Adam The God

Be interesting to see how the purple mob go next year. If they end up losing Hill, having already lost Langdon, they might struggle on the big expanses of Optus, like we've struggled on the G.

The guy he actually reminds me of on our list already is Harmes. At least from a career trajectory up to the end of 2018, albeit he's been more consistent for longer than James. Harmes used to be an absolute butcher because he'd run all day and by the time he got it, he'd be so fatigued that he'd turn it over. It's a great point in that with more pre seasons under the belt, gut runners like that can improve their skill by foot. If the likes of Harmes, Tom McDonald, ANB, Tomlinson and Langdon all get a decent pre season in, we'll have quite a few gut runners there, which will certainly help us win a few more games on the G and counter the spread of teams like Collingwood and Richmond, who have consistently murdered us on the outside for 3+ years now.

Absolutely agree mate.

Me too, mate. Every day of the week.

My favourite non-MFC player. Absolute gun. Wish we could get him one day. The opposition would never win a stoppage with Oliver and Cripps in the same team.

I'd take that dreadful Paddy Cripps bloke off their hands too if they want.

Great post. Spot on mate. I'm not a big fan of Langdon's disposal, but his outside gut running to position will fit in perfectly to our 2018 game style. Here's hoping for a positive and uninterrupted pre season for our whole list.

Who says we haven't already?

Good call mate.

Great post as usual mate. I still think we (and the club) want a bit more x factor in that forward line to go with Melksham, Hannan, Spargo and AVB. We really need a match winner. Unless Weideman really comes out of nowhere, we'll need to trade or draft that player in.

Petrevski-Seton is trending upwards and is a good zippy mid, albeit not a particular goal scorer at this stage. I can't think of any other smalls we consider other than Fisher.

I'm sure it's in jest, but obviously this would set a ridiculous and unsustainably, unfair precedence.

Have a healthy, solid pre season and get our systems right and we absolutely can.

After 8 years on two AFL lists. And some posters here are disappointed. Absolute comedy.

They absolutely should and clearly do. Petty is a footballer. One who understands positioning, he's a neat kick, a good decision maker and a good mark. Frost is not an athlete who likes to run and can take a good mark. Talk about providing Hawthorn with a trojan horse. Is Clarko planning to move on from Hawthorn soon?

That play at 1.19. ?

Because TGR is a troll.

Good to have you back, mate. It's been awfully quiet around here. Great post. You too are on fire lately, @deanox.

It's cut off in that photo. Just a little purple one that sits nicely just out of frame (much to the little man's chagrin).

I'd totally do that. McKay is going to be a star. Not sure Carlton would do it though.

Fair enough. I reckon he'd bring 5,000-10,000 memberships to the club alone. And kids still love Buddy too.

If it were Buddy and another first rounder with Sydney paying half his wages, I'd definitely go there. (yes, yes, I know, Victorian-based player)

Would you take pick 5 and Buddy, if they paid $400k of his contract?

Neither should they be. If it's the strategy, I completely agree with it. If we can't get the player we want, we simply build our system around the players we have.

Come on, Ben. Commit to Melbourne.