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P-Man I wish you every success with the continued popularity of the OW Lounge. What an exciting development and long overdue for many disgruntled Demonlanders. I hope that it quickly becomes a haven for all those amateur recruiters out there. Imagine that ill-informed people actually exist who could have believed that Whitfiel, O'Rourke, Plowman, Toumpas, Stringer or Macrae could have represented a better choice than this out-and-out little Champion, clearly the "Player of the Century"! I hope that you rapidly develop a massive membership, that they are all happy drowning themselves on the best whines that this great country produces and that they never wish to ever leave the sanctuary of the Lounge!

Have faith in what is happening around the Club! He will be still there!

Correction: These boys are just so happy to be playing together at the Demons

SoNS if we get Petracca and brayshaw with picks 2 & 3 you buy the champagne, if we get McDonald and Gore I will buy Dom Perignon!

It is a particularly good deal, particularly since we have already secured frost for the backline and Hogan is coming into the forwardline!

Roos has as good as confirmed on the radio this evening (3AW) that we will be drafting Brayshaw and Petracca tomorrow. He made this claim on the basis that the interviewers were adamant that McCartin would be picked by St. Kilda. A decent midfield at last? Now all we need is to focus on another tall that might slip through to pick 40 and work in with Hogan, Dawes et al!

Roos has as good as confirmed on the radio this evening that we will be drafting Brayshaw and Petracca tomorrow. He made this claim on the basis that the interviewers were adamant that McCartin would be picked by St. Kilda. A decent midfield at last? Now all we need is to focus on another tall that might slip through to pick 40!

I think that you may be in the minority but if you are privy to information that all the Country's leading football journalists don't seem to know, you might like to share you reasoning with the MFC Recruitinters before they make a mistake tomorrow. Who are the other options that you specifically wish the Club to look at?

As Heeney and Moore are not available [going to Sydney and Collingwood respectively], let us hope that we end up with the two top ranked players [viz. Petracca and Brayshaw] however No. 5 (McCartin) is effectively No. 3 of those available for selection and would still be a great get if the Saints opt for Petracca. Our list will be considerably strenghtened out of this draft, particularly with Roos, Goodwin and Mccartney all on board to develop them!

The only bigger break would be if we were given the PP that we deserved and we could granb Wright as well!

Paul Roos may like the kid but I think that I will go with the popular view that we will draft Brayshaw and McCartin/Petracca as the two best available. Either way, our list will be considerably improved.

Quite frankly, I am more than happy to go along with Paige's call!

Paige Cardona Phantom Draft 4.0: Part I September 12, 2014 Pick 2: Melbourne – Angus Brayshaw Position: Midfielder Height: 187 cm, Weight: 87 kg, DOB: 09/01/1996 Club: Sandringham Dragons Projected draft range: 2-10 Player comparison: Sam Mitchell Make no mistake about it, Angus Brayshaw is adored by Paul Roos. Should the Demons hold onto their first round pick, you can put the house on the Demons selecting Brayshaw – the son of Mark and nephew of James – with their very first selection. Brayshaw has his fans because what you see is what you get: he is a serious footballer who is professional in every aspect of his game. Brayshaw is a diligent trainer and preparer, and leaves no stone unturned in ensuring he ticks boxes in his recovery. From a footballing aspect, Brayshaw is tough and courageous, dominating clearances and wins his own ball. He can move forward to kick goals, and when he isn’t doing that, he’s setting them up or inspiring his teammates with acts of desperation. Despite being largely inside, Brayshaw rates in the upper echelon in metres gained, loving to take the game on by backing himself to break lines and fend off opponents. Likely to feature in a club’s leadership group within three years, the All Australian, AFL-AIS member and Dragons skipper will automatically improve Melbourne’s list alongside some very promising kids on Melbourne’s books. Player Update: He suffered a nasty ankle injury in the semi-final last week against North Ballarat. Has been named to take on Oakleigh; expected to line up. Also named on-baller of the TAC Cup team of the year. Pick 3: Greater Western Sydney - Jake Lever Position: Key defender Height: 192 cm, Weight: 84 kg, DOB: 05/03/1996 Club: Calder Cannons Projected draft range: 3-15 Player comparison: Cale Hooker (more athletic) Despite suffering a well-documented ACL tear in January, Jake Lever is still regarded as one of the most sought after defenders, who often plays taller than he appears. Lever has a nice balance in his game to offer a close-checking role, as well as providing an option to roll-off half back and set up play with his long and precise kick that often finds a target. He also adds a touch of mongrel to add to his aggression and physicality, and it’s a part of the game that he relishes as a defender. Put simply, he loves to niggle. Lever is at his best when he plays a free-wheeling role as a loose man behind the ball: his marking game is superb, as is his nous to read the play which is equally as impressive. For a tall guy, he moves well with ball in hand and isn’t afraid to move it on quickly, whether that be by offering a dashing run from defence, or letting go of a long, direct handball to clear the area. Player Update: Lever has been enjoying full training at the Calder Cannons over the past month. Surprisingly was named last night in Calder’s preliminary final squad against Dandenong. Could make a surprise return either this week, or in next week’s final. Either way, will be rusty. Pick 4: Brisbane - Patrick McCartin Position: Key forward Height: 193 cm, Weight: 95 kg, DOB: 19/04/1996 Club: Geelong Falcons Projected draft range: 1-5 Player comparison: Jonathan Brown/Taylor Walker It could turn out to be a dream scenario for the Lions, who’ve been super-keen on Paddy McCartin through the past 24 months. Unlike the majority of Brisbane’s current talls, McCartin is a genuine, old-fashioned full forward. He busts through packs, takes big contested grabs, inspires with his courage and is always the source of headaches for the opposition. He’d add the perfect dynamic to the beanpole, athletic and agile talls already at the club, and looms still very much in the frame for the number one pick. It was a frustrating year for Patrick McCartin who suffered niggles throughout the season that robbed him of a consistency and a clean run, all unfortunately coming at important times of the year. He was hampered by a quad complaint throughout the National Championships, and was struck down with an adductor strain in the qualifying final a fortnight ago. Ultimately, it meant he missed the semi-final, in which the Falcons bowed out in. When fully fit, McCartin is unstoppable: he’s an aerial threat and he demands the opposition’s best defender. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The post above was based on us having a single pick in the top 10 and taking Brayshaw after Petracca. It also had GWS with pick 2 [now Melbourne] taking Lever and Brisbane [now Collingwood] taking McCartin. For the same reasoning that she has given for Brisbane, I see no reason that we would not take McCartin as, at the time she compilrd this Phantom Draft, GWS still had Boyd [and Frawley was techically still on our list]. It makes sense that we would take Brayshaw [as the best available midfielder] and McCartin [as the best available KPF]. Obviously we would take Petracca if St Kilda opted for McCartin on the same rationale.

Is there a way that we can ask for special assisstance with the case of Trenners? In efffect he is unusable as a player for us [effectively a long term bank deposit/bond instead of current account]?! Can't we retain him outside of our list [and the Rookie list] so that we effectively have forty players at our disposal [and four rookies], the same as every other Club? I would be bitterly disappointed if we could not take Newton and also use pick 40.

Go for it Tiger! Tell us who we need at No. 3!

Goodwin has come out only last week to say categorically that Toumpas is not on the trade table and is part of Melbourne's forward plans!

I like the idea of picking him up in the PSD unless we already have someone else in mind (Frost?).

I suspect that (according to the Phantom drafts) the Bullies will still secure their gun forward in Wright, who may even end up better than McCartin.

Whilst there has been much speculation as to what our two choices might be should we retain and use picks 2&3, little has been said on Demonland in relation to Wright. In many ways he could be even more imposing in the forward line than McCartin as well as a good acquisition to our ruck stocks! Thoughts? p.s. Of course, should St. Kilda select McMartin, grabbing both Petracca and Brayshaw is a no brainer!

Especially brilliant as none of the other Clubs read DEMONLAND!

Surely we would trade pick 2 so that they would be guaranteed of getting one of them? Anyway, I have complete faith in Roos and Viney to make the right call!

Why on earth would Mitch Clark go to the Saints if he wants to play Finals footy? He would be better off in a team boasting him alongside Dawes and Hogan which was the intent this year.

Why should the Hawks have it on their own in throwing money at (out-of-contract) Crotchin [as reported in this morning's paper]? He would be a very good midfield pick-up for us if Roos could wrangle it!

If Brayshaw comes to us, mabe his father will merge North Melbourne with us to give us a 70,000+ membership (making us the largest membership base in the AFL) and create the Melbourne Kangaroos? As well as Swallow and a few handy players hopefully the AFL will also come to the party with a sizeable sum as a result of the merger.

They are not mutually exclusive! Why not hope for both?