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The Incredible Hulk - Jesse Hogan


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1 hour ago, beelzebub said:

He goes he goes

He stays he stays

Such is life 

Bub you are sounding remarkably philosophical. End of a busy day or fatigued by Essendope ? This is not the Beezle that I have got to know, respect and kind of love in a kind of masculine way. Mate, I think you need a break from Land if you are going to post this philosophical stuff. Get back to the Swiss adventure where you are at your analytical surgical best. It's where you do your best work and where I look forward to your well informed and savage critiques.

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37 minutes ago, AdamFarr said:

He would have been offered something ridiculous by us, so given he has put off talks, that says he's gone. As if we wouldn't have offered him $10mill over 10 years or even more. Really disappointing. I'll find it very difficult watching him run around this season.

That's what worries me. If he'd said from the start that they wouldn't be negotiating until after the CBA, then that's fine. As things stand, they've been at it for a few months and either the club aren't fronting the money (unlikely) or he just doesn't think he wants to stay.

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22 minutes ago, Grapeviney said:

Incidentally, the Herald Sun follow-up story to the Age article quotes the Melbourne-based rep from his management agency and has a more pro-MFC spin to it, for those reading the tea leaves. 

Such as this:  “Jesse has already indicated his commitment to Melbourne in late 2014 when he extended his contract by an extra two more years without playing a game...Melbourne is where he wants to be and nothing has changed. He is heavily committed to the Melbourne footy club and nothing has changed.”  from Jesse's manager.

Sounds fine to me!

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This is the first time I've seen a player with this much speculation on their next contract with a further two years to run on their current one. He only just signed an extension last year, why would he sign another when he's not even halfway through the last? Footy media are such vultures.

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19 hours ago, Jesus Hoganshaw said:

This is the first time I've seen a player with this much speculation on their next contract with a further two years to run on their current one. He only just signed an extension last year, why would he sign another when he's not even halfway through the last? Footy media are such vultures.

It is actually good for MFC that the media are heaping pressure on. I want to see players have to squirm when they say that they are putting contract talks off until the end of the year. Players should just come out and say they are leaving. The current system incentivizes them to lie, that surely cannot be a good thing. If I were a player I would be straight up with everyone and say, no, I am leaving. McCarthy did it, only thing is, he wasn't out of contract, and then pulled the 'golden ticket' (mental health card).

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2 minutes ago, KingDingAling said:

It is actually good for MFC that the media are heaping pressure on. I want to see players have to squirm when they say that they are putting contract talks off until the end of the year. Players should just come out and say they are leaving. The current system incentivizes them to lie, that surely cannot be a good thing. If I were a player I would be straight up with everyone and say, no, I am leaving. McCarthy did it, only thing is, he wasn't out of contract, and then pulled the 'golden ticket' (mental health card).

Hogan still has two years to run though, there's absolutely no need for this to even be a story let alone them 'put pressure on.' 

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19 hours ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Hogan still has two years to run though, there's absolutely no need for this to even be a story let alone them 'put pressure on.' 

I agree. There is no need for the media to do a lot of things. In this instance I don't mind it though, because if Hogan is going to sign, he will. If he isn't going to sign, then he will have to squirm for the whole of 2017, and I wouldn't pity him. But in saying that, I think he will sign. We have the best young list in the competition, and Fremantle will be struggling by 2018. No Pavlich, Sandilands, Barlow, Mundy (most likely), McPharlin, Johnson. Fremantle are in for a whole world of pain, and they will have to fight hard to keep Weller. Bennell is no certainty to be there, and as good as Fyfe is, he is injury prone. I don't see Fremantle being a top 8 side, and I see us being a top 4 side, so I doubt Hogan leaves. Footballers want success. I bet Buddy is kicking himself missing out on the last couple of flags at Hawthorn.

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8 hours ago, Hogan2014 said:

End of this season not that bad as stated in other posts mgr wants to maximise his value... But afl just can't sit back & have a so called equalisation comp with early picks only to see them leave to a stronger club after hes been developed! 

People bag the English premier league but smaller clubs can develop players & sell them which allows them to buy other players to strengthen their squads etc early draft picks don't compensate & are always risky as they may fail.. 

And that works so well that the weaker clubs compete equally every year with the big clubs...

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I know it's just spin, but it's positive nonetheless. TBH I don't think his management would be pushing him to leave. 

Hogan ‘heavily committed’ to Dees: ‘Melbourne is where he wants to be’

This comment in particular is interesting:

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while Demons fans are understandably nervous about Hogan’s intentions, Stride’s Matt Bain, who manages Hogan’s interests in Melbourne, says the young gun’s loyalty to the club can’t be questioned after he signed an early extension at the end of 2014.

Hogan is a once-in-a-generation player. You don't leave the media and sport hub just to "go home". I suspect his management is pretty intent on him staying in Melbourne, and it appears he is as well.

I think this is very different to Scully or anyone else. It is genuinely in Hogan's best interests to stay in Melbourne.

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10 minutes ago, praha said:

I know it's just spin, but it's positive nonetheless. TBH I don't think his management would be pushing him to leave. 

Hogan ‘heavily committed’ to Dees: ‘Melbourne is where he wants to be’

 

 

Excellent, now perhaps this thread wont get to 1000 pages due to mass hysteria.

Hogan will be a one club player.

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12 hours ago, GawnWithTheWind said:

If we win 10 or more, I think he would more likely stay. 

If we win less than 7, he will walk back to WA.

Simple as that.

I am so sick of good players wanting out, and so jealous of Geelong and Hawthorn.

What about if we win five games this year then win the flag next year, will he still walk?

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I am pretty confident he will stay. This is different to the usual "contract talks are off" as he still has 2 years on his contract, and it actually makes little sense to extend it now. If we read the same lines this time next year it will be time to start worrying.

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12 hours ago, ProDee said:

Just a smart move.  Most players don't negotiate a new contract 2 years out.  Some do, but if I was Hogan's manager and there was going to be a new CBA I'd say wait too.  I doubt it's Hogan's idea, just good management, which is what he's paying for.

Unlike Pirlo above, I'm very relaxed that he'll stay.  He loves his teammates and they love him.  

 

Absolutely agree.

My immediate thought upon reading the article is that this is probably being driven by Jesse's manager who's giving his client sensible advice in the circumstances.

I harbour no fear about the pull of the West. My concern is more that a club like Hawthorn will have a red hot crack at luring him. Against that, we are a club on the way up, he is mates with all of the future talent on the list, we have the financial resources and coaching acumen to keep him, and we have a narrative to success that no one other club possesses - i.e. the old, irrelevant foundation club which has been the laughing stock of the comp for decades, recruits a band of brothers who transform the club into a professional, hard edged, competitive force that dominates the competition for years to come - it's the stuff of movies. And Jesse can lead that charge. It's gotta be a far more compelling proposition than simply taking over the baton at a club which has won 6 flags in 10 years.

I would've thought the odds are heavily stacked in our favour to keep him. For a very long time.

Go bless us all, heh.

 

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