jayceebee31

totally agree- and Jaded have you travelled 2 hours a day virtually every day in the heat and in peak traffic- I have and hated it. Left my job because of it. Try it- go down to taining every day from Marybnong and see for yourself. I live in Kensington and I would hate to do it. Also this is another reason why German left. Bailley is doing it from Essendon and hates it.

Jaded- as a major topic contributor- may I ask - if we let Jamar go- What about our ruckman- none at this stage as classified as worthwhile -would nearly be classified as the 4 weakest ruckman in the league overall. At least Jamar played well as a ruckman and kicked 5 goals in a match late in the year. Last year was his best performance BY FAR - why let him go? Another midfielder for our best ruckman- you would be joking- hopefully

I think travelling distances, say in this case- Marybynong to Cranbourne is an ordeal - especially for a major part of the year for training. Especially, if a player like Mclean is getting over a major ankle injury. I do think that the player welfare area need to look at what Brock had to say and to see if it had merit- Do not dismiss it straight away.Also, with trade week and the National draft selections- it may be best to secure players and make sure they are placed close or closer to our trining venues. Wonaeamirri when he came to Melbourne was placed to a family at Newport- long long way from Casy- especially when he did hs knee.Therefore there is strong merit to anylse ehat McLean had to say and take positives from it. However, agree it will only be during our pre match period Oct/ Feb reguarly. Travelling can be daunting

agree -I feel we have many midfielder types now- however prefer to get him through the PSD. I have also heard re Adam White's twitter that Jamar was offered a two year contract from us late yesterday.

In evaluating the National Draft and what it has to offer - I feel we have got a number of players whom can or are able to be developed to run through our midfield, they are: Bail, Bartram, Bell, Bennell, Blease, Bruce, Buckley, Cheney, Davey, Dunn, Green, Grimes, Jetta, Jones, Maric, McDonald, Moloney(sorry Beamer), Petterd, Strauss, Sylvia, Wonaeamirri & Rookies- McKenzie,Healey and Valenti. With the strong view that our first two picks will be spent on midfielders- Scully, Trengrove and or Morabito this would give us 26 PLAYERS to whom we can develop a strong midfield/wing with others such as Morton,McNamara & Garland with flankers to come from- Green, Blease, Jetta, Maric, Davey, Petterd, Sylvia & Wona ,all can (as stated run through the guts) - I feel we need to concentrate our next picks on talls and even try to obtain at least one from this trade week. I feel we need another ruckman- Mumford ,in particular whom is strong and developed,injury free whom can operate as our No.1 ruckman Jamar is a good back up if not traded and Meeson & Spencer can develop- or try to get Jolly back- our other weakness is our forward line and hopefully we keep Miller for experience and toughness to protect Watts & Jurrah whilst we develop , hopefully another two talls from our picks 11 & 18 or 34 (depending if we trade.) Mumford comes from Bunyip close to Casey. We all have expressed our thoughts , however their is NO doubt in my mind where our perceived weaknesses are and the two that we should seriously try to trade are Bell & P.J. I'd give Newton another year as I think he developed a littl in the last weeks at Casey. I'd be very disappointed if we go for smalls or mediums for our later picks or rokkies. Do you ?

Maybe Jolly however who would know any of 600+ players

It all depends on who we pick up for 11 and how the player performs, don't you think?

I think a great deal for MFC- we get a great pick in this draft for a guy who always has shown promise however over the last two years has dropped back- I felt the way he was going would not be in my best team in 2010 unless improved spees dramatically. Felt both Maloney and Jones had gone ahead of him as an inside midfielder

NEWS @ DRAFT CAMP RE McLean- it was told to me that originally MFC wanted pick 11 & pick 27 for McLean & pick 34.Therefore, Carlton may not be stalling -we may still be demanding this change- however, it was strongly thought pick 11 would end up being the exchange.

NEWS @ DRAFT CAMP RE McLean- it was told to me that originally MFC wanted pick 11 & pick 27 for McLean & pick 34.Therefore, Carlton may not be stalling -we may still be demanding this change- however, it was strongly thought pick 11 would end up being the exchange.

the picks as at start of trade week were ashttp://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/85726/default.aspx.

NEWS @ DRAFT CAMP RE McLean- it was told to me that originally MFC wanted pick 11 & pick 27 for McLean & pick 34.Therefore, Carlton may not be stalling in -we may still be demanding this change- however, it was strongly thought pick 11 would end up being the exchange. Furthermore, the picks as at start of trade week were ashttp://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/85726/default.aspx.

2.35pm: LIONS coach Michael Voss has said Tigers defender Andrew Raines will move to Brisbane. Richmond gets the Lions' third-round pick.

Very interesting that on our MFC site- it refers that MFC would be looking for a replacement. That, to me, infers that the MFC is controlling Casey. refer http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/newsart...06/default.aspx

thanks for your permission

HAWTHORN GAIN GIBSON & PICK 69 NORTH GETS PICKS 25 & 41 .

Talk this morning is he will drop out the top 10. If this is so, MFC can consider him for pick 11.

I sincerely hope it is true that we keep him. His toughness and bulk will be needed around this skillful young immature forward line.

The first sign offs have been done with The Swans - having secured West Coast ruckman Mark Seaby in a complicated three-way trade involving Amon Buchanan - who will go to Brisbane, and another Eagle Brent Staker, who will also join the Lions. Lion Bradd Dalziell will join the Eagles, while Brisbane will send a draft pick that will end up with the Eagles in the exchange. These just need registering after 10am. The deal re Brock McLean to Carlton for pick 11 is on.

THKS GOOD MAN FOR KEEPING US UP TO DATE

Another ruckman bites the dust with the announcement of Robert Campbell from Hawthorn, shows how important big men are to football clubs and their worth http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tab...83/default.aspx

With the conclusion of draft camp and moving onto trade week. Thought this may be of interest as to how MFC is thinking about the upcoming draft. The number of smalls invited to the camp reflects how few tall prospects are worthy in this year’s draft pool, with just three of the eight ruckmen measuring over 198cm. Melbourne recruiting manager Barry Prendergast, said as long as players can kick, think, run and compete, then they are in with a chance, no matter their height. West Coast’s 2006 premiership team included Ben Cousins, Daniel Kerr, David Wirrpanda and Michael Braun, who were all under 180cm. “We’re a lot more open-minded these days about who we pick,” Prendergast said. “Kicking has always been important but there’s such a huge premium placed on it now. If you had a choice, you’d take the bloke who’s two or three centimetres shorter but has better kicking skills. “You look at how important small forwards and their pressure are these days. Every team needs one now and clubs are almost running around with two, which means you need to find players to match up on them.” SOURCE: http://www.footygoss.com/index.php/main/cl...o_hit_the_draft

Is he also part owner of the runner up in the Turbull-raced in red & blue-Predatory Pricer .We have had a guest predatory trader on today.

any thoughts on whom?

Dappa- I agree