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The MFC has had some great sucess with mature age recuits in recient times and just looking over our list at present, I count 12 mature age players on our main or supplemtry lists as of the post season recruiting period. The list (largely per my memory) is per the below; Austin Bradtke Bayley Fritsch Mitch Hannan Marty Hore Declan Keilty Corey Maynard Joel Smith Timothy Smith Aaron vandenBerg Corey Wagner Josh Wagner Guy Walker Interested in people's opinions on: 1. Who would be the best player on the list based on AFL performance to date; And; 2. Who has the potential to become the best recruit over the entirity of their career Arguably, Michael Hibberd and Neville Jetta could be included in the above list, but I've excluded them from the discussion on the basis that: A. Whilst Michael Hibberd was originally got his break in the game as a mature age player with Essendon, he was recruited to Melbourne as a well established, many would say elite player; B. Neville was originally recruited to the MFC directly from the elite U18 system in WA and whist he was relegated to the rookie list for a period, he never truly left being listed by the MFC and that environment. Answer away...

This seems pretty spot on to me, probably the easiest part of the decisions Mahoney will be making this offseason. Short version: Max King - Delist Viv Michie - Delist Joel Smith - Re-rookie Josh Wagner - Elevate Mitch White - Re-rookie Rookie watch: Who should be kept, who should be cut?

MELBOURNE defender Alex Georgiou has been upgraded to the senior list ahead of the club's round one clash against St Kilda on Saturday night.

although players such as tupingwati may have individual threads i couldn't find a specific draft thread for the event as a whole. i would like to see Louis Herbert take a rookie spot. strong overhead mark, looks to have a burst of speed, excellent looking set-shot for goal but...skinny as a rake.(76kg) now before people bring up Lucas Cook and cale morton, if we take this kid as a rookie it is a lot diffent than spending a first round pick. in fact taking him as a rookie would be perfect because he isn't taking up a spot on the primary list, and we get 2 years to see if he can fill out. from afl.com.au draft machine: A very athletic, lightly built forward with excellent pace as well as endurance that can play multiple roles. Regularly impacts the scoreboard and possesses a penetrating right foot kick while also displaying strong hands overhead when he competes in the air. Kicked a career best eight goals against Murray in Round 8 of the TAC Cup and also appeared in one game for Vic Country at Under-18 level.

Small forward, midfielder type at Casey. Kicked some nice goals, made plenty of tackles and seems hungry for the ball...all of this garnered from youtube highlights. Anyone know how he goes about on a regular basis and or if he would be worth rookieing