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OUT: Vince, Tyson IN: Petty, Spargo

Tim Smith on the flight so sounds like Smith in for Pedo.

Except that the coach has confirmed he's playing.

Okay.. So who's at FF then if T Mac misses as expected?

It's reasonably clear judging by the narrative coming from the club that Oliver is likely to be right for round 1 while T Mac is likely to miss so would be posting our round 1 teams to reflect that. I think it will look something like this: B: Hibberd, O McDonald, Jetta HB: Vince, Lever, Hunt C: Salem, Jones, Lewis HF: Fritsch, Hogan, Neal-Bullen F: Hannan, Pedersen, Garlett R: Gawn, Oliver, Petracca I: Melksham, Harmes, Tyson, Brayshaw E: Bugg, Frost, Stretch, Wagner

The one on the far left looks like a cross between Colin Garland and Adem Yze.

Mitch Hannan locked in until 2020.

We get the best intercept defender in the league who is tracking even better than Rance did at his age and a heap of you are still whinging. The draft is a complete lottery. Lever is a sure thing. This is to be celebrated not bemoaned!

I watched the TAC Cup grand final and he was unbelievable. Did some seriously freakish things. Would not be disappointed to see him in the red and blue next year and beyond.

But.. but.. I thought that anonymous nobody on Facebook/Twitter said Melbourne were out of the race for Lever...

A few of the standout things from the highlight package on the MFC website. - Smashes through contests like a raging bull - Lays bone-crunching tackles - Looks like he has a heap of time when he has possession - Makes good decisions with ball in hand - Can execute a perfect handpass even whilst getting tackled - Is excellent at taking overhead marks - Can push forward and kick goals Very happy to have this kid at the MFC and here's hoping for a long and successful career.

I wasn't referring to their height, I was referring to their build. Fyfe started out as just skin and bones, Parish is very light too. Just because Parish is 10cms shorter than Fyfe doesn't mean there isn't potential for him to put on a heap of muscle just like Fyfe has. Don't get me started on the height of midfielders either, there are plenty of current 'small' mids who are elite.

Fyfe had that build too. Just sayin'

I am sold on this kid and really hope we select him with our pick 3. I know that taller midfielders are all the rage at the moment and some think that Parish is too short. Cast your eyes over this list of current players that are within 2cms of Parish or shorter and hopefully it will allay any fears; Rory Sloane: 183 Marc Murphy: 180 Steele Sidebottom: 180 Lachie Neale: 176 Joel Selwood: 182 Jaeger O'Meara: 182 Gary Ablett: 182 Dion Prestia: 175 Stephen Coniglio: 181 Dylan Shiel: 181 Sam Mitchell: 179 Nathan Jones: 180 Jack Viney: 178 Andrew Swallow: 182 Brent Harvey: 167 Travis Boak: 183 Robbie Gray: 183 Jack Steven: 180 Leigh Montagna: 178 Dan Hannebery: 181 Kieran Jack: 178 Andrew Gaff: 181 Luke Shuey: 183 Not too shabby a list that!

Spotted young Darcy at one of the local pubs tonight and I tell you what, he does not look like a footballer! Told everybody I was with that he is the likely number 3 pick in this year's draft and they all called [censored]. He didn't stick around long enough for me to ask whether he was likely to put on a heap of muscle over the next few years or if he was going to get a haircut. Sorry guys and girls.

See post 215 for the content of the article.

Could somebody be so kind to copy and paste the content of this story? I don't have a HS subscription. I did a Google search but had no luck.

Smart enough or scared of needles?

lol, any excuse for a sook. So we gave up pick 25, big deal. Move along. Welcome to the MFC, Jake.

I honestly couldn't give a flying fluck what people have to say in the comments on Facebook. Most of them are just trolls who have nothing better to do and get their rocks off each time they appear to offend somebody.

No need to panic even if it is our second round pick.

Any confirmation that we actually traded pick 25 for him? Nothing on the MFC or AFL websites yet.

*chuckle* Sylvia might aim to play 22 games next year with Freo but that will not happen. He was worse than woeful in the games he played for them this year. My predicition is that he will not be on their list in 2016.

That's one hell of a highlights package. Gee I hope this kid is a Demon within the next 24 hours.