James Harmes Signs for 5 Years

[Pates 9,678]

21 hours ago, Win4theAges said:

I wonder what old mate Garry Buccanara thinks of Harmesy getting a new 5 year deal?

 

Seeing his ranking of Harmes proved to me that commentators look at clubs in isolation of who they think they should be watching. Harmes had a dip like most of the list but he was still a B+ and easily one of our better performers. 5 years might seem like a lot but he's worked hard to get where he is and being a Dee through and through he'll be stoked he's tied to us for the foreseeable future.

[Sydee 4,633]

Really like the way he goes about his footy - hopefully he continues to improve on the same trajectory

Love the fact he is a Demon supporter - how cool is that for him to live out a boyhood dream

Keep up the good work Harmesy hopefully the ultimate prize is not far away 

[ChaserJ 5,174]

20 hours ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Good on him

Five years... front or backloaded...

My guess is backloaded..

Agreed. Harmes still had 2 years to run on his contract, so fair old extension. 

Wonder if his contract has been structured (or re-structured) to give us some flexibility as early as this offseason.

[TGR 1,367]

Great signing.

[Pulp Fritschon 772]

Good stuff Harmsey

Good news story from the rookie list. I did like what I saw early days from the #43. A duel sided player that had a bit of grunt and pace and wasn’t scared to go in. 

Be interesting to see how he goes off half back at times in 2020. Plenty to work with. Good set of hands. Good signing. 

[YesitwasaWin4theAges 6,766]

Harmsey is quite literally living the dream of all us supporters.

His legend will continue to grow as the years unfold.

[Tony Tea 2,814]

Kane Cornes on SEN was going to say something about a recent Melbourne signing, but I got out of the car. I assumed he was going to criticise Melbourne for signing Harmes to such a long deal.

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

2 hours ago, Tony Tea said:

Kane Cornes on SEN was going to say something about a recent Melbourne signing, but I got out of the car. I assumed he was going to criticise Melbourne for signing Harmes to such a long deal.

Correct.

I really like Harmes, by the back end of 2018 he was one of the best 20 players in the AFL for while there. However, not sure we needed to sign him to a five year deal as I doubt he was going anywhere else.

[Redleg 41,952]

On 10/30/2019 at 3:52 PM, Bring-Back-Powell said:

 

That Buckenara rated him below one of the Wagner's tells me all I need to know about his footy knowledge. 

If that's true, Bucky is an idiot. 

[1 red eye 1 blue eye 771]

Just for accuracy he signed a 4 year extension/deal, currently contracted until end 2020.

Very happy with this and I think there is still a lot of upside. I dare say he fancies himself as MFCs Dusty, and I reckon and assume he'll be striving to achieve that level.

With his durability "touch wood/head" he can play 200. Absolute fairy tale that would be for a kid who grew up a Demon!

 

[Pickett2Jackson 3,904]

Five years for this bloke.  Wow.    You only give 5 year deals to certified superstars and even then thats a lot. 

He is signed until the end of 2024. This is the first season of the deal and he has been appalling.  Heads must roll. 

Edited September 3, 2020 by Pickett2Jackson

[Elegt 872]

2 minutes ago, Pickett2Jackson said:

Five years for this bloke.  Wow.    You only give 5 year deals to certified superstars and even then thats a lot. 

He is signed until the end of 2024. This is the first season of the deal and he has been appalling.  Heads must roll. 

He played so lazily tonight,  avoided contact. Looked slow. Another ridiculous decision from the mfc board

[olisik 4,060]

10 minutes ago, Pickett2Jackson said:

Five years for this bloke.  Wow.    You only give 5 year deals to certified superstars and even then thats a lot. 

He is signed until the end of 2024. This is the first season of the deal and he has been appalling.  Heads must roll. 

Another Mahoney specialty 

[Adam The God 30,614]

You guys were watching a different game from me. As soon as he went into the midfield we started to win the ball and get it inside 50.

He needs to play midfield or forward. 

[adonski 12,919]

Trade Viney to open up space for a legit winger and get Harmes in as the fourth mid in the rotation 

[dazzledavey36 55,892]

6 minutes ago, A F said:

You guys were watching a different game from me. As soon as he went into the midfield we started to win the ball and get it inside 50.

He needs to play midfield or forward. 

I said this in the post game thread. He got us going with his run in the last quarter after he was finally shifted onto the midfield..

Who would have thought huh..

[Adam The God 30,614]

13 minutes ago, adonski said:

Trade Viney to open up space for a legit winger and get Harmes in as the fourth mid in the rotation 

I've changed my mind on the letting Viney walk as a FA. I think we need to keep him. Particularly, when we'll need more mids in the longer format return next year. 

He should be very rarely played as the number mid though. His go is defensive mid or pressure forward. 

[Cheap Seats 3,310]

18 minutes ago, olisik said:

Another Mahoney specialty 

Welcome back

[olisik 4,060]

5 minutes ago, Unleash Hell said:

Welcome back

Thank you sir

[titan_uranus 25,176]

23 minutes ago, A F said:

You guys were watching a different game from me. As soon as he went into the midfield we started to win the ball and get it inside 50.

He needs to play midfield or forward. 

Of course they were - look at the three who posted before you.

He was given a crack at a midfield/forward role and he immediately looked better than he has for weeks.

[rolling fog 1,208]

The mind boggles with some of our recent contract decisions.

Four years to Goodwin and five to Harmes, with seemingly no threat of either being poached, are just two for starters

Edited September 3, 2020 by rolling fog

[olisik 4,060]

20 minutes ago, rolling fog said:

The mind boggles with some of our recent contract decisions.

Four years to Goodwin and five to Harmes with seemingly no threat of being poached are just two for starters

It’s laziness. Long contracts = less work constantly renegotiating and renewing them more frequently.

[Ham 741]

Love him being signed up for 5 years.

Class player who is being played incorrectly this year.

Get him 70% Forward / 30% Midfield.