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I find this the most interesting part of the story... "Josh Mahoney is conducting a review, sources linked to Melbourne confident the highly regarded football manager is sufficiently independent to identify the issues and make tough decisions." How can he be sufficiently independent, he runs the department he's reviewing? What if he's the issue? Anyway, I sure hope we get this right...couldn't stand another season of irrelevance finishing early again.

Jennings wants to be a senior coach some day... The word has been he would leave at the end of this year. It makes sense for him career wise to take on a senior VFL job. I wouldn't read any more into it than this. Of course with the year we're having many will read too much into his departure.

Good to remind the AFL so we can get a priority pick...

Nice premise for a book but not the answer. There are a myriad of things that bring us to where we are now. I would think choice of captain is a fair way down that list.

He struggles to get a kick at Casey, what makes you think things would change in the AFL?

Absence makes the heart grow fonder... Roos, last game v Geelong. Geelong 24:11 Melbourne 6:8 Roos did his job, it was time to move on. If he did his job well then he picked the right successor...

Get's a game at any club...A- to A

I think sometimes the talk of culture is overblown...and can be used as an excuse. In the end winning is everything. If Watts went when it was his turn & played consistent football then I think he would still be at the club.

Why do we keep blaming Neeld for this? It might have been Viney...Jack was certainly in the Toumpas camp. ...but whatever, I would love to know the true story on it and not the Neeld narrative that is continually thrown around here.

Not many of them want to put their body in line with the ball. In the first half when conditions were tough they would put a hand out and the Hawks ran in straight lines. It was some of their stars like Cameron & particularly Whitfield that were the biggest culprits. Surprisingly I would also add Mumford to the list, not committing himself at the contest. He's playing for his super and very little else...tip toeing around like a baby elephant. Davis, Hayne, Shaw & Green the only ones having a go.

Bennell is a much better player than Jack 'binman'... To my mind there is no correlation between picking up Bennell and moving on Watts. You could argue yay or nay on many grounds but not this one.

Thanks for the info 'steve'... This is what I've been banging on about. Happy to know we are not falling for the hype, that's been a real issue with other clubs in the past. When a club overrates it's list it ends up in tears...

What makes you think they're not???? The only club not lobbying against a start of first round priority pick is GC....

I don't think Fritter should play anywhere else but as our 3rd tall link up forward, a role that Lynch plays with Adelaide. CP5 will run through the middle as one of the rotations as he does now & we could use Melk up the ground as he's probably our best field kick into the forward half. Nothing wrong with that strategy.

You've got rotations off the bench, Melk can play up the ground on a wing, off HB or through the middle, Trac through the middle, Fritsch is our 3rd tall not sure who the other 2 are as yet and I rate AVB ahead of the Smiths and Hannan. ...but history shows it's unlikely he will get back on the park.

You had a reasonable argument 'steve' until you mentioned these 3. 3 of the most professional players in the game. In reality you can't put them in the same argument.

Keep up the good fight 'Ethan', and ' @Pennant St Dee'... A year like this coming on top of many, many others and I'm nearly ready to do the Robert Johnson crossroads deal... I'm even finding Hird nearly palatable as an assistant. I mean, what could go wrong?

Doesn't find enough of the ball for me to make it as a mid...good young mids rack up possessions in the 2's. Think Harmes, ANB and Brayshaw when starting at Casey and they were all getting big numbers. Jordon is a good example of our youngest kid who really gets involved when playing midfield and gets as fair bit of ball. I would try Sparrow back, his strength on the ground, in the air and leg speed could be valuable there plus he may read the play better with the ball coming at him. Could also be a tagger down the track, has the attributes. Happy to be proven wrong about the mid thing, I like a lot of what the kid brings.

Not sure on Dunkley yet...he's not his brother. My bet would be good depth (better than what we have) but will wait and see. Pretty sure Sparrow won't make it as a mid. Gus not having a great year but still streets ahead of those 2 so it would want to be something very special to move him on.

Well, I guess it makes sense. We are in need of a small forward.

'Webber' is a physio mate, I trust his view on these issues. He gives good insights as he has in this case. I know we're all p....off with this season and the club but you're off the mark here.

Interesting, I remember seeing somewhere they said he shouldn't miss too much preseason. Thought that strange if it was only a broken jaw...

Personally I think he's a bit overrated. Not a big possession winner, pretty much a vanilla footballer. We weren't interested last time he was on the market, wonder what has changed. St Kilda have been keen for a while. Give me Langdon.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Rawlings move on for his own development. You can only stay at a club so long, and it then appears you are treading water in the AFL industry and you become a forgotten man. That is if he still wants a senior job down the track.

He's been on mine since it looked like they had the knives out for him with the Saints. Would be a great get with Burgess...bot responsible with Hinkley in rebooting Port.