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2009 - Preseason Preview - 9th of 16 - Melbourne

pahoffm

No one player is bigger than the club.
Mar 24, 2004
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Not much to say about Melbourne.

Like us in 2004, they continue to battle to rebuild themselves out of financial as well as on-field woes.

It appears they are doing better on-field than off-field, as they are recruiting good quality youngsters across the field.

Their positional depth is as follows:

B McDonald (32,180,217,49) Warnock (24,192,21,1) Garland (20,191,19,2)
Whelan (29,180,140,14) Frawley (20,193,20,0) McNamara (18,190,0,0)
HB Bruce (29,190,184,195) Rivers (24,192,70,4) Bell (23,186,63,1)
Buckley (21,190,20,3) Dunn (21,192,39,28) Petterd (20,185,11,6)
Zomer# (19,196,0,0) Cheney (19,184,0,0)
C Wheatley (27,189,132,33) McLean (23,184,75,32) Moloney (25,182,69,16)
Morton (19,192,19,12) Blease (18,184,0,0) Strauss (18,185,0,0)
Jurrah (20,191,0,0) Healey# (18,185,0,0)
McKenzie# (18,186,0,0)
HF Bate (21,192,48,40) Miller (25,194,110,60) Green (28,184,186,227)
Robertson (30,187,215,399) Watts (18,196,0,0) Jetta (19,180,0,0)
Sylvia (23,186,70,47) Maric (18,178,5,2)
Hughes# (22,186,0,0)
F Johnson (24,199,43,11) Newton (21,193,16,23) Davey (25,177,97,130)
Wonaeamirri (20,176,18,24)
Bennell (18,179,0,0)
R Jamar (25,198,66,21) Bartram (21,181,40,11) Jones (21,180,50,21)
Martin (22,198,8,0) Grimes (19,187,1,0) Valenti# (22,176,9,3)
Meesen (22,200,2,0) Bail (20,183,0.0)
Spencer# (19,203,0,0)
As you can see, a combination of aged stars & young boys.
It'll take time, maybe 2 or 3 years, before we see something , as they slowly improve on-field.
Time will tell whether they can improve off-field.
Reckon an early pick again this year, whether that's a priority pick or not is up to how well those boys who've been there 3-5 years can improve.
 

IanG

Tiger Legend
Sep 27, 2004
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Positionally Melbourne looked quite balanced, its just the disparity in the ages. Like us in 2004 only more balanced.
 

pahoffm

No one player is bigger than the club.
Mar 24, 2004
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IanG said:
Positionally Melbourne looked quite balanced, its just the disparity in the ages. Like us in 2004 only more balanced.

Yep!

Tigers of Old said:
Might not be there in 2 or 3 years.

That's the point I've made in the greater context of my post.
 

toothless

Tiger Champion
Aug 16, 2009
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B: Garland Frawley McDonald
HB: MacDonald Rivers Davey
C: Morton Moloney Grimes
HF: Bruce Bate Green
F: Jurrah Miller Wonaemirri
Foll: Jamar, Sylvia, Jones
Inter: Petterd, Trengove, Scully, Johnson
Emerg: Warnock, Martin, Watts