Ted Lasso

Really shocked by what's going on at Hawthorn, this sort of stuff is a culture killer, my impression is it's Mitchell trying to make his mark/get rid of a few Clarkson loyalists, while speeding along the re-build, but it screams to me of Dean Bailey moving on too many experienced heads too quickly. Gut feel is at the end of the day they won't trade these guys, but being offered up like this may well do the damage.

Yeah from what i've heard we did seriously consider Parish with our pick, but Roos just loved what he saw from Oliver. and god hasn't that paid off (not that Parish isn't a gun) In terms of the other draft i think our top 4 were Petracca, Brayshaw, McCartin and Lever. from memory that's the year we tried to trade Jack Trengove to get another pick because Lever looked like sliding. It really is an incredible turn around in our trading and drafting, even the players we were seemingly interested in but didn't get like Georgiadis turned out to be good players

Signed a new multi year deal wth the Dogs, i think they were pretty keen on Cegler who now looks like going to the Cats.

Seriously though, no one with any choice in the matter is leaving the MFC in the next 5 years. it's going to be bloody exciting.

I really like this approach from us, it's very different to the Tigers/Hawks/Cats dynasties, where when they reached the peak they look to top up to stay in the window we're backing in our core and leaders and looking to build from underneath. i think this is incredibly smart and a great formula to keep us contending for a long time to come/avoid running off the edge of the cliff like the Cats are about. I also think winning the flag this year with the side/core so young takes a huge amount of weight and expectation off them having been there and done that, i reckon we're a chance to be right up there for the next 8-10 years and potentially win another 3-4

Rate Brander highly, the fact he doesn't seem to have a huge amount of interest makes me wonder if there is something we don't know. on the surface he should

Yeah, 19 once F/S and so on come into play. which is a strong pick. really curious if we have someone in mind in the draft, or there is a trade to be had there. Won't happen but would love to swoop in at the 11th hour and nab Jordan Dawson

the first goal from Petracca was super given the whole team was nervous and it felt like an "Okay, we're on" moment and i think it shook the dogs a bit

So far it's Dunstan Stengle pick 19 confirmed on our radar

Yeah with you, i'd trust randoms on facebook a bit more than the Saints recruiting team over the stretch Billings over Bont McCartin over Trac/Brayshaw the list just goes on.

100% personality clash with Ratten. i reckon it's a bit like Jarryd Lyons at the Suns, he's got the potential to be a really good player at a team that values him.

100% if Jack Viney goes down (he's had a few injuries in recent years) Dunstan is just about the perfect ready made replacement. during our lul this year i did think we missed Vineys hardness around the ball. as tough as Petracca and Oliver are, they're better with Viney in there. I also think it's extremely healthy to have extreme pressure on the AFL side to hold their spot. especially in a team like ours, where players will be keen to get in and stay in to grab a medallion

I think its a smart move, Dunstan gives us a big body, AFL ready fringe mid who will keep a lot of pressure on the AFL side, has the potential to be a really strong player for us, and offsets the likely loss of Vanders, Melksham and other big body depth players we look like losing. the question is would he like to be player 23-26 for us, or a walk up start at a lesser side.

Apparently GCS are interested in Melksham but unsure if he's willing to go there.

rate jake Kelly, i think he's a really good get for Essendon!

Priority 1 is to ensure we have the cap space to retain our young core. priority 2 is to look for opportunities to improve our on field mix. the pursuit of Cerra i think is an indication we've got some wiggle room if the right opportunity arose.

all in the same year as they re-sign Cripps and McKay long term and with Walsh due to be signed on again. they're either doing something very very dodgey, or noone else is getting more than rookie wage.

He might legitimately push Gawn out of the ruck in the next few years. Which probably leads to Gawn deep forward more often which would be scary for opposition teams. can't see him going anywhere anytime soon.

Hands down Harrison Petty. to come in as such a young player and hold down Centre half back in a premiership side is incredible. we got better with him in there, and he now looks a lock in our back 6 for a decade

I pay what appears to be the same as i would for 2 seperate memberships effectively, however i haven't looked into this enough to know for sure.

62,500

Poor Kid just ruined his career.

I wonder if the Ben King race is one we may join... if we can stock pile some future picks

I think there is a fair bit of guessing going on in the media tbh, like demonland i think the journo's aren't sure how Melbourne would get the deal done. But my guess is he'd like to come to Melbourne, but probably thinks Carlton is more stress free/doable.

Thoughts are with Adam and his family in this difficult time, poor kid.