Brayshaw Self

Time to wield the axe

Trade or Delist

Fitzpatrick

Terlich

Grimes

Toumpas

Mc Kenzie

Jamar ( to retire)

Spencer

M Jones

If Trengove falters he is looking vulnerable.

Thatl do for a start!

We need to keep Fitzy and Spencer, particularly with Jamar likely finishing up.

Mature tall depth is invaluable over 23 rounds (and hopefully a couple more weeks)

Hrovat would be a much better option

Mate, he would be competing with Tyson and Viney to be our third best mid.

We need at least 10 players to run through there and I have faith in about 6.

I never said we shouldn't recruit him but he shouldn't be a high priority.

Old, injury-prone and limited.

Very good player but he's as vanilla as they come.

We need some speed/class/skill.

Kennedy is bog ordinary

WHITE inter from again, look I don't give a flying *^@! about paper teams but when a guy who has been playing sensational footy is still named as "Inter from" sheeit I think it sends out a pretty poor message to supporters and insults intelligence!

Friggen Casey, as I have said before , time to cut them adrift and have a standalone VFL Team!

You want to end a 20 year contract because a rookie was named on an extended interchange?

What..?

Really good one?

How many players in the league can play on talls, small forwards and resting mids??

Garland out forever please

50 pathetic games in a row is enough

You know he's number 20, right? The backline player. The really good one.

This is the Bulldogs. A team that lost:

Their Captain

Their CEO

Their Coach

Their leading midfielder with a season ending injury

Shaun Higgins a 30 goal fwd

Their longest serving player, Gia

No-one wanted to go there, no-one wanted to coach. They were a basket case. Half the players in their team I didn't even recognise their names.

What they have done this year is extraordinary. For posters on here to say 'well its the Bullies and they are well ahead of us' and somehow justify this loss as being part of learning curve is simply insane.

Why can't we be like that? Why don't we demand that our team performs like that?

How is it that Alastair Clarkson assistant coaches can move to clubs and instantly invoke a strong system based style of play? (Wait til Carlton does it under Bolton)

Why do we acccept such putrid mediocrity?

Why isn't Roos being questioned more? He is not above criticism and for mine he deserves a pasting for the tripe that has at times been dished up this year.

This club has got to get tougher at demanding excellence. Yes its partly the cattle but system based football doesn't depend on cattle. Its about effort, running and pressure.

I fail to see how some posters can let Roos off with these club killing performances.

It's never as good as it seems and it's never as bad as it seems.

WBD are like Port Adelaide. They had a group of excellent kids there (and some good leaders). Early draft picks who hadn't exploded yet.

A change in game plan saw people like Stringer, Dickson, Crameri, Johannisen, etc. all become lethal.

We looked decent under Bailey at the end with a free-flowing game style but when Neeld came in, we looked soft and weak because we changed to a style that didn't suit the cattle.

We have a spread of genuinely talented players (not speculative gambles) that will almost certainly develop in to very good players. It will happen quickly if all goes to plan.

WTF did Michie do wrong?

Somehow I doubt that we'd recruit both of Lynch & Tomlinson.

Very happy to do so however.

Lynch for a 2nd rounder, Tomlinson for Howe and our 1st rounder for an A+ mid?

Not sure.

Maybe we'll venture as far as selling a future pick this year.

I agree. I think Lynch and Tomlinson are very similar players but they are also very versatile and would both be able to play in our team.

Tomlinson has struggled a little bit with injuries which may lower his trade value.

Our team is crying out for running, marking players.

https://instagram.com/p/2iJz8_je9-/?taken-by=jtren9

According to The Footy Show:

Brisbane Lions ruckman Stefan Martin is considering formally telling the Lions of his intentions to return to Victoria for personal reasons.

Tom Lynch has a huge tank, a massive work-rate, he accumulates marks and possessions, he is a damn good kick for a tall, leads the AFL in score assists and is a scoreboard threat (hence 10 in a game).

He would be a big upgrade on Dawes. He is the prototypical running tall forward.

We would be stupid not to go after him. He and Hogan would be an awesome combination.

Did Marley breach his parole order?

Nice one. I remember commenting during the Geelong game that it was as if he'd just suddenly realised he was supposed to mark it. He'd always had safe hands while playing in the VFL apparently, and has turned in to a reliable pack mark now.

Engine is probably his main priority to work on now, I'd think. He looks knackered in final quarters, though this is hardly surprising with the stop-start nature of his career to date, though that seems to be behind him now hopefully. Some adequate help in the ruck wouldn't go astray either.

Agreed. Next week against Goldstein will highlight his lack of fitness.

He was struggling to stand up straight at the end of the third quarter.

More importantly, he is a leader.

Vice Captain. That makes him more valuable than Parish.

Would Prestia be GCSs best mid apart from GAJ? Our first pick might not be enough

Prestia is their best clearance player and he can play admirably on a wing, off half-back and at times as a forward. He is the complete package.

I wouldn't take pick 4 by itself if I was GC.

Purple on the Footy Show tonight adding fuel to the fire (or, more likely, trying to derail the deal) but essentially saying we're desperately trying for Dion to join us as early as next year, regardless of his contract status. Saints also very keen on him, so he's definitely being chased by Victorian clubs and disenchanted up North.

Apparently Gold Coast had a formal meeting with Dion, Rodney, Dion's dad and Dion's manager last week to clarify what was going on. So there's something in the works, but it remains to be seen what eventuates.

Straight swap for Howe would suit both parties, especially if Dixon leaves.

They wouldn't take Howe by himself for Prestia. Prestia is worth a top 5 pick.

Collingwood are trying to expose us by dropping Jesse White. It will be interesting to see how our tall backline goes.

McDonald forward, Dunn on resting ruck and Garland on small forward/mid doesn't sound too bad to me.

I don't mind how we match up on paper.

Must be 15 Ernest and has no knowledge of what the game used to like.

I'd rather be 15 and happy than 75 and sour. No offence.

you have to be kidding. please tell me why you think 2015 footy is great.

I'd rather watch a CONTEST than watch pairs of fat bastards around the ground attack and pretend to defend.

The golden-age syndrome groupthink on here sickens me.

I love 2015 footy. It's great.

http://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/2015-07-22/trengove-injury-update