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"Jack Trengove and Tom Scully are the top end blokes," he says about the two players tipped to be top-three selections come November, therefore bringing them into Melbourne's calculations. Link here: http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/newsart...94/default.aspx Loved it. Didn't give too much away, but its interesting. Interesting to see Colin Garland helping out.

Disgraceful post. Yep, Robbo's not what he once was, and his time at the club is in its final stages. But he has been a good performer for the club over the years, hardly deserves to be told 'Thanks, now go away' Its people like Robbo who made me support the club.

The first point you bring up is that he has come off a serious injury! He's on the wrong side of 30 and has recently been injured! Alarm bells are ringing. He's been awesome for the club, he's one of my fave players. Plus im from Tasmania, which makes him all the better in my eyes. But its his time to go this year. Delisting - Robbo, McDonald, Whetley, Whelan. Maybe - Bartram, Dunn, Buckley (personally i think bucks will stay) Bell, Newton, PJ - are all contracted.

Love your work High Tower.

If we are talking about 2 years from now then I would love to see Greeny head back into the forward line from time to time. Should have some decent mids to allow him to return. Hopefully he still has his accuracy boots from back in the day.

Still no game for Valenti! unbelievable! Mclean is clearly not fit/carrying an injury of some type. If he aggravates his injury this week and cant do preseason im going to be really [censored] off.

Thanks a heap Doggo! im over in london at the moment and really love the whole drafting/trading stuff. No chance that I will get to see the games, so your effort is really appreciated!

Matera would almost certainly be going to GC17 in next years draft. Ive been keen on Jetta too. looks like he will become a midfielder after developing, and seems to be the most talented jetta out of the lot. WC fans reakon he will be there 2nd round pick.

yeah i hope we get 4 wins! would love it to be against carlton in round 21! More likely to be richmond though. If we lose next week, we will definatley finish bottom of the ladder regardless. Richmond will win another game.

Valenti needs to come in. Its time to give him a decent run to see if its worth elevating him.

Its a bit early for this isn't it? If this article came out at the start of next year it would have been a decent read. As for Garry. He's been off the ground for a long time now. Hasn't done much coaching work apart from the Ireland tours, which was a fair while ago. If it comes to the point that Bailey needs to be replaced then I hope Garry puts his hand up. But I hope its not handed to him on a platter just because he is one of the 'old boys' Im backing Bailey will getting his contract renewed.

I have been thinking about this one for some time now. And would like to know what other posters think. Obviously we are still rebuilding. But what do we need to finish the rebuild? What type of players do we need to draft? Defenders IMO the backline is looking good. Warnock, Frawley, Martin, Garland, Rivers, Bennell, Cheney. With Grimes and Strauss also developing there over the next couple of years, and Davey, Green also rotating through. So there is no need for immediate attention. Midfield Inside we have Brock, Moloney, Jones. While being a bunch of great players, They are all about the same pace. Outside we have Morton, Blease, Strauss, Grimes all developing. Add in Green and Davey. Bruce is in steep decline. Buckley is the forgotten man at the moment and big question marks over Dunn and Bartram. Haven't seen enough of Bail at this point to form a judgement. Rucks Jamar can certainly ruck, but is still not great around the ground. Johnson is decent around the ground but can't ruck. Meeson has shown that he might actually make it before getting injured. He is clearly very injury prone looking at his history from the crows. Spencer, could be something. Forwards Talls we have Miller who tries hard but is not going to be the superstar we need up there. Newton has had almost 4 and a half years on the list and so far the best things he has done is take mark of the year and he has kicked 9 in a VFL reserves match. Watts will develop and take a KP spot. Mediums we have Jurrah who will be awesome, but I reckon he will take a pocket or flank rather then FF or CHF. Bate is taking awhile to come on, but will be better once we have some decent talls to take the pressure off him. Sylvia will hopefully keep playing the way he is and spend more time in the midfield next year. Pettard still needs to develop. Regarding the smalls, we have Aussie, Maric, Jetta all developing. So What Do We Still Need? Defenders - We finally have a good developing backline of talls and smalls. No need for action here. Midfield - (1) A Superstar outside midfielder who can get his own ball. (2) A good inside player with pace. Rucks - (3) A Genuine ruckman who can ruck all day who is also good around the ground (Might be Spencer but time will tell) Forwards - (4) A Full Forward. (5) A 200cm player who can rotate between 2nd ruck and 3rd tall forward eg. Paddy Ryder type. (Martin might already be this player) I think that this year the way we are headed we will hopefully get Scully and Butcher who will hopefully take up two of these problems. 2nd round pick I hope we use on the (2) A good inside player with pace. The rest of this years draft will be pretty shallow. This is what I think we still need to complete the rebuild. What do you think we need?

Opps! I was suppose to say 'Warnock' and rivers! ill edit it now!

When drafted he would be 18 years old. He could still grow a bit more, such as Morton has. And by the time he reaches the age of 22 Warnock and Rivers will be 29.

Nice post. Yep, he won't be quick enough to be the Judd type. But as long as we have got a Blease, Buckley, Davey running past him receiving the quick hand ball he wont have to be. The problem at the moment is that Jones and Moloney are similar pace. We need 1 or 2 quicker inside mids on the list. He will be captain next year. the only other options are Bruce and Green.

I would love it if we beat them, especially after Eddies coment after richmonds first couple of losses.

God its good to see him back, hope he has a good year and stays on for a couple more years.

Apparently the kid who tackled him was a Rangers team mate. This is bad news. I was dreading one of our young players getting an injuys like this. As for people saying we should stop Watts from playing school footy now. Thats just stupid, you cant wrap the kid up in cotton wool for the next few years, the injury could have easily happened in a training session. Remeber when Spider Everitt sprained his ankle when he was walking in his backyard?

Too hard to make a call on some of those players. It would have been eaiser to say I dont think these players contribute to our next premiership Dunn, Bell, Newton etc etc.

Yeah I wanted Swift or Zaharakis. Strauss has an amazing kick on him though, would have thought we would have seen him by now. Worth watching the youtube highlights to remind you what we are waiting for.

Outside midfielder/Wingman Pros: Super quick, Good disposal, Takes the game on with his speed, Tackles like a cheetah vs a gazzelle Cons: Really Skinny. Check him out at the championships last year. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWVXBOSG1BM

Violence against women? Australia says 'No' Ever seen these adds? This is because bogans across the country do beat women, im glad we booed him. Its not something Australia as a whole should let happen. Im not going to boo sylvia, but if supporters of other clubs want to then go ahead.

Did Grimes end up playing?

Any news on Jurrah yet? Seems a bit odd. Not popping up on any injury lists. Dont really want to be the one to bring it up, but I hope he hasn't got home sick and gone home.

I have made my view fairly clear on the 'Whats more important thread' but for the sake of this thread. It will be a tough time at the end of the year. I personally think we will have to delist anywhere between 5 - 7 players, depending on the depth of the draft. Im thinking 6 personally. which gives us - Priority pick, Round 1, Round 2, Round 3, PSD 1, Elevate Spencer. Thats depending on us winning less than 4. If Valentine continues his current form he will need to be given a decent run in the firsts to see if hes worth it. I heard that we might be able to rookie him for another 1 year?? Robbo, McDonald, Wheatley, Whelan, Bell are all the main ones who would be gone at this stage of the year (Still a long way to go till the end of the season) Tough to pick another. Dunn, Pj, Jamar, Bartram, Mcnamara are all there. My choice would be to delist McNamara and then pick him back up in the rookie draft.