McQueen

The amount of posting some people do on this forum during a working day is incredible. Unemployed? Sickies? Bludgers?

That's already been rumoured, many pages back.

Carlton would be grinning at that. Especially at the age bracket.

I doubt they'd let both Mitchell and Lewis go in the one year. Maybe it was one or the other? Who knows.

I would love a Hawthorn A grader to play a season with us and then transition into a coaching role. Lewis or Hodge. They will be highly sought after.

Story was broken by Hagdorn in Perth late last night. Dont give purple the credit. Ed: just saw your follow up post a page or two later. ?

All of this 'destination club' rubbish is starting to give me the sheeeits. I don't really GAF at the moment. We have a young core of talented players that will make us great without relying a jet nominating us. What relevance does it really have? Build a bridge.

It's interesting. Both O'Meara and Mitchell must think the Hawks are still contenders. Maybe it's the club culture that they want to be a part of? Surely, if the main desire was to play in Victoria, they would be open to a trade with any number of clubs.

I think you'll find the issue lies further up the field. A lot of the time we have nothing to kick to whether it's because of the opposition defensive structures or our own players not getting into position. If we get the latter right, we should be able to pass the ball by foot much sooner and cut down on handball disposals.

I expect a quantum leap in team performance next year and look forward to the subsequent wins. The game plan is heart in mouth type stuff at the moment and the overuse of handball needs addressing. The young guys will be more composed and trusting with another pre season under their belt. Logic would suggest that this will translate into more efficient ball movement by foot and therefore reduce the pressure handballs. I have concerns about the 'team defence' we employ. The mis-matches that invariably occur usually result in scoring and I understand that the risk we take on here is contrasted by the benefit of a sling shot play when it comes off. I expect Goodwin and co will put considerable time into this area during pre season. Midfield is looking the goods. Number 4 in the league with the young blokes is a real credit to them. God help us if Gawn goes down! The forward line needs to drastically improve if we're to make finals. So many wasted entries, so many bombs that get rebounded. If we can sort this out we'll score heavily. Watts will go to another level, Garlett needs to rediscover some confidence because he can is clearly a damaging small when up and about. Kent, I love his aggression but he needs to focus on the ball more than the man and I believe he will transform into an exceptional and tough mid/forward. Hogan will deliver in spades next year In general and with a little bias, I think we have the best young list second only to the Giants. The desire shown by the Dogs this year coupled with the bye round prior to the final series, has opened up a whole new level of opportunity for any team in the top eight. We can no longer afford to put in pissweak showings and drop of the face of the Earth at seasons end like we do so often. The players need to go into the season expecting to play more than 23 games. Go Demons!

Clearly, you didn't understand my post.

Maybe, on all the other occasions, he's been an absolute jet.

Yeah but the content she presented was pox.

Either that or they trade their picks out for youngsters with clear potential and a couple of years in the system such as ANB. It does however eat into our developing depth.

I reckon their list management guys are earning their money this trade/draft period. They have picks 4, 8, 22, 23, 25 and 28 (six picks in the top 30) and without taking into account what they're asking for in return of O'Meara and Prestia. Like you said, they've got plenty to work with. Richmond may have to cough up pick 6 at least but the Hawks will be the most interesting trying to secure both Jaeger and Mitchell from the Swans. I think several clubs will have to get in amongst all of that and help broker a deal to get anything done. It may well be us.

Are you a GCS supporter? I can see where you're going with this but ultimately it leaves the MFC in much the same position next year whilst assisting the Suns spread their early choices. Considering we basically did exactly what you've suggested with them last year to help us net Weideman, I can't see much, if any merit in reproducing a similar transaction unless of course we're chasing a specific need and/or player in the top 10.

Not sure if Viney fits your criteria. He won the Bluey.

Our third for Hibberd. Fug Essendon.

Frankly, I'm confident that the many of us could give a similar analysis. No news we didn't already know.

Pedo lays a great bump indeed. The commentators will always say "well that will get looked at," just because it's the MFC and a fringe 22 player. If it was Hodge or Rioli then it would be "oh, what a fantastic bump! Nothing to worry about there for the Hawks." Irritating.

I don't doubt that would've been a big factor. I'll leave it at that.

If that's what you choose to believe. There were occasions throughout this season where Pedo was fit as a fiddle but Roos still picked an out of form Dawes with (as you alluded to) dodgy calves.

Clearly he sits above Dawes. Dawes was a protected species under Roos. I bet Goody had to bite his tongue quite a bit during match committee.

The two expansion teams have the most formidable forward lines in the league. I think Wright will become a very serious player next year.

Masters footy just around the corner, rpfc.