here wanted Parish with our pick. Draft picks are a bit of a lottery you can’t list the pontential difference on speculative picks.

Cyril Rioli would be proud of those stats.

Did you watch the game?

Nothing a riddle can’t solve.

To be fair Mitch Morton almost won the norm smith.

That’s probably because he’s not going to the toilets to use them.

If Yze doesn’t come back to Melbourne do we go into 2020 with no Clarkson understudies?

The premiership clock made famous by Malthouse is outdated like any other single use clock.

This is the opposite of what I was suggesting. Bring a troubled genius into the club and have a support system around them. Like Richmond do. Back them and give them a chance. If they [censored] up they are out. Nothing to lose. If you have an idiot within your system like Martin Pike get rid of them. Melbourne made the correct choice despite his success as a player.