Demon Disciple

Not interested in Daw. He is a better forward than he is a ruckman, but i'd have all our KPF's ahead of him (Hogan, Watts, Weideman, Pedersen & Dawes)

Max will definitely been in for a light week, given the 6 day turn around. Port's rucks aren't a big strength for them, so i'd have Pedersen providing the ruck relief over Spencer, as Pedo provides a lot more around the ground and is way more versatile than Spencer.

Christ, the kid hasn't even played 5 games. He kept Schache goalless, which wasn't a bad effort. Tyson was just as poor today i felt, he didn't register a single stat. Oh wait.......... he was withdrawn due to sickness, but by your logic, that isn't a good enough excuse. At least Oscar can get on the park. FMD

Which twitter feed?

Hopefully a big day for your namesake today!

I'd rather keep McDonald and bring in another quality KPD to take the #1 mantle off him, would do him and the team a world of good.

Excellent!!! Still on top of the ladder.

Careful CC, that method of thinking doesn't always support a theory. Mark Blake was a premiership ruckman too at one point.

They are a confidence team, hopefully the eagles batter them on the scoreboard and physically, demoralizing them for next week. Finals aren't an expectation for me this year. What is though, is that we bring the required intensity to all our games, and beating teams that we should. That would prove we are still developing in an upward trend.

It's on the mfc website. Nice get DD! http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2016-05-19/oliver-signs-contract-extension

Potential delistings/trades for me currently stands at 7 (Dawes, Newton, Garland, JKH, Grimes, M. Jones & Terlich). I would have Dunn here too, but he is still reliable back-up as a KPD, more-so than Garland. Jones & Terlich (unfortunately for them) would be apart of the mandatory 3 delistings, along with Michie. I'd keep/promote White, Wagner and King on the RL. That leaves Grimes, JKH, Garland, Newton & Dawes needing to find new clubs, otherwise they too could be delisted. We obviously won't delist all of them, some may go in trades, some will get the cut, other's will luckily stay on the list.

Agree SF. Essendrug are notoriously delusional when it comes to trying to trade with them. Would only go after Hurley if he classifies as some form of free agent (RFA/DFA). Otherwise, would rather we invest our time in potential trades we have a genuine chance of completing, as opposed to stuffing around with Dodoro (Saints and Jake Carlisle just took too long).

Are you really surprised though? These are the same people who are slowly destroying our once great game. Little surprise that they'd ruin the women's league even before it's off the ground.

More importantly, he is only a kid and has the majority of his life ahead of him.

I know, every time i think about it, i feel like i need a shower. Would Hurley truly be worth it?

There's little point trying Dawes down back, as he should be off the list come years' end. Freeing up a bit of cap space too.

Well both he and Hogan love to have a bit of a sook to the umpires i've noticed. They need to get it out of their games and earn their free kicks.

Agree, don't give Essendrug an inch. Let alone even one of our scraps that will be delisted at the end of the year.

Probably because of the pearler he gave Murphy about Boyd last year!

And well they should circle him. He's a quality small backman. Good luck trying to pry him free though, he loves the place.

McDonald reminds me of a young Nathan Jones, in that when there is space in front of him so he can run forward and be direct, he is able to make the right call. But when he has to move laterally, he falls in a heap and any logical play goes out the window,

Give it a week or 2, and before you know it, they'll start talking about how Viney comes out of contract at the end of 2020 and we will need to sign him up pronto.

Yes, it is his natural goal kicking routine, change it too much and it will cause more questions than answers

I agree RTG. He just hasn't shown the hunger for the contest this year. I want him to be desperate and demanding. He has stalled, but what do you expect having him play on a HBF. I'd have him on a wing at least, but we still need his good ball use out of the back-line. Petracca had some bad turn-overs today, but once he gets used to the pace, his kicking will become an absolute weapon. He can kick it a long way and at speed, pile driver-type penetration. We were simply outplayed by a better team today. The umpires didn't make too many mistakes awarding free kicks, it was their lack of paying them that influenced the game (but in no way did they cost us the game).

We were really poor defensively as a team today. Sure the back-line wasn't great, but the midfield didn't help their cause, allowing too many easy entries into the defensive 50. The zone defense just doesn't seem to be working, we guard space, but seemingly, in the wrong places. We are way too handball happy, trying to find a loose player. Our preference to handball resulted in handing off to a player with more pressure on them than the one giving it. Finally, scoreboard pressure if what matters most. We missed many shots on goal today that AFL players' should be kicking. Hogan was a main culprit, but not the only one. Maybe Hogan is too proud, as his attitude towards Ox during the week may indicate, but he needs to address his kicking. Sure he kicked 7.1 a couple of weeks ago, but he needs to improve his accuracy. (We can't tinker with his approach too much, or we will just screw him up too much - Franklin still goes out on an arch, but has found something that works for him. I don't mind his stutter approach, as it is his natural rhythm, but he needs to correct the line he is aiming towards after the shuffling, as he is aiming too far to the right).