Highly unlikely to happen but I would love to retain Frawley ,Watts and Sylvia for 3 more years .

That would give us hope of making it somewhere near the finals .

he will go if Neeld is still coach

he will stay if we hire a gun coach, hopefully

russell marks not available

so its goodbye then

Edited May 21, 201312 yr by jazza

Michael Diamond could make the cut.

Obviously in dream land by saying this. But imagine a 3 way swap:

1 - frawley to GC.

2 - Ablett to Cats

3 - Harry Taylor to us

Edited May 22, 201312 yr by Jman

The $un$ are going to be a killer side, but no one will care.

Thanks AFL.

Glad to see you really do "like" it Jman!!

Obviously in dream land by saying this. But imagine a 3 way swap:

1 - frawley to GC.

2 - Ablett to Cats

3 - Harry Taylor to us

Ha!

Let's just do a straight swap for Ablett - I'd be happy with that

We need chip and Sylvia to stay on and continue to improve with the group, loosing these types for younger pkayers we will never play finals.

We need midfielders despratly and if we can pinch a cupple these two will preform even better

Obviously in dream land by saying this. But imagine a 3 way swap:

1 - frawley to GC.

2 - Ablett to Cats

3 - Harry Taylor to us

One of the more ambitious trade scenarios I've seen on Demonland

We need chip and Sylvia to stay on and continue to improve with the group, loosing these types for younger pkayers we will never play finals.

We need midfielders despratly and if we can pinch a cupple these two will preform even better

Incorrect, we'll play finals in five years.

Not really, it just shows how poor our KP defenders have been. You tell me who has been better?

I meant "capable or better than capable," not "capable or better than Frawley." Easy mistake.

I meant "capable or better than capable," not "capable or better than Frawley." Easy mistake.

Yeah I must say I read it as (or better) than Frawls.

You are right though, they have all been capable this year and Frawley has been down but his loss would be a huge blow. There is still an exceptional player in him, just needs confidence and probably some faith to restore his form.

The Scum article basically intimated we would lose him for nada at the end of 2014 - I thought that if he was made an offer we could match it as he's a RFA, and thus he had to stay?

My understanding is that we can match a rival’s offer next year, but if he really wants to go, he can reject our offer and let his existing contract expire and nominate for national and/or pre season draft.

My best case scenario is that Frawley signs an extension this year. I can’t remember the last time the best case scenario panned out for Melbourne (if I’m a sadist I might count not being penalised draft picks for non-tanking or receiving two first round picks for the defection of a former no.1 pick). We need to accept that Frawley leaving is a possibility, even if it’s not a desired outcome, and the club needs to be mature enough to do what’s best for the club. We didn’t do so well with the Moloney situation.

I think the club needs to know his intention by the end of this year, regardless of him being contracted next year. If he won’t sign an extension by the end of the year (he’s obviously entitled not to), then work with his manager to explore which clubs he’d be open to move to and look at trade offers. There’ll be plenty of (strong)offers, and Melbourne’s bargaining position will only get weaker if we let it drag on for a year.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/the-gold-coast-suns-have-joined-the-race-for-melbourne-key-defender-james-frawley/story-fn6pe9hv-1226647937604

Will the last player to leave the club please turn off the lights

Hahaha, your post actually made me laugh. Maybe Mark Knight should do a drawing?

Can't be resigned to defeat now, win a few games between now and then and show him we are on the right path and match the offers from the other teams,

just because another team is looking at one of our required players doesn't mean we can roll over and cry in a corner.

this is a must retain player.

Highly unlikely to happen but I would love to retain Frawley ,Watts and Sylvia for 3 more years .

That would give us hope of making it somewhere near the finals .

hullo sunshine

good to see you back........sick of 'ology and dr poo?

I know Pederson has had a poor start to the season but could we not develop him to play Frawley's role in the backline? I believe he did play a bit of defence in his limited games with North. Similar body. We need mids. It is vital. If we can trade Frawley while we can get something worthwhile then let's do it. Trade him for a midfielder. And our backline is looking fairly strong considering the blitzkreig they suffer every week.

Highly unlikely to happen but I would love to retain Frawley ,Watts and Sylvia for 3 more years .

That would give us hope of making it somewhere near the finals .

Out of the cooler. Long stint man. Well done.

I know Pederson has had a poor start to the season but could we not develop him to play Frawley's role in the backline? I believe he did play a bit of defence in his limited games with North. Similar body. We need mids. It is vital. If we can trade Frawley while we can get something worthwhile then let's do it. Trade him for a midfielder. And our backline is looking fairly strong considering the blitzkreig they suffer every week.

We signed Pederson for 3 years, so we need to find a viable role for him, and this could be it. We also need to see if Davis can play at AFL level as well. Third year on the list, emergency for the last 2 games, surely we will get a look soon?

I know Pederson has had a poor start to the season but could we not develop him to play Frawley's role in the backline? I believe he did play a bit of defence in his limited games with North. Similar body. We need mids. It is vital. If we can trade Frawley while we can get something worthwhile then let's do it. Trade him for a midfielder. And our backline is looking fairly strong considering the blitzkreig they suffer every week.

He is a good VFL player

Could not get get more than the occasional game at North.

Siimlar to Bate and Newton good at VFL level but not AFL standard.

We signed Pederson for 3 years, so we need to find a viable role for him, and this could be it. We also need to see if Davis can play at AFL level as well. Third year on the list, emergency for the last 2 games, surely we will get a look soon?

Captain at Casey!

Davis cannot kick he makes Nicholson and Mckenzie look like dead eye dick

Frawley to GC gives them a realistic shot at top 4 and a premiership by 2015. The only other thing they need is a top line tall forward.

Frawley to GC gives them a realistic shot at top 4 and a premiership by 2015. The only other thing they need is a top line tall forward.

maybe dawes or clark??

that should set them on thier way

Edited May 22, 201312 yr by jazza

maybe dawes or clark??

that should set them on thier way

Just send them Hogan.

Frawley to GC gives them a realistic shot at top 4 and a premiership by 2015. The only other thing they need is a top line tall forward.

I'm not sure they are as keen on Frawley as this rumour sounds.

Up forward they have Dixon, May and Lynch developing nicely. All have different attributes but Dixon can back up ruck and has great mobility for his size. Lynch is their top forward prospect and has nice hands and May as a bit shorter and heavier and is a more a bulldozer type.

It's allowed them to have Thompson looking the goods at CHB and now they are giving Sam Day a shot at full back and he's going pretty well. They also have their top pick from the 2011 draft in Henry Schade 196cm Tasmanian defender who hasn't had a chance yet. I'm not sure on his progress. The suns also rate Warnock. Plus they have some other tall kids on the list.

If we traded Frawley we'd end up with McDonald, Sellar and Pedersen as our talls. I really don't rate Davis but we better include him as well. So we'd have 2 kids with dodgy kicking who aren't great one on one defenders and 2 big lump types who really should be depth. So we'd have to ask for one of Gold Coast's young defenders in return as well as mids I'd say. I'm not sure who would be openly happy to sit watching games with Sellar and Pedersen holding down key spots. Especially given their ages its not like these guys are 21.