Roger Mellie

We could take a leaf out of Peter Bell's book in his dealings with us for the Cerra* trade i.e. Freo' don't have the trade currency to entertain a discussion let alone a deal. In Harry hindsight, I'm glad we missed out on Cerra and hope we miss out on Peter Bell for CEO.

With the train-on players, I thought we had an association with Gippsland Power, which was why we had Duursma a couple of years ago? Don't we also have a number of players going on to play at Casey from GP? According to this it's Hawthorn: Through Hawthorn's link with Coates Talent League club Gippsland Power, Duursma will be at the Hawks. The youngest Duursma sibling starts his under-18 season as a pick No.1 contender after an exciting two seasons playing a range of different positions, including as a tall defender and forward as well as a midfielder.

Their second oval is at Deakin Uni, where they got even more [censored] funding to upgrade the oval to the exact dimensions of the MCG. This might make sense if it was in some way useful to the Deakin Uni FC, but there is no DUFC playing in Geelong.

We're all hanging for a training report Matt, so just think of Demonland and grit your teeth!! Besides, how could any guy wearing a wedding shirt like his be agitated?

Here's me wondering for No. 6 if there was some sportsman called Mitch Yanker!

That's very generous of you Timothy! I was going to relegate AoB to 4th place and a Certificate of Achievement⭐. Nice work @hardtack!

The answer, Cranky, is to take the first letter of each player's surname and you will find it spells something deep and meaningful. Thanks to all!

Bronze medal for Axis of Bob 🥉 Good show!

Excellent viewing! I'd love to see that statue at the G!

Well played - Silver medal for you 🥈

You want me to spell it out for you?

@Demonstone has swooped in to claim the Gold medal 🥇 Bravo!!

The solution is AFL-related! No blurting! Please PM the answers for your podium finish. Shouldn't take long! HNY, enjoy: B - J Kolodjashnij H Andrews N Newman HB - L Evans J Clark M O'Connor C - E Richards L Neale N Earasmus HF - C Spargo C Curnow C Ah Chee F - A Neal-Bullen J Stringer J Ugle-Hagan R - D Cameron T Kelly W Ashcroft I/C - O Florent N Answerth J Treacy T Taranto (E. Yeo)

He was sent forward more often because we couldn't score. If our forward connection works/improves, he'll spend more time in the middle, getting a chop out from Langford or Tholstrup. That's my guess anyway.

Skunk on a trunk

Dump on a stump kinda works

Did Chris from Camberwell ask a question?

Demon Triathlon! https://www.melbournefc.com.au/albums/1705814/gallery-the-demon-triathlon?modal=true&type=gallery&playlistId=1705814&playlistSize=41

He lost me when he said the ten Victorian clubs have all had their fair share of government funding. WTF?

The track watchers might have conked out in the heat.

Ben Mackay

It would be great to snaffle her at 20 if available!

I noticed a lot of positive comments about him in the most recent training report. I hope when Goodwin put a line through him last season, it was just for his ruck work, which I agree was ordinary. I think there are some decent attributes there - great follow-up after the ruck contest, highly mobile/agile etc. I hope he gets a shot at being a KP forward or even moved back with his agility. Either way he's got a year to have a crack.

I'd like to add a few to your list from the injury list and Casey etc. IMO JVR is a ripper field kick, but we don't see it a lot given his position trying to get on the end of them. Melksham is right up there and Spargo will add a lot when he comes back. I'm a big fan of Chandler's kicking and I think Jeffo is an excellent field kick too (that's for you Pickett F).

I reckon current fringe player Chris Burgess (Adel/GCS) has a very similar build.