Watts Jurrah Dunn?

He's a key position player and the captain of the club, so I don't think a combination of 2nd and 3rd round picks with NQR's like Kent, Watts etc. will get it done. Gold Coast would ask for our first pick (10ish) and a starting midfielder. They'd ask for Salem and hopefully you could get away with Tyson. I agree he's better than what we've got right now but are Frost and the McDonald's developing that poorly to give Pick 10 and Tyson for a 26 year old? I really like May as a player and he has some real mongrel, but with Vince and Lewis almost done, and our only Ruck/Forward (Pedersen) 30 as well, I'd have other priorities.

For those that missed it, Sam Maclure asked Garry later in the program "You've brought May up twice this morning in relation to Melbourne...what do you know?". Lyon said he knew nothing other than May was "very gettable". Personally, giving our first pick and $600k+ for May (who plays next year as a 26 year old) wouldn't be my first priority. I appreciate you can't have too many good players but we have absolutely glaring deficiencies with outside midfield pace, and a genuine 200cm forward/ruck. I'd be fixing those gaping holes first. Alex Rance wouldn't have done much on Brown yesterday with the way it was being walked in through the corridor.

You're right. Let's stick with tough insiders with terrible skills.

You're such a limited football observer if you think Tyson's issues are purely pre-season related. He can't run, his field kicking is terrible and he is nowhere near aggressive enough. GWS knew which one to let go. Tyson was great in year 1, when the opposition had no idea who he was, and he was only competing against Nathan Jones as that first-possession midfielder. The opposition now know he's a left footer and that he doesn't have a right side, meanwhile Oliver and Viney have now gone ahead of him and he has no other strings to his bow. With Lewis back this week, I hope Goodwin sends Tyson back to Casey. You can't play all our slow mids at Etihad against the lightning fast bombers. We will almost certainly have to trade one of them out at the end of the year.

Lewis has been given 3 years at big money. He probably has 1 year of good footy left, 1 of ok footy, and then 1 at Casey. Obviously, we had to do it, but missing him now in 3 close, winnable losses has almost made this acquisition a failure before it has even started. We recruited him for matches like these past 3 and now our season is slipping down the drain. I hope Goodwin isn't always as friendly as he is in his post match pressers and has told Jordan how much he owes this club. The honeymoon is over.

Meh. Did you see a kid for Footscray the other day called Bailey Dale? He can run AND kick. Pick 45 2014. Brad Lynch off half back? Rookie draft. They're out there, and you've got to turn over the Matt Jones' of the world and use late picks to find them.

With the interchange cap on the way down I'm also a bit nervous about Wiedemans "red zone" endurance compared to Curnow's elite endurance. But if they were evenly matched overall then you can't pick the kid who is stupid enough to drink drive, and drink drive the week before the draft. Wiedeman's character seems flawless. Let's hope he can get a clear run at it and build his tank.

Brett Anderson ‏@BrettAndersonIF 2 hrs2 hours ago @ChaserJay One thing I am sure of though, is that Parish isn't in mix at 3. Could be there at 7 still.

I'm not sure anyone is dragging the molan name through the mud. Craig Cameron and Daniher got it horribly wrong reaching for the most aggressive player in the draft. Lesson learned. Best available at the pointy end. Best available with 3 and 7. Hogan will be happy with a plethora of quality midfielders and half backs putting it down his throat.

Is this a joke? Most recruiters almost fell off their chair when we called Molan's name. He was rated no where near pick 9. A quick google will tell you callum twomey's 2001 phantom draft had him at 26. Yes he had terrible luck but he was also a terrible selection. Don't defend the indefensible.

Melksham fills a half back flank, where he has never played, better than Suckling would? Suckling is a dual premiership player and the best kick in the AFL. I'd pay him $400k just to take the kickouts. Melksham and Suckling would both struggle in our ordinary side, but one wouldn't have cost you pick 25.

Good luck to Jake. I hope your best footy is ahead of you at Melbourne. I'm still stumped though. Melksham for Half Back Flank at pick 25 and $1.6m over 4 years. Suckling for Half Back Flank for nothing and $1m over 3 years. If we wanted a Half Back Flanker wouldn't you get the dual premiership player and best kick in the comp who doesn't cost you a pick? For the money we are paying Melksham he had to nominate for the PSD.

Old Chris from Camberwell is a classic. Not as good as Terrence from Toorak but surely Chris has to be taking the p155. The fact he genuinely believes the club has overlooked a top 5 draft prospect as a Father Son selection is just brilliant.

For Toumpas to make it at Port he will have to completely change his running and strength/power. At the moment he looks as though he runs up and down on the spot. We have never really seen any of his football skills because he is always under too much pressure and can't get any separation from opponents. He doesn't have any agility/evasive skills, he doesn't have a burst of speed, he doesn't have power to break or shrug a tackle, he has no vertical leap. He's a poor athlete in football terms. If Port can change that, then good luck to them. All it would prove to me is that Misson has no idea. If we can trade Toumpas for Melksham who has some strength, some toe, some mongrel, and can kick a goal, I'll be doing cartwheels, because unless you can completely rebuild Toumpas, he is absolutely no hope.

I really hope we're into Scott Selwood. Fully fit he's a genuine B+ midfielder that would cost us no draft picks as a Restricted Free Agent. There's talk of giving pick 25 for Melksham and paying him $400k a year when Selwood and Suckling as free agents would be much better targets IMO. I know Selwood wants to get to Geelong to play with Joel but again, make him an offer he can't refuse.

Greg Denham just reported on SEN that the Bombers have asked for Melbourne's first pick & Howe for Melksham. Oh dear. You can only hope that with such a ridiculous request, the Dees and Dons don't get a deal done and he comes to Melbourne for nothing in the PSD.

Over his career, you're right, there's nothing to be excited about. But clearly Goodwin thinks he's a midfielder with all of the traits that we need that has gone backwards over the last couple of years and needs a change of scenery. Worth considering Melksham's stats before the ASADA derailment, once he'd had a few years in the system. Averaged 20 disposals a game in 2013. Kicked 16 goals for the season too. If Goodwin brings the best out of him you've got someone in between Ben Newton and Dom Tyson there for output. As I say, over his career he's certainly no star. But he's played over 100 games in a better side than ours, and in a side that has, in my opinion, a finals-quality list but for the ASADA stuff.

I disagree mate. Yes, Melksham has been disappointing the last 2-3 years but most Bombers have as it's been a toxic environment. But he obviously had/has some real talent if he was a top 10 pick. He's 25, hard, competitive, and was good enough to have 26 possessions this year against Hawthorn. Melbourne barely had 26 possessions as a team that day against Hawthorn when they flogged us by 20 goals without Hodge and Lewis. I think there is plenty for Roos to work with. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't give much for him, but I can't understand why people are so opposed to a 25 year old midfielder with mongrel when we are so light on for a) midfielders, b) 22-26 year olds and c) mongrel.

Melksham won't have turned his back on a 2 year contract from Essendon unless he has an offer in front of him. We are very light on for midfielders so I wouldn't be surprised if we are the club that's trying to lure him. He's no star but a walk up start for us at the moment, and in a couple of years if Melksham and Ben Newton are your fringe midfielders it's a massive improvement on the days where Bail, Jones and McKenzie were starting 22 players. I don't mind him as a player and I think a lot dislike him because he's often in the opposition's face. I wouldn't mind Melksham along with Kent, vandenBerg, Viney and Hogan trying to really hurt their opponents.

Been in the system now a few years and has probably missed as many games as he's played. He's injury prone. He'll get over these injuries but there'll be others. GWS knew exactly which midfielder to let go.

And how well has the injury plagued GWS recruit worked for us this year? Dom Tyson hasn't had a kick thanks to knee and hamstring injuries.

Spot on. Some were deluded enough to talk about 6 list changes because of a "weak draft". Spare me. Last year was supposedly weak too and vandenBerg was about the 70th player picked. They're out there.

Spoke to one of the top Player Manager's over the weekend and he told me that providing Darcy Parish looks like being available, our first pick in the draft will not be going anywhere this year. The Dees are in love with Parish who is exactly what we need as a pacy outside midfielder, and this Agent was really bullish that with Salem, Petracca and Parish to come into the side that already includes Brayshaw, Hogan and Viney, we have a lot to look forward to. So it would be up to Free Agency and/or Pick 22 & Howe to try and land an established midfielder.

I don't agree with this at all. Roos is showing signs over the past couple of weeks of almost being at the end of his tether with this group. He looks fed up. 'Message not getting through', 'sometimes they don't listen' etc. I don't think he'll tread water with minimal changes and be content with another 6-8 win season next year. If a player is clearly not up to it they should be moved on immediately, regardless of the draft. Last year was supposedly a weak draft as well and we've brought 4 quality mids in with 4 picks in the top 42, and found a 150 game player in vandenBerg with a rookie pick.

They were the same posters claiming Bail was going to have a break out year after 6 years in the system. A hard runner perfectly suited to Roos' game style, they said. Viney's a beauty and seems to have taken the next step with his footy. Had a sloppy poor first quarter/half against the Pies which stands out because in every other game he has been excellent. Viney, Brayshaw, vandenBerg, Kent, Hogan...finally some players that just love it rough and tough.