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This from the AFL website:- MELBOURNE TBC RICHMOND Nil.

The injury list is shrinking at last: MELBOURNE Daniel Bell (shoulder) 3 weeks Max Gawn (knee) indefinite Neville Jetta (groin) 1-2 weeks Liam Jurrah (shoulder) 12 weeks John Meesen (ankle) indefinite Cale Morton (knee) 5 weeks Jared Rivers (knee) test Colin Sylvia (jaw) test Luke Tapscott (hip) indefinite Austin Wonaeamirri (hamstring) 2 weeks ADELAIDE Simon Goodwin (corked knee) test Graham Johncock (thumb) 1-2 weeks Brodie Martin (knee) indefinite Brad Moran (knee) indefinite Andy Otten (knee) season James Sellar (hamstring) 2-3 weeks Sam Shaw (shin) 3-4 weeks Rory Sloane (ankle) 5-6 weeks Scott Stevens (concussion) test Brad Symes (knee) indefinite

Update: Matthew Bate (quad) - strained quad on returning to training after a foot injury Sam Blease (leg) - increasing workload after surgery last year Cameron Bruce (hamstring) - minor hamstring strain Colin Garland (foot) - rejoined training last week Max Gawn (knee) - increasing workload after surgery last year Paul Johnson (foot) - about to start running after foot surgery John Meesen (foot) - increasing workload after surgery last year Luke Tapscott (family bereavement) - available Jack Watts (quad) - hopes to return soon Austin Wonaeamirri (hamstring) - increasing workload after surgery last year There's also a concern about Aaron Davey who played the first half only and appeared to be limping after the game.

The middle page spread of the Sunday Age sports section contains an injury list of sorts for each of the clubs. I'm certain its not comprehensive but perhaps we can use it as a basis to determine the true health of our list. I've got them down in alphabetical order:- Matthew Bate (foot) - Sam Blease (leg) - Colin Garland (foot) - Paul Johnson (foot) - John Meesen (foot) - Austin Wonaeamirri (hamstring) - Those are the players listed in the article as being on modified programmes but just off the top of my head I would add that Mark Jamar and newcomer Max Gawn (recovering from ACL op) should also be on the list although it has been mentioned that Jamar is due to resume full training this week. Not 100% sure about this but I think his problem was also the foot. We seem to have struck the jackpot with foot issues. Only two other AFL clubs have players listed with foot injuries and they have one case each: Fremantle (Ryan Crowley) and North Melbourne (Ben Cunnington). Co-incidence or a real cause for concern?

... and they're still not revealing the jumper numbers for any of the new players!

MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB - PLAYING LIST (SEASON 2010) SENIOR LIST: Rohan Bail Clint Bartram Matthew Bate Daniel Bell Jamie Bennell Sam Blease Kyle Cheney Aaron Davey Lynden Dunn Jack Fitzpatrick James Frawley Colin Garland Max Gawn Brad Green Jack Grimes Jordan Gysberts Mark Jamar Neville Jetta Paul Johnson Nathan Jones Liam Jurrah Joel Macdonald Tom McNamara Addam Maric Stefan Martin Brad Miller Brent Moloney Cale Morton Ricky Petterd Jared Rivers Tom Scully James Strauss Colin Sylvia Luke Tapscott Jack Trengove Matthew Warnock Jack Watts Austin Wonaeamirri VETERAN LIST: Cameron Bruce James McDonald ROOKIE LIST: Rhys Healey Daniel Hughes John Meesen Jordie McKenzie Michael Newton Jake Spencer

According to Stephen Reilly in today's Australian: Not even the courtesy of a meeting and this from someone who was only good enough for the VFL when we last met St. Kilda in Round 22.

Never had high hopes for him in the first place but given he is the most highly credentialled player apparently available ATM it was always going to be worth the club having a crack at him although he has never been a cut and dried candidate because of question marks about his fitness. The last thing we want to introduce into a young emerging side is a highly paid, unfit coodabeen who can't perform. The club went down the Kelvin Templeton path 25 years ago and I hope we've learned from the experience.

Alex Keath is a 17-year-old Melbourne Grammar student who is being keenly sought by both Cricket Victoria and the Gold Coast Football Club. At the moment, the promising 196cm all rounder Keath, who was a key player in MGS's cricket and football premierships in 2008, is a Demon. He is playing in the Melbourne Cricket Club firsts in Premier Cricket today. Based on all reports he would make a great AFL player as well but it's probably unlikely that he will be able to emulate past stars such as Max Walker, Graeme Watson and 1964 grand final hero Neil Crompton by being a Demon in both cricket and football.

According to the Herald Sun this morning, Daniel Bradshaw will be making up his mind today as to which AFL club he wants to go to in one of the forthcoming drafts - Carlton or Sydney. However, neither side has the first choice in the drafts so how can he announce the club without offending against AFL draft rules? Srely this is draft tampering?

Well may you laugh but you're contradicting yourself. No club has been able to announce the #1 pick in the past but that's changed now. Not only that but GC17 have the the opportunity to train up their player while we can't do the same with Scully. Tell me we wouldn't gain from giving him training and guidance over those five weeks. In any event, it's clearly discriminatory to give GC17 the right to do this while other clubs can't!

... but that isn't the point. The point is that we're not allowed to announce our number 1 or 2 (despite them being obvious choices) 5 weeks out from draft night which GC17 is allowed to announce who it's picking and have them train with the club more than a year in advance. That's giving one club a substantial advantage over another.

Link - http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/sport/a...5016212,00.html

Jamar, Miller re-sign just happened

Thanks but I don't have anything to say now. Is anything happening involving us?

Good question since there's a separate thread for confirmed trades, this one should be for discussion, shouldn't it?

Almost there by the look of it - Buchanan and Staker to Lions, Seaby a Swan

Odds from sportsbet.com.au HEAD TO HEAD Central District $1.47 Sturt $2.70 LINE Central District (-13.5) $1.91 Sturt (+13.5) $1.91 MARGIN BETTING Central District -39.5 $2.20 Central District +39.5 $3.25 Draw $51 Sturt -39.5 $3.25 Sturt +39.5 $12 HALF TIME/FULL TIME DOUBLE Central District/Central District $1.75 Central District/Sturt $8 Sturt/Central District $7 Sturt/Sturt $3.75 Any Other Result $26 1st Scoring Play Central District Goal $3.50 Central District Behind $3.70 Sturt Goal $3.60 Sturt Behind $3.80

Sturt's team for Sunday's Grand Final v Central District B: Mcglone Thurstans Mcleay HB: Cubillo Coad Wark C: Bode Sheedy Bratton HF: Herring Johncock Gum F: Trengove Chambers Evans Foll: Bowen, Nelson, Crane IC: (from): Kurtze, Fittock, Jaensch, Payne, Plant In: Chambers Kurtze

Five to miss AFL draft camp

SANFL Preliminary Final Sturt v Glenelg at AAMI Sunday 24 September 2009 at 3.10pm Sturt B:Wark Thurstans Fittock HB: McGlone Coad Jaensch C: Bode Sheedy Bratton HF: Johncock McLeay Gum F: Evans Herring Payne Followers: Kurtze Cubillo Crane Interchange: Bowen Nelson Plant Sharples Trengove

So remind us again. Who sponsors them? CUB? Alcoholics Anonymous? A car company (well yes)? Oh, that's right. The company that's been hit with the biggest fine for a violation in the history of corporate law in this country. Well done Fev!

TAC CUP GRAND FINAL TEAMS Dandenong Stingrays B 15 Amalfi 40 Roberton 8 M. Hallahan HB 4 Shaw 34 McInnes 16 J. Hallahan C 1 Andrews 3 Bastinac 17 Treloar HF 14 Heddles 36 Millard 47 Allen F 25 Cottrell 32 Pitt 2 Parker R 45 Casboult 24 Petropoulos 29 Scully * Int 33 Kerr 10 Gent 37 Sheppard 19 Clifford 23 Mold 31 B. Mitchell 11 Baumgartner 22 Batchelor Calder Cannons B 15 Guthrie 43 Fahey 18 Ezard HB 7 Wallis 34 Mitchell 20 Long C 2 Prestia 6 Schroder 10 Hine HF 17 Hicks 23 Carlisle 33 Hunter F 8 Lucin 26 Temel 1 Duhau R 29 Fewster 16 Melksham 5 Liberatore Int 32 Kefford 19 Lawton 11 McLeod 35 Wall 22 McCallum 3 Thompson 21 Watson 36 Daniher 48 J. Tydell * selected but unlikely to play due to injury

Stingrays lead by 23 points at half time with 6.7.43 to Geelong's 2.8.20.