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he has a contract apparently.

isn't Dunn out of contract? so why would he eat our salary cap next year? Just give him a 'nudge', & whisper gently into his shell like. He'll notice.

... or something else has shown itself since... next years pick is the go. and we can throw in dunn for 2016.

Its a rolling famine. 31 Grimes, Jack 100 27yr 4mth 11 May 1989 187cm 84kg Northern Knights Defender 36 Garlett, Jeff 146 27yr 1mth 3 Aug 1989 180cm 75kg Swan Districts Forward 46 Terlich, Dean 35 26yr 9mth After these guys leave, 2017 we will be short on for 27Yr old leaders.

Yep, our talent up in that age bracket gets thin after de-listings, and those getting closer to it. We do need to bring in some more maturity, but ones who can play, & lead. They don't have to be stars, but they must be high quality & tough.

well indirectly maybe. Thru greater firmness levels, stamina & gut running, he maybe able to find a way to make more space, use the space to aid his kicking, get to more contests, & gather more telling possessions. So this part will help his skills, being fitter & physically stronger. The other part of it is experience in games, composure, & practicing his disposal skills until he drops. Or gets dropped.

Certainly at least a rookie spot.

Like a bulldozer, he has a low centre of gravity, hurts opponents, & can launch in the air as well. I don't know what his vision & hands are like inside, but I'd like Us to find out. could he be a larger version of Rockliff ? We're short on for 26Yr olds. http://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/tp-melbourne-demons?year=2016&sby=15

I don't think we would do that to him. I suspect they haven't had any offers he likes, so have made it easier all round for a team to take when they want to, as needs be. Even if rookied. So then he may be able to make some sort of deal with a club, if there is interest. Admitted I haven't tried to understand this free agency, much at all. Laws & rules offend me.

That the players accidentally switched off at half time break, as if they got tired, suggests distraction away from the cause, which can only happen earlier in the week. Unless they were just physically gone, which I don't believe, as we went so hard in the first half. The lack of stopping, shutting them down, & tempo footy, suggests they're minds drifted off. With the minds goes the intensity. So the build up thru the week has a big psychological bearing on the prep' for the game, the subconscious attitude leading in.

They probably helped him earn another spot, by making him more available & early on. He is affordable to others to take the chance.

I'll go for 6 senior changes. Delists & trades.? Rookies out, who knows?

I think they were just trying to give him a taste, to see where he was up to ?& how he coped. Hoping he may do an 'Oliver'. He wasn't ready. He needs to build his tank further & his tenacity, etc, as he doesn't possess major weapons. So his style will be built up, like Mitchells was with the Swans? IMO nibblers improvements will come from his work off the playing field, in the Gym & on the roads.

I was wondering yesterday after Plapps statement on the Mfc website thanking everyone during the week, IF Roosy told them, all who are going, before he finished his last week. I thought that Plapp statement, sounded to me like bad timing, Re the VFL Grand Final. The boys seemed to come out flat after half time, after banging in earlier. Were they distracted, and did they take their minds eye off the ball. dis appointed.

I've been wanting him on our list for the past couple of years. I thought he had some talent to explore. Now maybe he is mature enough? Don't know why he hasn't been rookied before now. I hope we do. They're is a bit of Brett Lovett about him in some way?

It would be great to see the Wiz back at the 'G' watching his boy lineup in Red'n'Blue.

We would just pay the fees for the kids education whilst on that list. as long as the kid is holding his part of the contract, it carries on till draft time. Each club would have 3 pre-draft picks from they're own academies, including any father/sons. All other academy kids, or father sons not in the [3], would be able for other clubs to bid on, for the draft.

bbo will take them, all of them.. & howe.

Well that's wrong. We already have father sons, as well & academy's,. so the draft on its own doesn't work, because you get clubs 'list management' going on, to get a preferred player.

Your missing the point CB, the national draft still exists. But the first few top kids get to stay local. Its not like the old zone recruitment area, with no draft. I agree, it was lousy & unbalanced, but in today's schools environment, & the effort parents, teachers,, & clubs put into teaching kids its all very different. It just helps keep up to 3 top kids at home, per year, per club. This would also bring back the interstate clubs academy's back to the field, as they would also be restricted to just 3 free picks, before any bidding started for other academy kids.

I disagree strongly, there is far too much of interstate players wanting to leave to go home. This is bad for supporters who get attached, & it is for the clubs losing these star players. Each club should have an academy of scholarship kids from within their own designated zones which the clubs will develop & nurture. Each club should have 3 pre-draft selections per draft for their choice from their academy group. Father/Sons should be included in this 3 pre-draft selections. After the clubs have nominated their 3 pre-draft selections, any other academy kids should be open to being selected in the national draft on a bidding system, as we have now. This helps supporters, with local Hero's staying home, so the Tribalism returns back to the game. It keeps local Heros's local. And it encourages clubs to interact within their own zones. Bringing back a communal closeness to the AFL's clubs.

If/when we get our academy, we can do likewise. All clubs should have a junior academy from say 16 yr olds +. a schooling scholarship, & taught under elite coaching, but only playing school & Tac cup until say 17yrs minimum, then play VFL from 17yrs, if or when they're ready. But not allowing footy to get in the way of school studies up to Yr 12.

Lloyd is no list management expert P-man. His thinking is just 'inside the box', & that's about it.

Yes, but you don't de-list your 2nd starting ruck, prior to proving his understudy.

From > Dunn, Terlich, King, Dawes, Newton, JK-H, Grimes,