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That's not my understanding at all. Name a Suns academy player who ended up not at the Suns eventually.

On a side note, has anybody noticed that Jeff White's son Kalani White who was destined to be selected as a father son prospect in the future with the Dees is now a Suns Academy player? How tf did this happen? If I was against the Suns Academy concept before, this takes it to another level now.

Hey Lampers, in your learned opinion what do you make of Ollie Murphy? Mock drafts have him going around the 12 mark after the GC academy selections, which is around the mark of our second selection. The read on him is he is a 200 cm 85kg defender from the Samdringham dragons, with great aerial...

What happened to pushing Trent Rivers into a full time midfield role? He has midfield superstar written all over him. If this move happens (as it should) then we surely dont need to draft another blue chip inside mid. Sparrow is an honest toiler but his development chart has flatlined , whereas...

I am just nervous that we are going to pull the trigger with our first pick on Ryley Sanders. Who I heard is an inside midfielder who finds a heap of the ball but is also one paced and a bad user. So basically Tom Sparrow 2.0. Those players are a dime a dozen and pop up in every draft. But your...

Hey mate. I have noticed in your posts that you are not a fan of Nate Caddy. Why so? Was it just his mixtapes? To me he fills a screaming need that this team has. I have always coveted a Jordan DeGoey/ (pre Ess)Jake Stringer type at Melbourne. That mercurial, unpredictable X factor forward...

I wouldnt say that. In my opinion we just unloaded our two worst ball users on our list in Jordon and Harmes. And opened up an opportunity for Blake Howes, who I think offers far more upside then either of those 2 imho.

The fact that North receive pick 3 for 25 year old McKay who will be on 800k a year with Essendon when Hawthorn received only pick 19 for a 26 year old Lance Franklin who had just been offered a $10 million contract over 9 years with the Swans. Tells you everything you need to know with what's...

You don't rate Harry McKay? Really?

What I read on Fox Sports is that the whole mismanagement of Oliver's hammy injury wasn't all completely on Oliver but on the club as well. According to Nathan Buckley (who believe it or not grew up a Demons supporter and still has a passing interest in the club), the club had Oliver running on...

No way. Its better then Norths. North Melbourne dont possess anyone as good as Bayley Fritsch. Granted I think Larkey is underrated. I also dont think they have any small forwards as dangerous as Kozi. People are also quick to forget that up to round 12 of this year or thereabouts the Dees were...

Is there a chance that North Melbourne who in theory could possess picks 2,3 (McKay comp),4 by draft night with their trading of their later 1st rd picks (as flagged by Jimmy Bartel on Footy Classified), take a swing at O'Sullivan with one of these early picks to fill the void left by the...

Is there any coincidence that Sam McLure was the same journalist who broke the 'story' that Oliver was potentially interested in leaving Melbourne for Carlton last year? That cocky ginger flog always writes with an agenda in mind. Not least he is a partisan Carlton supporter.

I personally have the Chris Dawes trade as a worse trade then the Grundy deal. Gave up picks 20 and 45 for Collingwoods pick 58 in return. (Compared to 27 for Grundy) Handed the guy a four year contract worth 2 million, (equivalent to 3 million with todays inflated salary cap). In his best...

Ugly: hearing Simple Simon say in his press conference that he was happy with how we played out our last 3 quarters. He said we were only undone by a tardy first quarter in which we were well beaten in contested possessions. But he almost seemed proud of how we finished the game out and that we...

Agree with this post mostly. But dont ever put Luke Jackson in the same category as Clayton Oliver. Thanks.

Hawks form this year has been extremely patchy though. Usually follow up an impressive win with a loss. Ie they beat Brisbane in Tassie only to follow up after the bye losing by over 10 goals to the Gold Coast.

Both Carlton and Melbourne 2 of the most explosive scoring teams in the AFL. But this game looks like St Kilda v Sydney.

Melksham Maybe in your mind. I watched the game as well and this is exactly how it played out in the last quarter. Still not here to argue your perception versus reality. The point was whether Joel Smith was fit to play as a key position forward. Cheers.

Possibly. I saw this happen in the last quarter.

One sample size but when we had Joel Smith as our forward against Brisbane a few rounds ago, he was absolutely towelled up by Harris Andrews. Andrews constantly out bodied and out marked him. Smith looked very undersized in that game. The very least Smith needs to do is split a contest. If he is...

Alistair Clarkson bookmarked this game for his coaching return for weeks. He knew he had a gameplan to beat us and celebrate his 400th game as a coach.

Best win of the year. This is one mentally tough outift.

Herald Sun. I think it was Jay Clark who reported it.

It's been reported that North Melbourne will receive pick 3 as compensation for Ben McKay should he leave in free agency. This will no doubt effect where our draft pick ends up. Frustrating as Pick 3 seems an overreach for a player who is a B grader at best.

I wonder when Will Verrall will be over his pelvis injury. Grundy was worst on ground for mine yesterday, despite what the stats say. He did not have one effective disposal against the Saints. I reckon Gawn was also in the worst 5 Melbourne players yesterday. Take away his contested marking and...

I am so sick of watching that list clogger ANB play. Struts around like he is the incredible hulk. But is content just being a plodder, doing his best impersonation of an AFL forward without actually doing anything. The only thing he can do is tackle. Let Bailey Laurie take his spot. Has way...

It's a concern when Bowey and McVee have more class and composure then Petracca, Gawn, Brayshaw, Grundy, Harmes, ANB all Combined.

Is there a worse finisher at goal then Petracca?

Good: Trent Rivers development. I honestly have more confidence when Trent Rivers has the ball then Petracca. Only player who has gotten genuinely better since extending his contract. He is a star.