Roger Mellie

Match ups anyone? Martin will get Hale Bartram and one of Cheney/Bennell will get the 2 speedy midget forwards, with Bennell more suited Bartram or Dunn will get Harvey Anyone know where Petrie will play?

Thanks for the excellent reports. I'm interested in which groups players are training with ie. midfield, forwards, backs. So if you noticed, who were the following players training with: Moreton Watts Petterd Strauss Blease Sylvia (forward?) Garland/Martin Zomer Buckley Bail Bate If indeed they were training in such groups. Cheers

No Blease in the top 40

Our revenue streams are weak because we are on the bottom of the ladder and have been allocated a fixture to perpetuate our financial situation. They are simply saying, it would be unwise to carry too much debt at this time because it makes us vulnerable (to merger, relocation, disappearing). Until we rise up the ladder and (theoretically) get a potentially profitable fixture, have fewer injuries and land a sponsor, amongst other things we will have to be bare bones operation. This is counter-productive to rising up the ladder of course!. Schwab has the unenviable task of making this work (ie the business model). On the upside we have a good young list, a magnificent debt demolition campaign and hopefully more members in 09

It looks like the Junior as Captain claim (on Ology) is just a rumour at this stage. The poster wont cough up a source. Apologies

James McDonald according to a poster on Ology

Port Moresby Pies has a nice ring to it! The further away the better

That's dead naive! Collingwood, like us put in their fixture requests each year. Collingwood, unlike us, have most, if not all their, requests granted. The AFL do the fixture - not Eddie Maguire despite his obnoxious claims. I would laugh if Collingwood were given our draw. Imagine the hoo ha - but then again, the compensation they would receive would wipe off their $8m years losses in one hit. The AFL are looking to give us a paltry $250K

The Mansfield Camp is this week but not sure when it starts (for Suzanna)

It looks like the Sunday curse has followed us to Casey. Makes it difficult to follow Casey (younger MFC players) if we're playing at the same time

Jones may turn into something if he doesn't have to carry the scraps of the midfield on his shoulders. Other than that, Brock, if he get on the park, shits it in FFS

Weren't Mark Williams and Kelly O'Donnell full time development coaches? If so, we still have O'Donnell and now German on board.

CJ? I think he barracked for West Coast

Amateur hour from Laidley

Nudge - I need a fix Cheers

Yeah - heard the same thing! The winners will be announced between the Nab Cup final and round 1 2009 - by which time, who gives a toss? The AFL have essentially sold the package to whoever so kids ring up a 1800 number and vote for the winners. That's how it's decided (6 months later). Great marketing. What a joke!

Any trading for White would be to find him a home and would be along the lines of Melbourne swap picks 68 and 70 and trade Jeff White in the process to whoever Whooppeee When there are no takers, he'll try the draft and the PSD

Nice one!

Thanks for the heads up Dad. The 'legless' bit was a pun on his knee reco

It's that time of the year again - I love it! No to Simon Taylor - soft Green doesn't fit Essendon's youth policy. Mitch Clarke might be interesting.

Not sure how Prismall could be 'legless' at the Geebung about a week after a knee reco. And if he is, it's not a great ad. for his services!

Bell & our 3rd round pick for Thomson and Ports 2nd round pick Bell in a straight swap for Reilly If Bell can regain his 2007 form - I would be happy to keep him Chuck Carroll into any deal for nothing and offer to pay half his salary - more of a dampener than a sweetener though!

Have you seen him play? Kick? Godders is capable of hitting targets at VFL level, Tenace isn't

I've seen Tenace play quite a bit at AFL and VFL. Yes he's fast! BUT: He cant kick (Godders is a better kick), he is outside and needs space to function. Get over him - he's a dud