Macca

Fair enough to be skeptical and usually I am as well but adding Craig to the equation does reinforce to me that the Club wants the Team to be way more defence orientated - we may end up winning ugly a lot more but that beats the hell out of losing ugly - cheers !

Neeld and Craig - now I'm confident - getting better by the hour ! Neeld to leave the pies immediately ? Sheahan seems to think so . That's gotta make it harder for the Pies to go back to back - Beauty !

Assuming it's Mark Neeld I'll give him until about round 14 or 15 next year to turn things around . 1 - Lose our bruise free style of play . 2 - Forward press working well . 3 - Win games . My only concern is are we going to play Boundary line footy ?

After the events of the last few days I'm officially clueless ! Hope we get Mick though .

Power is the strongest aphrodisiac - We need a Coach who is a great strategist and a great motivator - Mick - find a way to land the bloke - right now ! ( or in 9 - 16 days ! )

Really good point there trout - rather quick wasn't it - of course the AFL is a Fascist regime so even if we could prove they were complicit ..........

We had 6 picks in the National draft in 2010 . 7 in 2009 , 7 in 2008 , 6 in 2007 and 4 in 2006 - got these from wiki so not sure how accurate - We have traded picks over the years as well . Obviously circumstances change depending on the quality of lists but we underachieved this year and you'd have to have a big question mark over some players who couldn't get a regular game - esp at the end of the year . As well as delisting a few , we should be trade for a few inside players and 1 or 2 big blokes who can take a grab up forward - A BIG ask I know but you've gotta have a go - and there's always 1 or 2 shock delistings - esp at our club !

Any player who isn't contracted yet is probably in danger - I don't know who they all are but no doubt somebody on this site will know - These players will probably come under the catagory of he's "Alright" or he's "O.k" . I reckon at least 5 will be delisted all things considered .

We will win out in the short term and in the long run - We have a team capable of playing finals ( Essendon made it this year and they're not great ). Our list should get better compared to most other Clubs . The 2 picks we get for Sally are more than adequate . Not sure there's a cure for a degenerative knee so we end up better off - And if we can somehow land Malthouse ..........though Ross Lyon isn't a bad 2nd choice . Btw is the avatar tasteful ?

Maybe - but he's a "thinker" and thinker's often read a lot - I've just got this vision of his "Cheeseburger eating family" alerting him to - "Look what they're saying about you now Tom!"

Ah - good news ! - had a media blackout today so I could watch the Tennis "as live" when I got home - my bad ! The re-build continues on then .

Cameron Schwab seems to reckon we will get compensation picks for "What's his face" that are along the the lines of what the Cats got for Gary Ablett - Hope he's right - thought he was quite impressive at the Melbourne press conferance btw - Our Club has shown a lot of class throughout this whole sorry saga and I'm quite proud of how we've handled it . We were in a no win situation for most of the year and right at the end we could come out way on top esp if "Prima Donna Tom" has a shortened career due to his degenerative knee - I'll bet any money he reads these threads so we should let him have it !

Tom Scully was gone when his management group put off all contract negotiations until the end of the season - they slammed the door shut there and then and threw away the key - and this was done early in the season . I'm not at all angry or upset with fellow Demons for "Believing in Tom" - everyone is entitled to an opinion - to me there isn't any right or wrong with regards to this issue - much like the pro/anti Dean Bailey issue . I reckon this whole saga/circus will galvanize and unite the Club and the fans - An "Us against them" attitude in sport works quite well as long as it doesn't become a sooking exercise .

The aspect of this whole saga that concerned a lot of people the most was how Tom's management had closed the door on all negotiations until the end of the season - why ? What if we had offered Tom a huge long term contract the day after their statement ? They made it quite clear there and then - end of season - that's it . His management shut the door in a abrupt and callous way that put the Club on the back foot and probably rightfully ticked off - very clever way of moving their client on - The key factor here is that if you are a player agent you keep the door open - not shut .

Yeah good point re the new coach ( if true ) but I don't buy it - as Paul Newman once said "If you've got steak at home why go out for hamburger" - perhaps Tom thinks we're a quarter pounder .

I wonder if Tom Scully realises the division he has caused within the Melbourne supporter group and the unnecessary distraction this ridiculous saga has become . The Club is always bigger than the individual and Tom Scully should feel quite embarrassed about putting the Club and its 37,000 odd members through this soap opera - regardless of whether he stays or not . I know he and his management kept saying they wanted to wait until the end of the season but the whole climate of the situation changed early in the season and with that , he and his management should have changed their stance to at least hose down all the speculation . It seems that Melbourne made him a really good offer a little while ago and all things considered he should have jumped at it . Unless of course there is an offer too good to refuse from GWS . As an aside , Collingwood's Thomas didn't re-sign until late in the year but there wasn't any circus surrounding him or his management . If Tom does stay he should have signed on months ago and unless he becomes an out and out star he may be forever remembered the wrong way . And if he goes most of us ( if not all ) will feel betrayed . Either way he's put an enormous amount of pressure on himself - he could be another John Pitura .