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Roger Mellie

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  1. Welcome to the Dee's Josh! I hope Clarrie brings out your best footy and turns you into a competitive beast
  2. Roger Mellie replied to Ouch!'s post in a topic in Melbourne Demons
    Good grief!
  3. Without doing the calculations - 18th would work for me
  4. Roger Mellie replied to Ouch!'s post in a topic in Melbourne Demons
    And go into the season with one recognised ruckman?
  5. Not that I'm bitter or anything, but if Jackson crumbled under the weight of expectation with his massive contract and living in the WA bubble, and played accordingly, that would be ok
  6. I also think that's why we were looking at Schache as a DFA
  7. I would hope it goes to mediation, where the AFL direct Freo to get their hand off it.
  8. Roger Mellie replied to DeeZee's post in a topic in Melbourne Demons
    Good grief. I never thought this would come out of my mouth, but I think I would actually prefer Schache. Just off to wash my mouth out FMD
  9. Why an extra round for this? Just stick it in one of the regular rounds and it can be another gimmick like heritage round.
  10. I think if Jackson gets any inkling he's going to WCE, he'll just nominate Freo and we'll be back to square one.
  11. Face saving exercise?
  12. I read (here somewhere) that he never did a medical with them.
  13. I think he's a great player if he can keep his mind on the job. But, that's a massive 'if'
  14. I could live with this (needs more balancing): Logue, Tucker to North Thomas to Melb Freo's first pick to Melb Jackson to Freo
  15. They strike me as a clear second behind Dodoro as being excruciating to deal with.
  16. My preference would have been to keep Hunt and offload Smith and or Melksham. I thought his game improved markedly in the last two years, particularly kicking despite the ungainly action. He was one of the few to lower the eyes on entering 50. I wish him the very best and will miss him and his afterburners.
  17. My guess would be a start or end of 3rd round
  18. Roger Mellie replied to Romey's post in a topic in Melbourne Demons
    Give it a bone, Nev
  19. Roger Mellie replied to Romey's post in a topic in Melbourne Demons
    We trained there so much as our main training ground is inadequate. It didn't allow sufficient separation between players/staff and onlookers during Covid. The second reason we trained there so much is the ground was being resurfaced/widened until the middle of the year. I'm comparing apples with apples but feel free to knock yourself out finding the money spent on all Vic teams second training facilities for comparison.
  20. Roger Mellie replied to Romey's post in a topic in Melbourne Demons
    Essendon was $27m but not sure of the breakdown other than $4m+ from the club. Bulldogs have $44.8m (Govt) for stage 2 redevelopment for W.O.
  21. Roger Mellie replied to Romey's post in a topic in Melbourne Demons
    Incorrect - $2m I didn't include funding for 2nd grounds of other clubs (Eg. Geelong at Deakin, Richmond at Bundoora or wherever it is) so why should I include Casey?
  22. Roger Mellie replied to Romey's post in a topic in Melbourne Demons
    For example: Kardinia Park Upgrade Stage 5 - $142m Richmond Demolition of Punt Road & Rebuild $65m ($30m from Govt) North $10m - 2018 and $7m $2020 Saints $30m Carlton $30m for Ikon Park Redevelopment (Mix of state and federal funding) Hawthorn $20m - ($15m from feds, $5m from council plus an unspecified amount from state govt) Melbourne.......wait for it......... $2m