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Emma has had a decades experience in analyzing youngsters and draft prospects and has a good track record of predicting the draft opposed to Todd who acts as a fill in guy for whatever role is needed?

I think she may also have built relationships with alot of the TAC coaches over the years and be able to get more info then what may be first provided. I am sure alot of TAC coaches may hold back on negative information in relation to players personality and character as they wouldnt want to reduce there players chance of being drafted

I have been reading through some posts and there are quite alot on recruitment, super drafts, compensation picks, who should be interviewed ect and most of these seem to all mention the name Emma Quayle. She seems to know the up coming players inside out, strengths and weaknesses as well as have good knowledge of how all other recruiters in the competition work and there tendencies. With all this, wouldn't she be a good candidate to be a recruitment manager? She obviously knows how to do her homework.

This kid reminds me of Guy Rigoni when he got drafted. Rigoni went on to play every game in the year he was drafted.

Is there any reason why Melb shouldn't try to recruit Emma Quale as a recruiting Manager?

I will never forget that game where he tripped over when he was running with the ball and he just lay there and didn't get up to help out his team mates at the contest

I think a Sylvia for Caddy trade would work a charm. Would benefit us as Sylvia dosn't have the motivation at the Dees and has 2 or 3 decent games per season. Would benefit the Gold Coast with Sylvia in the midfield with Ablett and Swollow. Would benefit Caddy as he would get to come home.

i personally think that the demons is not the right place for alot of our current seniors, the way theyve grown and developed over the years hasn't been right in most situations. I think most would play alot better at other clubs and that the demons should focus on bringing through a whole crop together with a new culture then to have the old culture lingering around with these players.

Thats the reason why i think they are lacking performance, is because there are so few of them and the youngsters arn't developing quickly. there aren't enough of them to carry/slow paced development and it is impacting there own game. Do you think that none of the senior players wouldn't perform in a team with support from more similar aged players? I think that they would which is why I rate them as having some trade value.

I personally don't blame the senior players for there lack of performance. They haven't had the motivation or support over the years to maintain what they used to have. Under Baileys regime the seniors were always put aside for the youth policy, and now the youth do not seem to have developed as well/fast as people thought they would have. Now its the seniors who are copping alot of the critique. I wouldn't blame any of them if they wanted to change clubs. It has been a tough run for alot of the guys.

I don't think the only issues with our senior players are the players which they were drafted with and how many still remain at the club. To survive as long as they have has said something, considering how few of them left there are. They all definetly can excel in the right environment, which i do not think is the MFC as they do not have enough senior bodies around them. Imagine Sylvia Davey or Green running around at Hawthorn, they would be a real weapon down there, which is why i think that they have good trade value. I personally cannot see them being part of the future of MFC. Feels like the MFC lost a generation of players which is the big black hole right now and the attitudes of the remaining ones may rub off onto our future players.

don't forget the 5 years of development after that, and the thousands of posts about 'have patience, he is a KPP who will take some time'

i wouldn't say half a dozen to a dozen contested marks for a season is a fair share...

honestly, I think Jack Watts is one of the biggest Keys to MFCs future going forward. I can see with him dominating games, he could push the dees forward and play an Adam Goodes or Franklin type role. If he never does dominate, i can see the Demons struggling for another decade.

I know it is early in the year and most demonlanders will probably disagree or throw in the usual 'Its just the start of the season' comments but i wanted to ask what peoples opinions would be of trying to trade off some senior players at seasons end if they dont pull there weight this year. Players like Sylvia, Davey maybe Rivers can be a class acts if they are motivated right with the right game-plan and team mates who protect them. I have always felt that the reason that they possibly do struggle is because there are not many/enough senior players for them to work together and protect each other, and that there never will be for these boys at the MFC. It seems evident that these players careers are on the balance at the moment at the MFC when they could be flourishing elsewhere, and that they could have some good trade value seasons end. Possibly pick up some 2nd round draft picks in the super draft, or pick up a player who could grow with the rest of the crop who are coming through. I saw on bigfooty someone suggested a Sylvia for Caddy trade for example. Long term I think it would be better as I can't see any of the current senior players becoming a premiership player at the MFC at the moment sadly.

If they both miss the game how much is it costing the league? Isn't Scully costing around 80k per game this year on the 2 million his earning this year.

Hi, Does anyone know if there is a session today and if there was and someone made it down could you let us know how it was? I am keen to know how Neeld treats the fellas on the training track after the weekends performance.

i say f$%k positives, we been trying to look at positives for the last decade to make ourselves feel better. End of the day we got thumped with almost our best 22 in. I hope the team nominates to use both its picks coz if the rest of the year is like tonight, our list will have plenty of space

tonights loss reminds me of what happened last year when we beat Essendon. 1 good win, followed by a sht*tload of ass thumpings.

Back in 2010 Jamie got Mark and Goal of the year nominations and I also remembering getting 4 goals as a small forward against Port Adelaide. I would love to see this guy play as a small crumbing forward this year, I think he would be dangerous.

If Watts is on par with Frawley and Riewoldt then lets hope he makes AA this year. I don't think he should have any excuses about being a KPP developing after this season, his 4th season.

Blease got a few goals in the intra-club practice match. I think we have quite a few players to play in HFF and HBF already and I am not quite sure if Blease has the tank for it yet. I agree in the future he'll be a gun, though he may need to take the same route that Davey took by starting in the Forward pocket and working his way to one of the flanks or the midfield as he develops. I remember one game a few years back Bennell got 4 goals playing as a small forward, I would like to see him play up there. I think he would give the defender his on a run for there money.

Jetta would be my choice if he wasn't injured all the time. Couch not too sure about as I don't think he is yet to score any goals for the dees yet. Never know though, he could apply some good defensive pressure in the forward line. I am still yet to be convinced by this fella.

Alot of people here seem to rate Lawrence, yet i am to hear of him ever having a good game with more then 2 goals at either the AFL level or in the VFL. He is a small forward so the classic Demonland excuse of 'he needs to develop' isn't sufficient for him either. Did he even get any NAB game time? Is there something I am not seeing with Lawrence that everyone else is? At the moment i think only blease or davey could fill the gap though there isnt much depth there.

I disagree, i think there are many MFC players who could tackle an oncoming Franklin. Moloney, Jones, Magner, Sylvia, Tapscott would all give him a run for his money. Trengove and Mckenzie would put up a solid contest and not be flicked off either. Some of these players are the same age as Gysberts, so the 'his only 20' remark doesn't do it for me. The whole point of this though is that i do not think Neeld will give the Gys much gametime until otherwise. Personally I wouldn't want to see opposition midfielders running around flicking our mid fielders off the ball or running right past them. Gys has alot of skill but until he has the urgency, body and improves the defensive side of his game, i think he will see alot of time at casey. And yes, i know there are bigger issues, but its nice to talk about other things sometimes that arn't being spammed all over the newspapers.