Dr. Gonzo

It would be hard to be the second banana after running your own operation for so long, especially for a competitive beast like Voss.

Right, and Wellman had nothing to do with it at all?

Yep although papers were saying Collingwood & Richmond were his preferred destinations, we should be in with a chance though.

Surely they were never a chance considering the coach warned his players from even hanging around Martin???

I've seen this talk about Swallow on here - what's his contract situation?

Should go after him, our backline was very good in 2010 before he left and he's a big part of the reason Chip was AA.

In what world are we any chance of recruiting Sloane or Shuey???

Well he wouldn't be going to the Hawks you can take that to the bank!

Why wouldn't they just cut out the middle man and Richmond take Adams and a pick? Why do you think they'd feel the need to get us involved just to do us a favour? The only reason would be if Richmond was not interested in Adams which I would highly doubt.

When the AFL said there were concerns about match-fixing I didn't realise it was coming from head office - they told me it was shifty Asian gangs I needed to worry about. What a disgraceful comment that was, Demetriou is becoming more like an Aussie Vince McMahon everyday.

If Martin goes to GWS it will severely hamper any hope we have of getting Adams you'd think.

So Morton, Gysberts, Cook and even Watts, Grimes, Blease and Strauss will start playing like Viney or Wines just because we train them to? I don't think so. I agree with what you say about mids but MFC has drafted skinny kids with talet for too long overlooking the less polished but brawny types who can actually get the ball and compete at this level. Sometimes that hunger and attack on the ball can be taught a but most of the time it is innate.

So we won't be going after Aish in the draft then? I hope you're right.

In all fairness he did choose to leave Melbourne and Sydney.

What ever did come of the trip to the US anyway? I'd like to read a copy of that report, assuming one was even completed.

Don't know why I bother but here goes - why would Sydney, a team in their premiership window, do that deal?? Some seem to think other teams live to do favourable trades to the MFC.

And the COLA.

We need to draft Sheed, WCE will be laughing if they're able to pick him up. Aish may have all the talent in the world but Melbourne needs to learn to stop recruiting skinny kids hoping they'll come on in a few years time. In the AFL you need hard bodies to compete otherwise your talent will get you nowhere. Look at Richmond, stopped goin after the Fiora, Tambling types and have gone for Martin, Conca and Vlastuin in the last few drafts, guys who can impact in their first season or two.

I don't think Jolly has much left to offer on-field and it seems like his "outspoken" news columns created some problems for the Pies this year. Plus of all the things we need a ruckman is not one. If we did recruit him Jamar would surely be gone and probably Spencer or Gawn too but we would have to eat Jamars contract and Gawn just re-signed for 2 years. Maybe get him in as a ruck coach but as a player? I don't see it.

Did you see him play last night? He may be getting to the end but I think it's stupid to just dismiss the notion that he can contribute something in 2014 outright.

Can we please get him just so I can yell out at a game "KHAAAAAAAAAN!!!"

There's only a few posters on there who I don't think post here that I don't mind reading. David Williamson, Allicat, TGR, gsmith that's probably it the rest of the time they just argue about rubbish that's got nothing to do with thread topics.

It is actually the stupidest argument you could mount - if those players we picked were successful then we wouldn't need the priority pick anyway. The fact that previous picks haven't worked out helps our argument that the team is rubbish and needs assistance. Also just because a team has picked poorly in the past doesn't guarantee anything for the future especially as different people are now making the decisions. Fiora, Tambling, Oakley-Nicholls etc didn't prevent Richmond from picking up Cotchin, Martin, Conca and Vlastuin.

Yes please. Will be good for us, wont be a game breaker but will be a solid player helping out Nate Jones and relieving some of the burden on our younger players.

She's not a pathetic journo, she's a pretty good journo compared to most footy reporters however is obviously in the AFL's pocket and refuses to say much about her beloved Tiggers. She also seems to sit on information and then use that as part of her arguments without making them public, i.e. we are expected to just take her word about certain things.