spirit of norm smith

Watch out for this name ... Tom North.

Demonlanders wanted Ollie Wines but recruiters went Toumpas. Demonlanders wanted Oliver and whilst Parish is good, Demonlanders got our man. Oliver could be Dangerfield like, if he runs with the footy and kicks forward more. He is a competitive beast to go get the footy.

Another great game from Zak on the weekend. His price is skyrocketing. Dees could easily accomodate on a wing. (Hunt, Viney, Z Jones). His toughness, ballwinning and skills are very good. As good as(if not better than) Isaac Heeney IMO.

Toughness ... yes Skilled ... yes Ability to stand up under pressure... yes MFC should absolutely grab him

my 23 April top 10 Brander Darcy Fogarty Ballenden (Bris) Stephenson Rayner Hayes Worpel O'Brien Higgins Garner Spargo, Clavarino, Coleman-Jones, Hewson, Lachlan Fogarty, Clark, Balta, Parish, Krueger and Davies-Uniacke rank as top 20 prospects. Lets see after the championships...

Dees could do with some more class in the midfield. Joel Garner reminds me of Andrew Gaff and would fit nicely on a wing alongside Stretch/Viney for centreline. He is likely to be available at pick 10-13 ... our likely region.

So glad when Saints chose McCartin rather than Petracca. Dees were elated. Petracca has only played one season after his knee injury so he is only a rookie really. Huge upside. Hopefully he is trained to attack when it presents (like his goal in the 4th v Dockers).

Bugg and pick 11 to Carltank Gibbs to the murder of Crows Lever to Dees

Luke Davies-Uniake is my very early call. Reminds me of Jack Ziebell. Big strong athletic mid. From the Stingrays. Should be available at pick 12-15.

i had a chat to Dec at Maroochydore. Feels super lucky to get the chance and was working very hard through the pre season. He said it was amazing all the support he has received. He will play mainly at Casey again but will cover if any of the Mcdonald bros goes down.

Yes. Agree he deserves a chance and should get some action in the pre season games. The alignment had a great 2016.

sorry no comments about Lewis on any thread except the trade thread. alert Wiseblood as the new moderator and agitator.

now... Dawes - trade / delist either Dunn or Garland - trade / retain Newton - delist JKH - trade / retain Michie (rookie) - delist Max King (rookie) - delist Wagner and White to stay on rookie list. Aim for Hibberd, 1-2 DFAs and maximum (minimum) of 3 draft picks.

Yes this proves there is no loyalty or justice. I thought Jack Grimes may have been given one more year or be given a chance to be traded away for a late draft choice. It is sad to see him delisted after such a promising start to his career. His disposal was just lacking and not up to the faster pace that is required in todays AFL.

Matt Jones has run and spread but his kicking is poor over 25 metres and he misses too many tackles (like Howe). At 29 he is not getting any better. Very good VFL player.

agree... ANB will be a player. Give him another 12 months development.

agree... Gone - Dawes Terlich M.Jones Newton Grimes Garland (trade) Spencer (trade) Michie(r) Max King (r) ins ... Hibberd & Melksham... more pace & heart.

Almost aboard. Pick 26 gets the deal done.

I hope we upgrade Joel to the regular rookie list next year. His potential is huge. I see him as a rebounding half back.

Giants get academy and can choose and match to get them Demons align with Casey, develop kids and then its a lottery

Still a place for experience on the list. If Lamumba is fit and healthy, he can be valuable around September action. You need experience under pressure. Vince, Jonesy, Lamumba provide that.

IMO...Five to go off main list and two rookies Terlich Grimes (persecution) Dawes /Pedersen M.Jones / M.White Newton Michie(r) Max King (r) Wagner to be upgraded. Add Melksham. Grab Hibberd for pick 27 swap

No excuses. We were very very poor against the Blues.

Hibberd is worth about $400,000 at best per season. If he's after $700k, then go to the Suns... they will have spare room once O'Meara goes

Bombers will at least want MFCs 2nd round pick around #30. We should grab Hibberd and the Bombers 4th round around # 58.