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Ted Richards Nick Davis Rhyce Shaw To name a few. Yes, why would we want a coach to sidestep timely recruiting and scouting processes and instead attract a player they already know about. SHOCKING!

Yeah I'm convinced lol I didn't know about the price differences with finals tickets. I always wondered why people were complaining so much about Finals tickets because I always thought they were reasonably priced. I guess I was only looking at AFL Members prices. I'm Gold so I guess I shouldn't have a problem if Melbourne gets it.

Petracca in the US. Petracca confirmed switching codes to NFL next season. #YouKnowItMakesSense

I'm an AFL Gold member with Melbourne club support. I'm tempted to scrap one of the memberships (my girlfriend's) and instead buy two of the highest tier Melbourne memberships. Is it worth it?

I actually think that the best case scenario for this holiday to have legs is if there is at least one interstate team in the Grand Final. Two is a bonus. As against this holiday as I have been in this thread, you'd be crazy to close up shop on a day when 30,000-40,000 people from Perth are all in the city on the same days at the same time. I bet Andrews is praying for an all-interstate Grand Final. It would be a bonanza. Two Melbourne team and it's be a ghost town on Parade day.

Was very consistent throughout even when he hit a wall around round 17.

Love the bloke but I wonder if he can stay at or go above his pace as shown in the first few years. Great clubman. Hope he gets back.

Why wouldn't you actually link to the tweet?

Quite telling for Watts. We need him to be an outside runner and his deliver forward is almost non-existent.

Teams like the Magic, Spurs, Thunder, Cavs have all been able to draft well and attract free agents despite being in small media markets and being undesirable cities next to places like NY, Chicago, LA, Miami, San Fran etc. Like you said, you carve your own path.If you're run well, have a good culture and play the drafting and free agent game right, you'll be okay. The Spurs were a nothing club for a while before Duncan arrived. Built well and created an amazing culture with an (at the time) untried coach.

If we can get something for him then great, but I hope we don't offload him for the sake of it. Don't think he's asked for a trade because it would have come out by now. He's gone from best 22 to depth player. If he doesn't fit in the squad and takes the place of an M Jones or Bail as a depth player when we have injuries, then it shows how our list has evolved.

No.

The Age has got NOTHING on The Guardian. Some of its headline are worthy of The Onion.

Is Hardwick safe?

Elimimond Tigers?

It'll be even funnier if they lose.

Cocaine's a helluva drug.

I'd be disappointed if Pederson isn't at the club next year. I prefer Dunn as the CHF over Dawes and Pedo, but prefer Pedo over Dawes. Dawes is the third option at that position which is quite telling.

Not against him going for the right price but at the same time, good teams need downhill skiers who sprint down the sloper faster than the rest. In a good Melbourne team he'll look as good as Trapper did in 2002, 2004, 2005. I know that's not ideal to some but Watts has a role as an outside runner, and that type of role thrives in a good team. We simply don't win enough of the ball for Watts to be effective. I'm cautious of saying he doesn't try. I just think Melbourne being where it is, is at odds with the type of player he is. You can't expect him to lead or be our best player. He's just not that sort of player.

Yikes. Gonna bite him on the bum for wanting to leave.

lol he always looks baked.

It's hard work counting votes.

It was an honest and classy appraisal I thought. What he said is something that has been evident for a while. 2008-2013, particularly the 2011-2013 period, set us back massively.

Tried to do my own but found I agreed with most.

You need ruck stocks. Kreuzer can double as a forward because he has the capacity to kick goals. I'd even try him down back. I would think that if we got him, that would be the end of Spencer. If Gawn goes down, we don't have a backup. For a decade we have relied on a single ruckman and that also doesn't work. You need a good balance. It could also be at Port that Ryder is an egotistical ass.