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i wouldnt bring Bailey into the discussion here. I think Schwab was running the FD back then!

Team of the century Shiraz perhaps?!

if Quinten lynch was 24 id probably give you a different answer, but Chris Dawes as it stands now

I had a chat to a Pies mate of mine about dawes, and he said 'Brad Miller take 2!'

We'll said Ron I actually think that in amongst all of the Viney, Dawes and Pick 4 hype people will forget about Byrnes. I think he may have the biggest on field impact out of the lot of them

i liked hearing Neeld say the he 'owed it' to the core of the list to recruit the best players available that could fill key roles and make the team better. I think he knows as much as the next person that we need to start winning becasue footy players are competative peple by nature and get sick of loosing year in year out

how's this tweet from Shannon byrnes?! Classic Shannon Byrnes ‏@ShannonBoourns How do you know when you're a Dee?walk out of a store in pako, and a bucks show of 40 blokes break into the melb theme song #GrandOldFlag

Its funny, during the home and away season we had articles written about our club on a almost daily basis, and the trend has continued throughout trade week(s). Now we have a quiet day or two and everyone is panicing! I say sit back and enjoy the peace and quiet! I'd love us to sign Dawes and Ray/Broughton, even Rodan, but theres still plenty of time left to do all/none of them

I hate the sentiment of posts like this. trade away our leadership group for high draft picks. FMD!

Some one grab the gaff, i've hooked an old dee!!

Wow..... just wow......

Interesting about Bennell. Wonder whether he'll get a year or 2 contract extension, or whether the club are just doign the right thing by him until he might be delisted. Out of all of the players im most interested to see what we decide on his future - on one hand he is still quite young, has good skills and pace and is always one of the best trainers during preseason. On the other hand he has never been comfortable at AFL level, yet is at VFL level. Do teh FD think he can make the step up?

I wouldn't trade col garland, ou of everyone on the list he most likley to play the jarred rivers role if he goes to the cats

I like Chippa for James Frawley

yeah you have heart burn and you self diagnose as heart attack, or a flu or rash and you end up with HIV!

enjoyable to read & well written as usual WJ

20 and Petterd might be overs, but lets not kid ourselves; we need some more starting 22 forwards. Clark aside the forward line has been a revolving door. Green & Jurrah are gone, and Howe spends time in the midfield. I'm happy to get Dawes for pick 20 and petterd, but hope we havent offerd him the same coin as Clark

Who are these accumulators that you speak of? We never have hardly any players with over 30 touches, and generally jones was the only one you could count on to get more than 20!

Martin is big bodied but is no good! Can't believe how overrated he is on this site, you'd think he was drew Petrie if you didn't know any better

I just hope Clark gets back to full fitness. Imagine if one of Dawes/Gumby had to be our #1 target in 2013

I remember them well! Difference is RR has written 'this is how MFC should think" where as yours were more like. "we are the MFC, We hold on to our best young talent" - a little more matter of fact but same sentiment

Not a bad thought, however if either of 3 or 5 are available i'd give them to Hogan IMO. 31 to Viney - uncompromising ruck rover, driven to succeed

Agreed, and once we got viney with 26, allowing us to lock away hogan, perhaps we were even less inclined to get screwed!

i spat my drink all over my key board reading that! GOLD!

I'd trade pick 4 for Rich He's got plenty of good years ahead of him and is a proven performer at AFL level. No offence to the candidates available @ pick 4, but if they all end up being as good as Rich i'd be suprised