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I know we won't throw a change like this, but I'd love to see Petty out of the goal square and BBB roaming up the ground. His contested marks are incredible. Otherwise, no changes needed. We finally got some dees magic back in the legs, far from a perfect game but the flair was there. back them in.

He was pretty decent at one point. bit of a lumberer though

I keep wondering about our ruck and tall defence depth. Someone like Litherland or Brown comes to mind to stock up the defence which is extremely thin if T.mac goes down.

Dunny! what an interesting case. Was loved and hated over the years, and frequently got bashed on here, but then would reinvent himself in another position and get another contract. He must have played for us in every position but ruck.... or was he one of the 'Bailey experiments? anyway, Great years of service, its obviously more respectful to him to be playing than trekking to Cranbourne every week. Good on him.

I was really hoping for some kind of freak trade-up of picks into the second round like the last couple of years. Oh well, can't get it every year.

Haha not totally sure what you're going for there, but I like the enthusiasm. That nickname may be a bit of a mouthful. Do you mean no one had heard of Vandenberg either?

can anyone honestly say they've thought of this guy in the last year? I reckon I'd win a hat in Hamish and Andy's 'name someone we havent thought of in a while' competition.

Potentially the most non-derailed thread I've ever seen on Demonland.

I got tagged in a facebook post staying this was a 99% complete deal. Had a look at who was making the noise about it and it was all from fans, and not one media person. That was probably the first hint.

Fremantle will be laughing with that one. I can't be bothered with the maths, but I do wonder if that means GWS will need to bulk up later picks for points again. AKA, Dees have a look in for a pick upgrade.

two seasons ago I was so keen to get Griffin or Clarke across, out from under sandilands. After this season... really nothing to note from either. Not sure what's happened.

For what it's worth, apparently he had a poor relationship with McKenna. Then he lost confidence bad when he had surgery, not sure what happened this year. Maybe just needed a run at it. Surely we would take someone like him, or another ruck on a rookie list or something. surely.

you want to laugh but you just cry instead.

Pretty sure I saw that pick 94 mentioned in the category B rookie listing of Joel Smith. Which suggested to me at the time that the Mahoney knew we wanted another pick to get him on the list so worked out something with Hawthorn knowing they wanted Fitzy.

I'm not going to take their word as gospel but trade radio yesterday, Barrett and Wallace were iffy on whether Weidermann would actually be picked that high after missing lots of games. They thought he'd slide a bit. I'll put some blind hope in that theory for a bit.

I was disappointed to see him delisted. There's a lot of faith been put in O Macdonald and Max King to be the depth talls now.

I honestly can't see the benefit in a bunch of these pick swaps with Sydney, Bulldogs, Fremantle etc. Are they just bored and doing it for kicks? and Talia and 4th round for an earlier fourth round to Sydney?! Huge steal to Sydney there. Watch them make him into a defensive rock.

Agreed. It carries an air of confidence to me. I like it. I don't know a lot about the draft players but A) they've got their eye on someone in particular, or b) they've got a real quiet big trade on the side ready to go. Probably A.

This made me actually yell out in surprise. Who is he?

Very impressed with this interview. Loved the honesty, and the respect he has for some Melbourne figures is very interesting, and encouraging.

lightbulb moment. I couldn't care less, never seen him play, but love your left-wing thought.

what fascinated me was that George Stone was at the meeting with Dom. was it because he is midfield coach? or a convincing personality? senior stability? Wasn't that long after his own appointment. How much of a plan could he have for the midfield to present to Dom.

wait up a sec, we did already manage to upgrade our assistants with Stone, Allison and Matthews. Not quite the end of the world. To be honest, I believe coaching is one of the things that the supporters can't make a really good judgement on, especially assistant coaches. Who knows what input Dew, Sumich, Richardson etc have on their team. It could be massive, or they could have their butts covered by the head coach. Who knows. all we can base it off is public hearsay. I'd say, take some deep breathes and trust the most sought-after coach in the league to pick a man he thinks has the right character and skill set for the job all when he's good and ready. He knows what he's doing.

My question is who the backup if we can't get Dew. looking at how Dew came out of nowhere (from the outside perspective) into considerations says to me that no one has one flying clue who else is under consideration.

I'd love him at the club. Would rate him in the same kind of list-building mould as Byrnes, Roday et al, but better.