4 hours ago, Redleg said:

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The number May will wear next year at the MFC?

21 minutes ago, grazman said:

The number May will wear next year at the MFC?

Possibly.

But if truth be told, I edited a post, I wanted to delete and something had to be typed in, or it wouldn't edit, so I just hit 1.

3 hours ago, D4Life said:

Fair comments, like the old/young concept, only area I feel we’re fine compared to you is the mids.

Rotation 1 - Oliver, Brayshaw, Harmes.

Rotation 2 - Viney, Petracca, Jones.

Others - ANB, Salem.

From my recall of finals matches Oliver, Brayshaw, Harmes, and Viney covered about 80-90% of centre bounces, so get Petracca to play a little more mid time.

Tyson, AVB didn’t get much time in middle. But maybe amongst the 8-10 picks we look like having, might find another inside mid in the mix.

To date keep hearing a lot about ins:

Preuss great to support Max and if anything happens.

May gives us a gorilla tamer and hard but which is good. Thought he was going to Pies!

KKK who may be an outside mid for us, particularly if his skills are good as reported.

Outs:

Hogan - big loss.

Kent - while occasional very good game, lots of so so games and injury prone, which is unlucky for him, so minimal loss.

Tyson - first two years were very good, but last few only fair and skills fell apart. Losing a reasonable depth / interchange back up mid.

AVB - love his pure aggression and tackling, skills ordinary, will be missed as a handy bottom six player. Always felt he was similar to Bugg.

Delisted guys - can all be replaced.

Should be interesting to see what trades we do, assuming Hogan gone if we have 5 & 10 as replacement, might go for one of the gun kids in the super draft with 5!

In the Prelim, our Mids got belted, by the Eagles... Viney was tagged out of it... until it was all over.  Trust me we need more Hard Mids up our sleeve, who can run.

Jones is nearly cooked and rested, pre-dinner.  almost stick a fork in him.

Tyson too slow, for our setup.

Petracca, seems to me too inconsistent in the Mids, doesn't run hard nor far enough, often enough.   Has shown he can, but doesn't do it anywhere near enough. 

Tries to be Flashy, and not enough with the sleeves rolled up sort of stuff.  We need more brawn from him, busting packs and things open... Whether its him coming out with the ball, or another of our players... that doesn't matter. 

He has to break the games open more often.

 

It would be very easy for us to slide back next year.  IMO we need fresh mid talent pressing the others.

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1 minute ago, DV8 said:

In the Prelim, our Mids got belted, by the Eagles... Viney was tagged out of it... until it was all over.  Trust me we need more Hard Mids up our sleeve, who can run.

Jones is nearly cooked and rested, pre-dinner.  almost stick a fork in him.

Tyson too slow, for our setup.

Petracca, seems to me too inconsistent in the Mids, doesn't run hard nor far enough, often enough.   Has shown he can, but doesn't do it anywhere near enough. 

Tries to be Flashy, and not enough with the sleeves rolled up sort of stuff.  We need more brawn from him, busting packs and things open... Whether its him coming out with the ball, or another of our players... that doesn't matter. 

He has to break the games open more often.

 

It would be very easy for us to slide back next year.  IMO we need fresh mid talent pressing the others.

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Not as dissapointed as usual that I turned off the ignore function to read this post.

I actually agree with almost every word of it.

24 minutes ago, faultydet said:

Not as dissapointed as usual that I turned off the ignore function to read this post.

I actually agree with almost every word of it.

Jeez why would you have DV8 on ignore

you may not agree with him but his heart is in the right place

unlike some others who are just downright needlessly nasty

3 minutes ago, Superunknown said:

Jeez why would you have DV8 on ignore

That's a loaded question...

9 hours ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

I was replying to a poster who was talking about waiting an extra year and waiting until May was a RFA. Hence my answer, he’ll be 28 then. 

The time is nigh, so we have him Before next May is but a memory.  And next Spring's bird songs are ringing in our ears.

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Edited September 30, 20186 yr by DV8

5 hours ago, grazman said:

The number May will wear next year at the MFC?

The #1 hasn't had a great run at MFC.

7 minutes ago, Fifty-5 said:

The #1 hasn't had a great run at MFC.

Robert Foster would beg to differ!  (LOL)

preuss gets #1 cos he's going to be our strawbs o'dwyer circa 88 to max's jimmy

may can have #21

1 hour ago, Fifty-5 said:

The #1 hasn't had a great run at MFC.

Time to change all that superstitious rubbish; curses, numbers etc. Hopefully. ?

8 hours ago, Vagg said:

Robert Foster would beg to differ!  (LOL)

You're such a wag vagg 

On 9/29/2018 at 10:57 PM, Axis of Bob said:

People who are looking at May replacing Oscar are barking up the wrong tree. May would be about creating a structure, which is what the best teams (West Coast and Richmond) do well. 

The backline would likely be Oscar, May and Lever together. Oscar playing the same role he is now (bodying the opposition's best forward) with May as a strong rebounding tall who can play on a good player and Lever playing as a contest killing rebounder. 

This structure is very similar to the well structured teams. Schofield/Broad/Oscar as the negative body player, McGovern/Rance/May as the tall rebounder and Barrass/Grimes/Lever as the flexible contest killer. Having May could turn a weakness into a strength.

This.

If we get may then frost is the defender who goes out. Happy to take avatar bets on that.

43 minutes ago, binman said:

This.

If we get may then frost is the defender who goes out. Happy to take avatar bets on that.

I think you are correct. I only see Frosty as a stop gap player. Love the bloke and his endeavour but he is one of those in between players. Happy to be proven wrong.

I want May in our team, but i don't want to give up a top 7 pick. 

If GC play hard ball and demand pick 6, i say we leave it.

Hopefully, our pick 10 will be enough to get him over the line. But GC would stand to get a top 5 compo pick next year, so they may not give him up for pick 10.

 

2 minutes ago, Lord Neville X Flash said:

I want May in our team, but i don't want to give up a top 7 pick. 

If GC play hard ball and demand pick 6, i say we leave it.

Hopefully, our pick 10 will be enough to get him over the line. But GC would stand to get a top 5 compo pick next year, so they may not give him up for pick 10.

 

They will have 2 & 3 and have other picks so might be a little more flexible .

Maybe a player from us becomes involved.

Edited September 30, 20186 yr by Redleg

2 hours ago, binman said:

This.

If we get may then frost is the defender who goes out. Happy to take avatar bets on that.

Only issue with that is speed against small line ups, i.e. richmond. Frost adds versatility, and with May and Lever being good kicks, frost would be the only poor kick in the backline. I think we are too slow with Omac, May and Lever

What do people think Collingwood will get if they trade Moore?

The level of that pick could be a key determinant for what we have to offer GCS given the Pies are after May.

13 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

What do people think Collingwood will get if they trade Moore?

The level of that pick could be a key determinant for what we have to offer GCS given the Pies are after May.

I don't think Sydney have a particularly high 1st rounder, so we are more than likely in the box seat for May.

People are acting like it's a foregone conclusion we'll nab May once Hogan walks but it seems the general consensus is Collingwood is still in the box seat. Not sure what currency they've got to deal though.

43 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

What do people think Collingwood will get if they trade Moore?

The level of that pick could be a key determinant for what we have to offer GCS given the Pies are after May.

I doubt they'd get a pick higher than 15, probably more likely in the 20s

3 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

People are acting like it's a foregone conclusion we'll nab May once Hogan walks but it seems the general consensus is Collingwood is still in the box seat. Not sure what currency they've got to deal though.

There's a truck load of Cold Pies  and a pile of used dentures !!  does that get much ??

20 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

People are acting like it's a foregone conclusion we'll nab May once Hogan walks but it seems the general consensus is Collingwood is still in the box seat. Not sure what currency they've got to deal though.

May holds little power in the situation. If GC don't get an offer they  respect, they could let him sit out a year and get pick 2,3 or 4 in compo when his contract finishes. Even if he chooses collingwood, its unlikely the pies can appease GC.

Furthermore, GC are viewed as a weak organisation, they will be keen to put a line in the sand to save what little reputation they have left, May won't be let go for anything less than a top 10 pick, if not top 7.

5 minutes ago, Lord Neville X Flash said:

May holds little power in the situation. If GC don't get an offer they  respect, they could let him sit out a year and get pick 2,3 or 4 in compo when his contract finishes. Even if he chooses collingwood, its unlikely the pies can appease GC.

Furthermore, GC are viewed as a weak organisation, they will be keen to put a line in the sand to save what little reputation they have left, May won't be let go for anything less than a top 10 pick, if not top 7.

Agreed, gold coast did say no to Ablett when he tried to get out a year early.