Cranky Franky

That's an ill informed & rather snarky response there Head. You should read Hassa's interview about the matter or even do some basic research. He had won 3 B&F's, was the leading goal kicker & Captain & was refused a modest pay rise so he was very peed off & left. The Club was struggling badly at the time yet the muppets running it let their skipper & best player walk. The same muppets also lost Dillon, Parke, Leahy, Jacobs, Gallery & Brewer which was partly why we were bottom feeders for so long.

Fun fact. Hassa would have finished his career at Melbourne but left in 1968 when the Club refused his request for a modest pay rise. He then went to WA & played another 4 years on a better deal. With that sort of administration it's no wonder we became a basket case Club.

Not sure of what your point is other than maybe you enjoy bricks landing on your head. The fact that us (& Richmond) passed JM & DG in the main draft is irrelevant. In the PSD we effectively had a clear choice of 2 & demonstrably got it wrong. Find a worse drafting decision we have made or go & find more bricks.

Thank you Captain Obvious. So enlightening. And in the PSD we had first pick & picked a dud instead of a champion - and then told supporters it was a coup.

Not exactly correct. This was the 2009 Pre Season Draft. Only 7 players were taken. We took JM with pick 1 & Richmond got Grimes with pick 2. A terrible blunder.

In hindsight yes but Scully/Trengove were pretty much universally acknowledged as 1 & 2 that year.

It was actually a shocker as DG was a gun. Cant think of a worse draft blunder at that time. There was a lot of speculation about Dylan Grimes as his brother Jack was at Melbourne & we had the first pick. Worse was that Dean Bailey & the Club went on a mini PR spree telling supporters about the recruiting coup & what a gun JM was when he was at best an average plodder.

2010 Pre Season Draft We selected Joel McDonald who had been delisted by Brisbane. Played 44 games. Despite having Jack Grimes at the Club we overlooked Dylan Grimes who went next pick - 234 games, AA, B&F, 3 Flags & Captain. Probably our best deal was effectively getting Bernie Vince for Col Sylvia in 2013. Colin played only 6 games for Freo while Bernie played 100 for us & won a B&F.

Emphatic NO

Should still be on our list A much better prospect than Henderson, Sharp or Laurie.

I'm judging him on his actions. Turned up to pre season in poor shape & delivered nothing on the field in fact he was quiet undisciplined playing at Casey. He was unlucky last year & I wish him well but he is 30 & averaging 9 games a year so its looking like a major bust.

LP clearly has the better moustache

Oh dear maybe I'm pedantic but Binny is slipping. First Doveston then McAdams - are there 2 of them ?

That's an extremely finely detailed analysis considering we have no idea of the new coach's game plan or even which players he has in mind for various roles

At the time of leaving the Crows it was widely reported that the Adelaide fitness staff & SM didnt see eye to eye about his fitness levels. And he only averaged 14 games a year while at the Crows. He came to his first pre season at Melbourne in pretty average shape & subsequently had a poor first year. I would have expected someone with his record to come back on the first training day even if he is not contracted to do so. Show some initiative, just walk the boundary & meet people. He might be a great person but he's delivered nothing so far & the signs aren't good.

Leopards & spots anyone ? SM is behaving the way he has always behaved.

Its not even close. The examples given were swapping Your "facts" don't objectively measure up. The examples given were swapping 2 players who went on to win Brownlows for 2 that played a handful of forgettable games.

Fully agree. We wish Luker well but apart from 2 or 3 good games at Casey there's not much to get excited about.

I don't mind JT giving him a wrap - that's fair enough. Its the endless drooling by Demonlanders over players who have yet to either play a single game or achieve anything at all that is a pain to the reader.

No we don't 🤔.

2 AA's & 2 B&F's = more Bernie Vince than Jack Billings.

Everyone is an allegedly "great character" when they first arrive. Just like every potential draft pick looks brilliant on their highlights reel.

Would want to improve his kicking considerably. Particularly his round the corner grubber kick.

??? Please translate.

Has to be an Australian song. Every time Brisbane play the John Denver song I get the urge to vomit.