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actually i think melbourne has a good blend
often you see a few young high quality draftees can be good role players in a flag side
we had it with pendles and sidey
brisbane had a few this year
melbourne do so many things terribly as a footy club, but i actually think thier list management is pretty good
(with the exception of giving up james jordan - thought that was a mistake at the time)
As I posted in the Graham Wright thread, both Melbourne's and Carlton's issues owe a lot to their coaching personnel.

Melbourne has the added instability of Oliver and certain off-field machinations at board level, however these weren't seen as insurmountable as they appear to be now when they were winning consistently.
 
Hi folks. I have Charlie Dean in a keeper league and I'm wondering what's happening with him regarding a contract.
He qualified for another year on the rookie list because he's played less than 10 games, so that saved him - Probably wouldn't have made it if he'd had to be promoted to the senior list.
 

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Any word on Reef there Jen?
Nothing yet. I'm assuming it comes soon, him, dean and long.
Otherwise all three would have been delisted too.

And funny enough, all three were training together last week with Max Viney
 
I'd do that with him rather than Reef, because Reef has a touch more of a chance to make it - so you don't want him to come on and then be a UFA down the track. A small risk.

The small risk would have probably left us too short on trade capital to recruit Houston if we had have taken it with Richards last year like many of us suggested.

You'd only do it for the ones who want to delist but are keeping due to a contract - rather than the ones like Reef that you're choosing to keep.
 

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The small risk would have probably left us too short on trade capital to recruit Houston if we had have taken it with Richards last year like many of us suggested.
It wouldn't have changed anything about Richards' year if we had delisted him and put him on the rookie list last year.
 
Can't believe we kept Long.
We picked him up in the mid-season draft and he played 7 AFL games for us, and he missed several weeks with injury. He was basically in our best 22 from the time we picked him up.

I'm not saying he will be in 2025, but it's probably a good enough performance to warrant another year on the rookie list on minimum salary, essentially.
 
If Jack Carroll gets delisted he could be someone to look at as a train on if he wants to stay in Melbourne. With so much uncertainty with our younger midfield he might be better than Macrae, Long, Sullivan.
 
Melbourne has the added instability of Oliver and certain off-field machinations at board level, however these weren't seen as insurmountable as they appear to be now when they were winning consistently.


the last 2 off seasons Oliver has made noises about leaving and Melbourne have caved in.

Oliver can do what he wants because Melbourne wont rip the band aid off.
 

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It wouldn't have changed anything about Richards' year if we had delisted him and put him on the rookie list last year.
He would have been a delisted free agent. Once you've been delisted once, you've got FA status whenever out of contract and Port would have just signed him rather than having to pay a trade price for him.vHe wouldn't have been funds for us in the trade.
 
If Jack Carroll gets delisted he could be someone to look at as a train on if he wants to stay in Melbourne. With so much uncertainty with our younger midfield he might be better than Macrae, Long, Sullivan.

I'm a bit surprised that we didn't keep Bytel ahead of one of these guys who all look to be primarily mids.

The way I see it, our best 22 is going to have a stack of players who can roll through the midfield and are better options than these guys. So we're more likely to need flanker depth than centre square depth and I think we're short on flanker depth.
 

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