Demon Disciple

Don't listen to the Media or take interest in the odds, they have no idea what's going on. Eg) Our new coach. No one had Dean Bailey down as our coach in the media, He was listed as "any other coach" coz they knew they had no idea.

You want a conspiracy theory??? Punter going down at the 20/20 world cup and out for the rest of the tournament. Funny how he's the #1 Kangaroos ticket holder, and should they get through to the Granny, Ricky might be spotted in the crowd come GF day. There's your conspiracy !!!

i don't think we need to worry about our midfield coach, once Judd comes he'll take over that role

Definitely not. How about Thompson for Ferguson, daylight robbery i know, but that's what he did to us. I would never let that traitor back into the club if i were the MFC.

Here's the way i see it, if we don't get Judd we use pick 4 on one of Palmer or Ebert we use Pick 5 (which we obtain through trading Robbo and our 2nd round pick to the Dogs) on Henderson we use pick 7 (which we obtain through trading Bruce/TJ (preferably Bruce) and Jamar/CJ to Freo) on Rance Why this Order, well picks 4 & 5 don't really matter as the draftee we don't pick up with pick 4, we get with pick 5. We do however have to pick Ebert/Palmer and Henderson before Rance, as Essendon require a forward or midfielder more than a backman IMO. Hence we draft Rance with pick 7.

If that's the case, he wasn't/isn't a true Melbourne supporter

I could not agree with you more. I reckon he is an absolute dud. If he were a backman, why does he play forward most of the time? It's not as if their CHB is anything special. And when he is forward, he ain't kicking too many goals, and in a forward line that has no stand out!!!

Here's a question i want answered - If there is a drawn Grand Final, do they give a Norm Smith Medal to a player in the drawn Grannie? Or do they wait until the following week? Coz if they don't give one to a player during the drawn game, What if there was a bloke who had 40 possessions, 20 hard ball gets, 35 effective possessions, 4 goals, etc.... in the first Grand Final and in the re-match, the Norm Smith Medalist was good, but nowhere near as good as the guy from the drawn grand final? What would happen if this were to arise?

All it comes down to is, does he want to play for Melbourne at some stage of his footy career? If he does, then this will be the only time he would be able to, as i don't think the mfc would be interested in his services when he is 28, given the price he would command. If Judd wants to one day play for Melbourne, that one day is now, as it will be his only opportunity to play for his beloved Dees.

Depending on how Hurley goes injury wise over the summer, Carlton will no doubt be looking for him to become their star backman and will tank from round 8 to get him!!!

Oh how sweet it would be. I hate Geelong and all of their supporters, they can all go back to their farms and sook as far as i'm concerned.

Yep, although Judd is one of the best, if not the best player in the league, he is not worth it. Not only would we have to give up too much for him, but his paycheck would then force the MFC to make players take severe pay cuts or trade them as to stay under the salary cap.

Over on 'ology there's talk of Leigh Brown from the Kangaroos. 194cm and 100kg's. Just interested in what the Demonland posters think of him.

Well of the players below Frawley, the likes of Riewoldt, Sellar, Jetta and Hawkins (who was father/son) are the only ones that would spring to mind in terms of a "better choice". Hawkins we couldn't get, Sellar would have gone home after his 2-year contract, Jetta has hardly lit the world on fire in his 3 games, and Riewoldt had the same type of season as Frawley. We looked at what we needed in last years draft (given it was another "super draft"). A backman was the answer and still is the answer. and we need a permanent CHF. That's why if we could snare both Rance and Henderson in the draft, it would be a great effort.

Maybe they saw Carroll and thought he was White Goodman (Ben Stiller) from Dodgeball :D

We wouldn't have to give up Robbo necessarily, we could trade TJ (not that i support that option, i would rather see Robbo traded than TJ). I just didn't list Robbo in the forward line because in 2-3 years time he would be 31/32. He would no longer be part of our future.

what i also found with Robbo this season, is that many times during a game he did nothing, and only came into it and kicked his 2 0r 3 when we were down by heaps or when it was inevitable we were gonna lose. He needs to get more involved when the game is on the line. But that could be said about a lot of players this year.

I suggested this a few days ago, but if we were able to get our hands on another top 10 pick, would it be silly of the MFC to recruit both Rance and Henderson? With the likes of Rivers as our 3rd man up, Rance (our genuine FB or CHB), Carroll, Frawley, Petterd, Bell and even Bartram having a stint in the backline, it does create a formidable back-line in years to come!!! With Newton, Henderson, Davey, Bate, Dunn and Sylvia, that forward line looks rather good as well. We could draft for mid-fielders next year, this would be rather good IMO, as the mid-fielders usually don't take as long to find their feet, and with another year under the belt with the example of Rance and Henderson, in 2-3 years time we could have a rather good line-up all over the park.

Is my first trade deal a feasible one?

Nathan Jones has also just signed on for another 2 years!!!!! (In todays Australian) Fantastic News

Maybe getting involved in a 3-way trade is the way to go. Robbo + 3rd rounder to the Dogs, Doggies give ???? to a team up in the 8, we get that teams 1st rounder. Or maybe Robbo and our 2nd round pick, for the Dogs 1st round pick. Just some ideas (and don't forget that it is being seen as a shallow draft) But i'd only trade Robbo if the price is right. Coz despite his flaws, when fit and on fire, he is one of the more lethal forwards in the game.

If Melbourne were to get another pick between 6-10, would it be a bad thing if we went for a CHF (Henderson) and a CHB (Rance) with these picks??? We could use our second rounder (it could possibly be upgraded) on a quick midfielder.

It's only taken us 43 years!!!

If Fremantle came along and said we will give you pick 7 (alone) for Travis would you say no???

With the de-listing of Neaves, it means we will be going after a ruckman during trade week or early in the draft.