Roger Mellie

While I find Western Australians can pronounce things oddly (Albany, Derby) the commentators for his highlights seemed to call him Van Ruin - as in 'Collingwood is in ruins'

^ This! It was horrendous, although I'm sure it was more than 2 hours of torture. I recall the clubs would lock in their picks and sit back waiting...... and then a whole lot of nothing....minutes would pass before some twit would appear from behind a curtain and announce who said pick was. It was excruciatingly bad coverage. I didn't think it would be possible to drag it out more than they did, but I was wrong. Some poor draftee would be dragged out to stammer - they just wanted to earn the respect of their team mates, followed by some Shifter Sheehan gems (Uggh) and more awkward silence while waiting for the commodore computers to catch up.

Cal is only ahead because of his club contacts, not his eye for talent. As draft 'experts', they're both ordinary.

Yes, he was listed as nominated last week on the AFL website

Personally I see a lot of his father. To me he moves almost identically. Even the marking is Shane! I look forward to seeing more of him.

I reckon they'd be seething. If he did this 3 months ago, they'd still have Clarkson. I'm sure he felt his life was complete once he got rid of Clarkson. Either that or the board has had enough of him.

Jeez that's hard to read

His first 3 picks make sense... then I get a bit lost

I love the Friday night game concept! All AFL fans will tune for a real game after yet another Carlton Richmond blockbuster fizzer. I don't really care who we play so long as it draws an audience. I want to be there for the unfurling 🏆

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