Adam The God

Well, my friends are all drug addicts. But yes, it was hilarious yesterday. They were texting about Waite and Betts the night before. Great stuff. Ultimately, it's disappointing that we're having a conversation about Melksham, because it says a lot about the state of our list.

Not the Carlton supporters I know. They loved him, but admitted he might do better in a different environment.

I think the FD has realised natural improvement will only takes us so far and we need to get that injection of A grade talent now. I reckon we'll overspend to get in at least one A grader. It's gonna happen.

Can't see anyone beating the Eagles.

And if we managed the recruitment of 22 year old Bennell and 22 year old Prestia, our age profile still wouldn't change too much. They'd all have about 8 years playing together. That's a lot of time to get it right. Not to mention FA eventually helping you prop up that list if you're a well run, relatively successful club.

The Guardian is the only news source worth reading in this country.

Great leadership that play and the previous play as well, where he called every single Crow over to the defensive stoppage.

Two or three'd be nice.

No, he didn't. His manager did...

Lol. When did people froth over Riley, Michie, Newton, Magner, Couch etc?

People are probably right when they say it depends what we'd give up for him. I still say it's pretty pointless and knowing Essendon they'd want a 2nd rounder, possibly even a first rounder. If we paid that we'd be idiotic.

Agreed. I'm certainly doubting his ability to contribute positively and consistently.

Reckon Hawthorn will still be propped up for a couple more years by FA. Still have a lot of talent and experience in their side.

Exactly. I want us to get rid of Grimes too, so to be adding Melksham seems redundant.

I'm just not convinced he's much of an upgrade, if at all on blokes like Matt Jones and Bail. It'd be a step backwards in terms of where our list is. He can run, but he's a turn over merchant. Sound familiar?

I hope Goodwin's got it, but too early to tell. The players appear to really like him though.I posted my best 22 for next year on another thread the other day. It involves going after A graders in Prestia and Bennell and landing them both. Melksham wouldn't even make the emergencies in that scenario. Ultimately, I don't want us going after blokes with suspect disposal and decision-making. We've been there, done that.

Completely agree. Daniel Cross modelled this brilliantly for our younger players.

They're past the point of no return a lot of these blokes. Much like a lot of our blokes who have moved to other environments (Blease, Sylvia, Moloney, Morton etc) and failed. The Milk Man has been Essendonised, so even if he was a reliable disposer of the football (clue, he's not), he's mentally scarred. Move on. We should be trying to improve our best 22, not going after depth. That's not how you build lists. We should be attempting to improve our 22. Some of the guys that we already have will become depth if we can improve our 22.

Love him. Just needs to keep improving his disposal and start hitting the scoreboard more. If he does this, he'll be A grade.

Lol. The Milk Man. Possibly the last player I'd want us to draft. With ASADA hanging over his head, talk about players being scarred.

History also suggests that changing clubs has no effect. Exhibit A, James Frawley. Are we seriously saying if Jack Grimes switched clubs, all of a sudden his horrid decision-making and disposal would improve? Come on. It's the same with The Milk Man.

I trust the FD, but if they go after this guy, a lot of that trust will be broken. I don't care how much intimate knowledge Goodwin has of him, I've seen enough of him to trust my own judgement and we don't need another Grimes, but what's potentially even worse is that he could he banned from playing. Dumb, dumb, dumb if true.

His second efforts are non-existent. The Hawks hierarchy would be fuming. He's hopeless and it's brilliant at watch.

Haha, gold. Indeed.

I'm watching this and it's into the third quarter. I haven't seen Frawley win a clear one-on-one yet. Incredible.