Lord Ivanhoe

How good is the depth now! Close to the most injuries/suspensions yet the last 2 weeks we have been able to select players that mix it up/change the team in ways that is unpredictable to man up. Loving it!

So true. The one big variable/unknown today was Goodwin's coaching/style/influence. Whatever he said or tweeeked at quarter time resulted in a turnaround that lasted 3 quarters. Cannot remember the last time a Demons coach did that, maybe Northey?

https://www.change.org/p/afl-for-the-afl-to-reverse-their-decision-to-terminate-the-frankston-dolphins-vfl-license

With the delisting of Max King, Ruckman /Tall forward is our need now. (see 'The Hunt for a Red Hot Ruckman' thread)

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-10-13/callum-twomeys-phantom-form-guide-october-edition Tim English will go early. Max Lynch most likely to go GWS via Their Academy. Mitch McCarthy = project type who might slip thru to late 40's Any more out there??????

The current Football department has a good recent track for targeting the type of player we needed next, enter Hibberd. Love the fact we scored 4 & 6 out of the top ten 'Ultimate footy Players' http://www.theage.com.au/afl/ultimate-footy-news/top-10-afl-trades-for-ultimate-footy-players-20161021-gs7n6v.ht

Well said. Also who knows what you are getting for a pick in the mid 50's. For Pat McKenna we are getting all the above. Plus move home factor can potentially improve performance. Basically a less calculated risk.

Come on all you Demonlanders with 'contacts' out there. We've enjoyed your posts but now is the time to text your mates to see what other 'goss' is out there. Well done to the Josh Mahoney team for getting the Lewis & Hibberd trades done and allowing time for some more magical work in these last few Trade days

And the 'kids' can learn & develop in the 2's, where they have less limelight & pressure.

Wagner & Smith have shown 'promise'. By upgrading them we can have a go at some more 'speculative potentials' that Jason Taylor and co have had such a reasonable success with so far.

I agree. In addition, the track record of the Melbourne recruiting team over past few years has been to just 'get the deal done'. It has worked. Just look at the other clubs out there arsing around & some haven't done anything at all?????

I thought he said Lewis is not one of our top 5 paid players but in the top 10. Could be wrong....

What time, which pub. I'm the one with the horse?

2016'S RISING STAR NOMINEES RANKED BY THEIR AVERAGE AFL PLAYER RATINGS* Player Club Position Matches Ratings total Ratings avg Christian Petracca MELB Forward 17 196.0 11.5 Peter Wright GC Key forward 17 188.1 11.1 Orazio Fantasia ESS Forward 19 193.4 10.2 Clayton Oliver MELB Midfielder 13 130.1 10.0 Caleb Daniel WB Midfielder / forward 20 198.1 9.9 Jade Gresham STK Forward 18 168.9 9.4 Callum Mills SYD Defender 20 186.8 9.3 Darcy Parish ESS Midfielder 20 184.1 9.2 Connor Blakely FRE Midfielder 15 135.9 9.1 Jacob Weitering CARL Key defender 20 179.0 9.0 James Harmes MELB Defender 19 169.9 8.9 Blake Acres STK Midfielder / forward 16 142.5 8.9 Oscar McDonald MELB Key defender 15 131.8 8.8 James Sicily HAW Forward 21 181.9 8.7 Lachie Weller FRE Forward 22 183.1 8.3 Tom Papley SYD Forward 16 129.7 8.1 Daniel Rioli RICH Forward 18 136.1 7.6 Darcy Byrne-Jones PORT Defender 20 148.8 7.4 Darcy Moore COLL Key forward 17 118.0 6.9 Josh Dunkley WB Midfielder / forward 13 73.3 5.6 *Min 10 games Wonder If or new assistant coach Matthew Egan has put in a word about Fantasia???

NAB AFL Trade Radio ‏@traderadio 1h1 hour ago "Dodoro on Hibberd: Melbourne's second round pick is a pretty fair deal we think" The past 3 years we have just got the job done without arsing around. Get Hibberd first then see what we can do.

AFL Trade Whisperer ‏@AFLTradeWhisper 2h2 hours ago#whispers an initial meeting between Hartlett and ESS did not go well. I'm told HH was "extremely" late to the meeting and seemed "bored Warning Attitude problem! If he cant show the courtesy to at least pretent to be interested (no matter which club he is having a 'chat' to)......... Not the type of player you want around our up n coming young players. Maybe one of the many reasons Port Has chosen shop him around!

Brilliant effort by all at the kennel. What a great finals series. Firstly incredible effort by the Bulldogs to beat WestCoast away ( First of the silver spooners eliminated) Then Geelong's denial of second chance for Hawks, tick (Along with GWS forcing Swans to do it the hard way). Then Beveridges' mob kicked that Hawthorn team (that has been damaging the AFL brand by wining so much) out of the finals, what a bloody relief!!! Then travelling yet again to beat GWS (Loved the Karma bus that hit Stevie Johnson ie both not playing in the prelim AND hence arguably being the reason they lost!) In addition, Swans beating Geelong was the lessor of two eveils as the Cats have had enough recent glory, good riddens! What a sensational Grand Final, with one point separating the teams so late in the last term. Congratulations by all at 'Footscray', I Cannot recall being so emotionally attached to another team winning! Finally Bevo demonstrated more Leadership, integrity and positive virtues than most so called world leaders have in recent memory.

Thanks FD, I appreciate you passing on the details of the conversation with your 'contact', knowing that your sharing it 'for what it's worth' with your fellow supporters. A Players managers' wife is an aquantance of mine. On Tuesday morning she said 'hubby' had not heard much about Jesse?

Agree DV8. There was something not quite right with both the timing and wording of Plapp's statement( It was more suited to after the VFL GF). Does Goodwin want someone else coaching Casey?

http://www.footyprophet.com/michaI

Happy 20th birthday Billy Stretch! Love the way your progressing

And the the kick over his head (in traffic) that resulted in a Gawny Mark & goal!?

He was exactly what we've been wanting and needed all year in defence. Geez lighten up guys..

"Open up another pop up" after Gawny's last goal. First time I have laughed at a Brian Taylor comment! Probably the cleanest quarter of footy we have played for a while. Loving Trengove's decision making and clean hands

He is an emergency for the Queens Birthday game so I assume he was on limited game time.