Chris Barlow who was the favoured replacement has told the club thanks but no thanks. Chances are the club will go one short this season.
Barlow knocks back offer from DEES
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Fabulous said:
Good, he's crap and we don't want duds like him on our list. Never any good at Hawthorn, so he'll never be any good at Melbourne.
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Jumped before he was pushed. I'm told he was never going to be picked anyway after blending in nicely last Sunday with a lot of blokes who are going to play VFL reserves.
His loss.
meh
He's already got a nice gig at Vermont...Marns said:
Deestroy
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Fabulous said:
Why did he try out then?
he woulda been told that he wasnt good enough then left to save his pride
if barlow fit , woulda been a good aquisition 4 a year 2 help u down back. he can play............... im guessing the money offered wouldnt have been real good so he mighta opted 2 stay at his other club on similar money.
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Apparantley you blokes told him he had to go to the local sports shop and bye all Melbourne gear so he could blend in at training, word was the club couldnt afford a couple of hundread bucks for his training stuff 
. Gee your a rich lot down at Melbourne
. Gee your a rich lot down at Melbourne 
tige19 said:Apparantley you blokes told him he had to go to the local sports shop and bye all Melbourne gear so he could blend in at training, word was the club couldnt afford a couple of hundread bucks for his training stuff
LOL.
Sandringham gear comes cheaper anyway doesn't it?
OMG that is so funny....man, have you ever thought of stand up?tige19 said:Apparantley you blokes told him he had to go to the local sports shop and bye all Melbourne gear so he could blend in at training, word was the club couldnt afford a couple of hundread bucks for his training stuff
Now, coming on here and bagging Melbourne really isnt a good idea, seeing as your worthless bunch of sh1ts down at that pig sty in Glenferrie cant manage to string together a few wins on the trot. Have fun shoving your wooden spoon up your a$$ this year, douchebag.
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tige19 said:Apparantley you blokes told him he had to go to the local sports shop and bye all Melbourne gear so he could blend in at training, word was the club couldnt afford a couple of hundread bucks for his training stuff
Pity you blokes can't "bye" an education so that we could understand what you're trying to tell us.
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tige19 said:Apparantley you blokes told him he had to go to the local sports shop and bye all Melbourne gear so he could blend in at training, word was the club couldnt afford a couple of hundread bucks for his training stuff
Apparently you aren't performing too crash hot in English class are you?
Poopa said:I think what Marns means is enjoy your season
lmao...........that bought a chuckle reading that....
think ur only real weakness is down back and he mighta been pretty useful, can play tall or short down back and can also play forward.
anyways enjoy ur season also
LukeHodge15 said:
Injury free our backline isn't much of a problem (hence the point of the recruitment of an extra player, if they were to get injured), but I don't think Barlow would have been the soloution.
We have Bell, Miller, Ferg, Smith, Holland, Wheats who can all pintch hit down back, i don't really think Barlow would make much of a differce
Poopa said:
bell....really a running type midfielder that can pinch hit of half back, cant really play tall
miller...should really be persisting with him at chf , after his great year last year
smith....very injury prone
holland....barlow a way better player than holland
wheats....good solid running half back that can play either tall or small
rivers......gun player with no fear that maybe a little light 2 hold chb on the gorillas
bizzel......another floating half back that read play very well
nicholson...player that all melbourne players love 2 hate but options rnt really plentiful down here so maybe have 2 persist.
its irrelevant now but just think u mighta got more outa barlow 4 a year than a player like motlop/blumfield etc
Troy Broadbridge's sad passing would have caused a few problems and left a hole in Melbourne's plans for the year.
I would have thought that Barlow or Blumfield would have had some simarlarities to the type of player Broadbridge was whereas Motlop would seem to me to be replacing an apple with an orange.
Out of the two I would have thought that Blumfield would be the sensible pick, given that he is (although only now a VFL player at Bendigo) he is based in Melbourne and has been trains with Essendon. Blumfield is 27 as opposed to Barlow being 30 0dd.
I would have thought that Barlow or Blumfield would have had some simarlarities to the type of player Broadbridge was whereas Motlop would seem to me to be replacing an apple with an orange.
Out of the two I would have thought that Blumfield would be the sensible pick, given that he is (although only now a VFL player at Bendigo) he is based in Melbourne and has been trains with Essendon. Blumfield is 27 as opposed to Barlow being 30 0dd.
