Lord Travis

1. Melbourne - contenders or pretenders? barring horrible injury, contenders. 2. (a) Where will the Demons finish after 22 rounds? 4th (B) Where will the Demons finish after the finals? runners up in grand final 3. What will our season highlight be? not fading at the business end of the season for once 4. Will the Demons beat the Eagles at Subiaco? no 5. Who is our best Brownlow chance? Travis Johnstone. always our highest vote getter, even when not playing incredibly well, and currently at 201/1... get on him! 6. After a loss do you take (a) a Bex Powder or ( a Panadol? i kill a man and never speak of it again 7. Your back page headline prediction. Johnstone joins the elite 8. Will the Demons re-sign Neale Daniher? yes 9. Who will be the first AFL coach to be sacked? Mark Thompson 10. Which Demons will make All Australian? Johnstone, Bruce, Davey 11. Would you be happy if we won the NAB Cup? yes 12. Our biggest victory and against who? 94 points against Carlton 13. Will Carlton go the Trifecta? No 14. Our win loss ratio? 16-6 15. Will Mark Jamar have a stellar season? not stellar, but solid in the ruck 16. Will Sandringham make it a 4peat? yes 17. Will Eddie discard the Versace and defect to Peter Jackson? no hahaha 18. Who will be the MFC's first debutant for 2007? Ricky Petterd 19. First MFC player reported and suspended? Matty Whelan for an awesome spear tackle that gets him done for 1-2 weeks 20. Goal prediction tally - Neitz - 64 Robertson - 46 Flash - 34

I think Moloneys best position is in the centre, right in the guts. Most people have listed Mclean there, but I'd prefer Brock to be on the ball, always at the contest, where ever it may be. Who else would you rather be in the centre? Miller is at CHF, because that's where we need him, and that's when we play our best footy. He gives us a lead up target to aim for, and while he doesn't kick enough goals, he is the best option there at the moment. While I think Dunn is the better player, and will claim the spot in the future, he is still too undeveloped to hold down such a key role at this stage, and that's why I'd play Miller there, and let Dunn continue to develop, bulk up, and then fight for the spot.

Great to hear Beamer got through a full training session at full pace! If he is fit for next season, we're one step closer to a flag IMO. Add him into that great midfield balance from last season, with continued development from McLean, Jones, Bate, Sylvia, Bell, Batram etc and we truly will have a formidable midfield rotation

B: Whelan Carroll Bell HB: Green Rivers Bartram C: Johnstone Moloney Bate HF: Pickett Miller Bruce F: Davey Neitz Robertson R: White Mclean McDonald I: Jamar Jones Sylvia Yze Holland, Dunn, CJ, PJ, Ward, Bizzell all pushing for selection also, depending on injuries, form, and match ups. Also, anyone who doesnt have Yze in their team has no credibility posting on this site. He may have put in some soft performances in the last 2 years, but he's also one of the most skilled players in our side, and wins many matches off his own boot year after year. Unless he finally succumbs to injury, he is in the team. End of story.

Get well soon Hards

Agreed. He hasn't shown he can ruck at all yet, where as Jamar produced some fine tap work this year. PJ looks like he could wind up more a forward than a ruckman. Time will tell.

Dunn will be the long term option, but leading into finals you have to pick Miller, purely on body size. Dunn is too mature and his body would not stand up to the physical pressure of playing at CHF at 19 and under 10 games of AFL footy! Miller has been alot better today today, which is a good sign.

It's a pretty safe bet he'll be with us next year. Has been great at Sandy, and will start getting a shot at AFL level next year I think. With Neitz retiring in a year or two, Newton is the best and most logical replacement long term. Hopefully he will be eased into the team while Neitz is still around, so he can teach him, mentor him, etc. He'll be staying with us, unless he gets selfish and decides some like the Hawks will give him a game now instead of waiting for a position with us. But that seems highly unlikely IMO.