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6. James Harmes 5. Max Gawn 4. Michael Hibberd 3. Christian Salem 2. Clayton Oliver 1. Jay Lockhart

Have you seen the format? Some people are concerned that it will further degrade the game but by me - it’s already a bust and I doubt it will attract an overseas audience or last very long.

Relax everyone. The AFLX is for the kiddies. If you’re over 18 years of age, look away.

Volunteer of the Year Award goes to Barbara Box - 15 years of volunteer service to the club.

Three new Life Members inducted - * Head Trainer - John Stanaway for twenty years of service. * Neville Jetta - for being Nev, champion person on and off the ground. * David Thurin - Foundation Hero Legend and dedicated member of the MFC Board.

Glen Bartlett has opened proceedings at tonight’s MFC 2018 AGM. Anyone there?

You can’t underestimate the point about wantaway players not being a health hazard to the organization. The players themselves might be professionals and give their all on the field but the atmosphere always gets strained as soon as they or the team has a bad day and the media gets on the case with their speculation. We traded out one player who had no contract and two with one year left and now have three players well and truly tied to the club plus AVB is on a three year contract. We did well.

Agreed that he needs to pick up his game in 2019. In view of the exodus of many others who were regulars at Casey during the season, he will come in handy for depth and possibly might also be joined by his brother who IMO was a little more impressive.

I’m rather surprised in view of Jeff Garlett’s rather inglorious end to the season that he hasn’t been shopped around (at least there has been no suggestion). I would have thought he might have gotten some interest from clubs like Gold Coast or Brisbane.

Rest assured, the necessary phone numbers are inside every recruiter’s contacts and calls are being made even on the weekend.

So the scenario is that just before Fremantle takes Jesse Hogan on a tour of their facility, a number of rumours start circulating about him that paint him in a negative light. The Dockers make him a lucrative offer to come home and then give Melbourne a low ball offer which, when rejected, causes them to pull out of doing their due diligence. Most clubs have gone beyond that style of negotiating but the rhinestone cowboys of Freo have yet to learn. I think they might be experiencing a bit of a wake up call at just about now.

Any chance that Andrew Bradshaw going to Melbourne the could be part of a deal involving Hogan?

I doubt anyone needs to be told about the opportunity that awaits them if they can hit top form and get into the side for the finals.

I wonder whether this is going to have an effect on the rest of the Collingwood team?

The Redsocks are killing them in the MLB. The Redlegs to do the job here!!!

There are some great threads up on Saintsational ATM, reminiscent of the dark days over here. "Time to turn toxic" "Has Richo lost the players?" "Spineless Saints forfeit" "The most hopeless st kilda team I have ever seen" and what about this one in the middle of it all? "Saintsational meet and greet????" I was tempted to register and start a thread suggesting Mark Neeld was available as a replacement coach but I thought I would end up feeling guilty about trolling a team while it's down.

Wheels have come off.

Tonight just made it harder to get him.

The VFL website still has the Casey Demons v Redtails game listed for 3.00pm today. Next week's game will be an intraclub match at Casey Fields at 7pm on Friday.

Mark Stevens tweet: "Dees confirm Kennedy Harris 6-8 weeks. Vandenberg fate still unclear after scans yesterday @7NewsMelbourne".

That second pick is now # 68 - Final NAB AFL Draft Order

This sounds suspiciously like an injury report. When do we get the official one? ?

Anyone know when they're back at training in Melbourne? Do we assume it will be at Casey Fields because of the tennis?

I have three northern states Academy players in the top 10 which makes the bidding system important again. This means that although we've traded out our first round pick for 2016, we might still trade back in - one simply can't tell at this stage. Also, it's been reported that Ben Ainsworth who trained with us late last year is injured and at this stage will miss most of the preseason.