RalphiusMaximus

I am unconcerned. He's worth a gamble, even if there are questions over his ability. A couple of years in the gym, he'll be a handful.

I get it. Definitely shades of Oliver in there. He's a better kick, and transitions into an attacking threat. A hint of Tom Mitchell with those 1-2 handball chains too.

Not to worry. I was talking down Pickett before we drafted him. 🤣

This would be gold. He's done an amazing job of mentoring their young forwards and he's a brilliant exponent of forwardcraft.

That footage wasn't great. I saw six unpressured kicks go straight to the opposition or OOTF. One of those gave an uncontested mark inside the D50. He looks a bit on the slow side as well. Good mark, hard at it, but slow and questionable decision-making.

For me: . Best possible outcome is trade up and draft Duursma . Best vaguely likely outcome is Robey and Grlj . More likely outcome something like Lindsay and Grlj

I'd do that in a second, but WC would be mad to consider it. Remove 13 from the mix and it's closer to doable. Still doubtful given what they would be giving up.

And Judd should be ashamed for his part in it!

Honestly, I'm pretty happy with this. It's a good return given he was a rookie. We were never getting a first round pick for him.

23 for McVee just announced on 9 news. Edit: I see this is already on here.

I just have one question. How heavily front-ended was his big contract?

I think we'd need to throw more steak knives at GC to even that up.

They're red hot on htb tonight.

Maybe they're thinking Melksham's role as a defensive forward?

https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/1908055/melbourne-meets-with-oliver

Interesting lists. Of ours, I would expect Tom McDonald to retire. He was leaning that way this year. Melksham will probably retire too May likely traded out. Campbell is a bare maybe, depon or ruck stocks. Fritsch may look to move, depending on how we perform and his relationship with King. I would expect us to retain Chandler, Culley, Salem, and Sparrow. I'd be targeting Zac Bailey and Ben King of the list of available players. Not massively excited by the rest.

Upgrade Mentha? Or just use a rookie pick for Sinnema.

True, but he's contracted, and with multiple suitors. That means an auction. They will need to pay us to get him.

From SEN:

Apparently "young" is discriminatory. Or something.

7+?

Thoughts on the umps?

Not a patch on Robbie Williams, but that was a pretty good show. Loved the pyrotechnics. Snoop was Snoop. Busted out some token local talent. Colour and movement. Very solid job.

How much did they pay him for that 20 minutes or so?

Idiotic channel 7 blanking out commonly used words they don't like.