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WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB - MITCH CLARK
PaulRB replied to waynewussell's topic in Melbourne Demons
I think Mark Neeld has a game plan that he's wanting to implement at Melbourne and with this recruit he's moved a big piece into place. Essentially Mitch Clarke at FF offers the following: - the midfield a quick get out of pressure kick deep into the forward line (moloney will love this). - the big lead up option to the 50 m (aka Cloak and Daws) - provides our small forwards with a roving target at the feet of Clark - free up Watts and Jurrah with 2nd and 3rd tall defender on them. - allows Watts to play higher (in the midfield) when required - allows Jurrah and Petterd to find space and avoid tight contested pack marks, also gives him a good set of shoulders to climb... - allows us to develop Gawn, Lucas, and Fitz at Casey properly without having to play them early. I'm sure there is more... Big get -
Half forwards are midfielders these days, and Petterd, Howe, Watts all play that roles (of midfielder) well. Jurrah need to get stronger in his tackling or most likely play as an outside /winger type when not deep in the forward line. I'd like to see a true small forward in that forward line, i.e. Wonna or Davey. I'd also expect to see Sylvia and Tapscott playing HFF at times as well. Potent if we can get them all firing.
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It seems trade week, like our season, will be a roller coaster of optimism punctuated with depressing doses of disappointment. That said, we'll dust our selves off and have a crack at the next opportunity, and with another three days to go we are still a chance to achieve a good result in this trade week...
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I think that the mini-draft next year will be more likely to reap better results for our compo picks as the main draft, being stronger and uncompromised, will have few clubs prepared to trade away a top ten pick for a U 17 yr old... hence our compos will have greater currency. MN and TH have been reading Micks new book...
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Don't mind that we keep our powder dry and play our compo picks when it suits us in the future. Move on and up.
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With likely priority picks in 2012 to Port GWS are not able to guarantee they would get first pick in 2012.
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The pick that the Cats traded to Gold Coast FC is the mid- round one selection that can be used in 2012.
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Given that GC got their compo pick from the CAts (for Ablett deal) doesn't that mean the GC's first round compo occurs after the Cats (i.e. not GC or GWS) and given that the Cats are likely to finish higher than MFC for the next few years, that our Compo pick would be worth more??
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we'd need pick 51 to get our required 3 drafts in, perhaps...
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I suspect GWS would have doubts about priming the MFC to have O'Meara, Crouch and Viney arriving in 2013... Their (and their AFL paymasters) entire build and business plan is premised on GWS being near a premiership in 5 years when the next TV rights are up for grabs (same for GC) and facing a MFC midfield with those three additions (in addition to what we have) would cause them to pause and spread the picks elsewhere.
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With the 500k salary we'd have paid Scully we should be in a good position to "overpay" a quality 22-24 yr old mid or large forward who wants to come home to Melbourne... get them to do a Luke Ball and demand their club trade with Melb (us offering pick 12) or they will nominate for the draft with only MFC able to cover their contract needs.
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I thought Jack T rocked. Gutsy move starting the show solo and the boy can dance... nice one.
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WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB - JACK VINEY
PaulRB replied to einstein251's topic in Melbourne Demons
If Jack V can attack and extract the ball like Kerr was doing against the Blues we'll be a far better team for it. -
Caroline makes the MFC sound like the catholic church "anointing" but not appointing...
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We need to close the deal with the Saints joining the fray...
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And Mick as Football manager.
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If I were the Bank of Melb, I'd have the MFC get their new coach to announce their sponsorship when he starts in early Oct...
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I think the "dithering" is simply an agreed tactic the MFC is undertaking to keep the heat off Mick and the Pies until their finals are done. Then...
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Perhaps, perversely, the process of trying to woo Tom to stay has forced the MFC to address issues in the FD faster than we may have otherwise done... So even if we ultimately fail to keep him we will still gain from this excruciating process. The possible scenarios we are on are: 1. Tom's gonna take the cash. With GWS holding back the announcement till the right media moment arrives (early next week) 2. Tom's open to staying if some stuff is sorted (i.e. coach,... ). Which means we must wait till the coach has signed on before Tom will... The longer we wait the more likely scenario 2 is the one we're on.
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Is Mark Thompson a possible candidate? Watching Geelong play last night I was reminded how much I enjoy watching them play and how devastating their game style is... and how well an embryonic version of that style seemed to suit us last year.
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Is the consensus view that the only thread holding Tom back from taking the GWS cash is the prospect of the MFC getting an A-grade experienced coach? Assuming Tom wants an experienced coach, the choices and timings are: Ross Lyon - next week (if Saints lose) Mark Thompson - next week (if Dons lose) Mick Malthouse - in at least a couple of weeks... Would the TS decision be delayed a month if it's MM? Fair enough for Tom to want to know before he signs on...
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I think that we should not react to hastily (i.e. trade picks for older players) to a very average year from several of our older players. As West Coast has shown this year, these slumps can be turned around in a year and form of yesteryear recaptured. Prendergast has done far better of the two, especially as he's only been there since 2008 and Cameron has had 10 year to accumulate his list.
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The shame about the whole Scully saga is that it has highlighted the contempt with which the Fans of football (and specifically, in this case, the MFC fans) are held in by the massively overpaid football industry. Some examples, 1 - TV Rights deal = huge revenue, players want and get more, game admin want and get more, Fans get... more expensive tickets to games and the pleasure of paying foxtel for what used to be free! 2 - Expansion Teams = huge investment, the 100 mill being pumped into GWS and GC came from the gate receipts, sponsorships and other revenue streams FROM FOOTBALL FANS. Yet the Admin is spending it in a way that strips away and upsets these same fans. 3 - Money Buys success - Fans of the poorer Victorian clubs are annually duped into believing they have a chance when the cold reality is that only the rich Victorian clubs and the expansion clubs win flags. In the past 21 years: 9 flags have fallen to the RVs in Collingwood, Hawthorn, Essendon, Carlton and Geelong (once Skilled Stadium converted into a money machine). 10 flags to expansion teams in West Coast, Brisbane, Port, Sydney 2 flags to the poor Victorian North(2), St Kilda, Footscray, Richmond, Melbourne... Ho hum... back to waiting for Tom to deign us with his decision.
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Agree RR I just went to http://telstra.com/subscriptions/afl/contactus/feedbackchoice.asp and sent them my thoughts... nice and sweet. Time for the caged monkeys to start tossing their sh#t around...
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May be old fashioned but Tom would be putting together his Pros and Cons list about now... Pros to staying at MFC Team mates and established relationships Team more developed than GWS Home town, established routine... New coach in ... (Tom knows ;-)) Possibility of finals in 2012 and beyond Cons to staying at MFC More money at GWS May not have covered all the factors at play and am undoubtedly biased. Any other issues (pros and Cons) you'd be weighing up in Tom's shoes?
