DemonWA

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

Good luck Beamer, good luck getting a game amoungst the likes of Black, Rockliff, Rich & Redden

obviously not up to the last quarter yet?!

I did, and it's been put on ice until someone of note wears it. For now #11 gets pride of place in a mark of respect to Jimma

I'm attempting to keep my expectations under wraps. If i look back to this time last year, we were all discussing how much depth we seemed to have and how 2012 was going to be a good year. These signings are great, but i dont want to go into 2013 expecting too much, however they seem to be ticking off all the right boxes for now.

Theres a few guys on our list who will be 'unlucky' to be delisted. Bail, Bartram, Jetta, MacDonald are the types of players who could count themselves unlucky if they were to find that their careers had come to an end. Having said that, if they do, our list is likely to be in a much better position than it has been to date, so its not all bad news!

My post was requesting that he be given the vacant #33, not that he should have been picked at 33 *facepalm*

I think Wines and Viney aren't as similar as people are worried about. Yes they're both tough competitors, but what's wrong with that? I'd prefer to pick a safe mid like wines who is going to compete with the big boys from day dot with pick 4, rather than draft a skinny skillful bloke who might end up being the best available. Not saying this needs to be the way we draft every year, but doesn't hurt to get some safer, ready made types this year after 3-4 years of punting on talent alone.

I think Dawes gives us somthing that probably only Jamar on our list could, which is a strong body who could wrestle under a high ball with the likes of Glass etc. However i Feel that Jack Fitzpatrick isnt far away from coming of age and holding down a spot

Dont believe he played league in the WAFL though, Colts only right?

If we use pick 20 for Dawes, i'll be a little disapointed but i'll bite my tounge until mid 2013. I thought pick 12 for Clark was overs but turned out to be a master stroke. Perhaps we have the same scenario here. I hope we dont use pick 20 + a pig pay day to lure Dawes though....

I'd agree, unless Neeld believes that "the hardest team to play against' is made up of 190cm+ monsters, and a handful of mids!

#33 me thinks

If Gysberts leaves #5 must be given to the HULK!

Could do worse than cut his teeth at Claremont in the WAFL

the only people who are disapointed about this trade are those who want to wait until 2020 for us to be any good. I think MFC have got the balance absolutley right this time. Going into this period any of us would have been happy with Viney @ 3, swap pick 4 for Hogan & another good mid at 13. Now we have Viney, Hogan PLUS pick 4 (which sould secure us a long term gun player). I suspect we will chase Dawes too with 20. This will give us a good mix of players who will make a differnce in 2013 and players who will be neck deep when we are pushing for finals. Bravo MFC PS. GWS are stockpiling young talent becasue they know 1/4 of them will get homesick and request to leave anyway.

Awesome

This Nudge fella's threads are pure gold! Hey Nudge where do you work? SEN or Sport News First?

I think we now have a "full house" Jack Grimes (Spades) Jack Watts (Hearts) Jack Trengove (Diamonds) Jack Fitzpatrick (Joker?) Jack Viney (Clubs)

yeah everyone else seems to have done well out of it apart from us!