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Trades and FA discussions - midfielders. Here are some CLearance Stats, across the AFL, for 2017, & 2018. 2017 - https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_player_rankings?year=2017&rt=LA&st=CL 2018 - https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_player_rankings?year=2018&rt=LA&st=CL How do you reckon we rate, against the rest ? .

don't know SFb. But I just found this... this might show some things of interest. have a look, as i do so myself. https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_player_rankings?year=2018&rt=LA&st=MA

do you mean a couple of weeks before the granny, McQ?

Any backup for Gawn, has to be a powerful mark, around the ground, and packs. His backup, has to have lots of marking stats, this should be the primary stat, at an young age. The hitouts will come with strength, but the marking ability is there, or not there. Hitouts are overrated, unless they are in our players hands directly,,, and then the opposition will just hunt our Mids closely. We have to get the clearances, and we have to control the flow of the game, around the wings and flanks, with marking ability, and top kicking.

P/4 https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/pp-carlton-blues--jarrod-pickett P/6 https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/pp-carlton-blues--caleb-marchbank P/7 https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/pp-kangaroos--paul-ahern

He wouldn't want to be as expensive, as the figures being bandied about.

We don't need one quick player in our team. We need to install 2 or 3 quick players, over our journey building this team. And its not 'outside run' that we need..... we need breakaway pace, inside/outside, in defence, around the middle, and forward Re smalls. Not your Garlett type pace forward, but more your DeGoey type pace forward. or midfield.

This is what we all want and are saying, but there are many different ways, of getting there. The break away speed players who can run, and nail targets on the run, are what we lack.

The important thing is the first 3 or 4 months, when impressions are made in the kids heads. First impressions are every hard to alter. Attitudes sprout from those. We had far too many kids having too much of a frolicking good time at the club. At the time when that bloody tail was swinging wildly. Big heads prevailing, in the smallest of ponds.

hah, I am glad to hear that ! I can understand carltoon and gaff. The game is about to reduce rotations,,, and space will open up, so gut-run, and 'speed',,, will both be in demand. We have some gut-run, but barely any speed. We need much more of it, in & around the middle, and half back. Dion Johnston is a keeper, at this time. IF he can learn to develop at the defensive end; he might have a future there, but also, if he can find his mojo down back; he may yet find he can play around the middle.?

This happens at Melbourne board level too often in our past. We had too many thinkers, that think they know how to,,, and jump on Board, only to leave us floundering in the mudheap, having gone no-where. This club needs people of real courage and vision; for our future... Not on-field, but our off-field future; to grow this clubs base.

Dormant is right, they are in boxes, swyl. The thing is the progeny are out there, but in other colours, these days. Or other sports. We have to start at ground Zero again, Open up the club for passing trade (Richmond Station), and remake our base.

Actually, I see your point dim... We trade Angus and Hogan to the Blues, for Furphy, and change. The change being, charlie and jacob... curnow, and weitering.

taking pizz

a question, IF,,, Dylan Shiel or Josh Kelly wanted out of GWS, to come back to Victoria.? What would you be prepared to trade, to get one of them to the Dees, for 2019 ?

not only Goodwin.

I'm smelling an AFL push around these matters. Ans since PJ was saying he would stay on 12 months if necessary, to mentor the incumbent. Now it seems October is the deadline? Somewhow I don't feel like this, is all our boards walk?

its time we took a good one.

What do you mean, swyl? I am for Pert.

Most likely they did RM. ... but what IF the choice was down to a shortlist of say 3, and the board was divided on close choices. _ and then, what if the choice was leaked from head office, before the board had chosen ? What then ?

"cleanskin", not wearing any collingwood identifying paraphernalia. but rather showing Melbourne's identity.

I don't know the difference in market values,,, only the clubs would. But I do know that a top 10 pick would go a long way towards that end, as trade in part for De Goey. Now I know we all like Gus, but unfortunately he is a long term risk. We are not the complete list, that people have been talking about in recent seasons. And I know one pacy player is not the answer, just as Diamond Jim was not the answer on his lonesome,,, back in the 60's. We need to include about 3 quickish players into our lineup, IMO. Stretch might be one? Hunt at present, isn't. DShiel would go some way to help. Degoey would be fantastic. Gaff wouldn't, IMO. Buying in, would mean, we have to make some tough (ruthless) decisions with our list. We have to enter trade;,,, and yes trade some favourite players.

Simple; one is a goer, & the other is gone.

and hopefully get a little something back.