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To the ears of the football gods ...

Whispering_Jack
in Melbourne Demons

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8 hours ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

Trengove 22, Dawes 26, Grimes 25 (RFA), Watts 24 (RFA), Vince 29, Tyson* 21, Kent 21, M Jones 27, Spencer 25 (UFA), T McDonald22, Terlich 25, Jetta 25, Garlett 25, Frost 21, Newton 22, O McDonald 19, Pedersen 28, Hunt 19, Harmes 19.  

 

Would have thought you'd need to add Hunt onto the at risk list. If he doesn't show he has what it takes this year I would have thought his papers will be stamped as well. I also would have thought Pedersen would have to be pretty bad this year not to get another contract. He was showing good form last year before he did his wrist and without him we'll be very bare for talls for the next few years.

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    3 hours ago, Mach5 said:


    Then he won't have been poached in big coin then, will he?

    If he goes it is more likely it will be as a delisted FA than us getting a 1st round compo pick.

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    Not really relevant to anything but i find it interesting that we are a chance of moving on a couple of blokes who not so long ago finished 3rd and 4th in our B&F as well as potentially two former co-captains and a bloke we paid way overs to get and a former number 1 draft pick, and it wouldn't really hurt our best 22 in any huge way to do so.

     

    I am hopefully on a few of these guys, Trengove in particular but it's an interesting situation

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    Bernie should get triggered for a 4th year, whatever his KPIs were, which should bring him to about 80 games. 

    Then sign him for a 5th year to help secure his offspring ;)

    Edited by SaberFang

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    Johnny Ralph on SEN tonight reckons the Hogan situation has a taken a turn for the worst over the last 6 months and the two parties are as far apart as they've been for a while.

    Meanwhile he said both McDonald boys are far from certainties to stay on after this year.

    What a barrel of joy that was listening to him.

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    Spencer is an unrestricted free agent? Good grief, has he really been there that long?

     

    What was that unctuous moron saying BBP? When he sais things the opposite tends to happen...

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    6 minutes ago, DemonAndrew said:

    Spencer is an unrestricted free agent? Good grief, has he really been there that long?

     

    What was that unctuous moron saying BBP? When he sais things the opposite tends to happen...

    8 years at end of season da. he would be a rfa except not being in top 25% of salary he becomes an 8 year ufa

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    Jeepers creepers.

     

    We won't be able to sign him up on a one year deal then; at least one other club who are desperate for a big body with experience will offer him two years.

     

    Crazy that Spencer is probably more likely to get offered a deal from another club than Grimes at this stage.

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    1 hour ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Johnny Ralph on SEN tonight reckons the Hogan situation has a taken a turn for the worst over the last 6 months and the two parties are as far apart as they've been for a while.

    Meanwhile he said both McDonald boys are far from certainties to stay on after this year.

    What a barrel of joy that was listening to him.

    Absolute rubbish on all counts, John Ralph has lost all credibility over the Essendon saga, he is trying to create news out of thin air now.

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    It's easy to see who are the weak squibs of the media world are when they pick on the smaller clubs for news items. They only ever have good news stories about Collingwood and Hawthorn. If a bloke hasn't signed at Melbourne he's "far from certain" to do so. If a bloke hasn't signed at Collingwood then "he really wants to stay" and "it's just a matter of dotting a few i's and crossing a few t;s". 

    Weak and pathetic dogs. 

    It makes our marketing peoples job so much harder to do. Especially leading into the season when you are trying to sign members. Jackson or Barrett should be calling out and confronting the weak ***ick. 

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    51 minutes ago, Peter Griffen said:

    Absolute rubbish on all counts, John Ralph has lost all credibility over the Essendon saga, he is trying to create news out of thin air now.

    Does anyone know whether these imbeciles only make up more particular excreta about The Dees than other teams or not?

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    2 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Johnny Ralph on SEN tonight reckons the Hogan situation has a taken a turn for the worst over the last 6 months and the two parties are as far apart as they've been for a while.

    Meanwhile he said both McDonald boys are far from certainties to stay on after this year.

    What a barrel of joy that was listening to him.

    Your interpretation of the conversation is very poor.

    He said that Hogan signing on isn't as close as recent reports suggest and that Melbourne "wouldn't be feeling as good as 10 weeks ago".  He doubted it would happen prior to the season commencing, but more round 6 or mid-season.  

    He mentioned that the McDonald brothers were out of contract and that was it.  He said that if they could sign both bookends - Hogan and McDonald - then we'd become a destination club.  Their signings are that important.

    The amount of times I've heard conversations like this distorted by supporters in the re-telling is incredible.  Do people actually listen ?

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    Goodwin's reaction to Watts wanting to still play for MFC when he's out of contract

     

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    8 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Johnny Ralph on SEN tonight reckons the Hogan situation has a taken a turn for the worst over the last 6 months and the two parties are as far apart as they've been for a while.

    Meanwhile he said both McDonald boys are far from certainties to stay on after this year.

    What a barrel of joy that was listening to him.

    I listened to that and he had nothing. 

    He said "Hogan returned to West Coast (he said West Coast not Western Australia) to contemplate his future over the break", considering he's from there where's the story.

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    7 hours ago, ProDee said:

    Your interpretation of the conversation is very poor.

    He said that Hogan signing on isn't as close as recent reports suggest and that Melbourne "wouldn't be feeling as good as 10 weeks ago".  He doubted it would happen prior to the season commencing, but more round 6 or mid-season.  

    He mentioned that the McDonald brothers were out of contract and that was it.  He said that if they could sign both bookends - Hogan and McDonald - then we'd become a destination club.  Their signings are that important.

    The amount of times I've heard conversations like this distorted by supporters in the re-telling is incredible.  Do people actually listen ?

    That sounds much better.

    In all honestly i don'tthink anyone thought he would re sign prior to the season so i don't know where Ralphy got that report. Mahoney and Roos have emphasized that he still has 2 years left of his contract and hardly something thats going to be rushed into.

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    10 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Johnny Ralph on SEN tonight reckons the Hogan situation has a taken a turn for the worst over the last 6 months and the two parties are as far apart as they've been for a while.

    Meanwhile he said both McDonald boys are far from certainties to stay on after this year.

    What a barrel of joy that was listening to him.

    John Ralph is one the worst reporters in the business.. Writes for a picture book of a paper.. Should just give up and become KB's glorified Richmond sidekick!!

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    8 hours ago, Peter Griffen said:

    Absolute rubbish on all counts, John Ralph has lost all credibility over the Essendon saga, he is trying to create news out of thin air now.

     

    Jon Ralph is a clown, for sure.  Anything he says gets ignored immediately.

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    It's simple.. We want to keep Hogan.. Make it hard from him to leave.. We need to not only make the 8.. But win a couple of finals.. THIS YEAR!!

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