Demon Disciple

I think it's fair to say that Wines will be our pick #4. Of course, we get Viney at 27, but what's left? I'd love for us to get our hands on Nick Rippon at our next pick (50ish). Hopefully he will still be there.

Tom needs to work on his disposal and decision-making. The latter i expect to improve as he gains more experience, should he be able to really improve his disposal, then he would just about be the next up and coming back-man in the league. Get him into the gym over the enxt few seaons to really build a body and strength to go with his tank, he could be anything! We've had could've been anythings' before, lets see how Mark Neeld goes with such players!

Well he can't do much worse than our most recent (excluding Viney Snr) recruiting manager. I take that back. He can't do any worse than our most recent recruiting manager.

My thoughts went straight to Newman!!!

a running track around the botanic gardens.

That's the beauty of a long-term injury for a younger kid. Provided they are able to get over the initial injury, it allows them to build a frame for AFL quicker than say a kid who plays the majority of the season. I simply salivate at the prospect of what Misson will be able to do with Hogan over 2 pre-seasons.

If he is there at our picks near the 50's, i'd give him a go. Don't know why, but i always loved having an Indigenous presence at our club. Farmer, Whelan, Davey, Wonaeamirri, Jurrah. Give him a go!

Well one CW has been much less vocal these past few days, in fact she hasn't been sighted in the Age newspaper since her extremely personal piece in Saturday's paper.

Boasting about draft picks, well FMD. When in a position to gain a high draft pick, it obviously means your team has had a lousy year. The high draft pick would be one of the very few highlights of the year. How dare we try and be positive with the hope that said high draft pick will help gain us a good player. What else are we going to hang our hat on, in such a crap year.

If that senile old goat can see anything and everything that's coming, why did he not see Israel Folau's failure as an AFL footy player coming? Struggling to get his last few breaths before he finally goes under.

It's written by Jon Ralph, enough said.

Funny how one CW finds it less of an offense to tank only for .5 hour as opposed to a game or 2. This woman is full of double standards, a hypocrite. Her rage continues to blind her from sound logic and thought, removing whatever integrity she had (which, after reading a certain article recently over her thoughts on disabled people and sport, is non-existent). And she has the gall to label the MFC as shocking and awful! Might want to worry about improving your own ways, before belittling others Caro.

Yep, no chance of it happening. Although, i'd like the MFC to still look after these boys. Making sure that there is still regular contact between all 3 of Davey, Jurrah and Wona. Both Aussie and Liam have been through difficult times recently, and whilst with Melbourne they were both mentored and had a great relationship with Flash. If the MFC is truly concerned with these boys well-being, which they undoubtedly are, they'll ensure that through the MFC these 3 will always be connected and maintain a strong friendship. Tanking and all that other bs aside, our club continues to ensure that friendship outside of the footy club continues. That's what a footy club is really about, camaraderie.

It's specualtive what may happen to us, re: draft picks, whether this year or future years. Thus casting in doubt which direction we should go come draft time, not knowing if it may be our last decent pick for a while. Do we go with the outside skill and pace we crave, or the crash and bash physicality that Neeld wants and appears the direction in which footy is heading? It's a tough choice, but contested ball is king. The first team to get their hands on the ball, gains the advantage. Sydney showed this over Hawthorn's polish in the GF. We simply must draft Wines. Sure Toumpas is an absolute gem of a player too, i'd have him ahead of Wines currently, plus his scope for improvement is greater, imo. However, going by this article, http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/todd-viney-well-aware-of-the-competitive-nature-of-potential-draftee-ollie-wines/story-e6frf9io-1226509826657, Wines wants to play for us! Despite all that's going on around us, he still wants to play for us with his best mate. There is but no other choice than Wines. This one excerpt alone, is the reason why we need him. "One club scout recently said if Wines landed at Melbourne there would be "explosions" in the centre square, adamant the pair were the toughest inside midfielders in the draft pool."

Perfect fit pantaloons, just like a glove.

Jeez, Nicho's got a bloody good rig on him. It's a pity that Riewoldt is coming to the end of his career, as it seems Tom McDonald might be one of the legitimate few who could've run with him in his prime.

anyone think that sponsor may be De La Rue and Hankook? He didn't leave on the best of terms with CS did he.

It has to be personal to her. Why? Because every other tanking article she has written has been titled with only the date, ergo, released at 12.00am. The MFC gave a response today, which so infuriated her, she had to have a say at 10.38pm. She couldn't wait until tomorrow's headlines to give her reply. Personal indeed. Should we get off relatively easily, i'd love for nothing more than for CC and CS to give her a big smile when they next cross paths, to show no hard feelings!

CW is only one person, with one opinion. And try as she might, an opinion that will not be factored in when the AFL makes its judgement. She seems hell-bent on proving otherwise, but alas, it will be to no avail. Our president today reminded those investigating, that trial by media is not acceptable practice when conducting an investigation. CW knows this, and knows that her opinion will have 0 influence on the outcome. Unfortunately, she simply doesn't want to accept it, and it is quite sad really. She talks about the lengths at which we went to when 'tanking'. I'd suggest to her that she is going even further with her journalistic smear campaign. How bad a quality for a football club to be tanking??? Caro needs to wake up and realise that she is of a worse quality than the MFC with this continued vendetta. How hypocritical and ironic. But worry not MFC fans, i'm pretty sure she will get what's coming to her, one way or another. Our legal team will see to that.

If you didn't put a name to him, i could swear you're talking about one Colin Sylvia. Though, Martin has done more to date than what Sylvia did in his first 3 years of footy. Has all the talent in the world, thinks he's better than what he is, could be a champion player, but has attitude problems.

Tell me about it. For starters, the season was done and dusted, so DB told the players that many were going to have their versatility tested, well FMD. This third player, clearly was not part of the leadership group, as he referred to the situation as "them" and "every one of them", so he wouldn't know what was said, just second hand info. A new day, same old crap, hardly conviction worthy. Just unsubstantiated BS. Imagine how quickly a court of law would overturn any punishment, with evidence of this nature.

What about the "big" exclusive Mark Robinson was meant to have in today's paper, anything come of that yet?

I know what you mean, but my "[censored]" was aimed at 'they can throw the book at us next year'. Until such time that the AFL conducts investigations into all team who tanked (funny how all supporters know which teams did yet the heads at AFL don't a have frickin clue) and hands down punishment's to all teams, we should not be punished alone.

[censored]. Any penalty handed out to us, should be mimicked to all other clubs who have also 'tanked'. Carlton, Collingwood, Hawthorn, St Kilda, Western Bulldogs, West Coast Eagles, all should face the same scrutiny and share the same punishment we get.

A simple case of MFCSS