Phillip "Molly" Malone is one of the most prolific Web pundits on Aussie Rules footy with his blog Mollyzine and podcast Molly's Monday Machination. He's an engineer and a Hawk fan, and you'll see his name everywhere.
#54: Pre-season 2009, live on Talkshoe
It may be pre-season but there’s a HUGE amount of fantasy news to talk about with three drafts completed. Molly and m0nty discuss a humongous list of 75 players in this 2.5 hour show… a new record!
Since there are so many names, we’ll just list them to save time.
• 2008 AFL Pre-season and rookie drafts
Ben Cousins
Hayden Skipworth
Chris A. Johnson
Zac Dawson
• 2008 AFL National draft
Tom Lynch
Michael Hurley
Nick Suban
Mitchell Brown
Daniel Rich
Stephen Hill
Steele Sidebottom
Dayne Beams
Jason Davenport
Hamish Hartlett
Matthew Broadbent
Mitch Banner
Mitch Robinson
Luke Shuey
Tom Swift
Tyrone Vickery
Nick Naitanui
Ayce Cordy
Chris Yarran
Jack Ziebell
Hayden Ballantyne
Michael Walters
Nick Heyne
Taking a break from the procession of players, m0nty asks Molly about the new AFL substitutions rule being trialled in the 2009 NAB Cup, with possibly serious fantasy implications.
• Bargain basement
Jack Grimes
Alex Rance
Greg Gallman
Aaron Kite
Mark Coughlan
Patrick Dangerfield
Daniel Currie
Ben McEvoy
Trent Hentschel
Sean Rusling
Scott Gumbleton
Ben Reid
Matthew Lobbe
In between player groups, Molly recounts his 2008 AFL grand final experience, which for a Hawks supporter was a little more painful that you’d expect!
• Improvers
Ricky Petterd
Xavier Ellis
Paul Hasleby
Travis Boak
Bryce Gibbs
Trent Cotchin
Scott Lucas
Shaun Higgins
Des Headland
Alwyn Davey
Jason Porplyzia
Tom Hawkins
• Premiums
Chad Cornes
Brendon Goddard
Luke Hodge
Sam Fisher
Lindsay Gilbee
Chris Newman
Corey Enright
Heath Shaw
Grant Birchall
Josh Drummond
Jimmy Bartel
Gary Ablett jnr
Joel Corey
Brett Deledio
Shane Tuck
Nathan Foley
Chris Judd
Nick Dal Santo
Daniel Kerr
Kane Cornes
Jordan Lewis
Nathan Van Berlo
Brent Reilly
Chris Knights
Quinten Lynch
Adam Goodes
Lance Franklin
At the end of the show, the boys predict their major riser and fallers of the 2009 AFL season, with Richmond being a popular improver and Adelaide due for a fall. m0nty also lets out a few tidbits about next year’s AFL Dream Team and Premium Dream Team competitions… something worth waiting 2.5 hours for! 
February 24th, 2009 at 5:54 am
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