Jaded No More

Or we can go with GHD- the company that makes really expensive hair straighteners... god knows we have enough pretty boys at the club who can start a whole new men's marketing campaign for the company I can totally see Jonesy being their spokesperson

Name one recent player taken at pick 90 that is better, or even half as good as Daniel Bell. There is no point delisting players, only to replace them with really REALLY ordinary players who can't crack it into the top 70 in the draft.

I was so hoping this would be a picture of Jared Rivers, with arms and legs attached, standing in a vertical position, possibly holding a football... *sigh*

Any player that deems himself to be above driving 45 minutes to get to work, can take their ego somewhere else. Seriously, millions of people who get paid far less than these guys travel a lot further each day to get to work. I'm sure if you ask any AFL player to choose between a short drive and [censored] facilities, and a long drive and great facilities, they'd choose the later. Not to mention the competitive advantage it gives us. So it's in Cranbourne, so what, beggars can't be choosers.

I've also been away so we've been one mod short. Hopefully the spam stops soon... and yes, thank you for the 186 PMs I received in my absence

I think he was asked to stay away, as opposed to being a no-show.

There was nobody up for trade who would have brought us a premiership. We would have traded Green, but the deal didn't go through because of Hawthorn. To summarise, trade week is crap, and you don't win a flag in the first week of October.

Build a bridge... Seriously, you'd think we just missed out on Judd all over again. Prismall is slow and now has a dud knee, and Warnock has done NOTHING in this career thus far. Gees I'm so glad to be so far away at this time of year

Where's the "awesome" option?

It just seems that whenever anyone has anything negative to say about Bruce (Y_M aside, as he really is a tool), they are automatically labeled a Bruce-basher, or pulled up on their comments, even if they are not being offensive. On the other hand, it is completely OK to call Miller a hack, Bell a dud, Bartram a no-hoper and the list goes on.

It amazes me everytime how Bruce is untouchable on this forum. And Rhino, if you compare me to Yze_Magic again I'll ban you

Let me tell you a little secret, two ordinary players are no better than one ordinary player, it's just twice the crap. Miller is worth a lot more to us than he does to anyone else. As for Sylvia, he was pick 3 in 2003 and hasn't done a whole lot since. Not a chance anyone will give up pick 4 for him. How dumb do people think football clubs are?!

If we want pick 4, we have to be willing to part with either McLean or Morton or Garland or Davey (last one is doubtful). Is anyone willing to trade any of the above? Because seriously, Bell and Jamar are NOT worth pick 4, neither is Jones, or anyone else at our club. Getting another top 10 pick seems very very unlikely because the players who are worth that much, are untouchable. I'm so happy I'll be away for the whole of trade week. I can't stand the speculation and dribble that never eventuates.

No, it's disappointing because Bruce had an ordinary year. In a season where pretty much everyone had a shocker, it would have been nice if a player was rewarded for improvement or leadership. I would have been thrilled for Greeny or even Wheatley had they won the award, but to reward someone who has gone backwards with his disposal and play making, who played just above the average and wasn't particularly brave or strong this year, is just really disappointing. In such a [censored] season, rewarding players who have gone above and beyond would have been nice. That's why it's fantastic to see Warnock come 4th, because he has improved so much against all the odds. Bruce had some ok games, a couple of great games, and mostly ordinary or below par games. He did nothing spectacular and most of us sitting in the outer felt the same throughout the season. Would love to know on what criteria Bruce ended up winning it, because IMO Green was far more deserving. Edit: I don't dislike any of our players (Carroll aside), and my disappointment has more to do with the club than with Bruce himself.

It's so hard sometimes to be enthusiastic about this club and where it's going... Very disappointing result for mine.

You gotta feel for poor Brock. He would be on his way to a 2nd B&F tonight if it wasn't for all the damn injuries. Just goes to show that he is by far our best and most valuable player, and should captain the side from 2009 onwards... and hopefully a change of role will bring a change of luck and he can stay away from crutches/slings/casts for the rest of his career.

If I didn't love him so much, I'd definitely hate him. Gotta despise people who just have it all... how dare he!

It will be priceless if Melbourne draft Watts, as you will no doubt label him "the greatest footballer to ever walk the earth" and call him a superstar if he so much as handballs in the right direction. You are as predictable and as boring as ever, which is why nobody can take your opinion seriously. I have never once seen you stick to your guns about anything, and I'm sure that this passing infatuation with Naita will change as well. If Freo pick him he'll be "a complete dud", won't he?

Any player that will bring us success is marketable, dreadlocks or not.

Awesome player, but he's too old for our plans and he'd be looking to go to a club on the verge... of a premiership, not a wooden spoon.

Nobody finds such nice things to say about Melbourne unless they know they're coming to the club

I feel for him and his dad, but that really is not an excuse for the way he behaved on Mad Monday or many times beforehand. He needs to leave football and seek help.

Deanox; not afraid to deal with the tough issues. I hear the UN is having an emergency meeting to discuss the deeply disturbing phenomenon of placing extra line spaces

I think it has something to do with posters linking every single out-of-contract player in the AFL to our club... and they're all Ryan O'Keefe type players too would you believe I'm not at all fussed about these hits and misses. I'd rather use our picks to draft young players who grow and develop in our club and who WANT to be there. Two years ago nobody wanted to go to Carlton or Hawthorn either.

Even if we wanted him at Melbourne, he wouldn't want us. He doesn't have 6 years to wait for a flag. He'd want a club that is likely to challenge in 2-3 years.