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Our midfield is probably already the best in the comp and thats with all the elite young talent yet to play anywhere near 100 games of footy. The improvement to come will be scary. If you add in Gaff to that.... whats the level above scary?

Nearest the pin, how many goals will Jesse end up kicking in 2018? Currently on 26 goals in 10 games. I'm going with 71.... reckon he will kick a a few big bags in the back half of the season. Thats just for the home and away season , if we play finals (which its looking like we will) he could give 80 a crack.

I'd be staggered if that were true.. would take some really creative accounting and a lot of our players taking below market value.

I saw Werridee posted and I assumed you had posted our best 22 for next season with Gaff in the side. So disappointed!

God bless the 2012 mini draft.

Great job and great resource. Tim Bull Smith out of contract... get the mad man signed up!

And he leads the league in goal assists. Should be in the All Australian discussion, his impact on games is huge.

Need a new thread for the records we are breaking ourselves.

Gawn and Hogan missing half the season each was the reason for that. They lead us contested marks per game this season again. (T Mac third).

Thats incredible. I notice we are 18th in the league in bounces. We have had 34 bounces all season compared to Esenedon with a league leading 109. St Kilda and the Doggies are in the top 5. Again proving that speed is largely irrelevant in the AFL. Ball movement is king.

I actually chuckled a few times at how he just went after the ball, bulldozing through multiple Crows players and they couldn't do a thing about it. He decided he wanted the footy so he just went in and got it in a sea of players. Like he just said '[censored] it, I may as well hit top form second game back from a long layoff'.

Jason Taylor and his assistants are freaking awesome.

The Hulk really is incredible. 20 touches, 11 marks and 5 goals. His workrate is phenomenal.. now up to third in the Coleman with 26 goals on the season. And the goals are only half the story. All Australian lock.

Got absolutely destroyed by Bernie Vince.

Not saying he would have been a first rounder, but he clearly has talent/potential if half a dozen or more teams were after him. So while we wont have our first round pick we are adding a draft age player at no cost to help cover it. The last paragraph of The Age article touches on that - 'The decision is also a boost for Melbourne, who appear finals bound for the first time since 2006, as they do not have a first round draft pick at this year's national draft having traded a future first rounder to Adelaide to secure Jake Lever. '

True. And for reference heres the article about him from 6 weeks ago that mentions half a dozen clubs after him including the Pies and Cats. http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-04-06/vic-clubs-chasing-son-of-australian-sport-champions

Almost feels like gaining back the first rounder we traded away in the Lever deal. Lever + Bradtke for two (hopefully) late first rounders Glad to read that Geelong and Collingwood were into him. I hope they are crying in their cornflakes.

204 centimeters, athletic, still growing, great sporting pedigree. Our player development has done a complete 180 from the dark day and is now looking elite, so its hard not to be a little excited about this kid. We should all be glad he chose the MFC over other clubs, as @RalphiusMaximus said above. edit - Just realized his mum is Nicole Provis.. yeah thats a hell of a pedigree indeed.

Yeah but would that be fair on the rest of the competition?

The Melbourne Football Club has never scored 200 points in a game in its history. Our highest score is just 182, achieved twice. We were 23 shy of equaling that yesterday. I am pretty sure every club from the VFL has scored 200+ in a game, including Sydney and the Brisbane Bears. Fitzroy have done it too I think. This current crop of talent we have coming through might get us our first ever 200 point game. The firepower is there. It will be a magical day when we can tick that one off.

Since he got moved into the middle at halftime of the Essendon game, we have won 14 straight quarters and 4 straight games. His impact has been profound. He is 4th in the comp for inside 50's per game. vs Essendon - 21 disposals, 4 inside 50's, 6 clearances, 8 score involvements, 311 metres gained vs St Kilda - 32 disposals, 8 inside 50's, 5 clearances, 9 score involvements, 659 metres gained, 1 goal vs Gold Coast - 24 disposals, 8 inside 50's, 4 clearances, 8 score involvements, 475 metres gained, 1 goal 3 behinds vs Carlton - 24 disposals, 7 inside 50's, 11 tackles, 2 clearances, 8 score involvements, 412 metres gained Looking like pick 3 was very well spent.

Would need to trade Tyson for a pick and have Vince retire to be able to afford Gaff. If we add him to our already superb, deep and ultra talented midfield we would be unstoppable.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-05-18/sliding-doors-round-nine If Jack Viney doesn't maim someone this weekend ... then we'll be both glad and surprised. Like a caged animal who's been let out, watch him ferociously make up for lost time. Bad luck, Blues.

Writing off a young key position player after a handful of games is the dumbest thing you can do in footy. A lot of people will eat their words about Weideman too.