Roger Mellie

Their list manager (can't remember his name) was on Gettable about a month ago and mentioned what a bargain Toby Bedford was. Perhaps they are going back for seconds and trying to ramp up the price. My preference is that they GAGF.

When it's all said and done, I can't see how the club comes out of this without looking like a steaming pile! They either: a) lose the support of a lot of members by shipping Clarry to Geelong for sod all or, b) lose supporters/credibility by retaining him and setting themselves up as a cultural mire target for years to come. On top of this, the media is applying maximum pressure to feed their narrative/create new headlines. Hard to take

Jeez I'm sick of all this [censored]! The laughable thing is all this is happening smack-bang in the middle of a review. Lucky Pert has exempted himself from it. The icing on the cake would be to get bent over by Andrew 'Dedoro' Mackie if the trade request is true. I need to find my MFCSS pills.

That's heartening!

Potentially shooting themselves in the foot with Rievoldt's three sons.

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Fixed - a decent rumour requires a decent player!

We need speed in our midfield and he hasn't got it.

I agree that Toiges could be trouble but I'm not sure they're going to part with 21 and 22 for 15 unless they have someone in mind. They need to fill a lot of holes on that list with the number of players jumping ship.

Please let him get to Collingwood 🤞

I reckon Bedford would have been a walk-up start to our best 22 in 2024 and that it was part of our plan. We offered him a competitive contract so clearly weren't trying to offload him. I think he's an excellent pressure player and has that rare combo of being speedy and an endurance beast. He's also performed well as a tagger. The major downside is that he's a small forward who can't kick for [censored].

Hope so

What does it say?

If he's contracted to '25 😒 perhaps we renegotiated and spread his two years over three goddamit

See the post directly above yours.

I can see what the club was trying to do. The players they drafted in with token picks weren't supposed to be world-beaters. They were going through the scraps for depth cover. I think the club was hopeful of providing the right environment for these players to bring out their best as we have seen many times with a change of scene. But ultimately they were just brought in to provide a bit of cheap depth. I think Schache, for example, was given another year because Jeffo and Adams weren't progressing and BB was on one leg. Fullarton was supposed to fill the gaping ruck hole. I don't necessarily agree with it but understand the need for depth cover with limited resources. It all backfired though with the loss of Brayshaw, Smith and a big question mark over Oliver before the season even started. We no longer had any midfield depth with Billings and Fullarton the only bargain basement additions. Then we started getting injuries. Meanwhile, Goodwin's already put a line through Schache after 1 game, then Fullarton, later in the year. I don't like it but I can see why the club has to bring in cheap depth - we're just not very good at it! What I didn't realise is Hunter has another year although it wouldn't surprise me if he is offered early retirement. I also don't understand the length of some of these contracts taking players into their mid-thirties. We could easily get tripped up by that in two or three years.

For Collingwood?

Failing that, we could let down their tyres when they have bad umpiring days.

I thought they would be Cat B rookies?

They're probably a little torn as they have long been linked with Trainor. It'll be a tough decision for them. No doubt they'll request another priority pick so they can get both.

That was my thought too. When he joined our academy, he was probably eligible and, unlike the AFL, we didn't boot him out when they changed their eligibility criteria for the umpteenth time.

On SEN yesterday arvo, Maher said the Houston deal was off because Melb won't part with pick 5. Jenkins then chimed in he'd heard the general stench around the MFC had put him off. Maher mumbled something unintelligible in response.

The wink at the end of Fat Tony's post would tell 99.9% of posters that he's having a lend.

What is Asia Pacific? Chopped liver?

FFS