Looking more and more likely all the time, we want him, he wants to come.

in terms of the trade,say we lose garlo and free agency comp is pick 19 so 500k per year= pick at the end pf the first round

pick 19 & 23 for prestia and a late pick

personally id just throw up pick 5

I really hope this eventuates, just hope he doesn't change his mind with the Suns seeming to find a bit of form and Melbourne far from a wise investment regarding likelihood of finals.

Edit: Wouldn't mind a deal that included Lynch as well.

Edited July 11, 201510 yr by Nascent

Heard from a friend of the Prestia's today that Melbourne have put an offer in front of Prestia and he is giving it serious consideration.

Edited July 11, 201510 yr by Thehardtackler

Whilst I don't wish to 'pick' on him, can some of you watch Garland today and tell me what he's adding to the side today?

He's already fluffed kicks. One of which was to a player less than 15 metres away on his own.

Do people see how one-dimensional our backline is?

Garland has value through FA. We need a different skill set in our side and in our backline.

Watch Garland for the rest of the day and you'll see what I mean. He is insignificant. Irrelevant.

I tend to agree with you.

I don't see in Garland what everyone else appears to see.

He is horrendously slow at disposing of the ball, generally makes bad decisions too. I wouldn't say he's a good kick - we have worse, but it's not like he has some silky kicks we can't afford to lose. I don't consider him good one-on-one, again we have worse but we have better. He's not tall or big enough to play as a key defender but we have Jetta to play on smalls.

I really don't see it.

Watched garland closely today. Sad as it is, reluctantly beginning to agree with STMJ and Titan.

Whilst I don't wish to 'pick' on him, can some of you watch Garland today and tell me what he's adding to the side today?

He's already fluffed kicks. One of which was to a player less than 15 metres away on his own.

Do people see how one-dimensional our backline is?

Garland has value through FA. We need a different skill set in our side and in our backline.

Watch Garland for the rest of the day and you'll see what I mean. He is insignificant. Irrelevant.

Better in the 2nd half but terrible first half. Agree that we can't have Jetta, Cross and Garland in the same backline. Not the current Garland who can't run the ball out as he did in 2013. Injury and resultant lack of fitness have killed him. Would let him go for a 2nd rd compo pick. Would consider it for a 3rd rounder as well but the draft is shallow.

Heard from a friend of the Prestia's today that Melbourne have put an offer in front of Prestia and he is giving it serious consideration.

Terrible timing Melbourne!

Heard from a friend of the Prestia's today that Melbourne have put an offer in front of Prestia and he is giving it serious consideration.

Whatever the offer is, add %10. Needs to be too good to refuse.

Our first pick and Howe... And fingers crossed.

Edited July 11, 201510 yr by TeamPlayedFine39

As I've mentioned before, Mark Robinson has alluded to Prestia using the "unsafe workplace" argument if push comes to shove.

Not sure I'm a fan, but if we're in the winning side of that argument...

True. And we've had it used against us, so as far as I'm concerned, we're owed one.

Good point adam.

I have no idea why people are so harsh on Garland?

He performs consistently, he is a good user of the football, he goes hard and gives his all week in week out

He has gone through the same hell as a lot of the other players, and has stuck it out. He's had a decent season, and it's beyond me why people would want him gone

Howe on the other hand, can take his speccie highlight reel and back the truck out!

gotta disagree jaded.

garland is and has been a fine servant of the club, and him leaving as a free agent might gift us a second round pick. that's not being harsh, that's being an optimist (he's more likely to get us a third round pick).

he performs consistently middlingly, is neither tall nor small (same as lumumba, cross, howe and grimes) and he is a shocking user of the ball - he 'sits' on it rather than distributing quickly and cleanly and he turns it over far too often. he also no longer rebounds from half-back.

howe is younger and offers far more flexibility in terms of playing forward and, preferably, back. he also rebounds really well when positioned defensively.

we simply cannot go into next season with garland, howe, lumumba, grimes, cross all as 'third / fourth tall' defenders. they don't do enough.

Somewhere back around the late 90's teams started to win premierships off half-back. Our slingshot seems to be jammed.

gotta disagree jaded.

garland is and has been a fine servant of the club, and him leaving as a free agent might gift us a second round pick. that's not being harsh, that's being an optimist (he's more likely to get us a third round pick).

he performs consistently middlingly, is neither tall nor small (same as lumumba, cross, howe and grimes) and he is a shocking user of the ball - he 'sits' on it rather than distributing quickly and cleanly and he turns it over far too often. he also no longer rebounds from half-back.

howe is younger and offers far more flexibility in terms of playing forward and, preferably, back. he also rebounds really well when positioned defensively.

we simply cannot go into next season with garland, howe, lumumba, grimes, cross all as 'third / fourth tall' defenders. they don't do enough.

I have a feeling we'll be looking at some FAs of our own this year, so that 2nd round pick may not be a given. If we were to lose him and pick up another FA, it may well cancel out altogether.

I have a feeling we'll be looking at some FAs of our own this year

We can look at free agents all day long, but they ain't gonna come to our club unless they're DFA.

We can look at free agents all day long, but they ain't gonna come to our club unless they're DFA.

Fair point, especially after todays crapola

The usual suspects will be considered for moving on, M Jones, Bail, Terlich. Looks like it may be over for Jamar and we may see Toumpas offered up for trade - unless he turns it around soon.

Roos/coaching team will want to see what Stretch, ANB and Harmes have to offer for the future before deciding on which way to go at trading/drafting - how long will it be before they are high production mids?). They will want to assess the chances of Trengove re-establishing his career. Don't forget fit and in form he can play inside and outside to a high standard. Petracca is another player who likely can come in and have an immediate impact in the midfield as well as forward.

If all these players can come up then our midfield should be ok.

Given the number of young players on our list I would favour either a trade for an established gun high production mid or if we cannot attract one use our pick on a young KPF (risking one is available at our pick). We probably need a young KPF to come through.

Looking more and more likely all the time, we want him, he wants to come.

in terms of the trade,say we lose garlo and free agency comp is pick 19 so 500k per year= pick at the end pf the first round

pick 19 & 23 for prestia and a late pick

personally id just throw up pick 5

It might be pick 2 or even 1.

It might be pick 2 or even 1.

Gee, we'd be pretty unlucky to win the spoon with 6-8 wins, because that's what I reckon we'll get.

True redleg, i guess it depends where we finish

2015 Ins: hardness

2015 Outs: anything resembling soft

Garland will stay. Howe has already packed his bags. Dion is a pipe dream.

Garland will stay. Howe has already packed his bags. Dion is a pipe dream.

Heard from a friend of the Prestia's today that Melbourne have put an offer in front of Prestia and he is giving it serious consideration.

Interesting ,Prestia is contracted until the END of 2016.

Interesting ,Prestia is contracted until the END of 2016.

He can still be traded...

Watched garland closely today. Sad as it is, reluctantly beginning to agree with STMJ and Titan.

What I didn't like was the stopping each time he got the ball, the poor disposal that then followed and the fact that 4 times he failed to retard Hooker, who he had hold of and then let him just run away with the ball and set up a score for the Bombers.

We can't go into next season with all 4 of Garland, Howe, Cross and Grimes, right?

Howe - Likely gone at end of season

Cross - May retire this year, will definitely be rested if he plays on next year

Grimes - Garland is far better than, otherwise Grimes would be in the side

But by all means, get rid of Garland.