12 minutes ago, Deestroy All said:

Hogan and Lobb will be salivating with the likes of Lachie Neale sticking it down their throat... oh hang on. 

 

I was a fan, but like ProDee I question why any sane, driven player would bail out now. 

Take solace in the fact that Weid has performed in front of back to back 90k crowds. Something Hogan will never experience. 

 

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I have already had my meltdown and cannot work out what is going on in Hogans head. I still think this "I am homesick" twist for the playing life of an AFL footballer is ridiculous.

We traded unders for him but if there is something wrong with him then fair enough.

2 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

The overall picture is:

We have 7 senior list vacancies and 7 pics if we need them.  We won't need them if we run with less than 40 players on our list or we take a delisted free agent.

I will update the 'Contracts' thread after pick trading closes in a few days an dwe know a bit more about the length of May, Preuss and Kolodjashnij contracts.

I reckon we might pick up a few delisted players with late picks. 

Seems we have traded picks 36&46 to Saints for pick 28.

The pick swap king gets it done again. Keep going Josh!

26 minutes ago, S_T said:

For those who like me  may have been wondering, our draft picks are:-

23, 36, 46,  28, 54, 62, 91

fixed

7 minutes ago, Demon Disciple said:

Hoping for an O'Halloran or Duursma (maybe even a Rankine!)

By bringing in 28 as well as 23, maybe we could get our hands on both Xavier's.

2 minutes ago, Demon Disciple said:

Seems we have traded picks 36&46 to Saints for pick 28.

noooo

28 minutes ago, ManDee said:

So do you think we will be a worse side next year with no Hogan but May & KK in? Think about our wins without Hogan then answer.

Edit: How many more wins if we had had May? 2 = top 4 finish

This

Just now, Demon Disciple said:

By bringing in 28 as well as 23, maybe we could get our hands on both Xavier's.

Considering we finished 4th, 23 is not so far off what would have been our first round pick.

 

10 minutes ago, Garbo said:

Neale wanted to go to lions and was a free agent next year and yet they got a better deal than us, dees caved, we could have got at least he same deal next year. Plus picked up May as a free agent. Maybe then we would have had ammo to target Kelly. We sold the farm to get May 1 year early. Unless we win the flag next year this was a nonsensical trade

This is the new improved "Gill's equalisation" at work, I think.

So my lying eyes were telling the truth?!

Its that damn observable reality again...

Defenders 190cm+

Petty, OMac, Lever, Keilty, Frost, J Smith, May, Kolodjashnij

Forwards 190cm+

Weideman, TMac, T Smith

 

I know that Kolodjashnij is a flanker but I feel like we are now way too top heavy down back, while being too thin up forward. Overall I think we're now further away from a premiership and that we should have got more for Hogan. Hopefully Jason Taylor can find a bargain key forward in the draft.

That pick swap...something afoot you reckon? Got a feeling we're not done.

So with May on board, who do we think should take the CHB position, OMac or Frost ?

1 minute ago, Greendale said:

Defenders 190cm+

Petty, OMac, Lever, Keilty, Frost, J Smith, May, Kolodjashnij

Forwards 190cm+

Weideman, TMac, T Smith

 

I know that Kolodjashnij is a flanker but I feel like we are now way too top heavy down back, while being too thin up forward. Overall I think we're now further away from a premiership and that we should have got more for Hogan. Hopefully Jason Taylor can find a bargain key forward in the draft.

Put a line through T Smith as he is a VFL player only - I asked the same question in another post I think we are light on for tall forwards too 

23, 28 and 54 for GC Pick 6?

Pretty much equal on points...

1751 for them 1712 for us 

 

Edited October 17, 20186 yr by The Stigga

Just disappointed Hogan  isnt in the red and blue ,  great to watch and thanks for it .

Happy to see he is home.

not perfect but our pics have improved. 

Go demons. 

12 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

The overall picture is:

We have 7 senior list vacancies and 7 pics if we need them.  We won't need them if we run with less than 40 players on our list or we take a delisted free agent.

I will update the 'Contracts' thread after pick trading closes in a few days an we know about the length of May, Preuss and Kolodjashnij contracts.

 

Edit:  Just heard we have done a pick trade with the Saints.  I think it was two late picks for an earlier one but will confirm when it comes thru.

Who knows there me still be a player trade to be done...

Has been confirmed LH, it's in the Trade Tracker on AFL website

As an aside, and placed in this thread because it's the most problematic...I haven't had a day at work as unproductive as this one since the day Paul Roos was announced as coach. Damn you Demonland!

Would love us to package 28 and 23 and trade high into the first round

8 minutes ago, JTR said:

This

Yes that's clarified things!

Glad the circus that was “will Hogan stay or go” has moved on, was over it and we need all players at the MFC 100% on board in 2019 if we,re going to have a serious tilt at glory. 

Go Demons. 

I would have liked to see him kicking bags for Melbourne for a decade. Now, I wish him all good fortune in his personal life and none at all professionally. May he prosper as the highest paid player in the lowest ranked team.

22 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

I'm really disappointed..

Will we get to 500 now...I don't think so ...oh me...oh my

We'll get to 800 over 8 years if Jesse wins a few Colemans 

Edited October 17, 20186 yr by John Demonic

44 minutes ago, Umpire Please said:

Queue  THE Seekers,  https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=u+tude+the+seekers+the+carnival+is+over&view=detail&mid=A9BC56DC1C11A0298571A9BC56DC1C11A0298571&FORM=VIRE 

Got to love the line about "the harbour lights are calling"

 

 

 

Edited October 17, 20186 yr by america de cali