Looks like he'll be in PSD trying to get to Freo. He'll head there tomorrow to train with them. They reported that he was only 26 on SEN but I just checked his birth date 6/10/1982 on the bombers site. Any chance?

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Will he claim to travel for a year if picked up by another club?

Looks like he'll be in PSD trying to get to Freo. He'll head there tomorrow to train with them. They reported that he was only 26 on SEN but I just checked his birth date 6/10/1982 on the bombers site. Any chance?

big chance to get to Freo. Would not rule out Richmond, can play at either end and what other choices will be there at PSD time?

Looks like he'll be in PSD trying to get to Freo. He'll head there tomorrow to train with them. They reported that he was only 26 on SEN but I just checked his birth date 6/10/1982 on the bombers site. Any chance?

Frees up a bit of salary cap for them if they want Ball doesn't it.

Wouldn't fit in to our plans.

Woudn't be upset if we picked him up in the PSD, could do much worse than McPhee.

Bombers will go backwards this year. Not just because of McPhee, but it won't help them either.

Will he claim to travel for a year if picked up by another club?

I believe that his manager might have issued that threat some time in the past.

One of the most over rated players going around. Never plays well in big games and he turns it over when put under the slightest bit of pressure. He is a total dud and I will cry if he comes within two miles of our club.

Not worth it.

A 27 y.o. isn't going to do much for us in terms of finals football.

Yawn.

Never been impressed by him.

Still scratching my head trying to figure out how he ever got All Australian one year...

Helps the bombers get Ball. I see this as a win for us and for the AFL system. Bombers get Ball and are worse off for it, Ball fails to manipulate the system to get to Collingwood. Everyone wins (except Ball, but do we really care?).

IF we are going best available with pick one in the PSD then he might be it...

Bradshaw

McPhee

MacDonald

Thorp

but of course we change the best available to best suited to my arguement

well done on McPhee...he got his three year deal...freo and McPhee have both won out of this deal...he's not there yet...but he should go there.

bombers are the real losers in this deal...if they get ball for pick 24 or pick 26 ...plus lose McPhee...mclean was worth pick 11...which is now starting to look like a good deal for us.

One of the most over rated players going around. Never plays well in big games and he turns it over when put under the slightest bit of pressure. He is a total dud and I will cry if he comes within two miles of our club.

Agreed. The FD wouldn't even be thinking about him so it's OK.

Woudn't be upset if we picked him up in the PSD, could do much worse than McPhee.

What role would McPhee play at MFC given our list?

Bombers will go backwards this year. Not just because of McPhee, but it won't help them either.

Why?

Yawn.

Never been impressed by him.

Still scratching my head trying to figure out how he ever got All Australian one year...

Must be a good player then.

He also won the Bombers B&F in 2004 as well as being Essendon's highest B'low vote winner in a team that made it to the AFL semis. A fair achievement. Probably off that standard now but a good pick up for a young Freo

Would you have said last year that Trav was a good player?

Who cares, this guy is a bunny.

If he is the Best player in the PSD the MFC should have a good look at him, otherwise walk away.

If he is the Best player in the PSD the MFC should have a good look at him, otherwise walk away.

I agree. I think he is an over rated player but still would be better than most on our list & still has at least 3 - 4 years left in him. We could do a lot worse.

I hope we take him. He would be an automatic inclusion in our side next year and he has the ability to play all over the ground.

I am not a real fan of McPhee but he would be an accretive acquisition. He is likely to be the best available player in the PSD and he is not putting a price on his head above market value.

At 27, with his athleticism and with two new clubs coming into the competition I see no reason not to give him three years at market wage.

Fremantle are hardly any closer to a premiership than us.

Woudn't be upset if we picked him up in the PSD, could do much worse than McPhee.

I would.

He's frustrated as much as he's delighted the bombers fans. 27, no thanks.

Would you have said last year that Trav was a good player?

Enforcer said he has never been impressed by McPhee and cant work out why he was AA. His performances in 2004 and the accolades/awards that followed were clearly recognition of his performance in that year. He was very good in that year. I have recognised in my post that he is not off that standard now. I have already questioned another poster as to where McPhee fits in our side. I dont think he is a fit for us and where we are going.

As for Trav? What you see is what you get. Seems to excite you with what he can offer but goes missing and melts when the heat is on. I have always recognised Trav's talent but his mindset and attitude means he has been and always will be a flawed gem. He is also a culture negative. I think a few of his performances late last year were a case of playing for a new contract. Over the course of that contract, Brisbane would be watching Grimes closely and saying "if only"

I don't think best available applies to the same extent with the psd. In the psd he'll have a 3 year contract at reasonable $$ on his head. He might be the best available but he's not worth a 3 year deal to us at this point in time IMO, i'd rather us take a punt on someone like Thorp with the last spot on the list.

I feel dirty even looking at this thread

time to go shower

I don't think best available applies to the same extent with the psd. In the psd he'll have a 3 year contract at reasonable $$ on his head. He might be the best available but he's not worth a 3 year deal to us at this point in time IMO, i'd rather us take a punt on someone like Thorp with the last spot on the list.

I wouldn't give McPhee a second thought.

Ask an Essendon supporter - he is inconsistent and unreliable. He is 27 .. with a history of injuries - and he is holding out for a 3 year contract because he is concerned that he might start to struggle in year 2.

Subject to his training form - and attitude - Thorp has an upside that Mc Phee doesn't

I just hope that Essendon decides to take Ball at 10 as a result of this. But I highly doubt they would do that.