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MELBOURNE

Backs James Strauss James Frawley Joel MacDonald

Half backs Nathan Jones Jared Rivers Jack Trengove

Centreline Tom Scully Ricky Petterd Jeremy Howe

Half forwards Colin Sylvia Jack Watts Cale Morton

Forwards Liam Jurrah Max Gawn Brad Green

Followers Stefan Martin Brent Moloney Jordie McKenzie

Interchange (from) Jamie Bennell Clint Bartram Lynden Dunn Michael Evans Colin Garland Jordan Gysberts Daniel Nicholson

In Lynden Dunn Colin Garland Daniel Nicholson Ricky Petterd

Out Neville Jetta (hand)

My thoughts are:

FFS, why start yet another Scully thread????? It offers nothing new as there has already been plenty of discussion about compensatory picks.

True.

Also, past draft picks can't be compared to Scully. White left because he wanted to come back to Melbourne. Scully, if he is leaving, is chasing money. Two different situations.

*creates yet another paranoid thread on Tom Scully/Dean Bailey/inconsistency/premiership hopes

And in order of return:

Mark Jamar (knee) - test

Luke Tapscott (hamstring) - test

Neville Jetta (hand) - 2 weeks

Rohan Bail (knee) - 2-3 weeks

Kelvin Lawrence (quad) - 2-3 weeks

Michael Newton (foot) - 4 weeks

Jack Fitzpatrick (ankle) - 4-6 weeks

Aaron Davey (knee) - 5 weeks

Jack Grimes (foot) - season

Jake Spencer (knee) - season

In: Barlow

Out: Mundy

Good to see you guys getting involved with Demonland.

Okay, this is 2007.

Cale Morton (4)

Notable picks afterwards: Jarrad Grant (5), Rhys Palmer (7), Lachlan Henderson (8), Ben McEvoy (9), Patrick Dangerfield (10), Cyril Rioli (12)

Thoughts: Morton's going well. Henderson would be good structure wise, but he won't be a gun CHF. Rioli would be good because he's Rioli, but I think Morton will end up the best of the lot.

Jack Grimes (14)

Notable picks afterwards: Harry Taylor (17), Callan Ward (19)

Thoughts: Taylor's a gun, but Frawley's as good and three years younger. Grimes is a future captain.

Addam Maric (21)

Notable picks afterwards: Scott Selwood (22), Tayte Pears (23), John McCarthy (31), Levi Greenwood (32), Sam Reid (35), Scott Thompson (37), Dennis Armfield (46), Bradd Dalziell (52)

Thoughts: Selwood's handy, but Maric will be a good player. Can justify taking Reid ahead of him.

Kyle Cheney (53)

Notable picks afterwards: Cale Hooker (54), Craig Bird (59)

Thoughts: Wouldn't mind Bird. Cheney wasn't a great player but he's no longer our concern.

Tom McNamara (66)

Notable picks afterwards: Does Kepler Bradley (69) count?

Thoughts: None.

Stefan Martin (PSD1)

Notable picks afterwards: PSD pick, can't really do comparisons

Trent Zomer (R3)

Notable picks afterwards: Nathan Grima (R14), Brodie Moles (R16)

Austin Wonaeamirri (R19)

Notable picks afterwards: Jeremy Laidler (R32), David Ellard (R34)

Jake Spencer (R35)

Notable picks afterwards: Pearce Hanley (R38), Ed Curnow (R40)

Shane Valenti (R49)

Notable picks afterwards: Brodie Martin (R52), Callum Wilson (R55), Shane Mumford (R57)

There.

1 – Matthew Warnock

Was kept on our list as cover if Frawley or Garland went down. What happens? Garland goes down and Warnock flops. It will take a miracle for him to survive a delisting at years end

Grade - F

5 – Jordan Gysberts

His good games have been very good. His average games have been extremely uneventful. Went missing badly against Collingwood and West Coast. Some say you can judge a player based on how they perform in losing sides. He’ll need to improve his consistency in the second half of the year.

Grade - C

16 – Jack Grimes

Before injury Jack was doing OK. His kicking at times though was atrocious. Can’t fault his endeavour or football smarts but its worrying how often he is getting injured. Its no good being a star if you’re never on the track.

Grade – D

18 – Brad Green

S-T-ruggling at the moment. Maybe the captaincy is too much for him? Maybe last year was a fluke. Whatever it is, it needs to change fast. On form he is not best 22..

Grade – E

19 – Addam Maric

The talk in the pre season was he set the place alight. He looked good in the NAB Cup and showed glimpses in his 6 games this year. Unfortunately he might be that couple of inches too short and that one step to slow to make it at this level.

Grade - D

Disagree with these. Warnock is harsh - he still provides good cover. Agree in that he'll be at another club next year.

Gysberts went missing when 75% of our team went missing, as considering he's played 10 or so games I couldn't care less about that. He's been brilliant.

Grimes has been unfortunate with injury in that they've all been in different parts of his body. Was playing well - but not really well - before his injury.

You marked Green too highly.

Maric has been good. Better than 'D' good, which isn't really good at all.

Well, most would know I'm a critic of the way the MFC presents its injury list from week to week but this has me stumped - from afl.com.au

MELBOURNE

INJURIES:

Neville Jetta (hand) TBA

Robbie Campbell (knee soreness) test

Luke Tapscott (hamstring) test

Mark Jamar (knee) 1 week

Rohan Bail (knee) 2 weeks

Michael Newton (foot) 2-4 weeks

Colin Garland (ankle) 3 weeks

Jack Fitzpatrick (ankle) 4 weeks

Aaron Davey (knee) 4-6 weeks

Jack Grimes (foot) season

Jake Spencer (knee) season

ON THE BLOCK: Jamie Bennell, Max Gawn, Jordan Gysberts, Liam Jurrah

ON THE CUSP: Lucas Cook, Colin Garland, Ricky Petterd, Matthew Warnock, Lynden Dunn

JON ANDERSON'S FORECAST: Garland and Petterd are most likely with Cook an exciting 19-year-old key forward who may need more time.

I wonder how Garland who played at Casey on Saturday and is "on the cusp" could be 3 weeks away.

No clue. Disregard.

I agree. MOloney and not MAloney.

PettErd...

I wouldn't want the Green effect to occur with Sylvia.

Give it to Beamer who leads regardless of his title and bleeds for the club.

Cited in his past 3 games!

Does it continue to be fines for ump conduct, or can it turn to a suspension (presuming the same classification and not reckless or intentional, of course!)

I don't know exactly how the progression works but the second offence is what Trengove got.

Has been offered an $1800 fine for umpire contact. Again.

I think there's some people that don't like him...

The Good

Sylvia

Strauss

Morton

Howe

The Bad

Sitting four seats away from my Collingwood-supporting Year 11 Chemistry teacher...'Better luck next year' as he walked past me at half time

Jurrah

Collingwood supporters appealing for a free whenever a player gets tackled

The Ugly

Green

Cloke kicking six before the change of opponents

Our kicking efficiency

The inside 50 count

The Absolutely Disgraceful

Razor Ray Chamberlain...when you're being compared to McLaren (by me, at least) you're a [censored] umpire.

i was thinking this exactly about my team

looking at trades anyone bar, watson and franklin is on the table.

Yeah, but I just experienced my loss to West Coast.

Edit: Up for trading. Need some player who are going to rack up the disposals, preferably not midfielders as I'm set with Bartel, Hodge, Boak and McKenzie in there, unless good offers are made. Feel free to check out my list and make some offers.

Also said it took St. Kilda 5-6 years to get to 4th after their rebuild, same as the pies.

It took the Saints 8-9 years to get to the Grand Final.

I'm the Melbourne of 2010.

The only way Bartram doesn't play is if his eye turns out to be significantly more damaged.

6 - Colin Sylvia

5 - Stefan Martin

4 - Cale Morton

3 - Nathan Jones

2 - James Strauss

1 - Joel Macdonald

Howe's been great.

Chuck Cook in at FF, I reckon. Two players who can take a mark, who need and deserve time in the side.

No changes for Collingwood, Goldsack the sub.

Heading off now with my sports top on underneath my jumper - only collared shirt I've got

I'm losing to Scarlett.

No offence, Scarlett.

Was free on the clash jumper, not the main one.

I wanted the clash jumper

Why do you think it was wrong?

I was there and he was in everything, 39 seemed about right to me.

Easily BOG IMO.

I just can't imagine Ricky racking up 39 disposals. Happy to be proven wrong, though.

One of the cleanest marks I've seen. Seems to get in great position, as well as an elite shot for goal. Terrific prospect.

So he'll be more of a full forward for us, rather than a centre half forward?

Watts, Cook, Jurrah, Petterd, Howe, Dunn, Maric, Wonaeamirri, Bennell...our future forwards look awesome.

And surely Petterd's 39 disposals is wrong. I'd say get him in tomorrow if that were the case