old dee

How tall is he?

Why are so sure we will go for Jackson? His draw backs for me are he is from WA so a better than average chance he will want to go home, If he is solely a Ruckman then he will probably take 4-5 years to be ready to Play seniors. I don't value Ruckman all that highly , the vast majority of GF winning teams in the last decade or so have been won by teams with average ruckman. How many times have we seen Gawn get a large number of hit outs to have 50+% of them sharked by the other team. If he is a genuine Ruckman / Forward who can score 20-30 goals PA then that may be a different story but I still don't like drafting Ruckman in the first round they are just not that important

Hope Bartel does not take his place. He gives a new meaning to bland.

Your last para says it all RN. At senior level first you have to able to get the ball. We have recruited a number of very good kicks in the last decade but they have mostly amounted to nil. Because they did not make it at senior level. The trick to recruiting under age players is to be able to judge who will progress at senior level. Recruit is imo a very inexact science.

Probably more effective there.

Too simple jnr.

Agree Pro, there are better fish to fry.

My 2 favourites are still. Don't get where the ball ain't. Stand still son the ball will eventually hit you.

I think your mistake BM is trying to justify your position. You are right just ignore the crits.

I want to hated like Hawthorn over the next decade.

KK was a steak knives deal, long shot who was injury prone. As he cannot stay on the park we will probably never see his real talent. Still injury prone and I doubt will be on the list in 2021. Sad but some people just don't have the bodies to cut it in the game of Aussie rules.

Very important maintaining Sanity Sue. After all it is only a game isn't it?

After 50 years of practise sue you would think they would be experts.

Surely not!

I agree with almost everything you say in the above However it is a fan site and as such you will get a number of different views on every subject. Just roll with the blows that is the way life is. AS for the MFC reading Demonland I seriously doubt that anyone reads the site and the few that may would instantly discard anything they don't agree with. I firmly believe that what is written here has no effect on how the MFC perform on match day.

Agree rjay

I have only one trouble with the above Ernest, My time is running out fast, I have no time for the Chinese way of viewing things. I actually don't believe we will win a flag in the years I have left. Now I just want a powerful team that regularly plays finals well into the finals period every year. Thank God I wont be around to see your future game predictions.

If we are 0-5 jnr then Goodwin's time at the MFC will be close to over. In fact I would say it is play finals in 2020 or the highway back to Adelaide for him.

You are on that big of a bender?

Me too LH. Current system is home for some time. Interesting that Pert said he has discussed Goschs etc with FD. Asked them is the current facilities there affecting our on field performance. The answer was NO.

His words were " in a precinct close the G" IMO that does sound like KB oval to me.

Got what I expect from tonight, not a lot we did not already know. Perhaps I am just wanting to hear how much 2019 hurt the group and how committed they are to be better in 2020. But I think they are doing the right things to do better next season. Goodwin admitted they underestimated the effect 666 would have in 2019. Never thought I would hear that. From a couple of speakers I got the impression that there was an element amongst the playing and coaching groups that all they had to do this year was tweak things a bit and we would finish top 4.

Pert left no one in doubt that the MFC is locked into a training and head quarters close to the G. He said that there are up to 8 government bodies to deal with for some of the possible locations. Said they would not be providing a running commentary on progress. My gut feel is not a lot is going to happen for some time. God knows where you find an G size piece of ground with room for training and office facilities close to the G.

A question was asked of Pert did he think training their would cost us a flag? His Answer the Pies won while training there.

Interesting that IMO Pert and J M come over as well as speakers. They sound like they know what they are talking about. Our coach hmm not so much. But perhaps I am just biased.