Just heard 3aw saying Howe might be on the move next year?

Who said this?

$650k for Howe...

Sure, sounds legit.

I said at the time GWS were p ricks throwing bombs at the last minute with no intention or chance of getting a trade done. They simply wanted to divert everyone's attention for 2015 from the fact the whole comp will be coming after their players.

I hope they die on the vine that stinking rotten carcass of a team.

You are being far too polite - I guess you are intimidated by our moderators

Who said this?

the guy scoop McClure I think that's his name

these whispers have an awful habit of coming to fruition 11 months later

$650k for Howe...

Sure, sounds legit.

hope your tongue was firmly in your cheek there !!

hardly worth that amount is he

GWS destroying fabric of comp - AFL's own Dave Mathews a piece of work - Folau, Hunt, Scully...... sending AFL's money (which is all the clubs) really well.

Don't mind if Howe goes and we get a high pick like #7. I'm more worried about Nathan Jones. I don't want him to drag out contract talks all year and then bail under free agency. He is our captain and the sole of our club at the moment. We need him to sign on!

no way , Howie stays seems to love the dees , needed

If the case I hope he is dropped first sign he shows of being disinterested. Not keen to see a Frawley 2.0 prance around next year

Amusing...the same day the club delists a player who is contracted we are frothing at the mouth because a player may or not be going when he comes out of contract. Meh... It's a business now. He can't go to club of choice unless we trade or the club of choice is bottom of the ladder. Next season. I am hereby emotional invested in no player whatsoever... It's about the team.

If GWS were still interested next year, I'd be happy to discuss a swap for A Treloar or D Shiel.

We'd have to give up a first round pick as well and I'd do it in heartbeat.

Don't mind if Howe goes and we get a high pick like #7. I'm more worried about Nathan Jones. I don't want him to drag out contract talks all year and then bail under free agency. He is our captain and the sole of our club at the moment. We need him to sign on!

Exactly, if Howe goes? Meh, if we get something decent for him it would be a win.

If Jones leaves it will be a disaster.

Interesting.

Good player but also worth pick 7.

Hope he stays.

He won't leave, just a gut feeling.

1. Mark Stevens ‏@Stevo7AFL 4h4 hours ago

   But make no mistake, GWS like him ... Marketing dream.. Mark of year every week.. Could go after Howe again

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2. Mark Stevens ‏@Stevo7AFL 4h4 hours ago

   Reported on 7 news Oct 17 that GWS threw pick 7 at Melb late to try and snare Jeremy Howe. Under contract, Dees held aces. Too late to deal

   swap him for Cameron. No seriously I do not want another year of players saying I will put off talks. I know he is entitled to but its a pain. Im sick of losing a good player each year. on Jones I expect him to stay. Only because he comes across as that loyal sort of bloke who likes to finish the job. But geez if Jones did go Id cry and it would rip the heart out of the club.

He won't leave, just a gut feeling.

one of those loyal country lad types ??

seriously, what is the percentage of players that demonstrate any loyalty whatsoever these days? It's almost non-existent now. Even for blokes like Vney and Grimes I would not be surprised to see them leave for coin.

one of those loyal country lad types ??

Nope - he actually strikes me as genuinely loyal.

Would be really surprised if Howe were to leave the Dees (assuming a commensurate deal was on the table for him to stay).

seriously, what is the percentage of players that demonstrate any loyalty whatsoever these days? It's almost non-existent now. Even for blokes like Vney and Grimes I would not be surprised to see them leave for coin.

Big money offers have been on the table since the 80s.

A player's loyalty settings remain the same as they always have been. The modern day Robbie Flower would be as loyal now as he was then.

Tom Scully would have done just as Gerard Healy did, albeit 20 years earlier.

Not all people are built the same way.

Big money offers have been on the table since the 80s.

A player's loyalty settings remain the same as they always have been. The modern day Robbie Flower would be as loyal now as he was then.

Tom Scully would have done just as Gerard Healy did, albeit 20 years earlier.

Not all people are built the same way.

surely not. All you need to do is look at the amount of players on teams' lists that have previously played at another club. It is vastly disproportionate to 10 years ago, hell even 5 years ago.

An important intangible factor here is his popularity with our ever dwindling junior supporters . As an MCC member with a full MFC membership I am able to sponsor my ten year old grand nephew as a Junior member . He was delighted to receive a call from Jeremy under a club initiative at a time when he was embarrassed to wear our jumper at his footy training . The chat renewed his enthusiasm for the Dees .

surely not. All you need to do is look at the amount of players on teams' lists that have previously played at another club. It is vastly disproportionate to 10 years ago, hell even 5 years ago.

I think most players still aspire to being 'one club' players.

That there's now more movement reflects the changes to the drafting and trading regime over the years IMO.

He brings people through the turnstiles

And that is the reason why the Giants would cough up pick 7 for Howe or any other footy freak that would convince the 'good people' (term used loosely, no offence intended) of Greater Western Sydney to attend their games.

As if you wouldn't trade Howe for pick 7. Every day of the week.

And for the record, information that GWS had come a-knocking was posted on Demonland early on the last day of trade period. We certainly would have had enough time to do something if we'd wanted to. At the time, it was reported that Howe knocked it back.

We must have run out of time to do the Howe for pick 7 deal

That would be daylight robbery for us

Hope he plays forward this year anyway