According to The Footy Show:

Brisbane Lions ruckman Stefan Martin is considering formally telling the Lions of his intentions to return to Victoria for personal reasons.

It's time to come home and make things right Stefan. C'mon mate, you know you want to...

Please come home we need you. Neeld is long gone.

Please come home we need you. Neeld is long gone.

What position will he play 'Earl'?

What position will he play 'Earl'?

Centre half everywhere

What position will he play 'Earl'?

It's actually a fair point rjay. Stef always plays his best footy as a number 1 ruckman, but if we want Gawn to play that role it makes recruiting him a little silly.

We tried him in the role Pedersen and Dawes play now and it never worked and, while he has improved, I can't see that changing much now and would be a waste.

Educated, trendy haircut kinda guy.

Just wants to be back in Melbourne. For personal reasons. Ie, his own sanity.

Get him Dees.

You'd have to think Essendon would be out of the running.

What position will he play 'Earl'?

Rjay perhaps it is Ruck rover and pinch hit in the ruck while Max is fit. If Max goes down then Stef takes over. If we got Steff we could make some decisions on Spencil and Jamar for next year.

It Would be interesting experiment as both these guys can cover some ground and get to contests so opposition balls kicked in the air become a problem for them as we have two pretty good aerialists blocking movement forward.

I wonder if we could trade the players we drafted with the two late draft picks we received from Brisbane for Martin. Matt Jones and Dean Terlich could easily slot into the Lions' team...

Not a snow flake's chance Stef would come back to the Dees. He left for personal reasons, he won't come back for personal reasons.

Turns 29 at the end of the season. Where did all those years go?

Should mean the Lions will hang onto Leunberger. Can only be a good thing for the draft, one less compo pick.

Turns 29 at the end of the season. Where did all those years go?

I ask myself that everyday

I would love to have him back, but he probably isn't what we need right now

Turns 29 at the end of the season. Where did all those years go?

He was 21 when we rookied him.

I regret not supporting his terrible moustache effort during movember.

Brisbane is in a very sorry state.

What did we get for him a pick in the 50's & 60's brisbane will get a minimum of a second rounder... Another masterstroke by old neeldy... Just like Brent Moloney was the easiest player in the comp to tag, yet racked up 35 touches against neeld.. Yes, I still hate the man

What did we get for him a pick in the 50's & 60's brisbane will get a minimum of a second rounder... Another masterstroke by old neeldy... Just like Brent Moloney was the easiest player in the comp to tag, yet racked up 35 touches against neeld.. Yes, I still hate the man

He helped get us Hogan, I think we can forgive him now

Would we swap Dawes for Martin?

Average footballer that personifies the Melbourne of 2008-2013: 1 great game in every 10, and always injured.

IMO we're better placed with Gawn and Spencer.

Average footballer that personifies the Melbourne of 2008-2013: 1 great game in every 10, and always injured.

IMO we're better placed with Gawn and Spencer.

Yes, but he's now close to AA ruckman, as he was last year. Showed considerable promise when Jamar went down for half a season and he rucked solo. The Russian was the ruck we should have got rid of, he had trade value back then.

Stef just an average footballer? No.

Managed very poorly by the MFC? Definetly.

Edited August 13, 201510 yr by Moonshadow

There is such a different era about to unfold.

Why delve into the past? A flaky one at that?

Max Gawn has just signed for three more years.

Yes, but he's now close to AA ruckman, as he was last year. Showed considerable promise when Jamar went down for half a season and he rucked solo. The Russian was the ruck we should have got rid of, he had trade value back then.

Stef just an average footballer? No.

Managed very poorly by the MFC? Definetly.

Or maybe he's a contract player, playing for his next contract at a Melbourne team? I suspect he never wanted to be in Brisbane from the start.

Yeah, he's lifted quite a bit in Brisbane, but the gap between his best and worst is pretty big. And he's always injured. No thanks. At 29 I'd rather continue to develop Spencer. Gawn is set now.

Spoke to a guy from work whose old man is close friends with Steph Martin and does a lot for the club. The personal reason to come back to VIC is because he doesn't like playing for Brisbane plain and simple. There's about 4 clubs interested in his services with the Doggies being the front runners. Mentioned to him about coming back to the Red & Blue but unfortunately Steph doesn't see it happening.