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7 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

6PR over here reporting that Balic to Melbourne FC looks likely. Fremantle are chasing a second round pick. 

An ambitious opening ambit!  They selected him @ pick #38 ie late 2nd round/low 3rd round, has played a handful of games in two years and has application issues.  Hard to argue he is worth a pick better than around #40.

If mfc agree to more than what Freo gave up for him we have rocks in our heads. 

He is no Hibberd or Melksham to go for a mid/late 20 pick.

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    29 minutes ago, Abe said:

    Straight swap for dean Kent? 

    Jesus. Why on earth would we do that?

    I know Dean hasn't had a great year, but surely you would rather give him a shot of rebounding next year compared to selling him off at a completely discounted rate. Do you think the club has give up on him?

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    4 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

    An ambitious opening ambit!  They selected him @ pick #38 ie late 2nd round/low 3rd round, has played a handful of games in two years and has application issues.  Hard to argue he is worth a pick better than around #40.

    If mfc agree to more than what Freo gave up for him we have rocks in our heads. 

    He is no Hibberd or Melksham to go for a mid/late 20 pick.

    Agree..unless a player does very well he tends to go down in the draft pecking order (no longer an unknown)

    third round does it for me if we are interested. Perhaps swap our second for their third if that is allowed but he would have to be "issue free" whatever his problems were,

    1 minute ago, BAMF said:

    Jesus. Why on earth would we do that?

    I know Dean hasn't had a great year, but surely you would rather give him a shot of rebounding next year compared to selling him off at a completely discounted rate. Do you think the club has give up on him?

    Agree.... Kent played 20 games in 2016.... if we are to trade him it needs to be a little better than this

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    37 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    6PR over here reporting that Balic to Melbourne FC looks likely. Fremantle are chasing a second round pick. 

    Picked at #38 in 2015 draft, done SFA since, yet his value has increased? Please.

    If they were offered a 3rd rounder they should run with it.

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    28 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

    An ambitious opening ambit!  They selected him @ pick #38 ie late 2nd round/low 3rd round, has played a handful of games in two years and has application issues.  Hard to argue he is worth a pick better than around #40.

    If mfc agree to more than what Freo gave up for him we have rocks in our heads. 

    He is no Hibberd or Melksham to go for a mid/late 20 pick.

    He had a nasty wrist injury that saw him slip a lot in the draft, otherwise would've been closer to 20. If his personal problems are all homesickness related I could see why Freo would want more than a mid 3rd rounder, but they aren't in a great position to negotiate.

    25 minutes ago, BAMF said:

    Jesus. Why on earth would we do that?

    I know Dean hasn't had a great year, but surely you would rather give him a shot of rebounding next year compared to selling him off at a completely discounted rate. Do you think the club has give up on him?

    He has a busted shoulder, fumbles the ball, struggles to tackle and pressure without falling over either via poor instincts or poor lateral movement and seems more suited as a player who runs hard in to open space than in the way Goodwin operated the forward line this year. I'd expect they'd be happy to let him go for a pick in the 40's.

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    1 hour ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    6PR over here reporting that Balic to Melbourne FC looks likely. Fremantle are chasing a second round pick. 

    As Bruce McIveney would say: "Ambitious!"

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    He's worth nothing more than a token late pick. He's a pick 38 from two years ago who hasn't developed for a number of reasons, so his value has only dropped from there. If he nominates us, we trade pick 60+ or just get him for free in the draft etc. Anything more and we've caved for no reason IMO.

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    13 hours ago, Wiseblood said:

    That article he posted is from a rubbish site looking for clicks. 

    Not only that but it's already been posted, so 'passing on what he has heard' is him just copy and pasting an article of no substance. 

    I wish people would check this stuff out before posting. It would make life so much easier. 

    Read what I said....passing on what I was given, NOT what I heard.  I got it from a fellow MFC member via email FWIW.

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    He's had a couple of lean years but the start of his career hasn't been an easy ride. A good preseason to clear the pipes will have him running on all cylinders. Only then will we be able to see if he regularly gets leather poisoning.

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    36 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

    As Bruce McIveney would say: "Ambitious!"

    I think Dennis Cometti would have said " A second round pick ?? That's ambitious !!! " 

    Bruce might have breathlessly said " Harley Balic...... mmmm delicious !!!! " 

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    2 hours ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    They want a pick for him that will secure Matera. 

    Do we want Brandon Matera ourselves?

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    From reading other forums Freos fans want a 2nd rounder for this guy. Its amazing how biased supporters can be at times. Lucky to get pick 50 for him on current form.

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    3 minutes ago, Jibroni said:

    From reading other forums Freos fans want a 2nd rounder for this guy. Its amazing how biased supporters can be at times. Lucky to get pick 50 for him on current form.

    Like somehow Dean Kent on top of pick 10 will make the difference in landing us a gun 21yr old AA kpd!  ;)

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    1 hour ago, DeeSpencer said:

    He has a busted shoulder, fumbles the ball, struggles to tackle and pressure without falling over either via poor instincts or poor lateral movement and seems more suited as a player who runs hard in to open space than in the way Goodwin operated the forward line this year. I'd expect they'd be happy to let him go for a pick in the 40's.

    He showed enough in 2016 to keep in my opinion. The problem was that 2016 was suppose to be his building block for a break out season in 2017. No way would I offload him nothing. He is contracted for next year, i'm backing him in.

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    2 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

    He has a busted shoulder, fumbles the ball, struggles to tackle and pressure without falling over either via poor instincts or poor lateral movement

    So you're saying he'd fit in well then? 

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    On 6/8/2017 at 4:51 PM, Diamond_Jim said:

    Balic in JKH out ... not suggesting a trade ... just asking would it be a good outcome

    I think JKH will surprise a few next season. He developed into a new role and did extremely well in the twos this year.

    If he improves at the same rate next season, he'll play most of the year in the senior side.

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    3 hours ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    6PR over here reporting that Balic to Melbourne FC looks likely. Fremantle are chasing a second round pick. 

    They want a second round pick! Cheeky bstards. He was drafted with Pick 38 and has only played 4 games in two seasons.

    PICK 45 SHOULD GET IT DONE.

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    32 minutes ago, WAClark said:

    I think JKH will surprise a few next season. He developed into a new role and did extremely well in the twos this year.

    If he improves at the same rate next season, he'll play most of the year in the senior side.

    And did sfa in the opportunities given at senior level.

    Yeah, nah... but thank for posting Jay.

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    4 hours ago, Jibroni said:

    From reading other forums Freos fans want a 2nd rounder for this guy. Its amazing how biased supporters can be at times. Lucky to get pick 50 for him on current form.

    Preaching to the choir!

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    Would much rather Ben Lennon who I think is not too dissimilar, but has been in the system for a while and can't crack a game in Richmond's small forwardline.

     

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