The Lobster Effect

Is this an exaggeration or has anyone noticed Davey doing better at training? Aaron Davey back in frame at Melbourne Demons "After a slow start to the pre-season, the Melbourne veteran turned heads with his performance on the club's Darwin training camp, thrusting him back into calculations for early-season senior selection."

I still think it's a shame we didn't give this basketballer, eric wallace a go... 197cm, 105kg and an athletic beast! lots of transferability from bball to footy these days, especially with the new emphasis on defensive zones. maybe we didn't even consider it because we thought we were going to get hannath. http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/american-basketballer-signs-on-with-north-melbourne-20121220-2bofj.html

haha yeh i cant tell what's worse, the theme song or the jumper...

Hey all, I was just doing some random youtube surfing and stumbled across the proposed Melbourne Hawks theme song from 1996 when the merger was being discussed. Has anyone heard the song? It's pretty lame.

Yes, its an ironic topic heading, but the topic was actually started way back when he was drafted..

Yuh, looks like he was just a bit too risky for them

Bate is fighting for Prismall for the last senior spot on the doggies list. I think Prismall is the favourite considering he ditched port and flew back to melb.

Well done, looks good. I like how there are a lot more topics listed now on the left hand side because on busy days during the season topics could disappear from the main page if that hadn't received any recent posts. My only suggestion is that the headings for the 'Previews, Reports and Articles' should be smaller.

Can someone please explain what is the point of clubs delisting players and then saying, oh don't worry we'll pick them up in the rookie draft (if no-one else is interested) Are they basically saying - you're alright, but we are going to see if we can get a better player, but if not, you're our fallback? I think we did it with newton and meeson a couple of years ago, and a few clubs are doing it this year...

"The Crows appear certain to be ruled out of the first two rounds of the 2013 draft, with the pressing question now whether they are also banned from the 2014 national draft" The age is also predicting tippet will be suspended for 8-12 weeks next season... No big deal for the swans, they'll have him hitting form (and refreshed!) by finals... hmmm http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/tippett-may-miss-half-a-season-over-cap-breach-20121129-2airb.html

im dizzy

especially if your haircut is like your profile pic

It was pick 39 and there wasn't much talent after that pick: 39. Western Bulldogs - Michael Talia (Calder Cannons/Greenvale) 40. North Melbourne - Tom Curran (Oakleigh Chargers/Ashburton Junior) 41. Adelaide - Mitchell Grigg (Norwood/Athelstone) 42. St Kilda - Jimmy Webster (Glenorchy/Brighton) 43. Sydney Swans - Jordan Lockyer (West Perth/Joondalup Kinross Junior) 44. Carlton - Sam Rowe (Norwood/Sydney Swans) 45. Port Adelaide - Brendon Ah Chee (South Fremantle/Kelmscott Junior) 46. Adelaide - Nicholas Joyce (Eagles/Crystal Brook) 47. Brisbane Lions - Patrick Wearden (Murray Bushrangers/Kyabram) 48. Geelong - Jordan Murdoch (Glenelg/Port Macdonnell) ROUND THREE 49. Western Bulldogs - Daniel Pearce (Oakleigh Chargers/Templestowe) 50. Collingwood - Jackson Paine (Sandringham Dragons/East Malvern Junior) 51. Port Adelaide - Nathan Blee (East Perth/Ballajura Junior) 52. Melbourne - Josh Tynan (Gippsland Power/Garfield) 53. Hawthorn - Alex Woodward (Sandringham Dragons/Noble Park Junior) 54. Melbourne - James Sellar (Adelaide/PHOS Camden) 55. Richmond - Matthew Arnot (Oakleigh Chargers/Vermont) 56. GWS Giants - Tom Downie (North Ballarat Rebels/Benalla Junior) 57. Western Bulldogs - Tory Dickson (Bendigo Bombers/Beaconsfield) 58. Fremantle - Lachie Neale (Glenelg/Kybybolite) 59. Essendon - Nicholas O'Brien (North Ballarat Rebels/Carngham Linton) 60. St Kilda - Jay Lever (Geelong Falcons/South Barwon) 61. Sydney Swans - Alex Brown (Oakleigh Chargers/Doncaster Heights Junior) 62. Carlton (FS) - Dylan Buckley (Northern Knights/Fitzroy Reds) 63. West Coast Eagles (PR) - Ashton Hams (West Coast Eagles) 64. Adelaide - Cameron Ellis-Yolmen (Woodville-West Torrens/Flinders Park) 65. Collingwood - Corey Gault (Swan Districts/Mazenod Junior) 66. Geelong - Lincoln McCarthy (Glenelg/Bordertown) ROUND FOUR 67. Collingwood (SP) - Jarrod Witts (Sydney University/St Ives) 68. St Kilda - Beau Wilkes (West Coast Eagles) 69. Brisbane Lions (PR) - Mitchell Golby (Brisbane Lions) 70. Western Bulldogs (PR) - Luke Dahlhaus (Western Bulldogs) 71. Fremantle - Pass 72. Fremantle - Cameron Sutcliffe (Woodville West Torrens/Kadina) 73. Western Bulldogs (PR) - Matthew Panos (Western Bulldogs) 74. North Melbourne (PR) - Luke Delaney (North Melbourne) 75. Essendon (PR) - Stewart Crameri (Essendon) 76. St Kilda - Jason Blake (St Kilda) 77. Hawthorn (PR) - Luke Breust (Hawthorn) 78. Geelong - Orren Stephenson (North Ballarat/Redan)

Maybe the afl is concerned with the rise in synthetic legal drugs that copycat the effects of illegal drugs, you can get these from 'happy herb' type shops or online.

way too much red in that photo

Dom Barry has been given No. 33, which was worn by fellow indigenous players Jeff Farmer, Byron Pickett and Austin Wonaeamirri in recent times

Also they're 2 players that are ready to go and able to break into our side

Yeh there are 36 players less getting a shot a rookie list spot now. mind you this had only been a temporary increase anyway in the last two years with gc and gws... prob have to go for the internationals if we really want any project players...

Was Toumpas the guy who trained on xmas day last year because he knew that other aspiring players his age weren't going to be doing that so it meant he got the slightest edge over them?

Who would have seen this coming a week ago!!?

From the Herald-sun "But you don't hand back draft picks if you aren't absolutely, 100 per cent, rock-solid certain they will be stripped from you at some stage anyway. So finally we know that Adelaide is guilty, because it believes it is too." "So in one way this is a masterstroke from Adelaide, especially given AFL football operations boss Adrian Anderson has already confirmed he will recommend the club's actions are taken into account at the Commission next week. Why a masterstroke? Because Adelaide had only two live picks in this draft, and its best pick was a modest 20."

Why would GWS choose O'Rourke over Toumpas?

Can we get garry ablett senior to come out of retirement and be twenty years younger for this hypothetical?

Speaking of training, although about the eagles, rather than the dees... did anyone see the article about the eagles player Newman who ran slower than Worsfold in a time trial today? Bizarre ... Newman's time-trial disaster Good to see cale boy running 2kms in 6:36 min too ...

and others... 53. MELBOURNE - Jeremy Howe Height: 192cm Weight: 85kg DOB: 29/06/90 Club: Hobart (Tas) Draft range: 50-rookie A year ago, the high-flying forward was playing country footy with Dodges Ferry, outside Hobart. In 2010 the 20-year-old impressed greatly through his aerial feats with Hobart in Tasmania's state league. If he plays in the AFL in 2011, he'll be one of the stories of this draft. 55. HAWTHORN - Troy Davis Height: 192cm Weight: 90kg DOB: 10/06/92 Club: Geelong Falcons (Vic) Draft range: 50-70 Tall defender with frightening speed who prides himself on contested marking and spoiling more fancied opponents. His coaches liken him to Brian Lake in his ability to read the flight of the ball in the air. Not going to include the lucas cook bio!