I also agree that not selecting Brock may have something to do with not giving Melbourne more of a reason to fire up against us. A bit of a pychological play by the MC maybe.

Where's Old 55, he was always a good Demons poster with insights into the Dees. Anyway I think this will be a tight game if both teams bring their best game.



I think you punt on 18 year olds, not on guys who have been in the system for 4 -8 years. We'd be able to give a pretty good account of the strengths and weaknesses of our players because we watch them every week. We should have people at the club who can do the same on players from other sides. You shouldn't get things too wrong with players from other clubs. There is plenty of opportunity to assess their value at AFL level. Our attitude can't be that 'them's the breaks'. It should be "how did we get it wrong.'

At the end of the year we can assess further, but I'd hate to have missed Kane Lucas to get Brock McLean.

Maybe Brock was brought to the club solely to take the whip and get the ill informed, caustic, gangrenous supporters (that we unfortunately have) off JR's back so he can become a leading defensive player in the league.

And just for some perspective re` using our first round pick on McLean, Jolly is travelling about as well as Brock and Burgoyne has been just average after returning from injury. (which Brock is)