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34 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Not so sure.

Tigers need to move.  Punt Road just has no room for expansion. (2 ovals plus an indoor hangar type facility are the new standard.)

Carlton ...not sure but expansion into Princes Park would be a mammoth battle.

Collingwood already making noises about moving. Whittlesea-Epping area is my guess but don't count out Yarra Bend Park if they are willing to allow public access to the training ovals.

Interesting comments Jim.

Your point is well made and reflects the fact that needs and circumstances change.

The clubs I mentioned came to mind as clubs that had self contained dedicated training facilities, close to the city, and, in the case of the Tigers and Blues, located at their spiritual home. I suppose I could have included all the Victorian based clubs as Geelong are located slap bang in the middle of Sleepy Hollow (not so sleepy any more). All in all, a hell of a lot better off than the Demons using shared indoor facilities and training on open public park land surrounded by busy roads.  

 

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3 hours ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Not so sure.

Tigers need to move.  Punt Road just has no room for expansion. (2 ovals plus an indoor hangar type facility are the new standard.)

Carlton ...not sure but expansion into Princes Park would be a mammoth battle.

Collingwood already making noises about moving. Whittlesea-Epping area is my guess but don't count out Yarra Bend Park if they are willing to allow public access to the training ovals.

Fine with me DJ, happy to go wherever to get a good facility. I cannot see the pies or tigers moving anytime soon where as we need somewhere yesterday.

 

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Mentioned by K.Cornes that we can't have Petracca at 22 goals being our highest goal scorer and that we should target him if we think we're in a premiership window. Also back up Ruck position available for him.

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Personally I think this might actually be the year to make a move on Daniher if he is a restricted free agent and especially now that we don't have a 1st round pick to play with. If EFC are happy to get a 1st round compo. Th family association with Neal and with our yearly Big Freeze game. will be a membership coup IE great for kids to have a big marquee key forward to want to come and see. 

Much depends on his injury recovery and our KPF performances this year, of course 

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18 minutes ago, whatwhatsaywhat said:

might as well get darcy daniher too - between him and joe they might have an uninjured body at some point

kornes really is an idiot 

 

This whole discussion, while premature, is one that will need to be had if Daniher recovers or shows enough potential to recover from his injuries, we have another year with awful i50 conversions and miss the 8, and he's inevitably the only forward that is on the market in trade period.

1 hour ago, Jaded said:

It's about time we had an injury prone player on our list. 

And yet if Burgess gets Bennell, vandenberg, Viney, Smith all injury free, we'll be the exact club an injury prone player will want to come to turn their career around. Big IF yes, but let's wait and see before mocking the idea of swooping in on a kpf player we won't have to trade anything for.

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I think plenty of Dees supporters after round 1 are having premonitions that there is no way this list will be competitive in the final two weeks of the season over the next few years without some radical intervention to bring in a star or two by taking some big risks. Tmac and Weid kicking bags and winning premierships? It's just a laughable idea at this point. Like hoping Ben Holland and Troy Simmonds turn into clutch superstars.

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We have a gaping hole in our forward line. We’re crying out for a tall forward who can kick a bag. Daniher can do that. 

We have zero currency to trade with this gear having traded away our first rounder already. Getting Daniher for free trade-wise as a free agent would be a coup, as long as we didn’t pay extreme overs. I actually believe he’s fit to play right now, but just doesn’t want to at Essendon. Yes he’s injury prone, but there’s no other options this year.

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Jesse Hogan was our messiah and unfortunately he had injury and personal issues. It’s the curse around our team. We need a strong key forward. Tmcd is good but not in the class of the real key forwards.  Weid is still a boy who has the talent but not the intensity or aggression needed. He’s a really nice kid who needs 2000 volts to make him “want it “.  

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On 5/31/2017 at 10:51 AM, TGR said:

Easy solution.

 

Give him 20 shots at goal from 35 out on a 45 degree angle.  Every goal he kicks, he gets $100k per year on his contract.

 

Don't think they will be up for 2 mill a year.

The thinking man's problem resolution, in this case.

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53 minutes ago, dl4e said:

I thaught Daniher wanted to get out of Melbourne. One of the reasons he wants to go to Sydney.

Exactly. I'd be very confident if he stays Melbourne he stays at Essendon. He stated his desire to move to Sydney was to get away from the pressure of the Melbourne footy fish bowl. 

Personally I wouldn't go near him. We're not a team that can afford another trading disaster. He's incredibly injury prone and at his best one of the worst kicks for goal I've seen. When he gets everything right he looks great but that's only happened a couple of times in his career. Too risky for MFC and almost certainly wouldn't come to us anyway. 

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I'd rather get Tom McDonald back to the player he was in the 2nd half of the 2017 season and in 2018. But we'll probably know by the end of the year if that's possible or if his mind and body are all but shot.

I'd be surprised if Daniher is anywhere other than Essendon or north of the Murray next year. I'd support the club rolling the dice on him but the chances of him choosing us as well seem rather low.

 

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5 hours ago, John Demonic said:

This whole discussion, while premature, is one that will need to be had if Daniher recovers or shows enough potential to recover from his injuries, we have another year with awful i50 conversions and miss the 8, and he's inevitably the only forward that is on the market in trade period.

And yet if Burgess gets Bennell, vandenberg, Viney, Smith all injury free, we'll be the exact club an injury prone player will want to come to turn their career around. Big IF yes, but let's wait and see before mocking the idea of swooping in on a kpf player we won't have to trade anything for.

Cameron is up for grabs. He's from Dartmoor....

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4 hours ago, John Demonic said:

I think plenty of Dees supporters after round 1 are having premonitions that there is no way this list will be competitive in the final two weeks of the season over the next few years without some radical intervention to bring in a star or two by taking some big risks. Tmac and Weid kicking bags and winning premierships? It's just a laughable idea at this point. Like hoping Ben Holland and Troy Simmonds turn into clutch superstars.

I think you are right. Jackson is the man, but we need to wait for him, and we don't have time to wait...

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6 hours ago, dl4e said:

I thaught Daniher wanted to get out of Melbourne. One of the reasons he wants to go to Sydney.

Yep, that's what I thought.  That he wanted away from the glaring Melbourne spotlight.

Too big a risk, with him hating the fishbowl and his ongoing injury concerns as well, plus the question mark about his training standards.

 

I like the idea about looking for a big fish to trade into our club... but what about Tom Papley, or someone else?  maybe some more speed onboard, with some recruit.

I'm just uneasy about Big Joe.

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5 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Seems that way. Commentators are to famous now

i wish the game to be front and centre 

This is what we get,  with all ex champion players taking all the front media seats. 

Their EGO's come with them,  and then this flows down the line,  to the radio jocks as well.    Ego's everywhere.?     To the ear pollution of most footy punters.

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