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I wonder if the gentlemen’s handshake agreement of “you give us this pick and we will promise not to bid on X player that you want” happens or if there is too much mistrust? I’d love to be on the inside of the Melbourne tent on draft night just to see what goes on.

Worst full back of the century ever

Ok not relevant to anything but I just wanted to re-live this moment in time

Yes Compared to swimmers, and I imagine cyclists, footballers get off fairly lightly. Even State level swimmers will be doing 9 sessions a week plus weight sessions. The National level ones more. Of course they don’t have to crash into a 90kg blokes running at them from any angle

Still reckon the kid was ripped off. I know nothing about the Sam but I’m guessing he wasn’t trying to gain an advantage. Only difference between him and a multitude of other AFL players is the timing. Fair to say I won’t be holding his 18 month ban against him

Sorry I’m only just catching up. I know foof all about Sam Murray but 18 months for having cocaine in his system? Really? Since when does the AFL actually fair dinkumly give a rats about recreational drug use? Kid has been majorly ripped off

Two questions - one should be easy, the other impossible Of these players inducted into the Northern Territory Hall of Fame pick a). The odd man out and b). The one with the most talent Cyril Rioli Andrew Mcleod Aaron Davey Matthew Whelan Nathan Buckley Michael Long Peter Burgoyne (and Shaun for arguments sake) Michael McLean and Maurice Rioli

And Marty Hore is almost 6’3” in the old language. If, and it is a big if, Braydon could actually learn to mark over his head he could be a proper weapon

Absolutely agree. Unless they think Jackson can become a great key forward or the worlds biggest mid I hope to hell they aren’t spending pick 3 or 8 on him

The blurb below is stolen from the AFL Draft Central A.F. Deven won best player of the U18 champs, picked in the centre of the All Aus team and made captain of it. That’s pretty solid! DEVEN ROBERTSON – WESTERN AUSTRALIA (CAPTAIN) The Western Australia captain finished with a swagger of awards including state MVP, Larke Medal and All Australian jumper and the captaincy to boot. The ball winning midfielder not only had an impressive carnival, but he dominated, picking up the most ever disposals – 120 – which was two more than Sam Walsh last year. He also amassed an average of 4.3 marks, 6.8 tackles, 4.8 clearances, 4.0 inside 50s and 3.5 rebounds in a well-rounded game overall.

Could be anything or nothing but can’t fault his genetics. I briefly met his father in the 90’s and to this day he is the largest human being I’ve ever seen. Austin will be given time by the Club to develop and has the coordination, the height and all the resources necessary to succeed it will probably come down to desire and a bit of luck as to if he does.

Very cryptic Skuit. Have you been to my workplace?

We have six X 6 day breaks and one 5 day break. The problem isn’t the number of breaks but that GWS will come into our Rnd 2 clash with an extra day rest, same for Gold Coast when we play them in Rnd 5 and then again the Tigers get the extra day when we play them Anzac Day. I’m sure there are roundabouts, where we get the upper hand, but to be disadvantaged three times in the first six rounds sucks a bit.

Bit of a package about Jackson here. Perhaps he will end up being a special player but given he is still so very raw, if you are a recruiter you’d want a pretty bloody handy crystal ball and nuts made from titanium to pick him over Young at 3.

Not nearly enough love for Bret Bailey on here for my liking. Was a big part of our success in the drought breaking ‘87 finals year. At his best he was one of those blokes who could stand in the same spot for about five minutes and no one could touch him. Fair to say he had a low centre of gravity. Neat kick, great hands

I was recently speaking to a copper who said in his area 80% of his work involved attending domestic violence situations. Take away the alcohol and his workload drops by 50%. As he said d1ckhead blokes don’t become any more reasonable when on the grog.

Yes James is living our dream; passionate supporter becomes much loved and integral member of the team. Love it! PS Also love that he has got better with each year. He has surprised me how good he has become

If that’s true it is good for us I think GWS will have had four weeks less training, still bringing their many injured players back and still getting up to speed. In theory we should hit the ground running,

Langdon, Tomlinson, pick 3, pick 8 and a fit Bennell for nix. If you’re not happy with that trade period you are just plain miserable

We all know he needs to work on his tank and this pretty much confirms it. Going by that video quarter by quarter goals kicked (unknown = 1) Q1. 9 Q2. 5 Q3. 5 Q4. 1

A hypothetical; which club gets the better deal? Carlton get a fully fit, 24y.o Jack Martin for free but at $700k a year Or Melbourne get a fully fit 27y.o Harley Bennell for free at minimum wage

West Coast first up out West. Friggin brilliant motivation all pre-season long. Love it

I know this is from all the way back to 2014 but my oh my Harley can play. Big if’s but if we get him and if he is injury free at 27 yo he could still be in his prime. It is sort of like buying a lotto ticket, it is nice to dream

In other fixture news: ■ Melbourne will head interstate for the first game of the season. ■ North Melbourne was slated to take on St Kilda their Round 1 game. ■ Geelong will be taking their handbags ..... it is a weird stat that we haven’t played interstate since 1998. Hasn’t helped us and can’t begrudge an away game to start the year

Agree with you Lucifer that this looks like a good football draw for us. We play 3 out of the four expansion teams but only 1 of the three top teams from conference A last year. And we aren’t scheduled to play Adelaide, well, till finals anyway. Also there is some new player called Daisy who should be a handy addition for us, Birch will be a top 5 player and Pearce just won the Brownlow of the VFLW. Fingers crossed the domino’s will fall our way next year. PS. Does O’dea remain Captain or was she just holding onto it for the year?