Roger Mellie

Great listen! It would've been great to see the roles reversed and Burgess interviewing Bruckner about the medical side. It was sad to hear Burgo say to lock him in for 10-15 years and now he's (understandably) gorn! Hope he comes back! The Selwyn Griffith podcast is worth a listen too. At the start of it, I was thinking WTF, but this guy's body of work is enormous and as Burgess says, having good people at the club is uppermost and he certainly is.

I don't know how you could forget 2 crucial games from Audley Gillespie-Jones in 1935. We win! Surely the double barrel gets a guernsey too with Neal Bullen and Kennedy Harris?

As soon as I heard Jackson got an Mfc premiers tattoo, I didn't think he'd hot foot it out the door to Freo

I expect Clarrie's in the shoulder surgery queue

I tell my crud Geelong supporting mates that I'm just practising being arrogant, while I dish out what they've pummelled me with for decades!

I don't think we'll be interested this time around, but I hope he gets a gig at Essendon 😬

Jaysus - cant we take Daniel MacPherson and pick 19 for a 4th rounder?

IIRC - James Jordon singed up for two years mid-season

lol - hot air doesn't take up much room at all!

Excited, anxious, nervous, impatient. It's been along time in the making! Go you good things!

On a technicality - the AFL gave Jackson the funding he needed to fix the club (as mentioned in the SEN interview). Roos by extension, came a bit later. The AFL also gave us Schwab 😩

The picture quality on Ch 7 is crud, let alone the aural offence of BT and JB. Is there anyway to get HD Ch 7 on Poxtel? I can't get digital and the only way to torture yourself with Ch7 is via Poxtel. For what ever reason, the picture quality is rubbish! I'd be tempted to drag out the B & W with bunny ears if I still had one. Any suggestions greatly appreciated. Then I can venture into the abyss of intelligent commentary.

I'm happy all our KPF's won't be 29+ years old. We need someone coming through at least until we procure another. Happy for him to have a crack in the backline if needed, but I just cant get past that final in 2018. To me it looked like being chock full of confidence rather than a coincidence or a one off.

Whether you're 5 or 85, if Nathan Jones isn't your hero, there's something wrong. I'd be interested to see if he wants to stay in football.

He played 11 in his first year (2019) then Covid and 9 this year. Not a lot to go on but those who watched his most recent games at Casey weren't that excited. I didn't see them but followed him in earlier games and was impressed by his foot skills, mobility and clean hands at ground level for a beanpole and thought there might be something there. His ruck craft was hard to read as he was always getting rag-dolled. He hasn't put on the size you would expect (given the old man's gargantuan stature) so I'm guessing they think he's not going to or there's a contest issue. Finishing the season in the backline would suggest he aint a ruckman. If that's the case, we'll be looking at draft ruck prospects. Fingers crossed that Andrew slides. Taylor mentioned recently the need for rookie rucks to be in a separate category (like internationals) and therefore be given more time to develop on the list. This will encourage clubs to train them rather than constantly pilfer them from other clubs. Great idea!

If we're picking through the carcass that is Geelong, I'd take Jack Henry and maybe Mark O'Connor, who strikes me as the consummate role player. They can keep most of the the pensioners

The only thing missing in his game these days is speed. He looks like he's running up and down on the spot when chasing but his skill and reading the play is as strong as ever. He's be great at GC or young side as an on field coach/leader if they can carry his lack of legs speed. If another club wants him, MFC will get him there. You never know - he fits the Geelong recruiting profile.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-16/afl-melbourne-demons-jake-bowey-journey-to-grand-final/100463912 A good read!

If only this was on one side of the GF banner.... @longsuffering

Neale Daniher

Friday night 11pm

I can understand why Cerra would want to come to us ahead of Carlton if we could come to terms. There's no harm in thinking laterally about this: Cerra to Melb Future first (from Melb) to Freo plus Jordan Clark Player to Geelong Cerra to Melb Future first plus Jeremy Sharp Player / Wied to GCS Etc

I suspect Morris mucked up his letters and is just covering himself by saying both.

Agree, but I'd have him in the Caleb Daniel faculty.

I interpreted it differently. I thought he was trying to be diplomatic, but effectively saying, we've invested in Andrew since he was 13-14, we stuck with him, even though he didn't feature in rep squads and now the AFL is pulling the rug out from under us. He was therefore advocating for a more staged withdrawal to correspond with their investment in NGA prospects. Had we known that our dwindling resources directed to the NGA kids would bear no fruit, I imagine it would have been directed elsewhere (not because it wasn't a great programme). I also thought it was a casual swipe at the dogs for either a) making out like bandits in general or b) making out like bandits without notable investment in JUH (that is supposition).