Nasher

Every now and again someone will bump an ancient thread like this one and it'll remind me of posters who used to be around a bit then just disappeared. Wonder what happened to demonfanjezza? Or Adzman - he was one of the originals that came across from the old site back in 2005 (used to be "Wrathchildlover")? I know deanox is around, just doesn't post anywhere near as much these days. Not sure how anyone can ever shed their addiction for this site TBH.

If he goes to GWS or GC then he is lost to the MFC for good. The idea of a homecoming after 2 years is a ridiculous pipe dream.

Not leaving, scurrying. Ratts scurrying from the sinking ship.

Putting the time in doesn't guarantee success - you keep putting time in to Williams if you think he'll make it and that would be independent of any decision around Lynch.

I agree. When we've been rubbish for the last however long I think the last thing we should be doing is being too insular.

Brereton calling Petterd "ultra-talented" just shows how full of hyperbole he is.

Good guess, but no. Only one of our three nominated rookies was to cover an LTI, the others are for the other rules under which rookies can be elevated. Jetta coming back has nothing to do with it. That said, I don't know why he was downgraded. Someone said in another thread that from now on all rookies are eligible to play - I can't find any information about that though. So it could be that, or it could just be that they've got no intention of playing him. Dunno.

Both of them fit in to the "almost was" category I reckon. Btw I heard a story - and I don't know how much truth there is to it - that a big contributor to Grgic's absolute collapse in form was due to the absolute incessant, relentless hounding he received online, at matches and in public. I know footy players are meant to be "tough" but they shouldn't be expected to be completely immune to the human side of things. The way Grgic got treated by so-called supporters in his latter years was shameful, and I don't think the reception Cale Morton gets is much better.

What's Mitch Clark got to do with Jake Spencer?

Pick 56 - Brad Miller.

Will pin this for a bit.

And how would we get him here? Oops, sorry, that was my macro going off.

Mitch Clark.

It's the nodding wisely of the head thing that Chook pointed out that annoys me too, and he misses lots of opportunities to probe further on details that would be really interesting for us mugs. I think what he forgets is that he's going it for the benefit of those of us who know bugger all. Too often I see him nod enthusiastically and move on when I'm thinking, "no, tell me more!". On the positive side, his relaxed attitude and general vibe of being one of the boys really adds something to the interviews. A great example of this was his interview with Rivers after the GWS game. As he was nearly jumping out of his skin with excitement it allowed Rivers to share his own excitement more. Obviously the interview understandably wasn't rich in content, but from the point of view of getting a feeling about the general atmosphere I thought it was great.

Dunn doesn't worry me at all, I worked out that he was just filler years ago. What worries me is that we haven't managed to find a better player than him yet.

That seems cheap if Banfield is a genuine player. Is Petterd a better player than he has exhibited this year? And I assume RR's suggestion of Bate is taking the wee.

This explanation would obviously come with a few hundred grand in brown paper bags to shut up and exit quietly.

Cousins? Clubs will sack stars if they cross a line, it's just that line varies depending on how valuable the player is. Martin seems to be walking a fine line and shouldn't count on his continued employment unless things change.

Viney complicates this because there's a chance our second round pick will be earmarked for him. First rounder and third rounder seem too high and low respectively for Banfield. If we took Viney with 25 we'd need to get involved in a three way trade to get Banfield. Of course if we're forced to use our first rounder on Viney it's all a moot point.Anyway, as others have said it seems as if he's just fallen behind two genuine gun small forwards, so the usual "can't get a game" mantra may not apply here. If the due diligence indicates that that is all there is to it then I'm all for it. Haven't seen much of him play this year but he's always seemed a handy player to me in the past and he happens to play a role we're desperate for.

We should definitely draft Connors. If you believe the talk at PRE there's been some questions over Martin's "social behaviour" for some time. I don't think too many are suprised about Connors though.

I agree. Enforce it for everyone or nobody. Essendon getting away with this for so long is pure BS.

Then I look forward to the day when that pacy, classy midfielder pushes Jordie out of the side. Problem is that whoever he is he's not on the list yet. Until he is and he does, McKenzie stays.

I'd delist you on that effort. Delist McKenzie LOL When he's been passed by better players I might open my mind to the possibility of delisting him, and when that happens I'm sure he'll have a disappointed smile on his face, nod his head and take it on the chin. Until then, he stays. He's harder at it than any other player on our list bar none.

Bate, Dunn, Spencer, Bennell, Jetta, Petterd, Green gone on the first pass, and that's just those that aren't contracted. Would happily scotch Bail at this point too, though there's more to work with there IMO. Three weeks ago I had Joel Macdonald in there too, but the Garland-Rivers movement changes the balance back there. He was filling in until Tom McDonald got up to scratch last year but Garland's exit puts him higher in the pecking order; now he's filling in until Troy Davis gets up to scratch.

I had the thought earlier that we could've won if Clark had played, but decided it was probably a bit too crackpot to post. Rationale was that early in the game when we were getting the inside 50s, a few more of those non-marks, behinds and non-scores might've been goals, and the "vibe" of the game would've been completely different. 10 goals is probably a bridge too far though.