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Don’t shoot the messenger, but rumour I heard was Hogan to Freo for pick 6, pick 6 to GC for May. 

 
6 minutes ago, The Chief said:

Don’t shoot the messenger, but rumour I heard was Hogan to Freo for pick 6, pick 6 to GC for May. 

hogan > may

25 minutes ago, The Chief said:

Don’t shoot the messenger, but rumour I heard was Hogan to Freo for pick 6, pick 6 to GC for May. 

lol they could at least have tried to make the rumor realistic.....

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6 minutes ago, ding said:

lol they could at least have tried to make the rumor realistic.....

Haha. What a joke that is. Lever cost us 2 first rounders. Hogan would be worth more than that. 

45 minutes ago, The Chief said:

Don’t shoot the messenger, but rumour I heard was Hogan to Freo for pick 6, pick 6 to GC for May. 

Slap yourself for even passing that on. Disgusting.

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1 hour ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

With a backline succeeding in finals, Lever to return and Petty developing nicely, I also don't see where he fits.  But it seems the club does.

GCS is looking for a high draft pick as next year they will get pick 2-5 when he leaves as a Free Agent.  It will require our 2019 1st pick plus player/pick. 

We are a latecomer to the party as he seemed headed to Collingwood.

We have to also remember that Joel Smith will have another season behind him and he has gained considerably from somewhat limited experience. At his current age, he is expected to only get better and better, and plays backline well as a rather mobile tall with marking skills. Pump some iron, Joel; get your fitness levels up and over the top; train harder than ever; do the ball and team skills routines until these are automated both in the head and in play. Next year may well be yours...

11 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Slap yourself for even passing that on. Disgusting.

Yeah, shithouse rumour.

 
49 minutes ago, The Chief said:

Don’t shoot the messenger, but rumour I heard was Hogan to Freo for pick 6, pick 6 to GC for May. 

it would be May and pick 6 for Hogan at least ! , even then its still a No 

1 minute ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Is May even a good player anymore? He looks slow, fat and not interested. 

He will flourish once he gets out of that disaster of a club.


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We've apparently made salary cap space for a potential big pick up (possibly May),

But do we keep our cash and go for Josh Kelly next year?

It sounds like May might have approached us: 

"Tom Morris said May was clearly canvassing all his options...to do your due diligence, you’ve got to meet with as many clubs as you can and clearly Melbourne is a successful club...but clearly Melbourne don‘t need him either..." https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/live-afl-trade-video-chat-with-tom-morris-steven-may-reportedly-meets-melbourne/news-story/d700a266e6022e2be5f668ccd7b72fe0

If May's manager came knocking on our door, my question, is when?  If after we made/succeeded in finals, its a bit too opportunistic for me.   Someone looking for easy street, perhaps?

It seems to me we plan our deals a long way ahead, rather than join in a trade bidding war.  Yes, we can be as opportunistic as the next but that hasn't been our style of late.  So it seems more plausible the approach came from May.  Imv, he doesn't give us much more than we have so I say 'thanks but no thanks, Steven.

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2 hours ago, Vineytime said:

Can’t see how he fits into our plans...

KPD depth = OMac, Frost, Lever, Petty, Keilty. 

Trust in what the footy department does though. 

Exactly my thinking. Surely with Lever back there isnt a need for a another tall? Combined with the problem we may have at the other end next year with Weid, Tmac and Hogan , talls really seem like the least of our problems. Or only a problem because we have too many! However the fact we've met with him signifies thats not what the FD dept thinks and I agree with you that  I also trust our FD more than I ever have. So... Im baffled. Im also baffled by why Preuss wants to come to us in terms of the role he might play. The only sense I can make of any of this is if they know something about off season player movements within our club. Eg A Hogan or a Frost or  a Weid or all three changing clubs. But I just cant see a mass , or even a mini, exodus from our club atm...why would anyone leave right now? To be honest I enjoy being baffled...reminds me of how little I understand about the way the FD is thinking. 

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1 hour ago, DemonLad5 said:

We've apparently made salary cap space for a potential big pick up (possibly May),

But do we keep our cash and go for Josh Kelly next year?

Yep


2 hours ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Is May even a good player anymore? He looks slow, fat and not interested. 

Maybe I should ring Jason Taylor then. I'm all of those things and much cheaper than losing Jesse Hogan.

Not sure how we could get the trade done. 

58 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

With Frost, Lever, O. McDonald, Keilty, J. Smith and even Petty, do we need May?

I was thinking the same thing, don't think he is a priority IMO.

You would have to give up one or two of Tyson, Hogan, Hunt, OMac or Frost to get him.

Can't trade a future first can we?

 

 

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The old "manager shops around to drive his price up" trick! Can't see him coming to Melbourne, what can we offer Suns?


41 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

The old "manager shops around to drive his price up" trick! Can't see him coming to Melbourne, what can we offer Suns?

Someone said that Pies players have been told he will be joining the club next year.

Expensive guy to have playing for casey . 

Pass . 

Give me Kelly or Whitfield . 

 
12 hours ago, The Chief said:

Don’t shoot the messenger, but rumour I heard was Hogan to Freo for pick 6, pick 6 to GC for May. 

You left out our acquisition of Andy Brayshaw with that pick 6* perhaps?  

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5 hours ago, johndemonic said:

You left out our acquisition of Andy Brayshaw with that pick 6* perhaps?  

The rumour came from someone employed at the Gold Coast, who wouldn’t know exactly what Melb would get in exchange for Hogan


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