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Bennell just been spotted having dinner in Hawthorn with May.

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    2 minutes ago, DeeZee said:

    Bennell just been spotted having dinner in Hawthorn with May.

    Source?

    Makes sense. If his medical comes up all clear I really hope we are in with a chance. Steven May is important in this.

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    5 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    Source?

    Makes sense. If his medical comes up all clear I really hope we are in with a chance. Steven May is important in this.

    Someone on the Dees podcast spotted him.

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    For the love of the game, with us or someone else, Harleys best would be a treat to watch!

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    1 hour ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    Well that’s us out then. 

    He just said play ET, nothing about winning on the G, so we're still in with a chance? 

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    3 minutes ago, 1 red eye 1 blue eye said:

    For the love of the game, with us or someone else, Harleys best would be a treat to watch!

    Jam watching his best for someone else. It has to be us. ?

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    l think this will get done. Both parties have gone public about the potential partnership which suggests they have an in principle agreement and he just needs to pass the medical. Its classic Mahoney media management

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    3 hours ago, ProDee said:

    For me it's a no brainer.

    He'll be relatively cheap and with lists of approx. 44 what's the downside if he doesn't pan out ?  

    His talent is undeniable.  37 disposals and 4 goals against us at the G was evidence of a very special player.  He's a better talent than Geelong's recently departed Tim Kelly.

    If you can't take a risk when you haven't won a flag in over 50 years when can you ?

    I'll live very comfortably if he came to the Dees and never played a game.

    Btw, I can share that Goodwin and co. are very bullish about 2020.  They're aiming for top 4 and think they can win it - (courtesy of a lunch between Goodwin and well-heeled Demons supporters).   

    Naturally, the usual rebarbative posters will bloviate their inanities at such a suggestion.

    mucho extra points for fitting in rebarbative, bloviate and inanities into one sentence......well played 

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    10 minutes ago, Demons1858 said:

    l think this will get done. Both parties have gone public about the potential partnership which suggests they have an in principle agreement and he just needs to pass the medical. Its classic Mahoney media management

    Getting him is the least of the battles. It's getting him on the park that's going to be the tricky part.

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    His manager (Colin Young) was on 3AW Sportsday tonight talking about Harley. Didn't really give too much away about most likely club, just that he'd already done a few medicals (at other clubs), but this was the first time the media got wind of it. Would be playing for base money, has had discussions with other clubs to train with them in December (for a post draft rooke spot), would likely be playing VFL next year if he doesn't get on an AFL list.

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    My heart is beating again.

    The prospect of landing Bennell makes me feel as though we’re back in the mix - that we’re relevant again.

    Make it happen Josh - there’s zero risk here.

    Bennell at the G in the red and the blue is a bloody exciting prospect.

     

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    Pretty low risk here, but the potential reward is huge. We're a club with nothing to lose and everything to gain, so why the hell not? Worst case is he doesn't get on the park and can hang out with Vanders in the gym?

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    3 minutes ago, Ron Burgundy said:

    My heart is beating again.

    The prospect of landing Bennell makes me feel as though we’re back in the mix - that we’re relevant again.

    Make it happen Josh - there’s zero risk here.

    Bennell at the G in the red and the blue is a bloody exciting prospect.

     

    Your heart is literally beating again.

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    1 hour ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    This just in at the trade desk, I’ve been told that we’re a genuine 25% chance of snaring Bennell. More to come. #ETthetradebreaker. #Youhearditherefirst. #Ifyou’resecondyoumightaswellbelast. 

    Wait, you actually have a desk for trades???

    #ETprofessionaltothemax

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    5 hours ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

    That is how I read it.

    As a DFA he can avoid the draft it he trains with just one club from this week.  I read it as he goes into the draft only if he trains with multiple clubs.  Could be wrong.

     

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    4 hours ago, FarNorthernD said:


    I know this is from all the way back to 2014 but my oh my Harley can play. Big if’s but if we get him and if he is injury free at 27 yo he could still be in his prime. It is sort of like buying a lotto ticket, it is nice to dream

     

    Even give the enormous limitations of highlight reels, the guy (at least then) knew where the ball was going to be and also knew where the goals were. 

    4 hours ago, dieter said:

    In 2019 we carried Vandenberg and Joel Smith, no games between them. Bennell has played maybe 2 in the last 5 years. Add Kolojashni  and that would make 4 potential crocks on top of the 'normal' bout of injuries sustained during a season.

    We now have one of sports medicine’s very best doctors on our staff - if he gives the ok then the risk is worth it. 

    1 hour ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    This just in at the trade desk, I’ve been told that we’re a genuine 25% chance of snaring Bennell. More to come. #ETthetradebreaker. #Youhearditherefirst. #Ifyou’resecondyoumightaswellbelast. 

    Did that figure come from out new cutting edge stats guru??

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    so to clarify... he goes into a draft and states his salary and length of term?

    What and when is the draft and what pick do we hold?

    Does this preclude us from taking Murray and Martin?

    Why didn't we trade pick 125 or similar for Murray?

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    4 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    so to clarify... he goes into a draft and states his salary and length of term?

    What and when is the draft and what pick do we hold?

    Does this preclude us from taking Murray and Martin?

    Why didn't we trade pick 125 or similar for Murray?

    Nope. 

    Right now he is a Delisted Free Agent.  This means that during the FA signing period he can sign with any club at any agreed contract. 

    If he chooses to train with multiple clubs during the lead-up to the draft, he will then lose his FA status and have to go into the PSD and see if anyone picks him, that is where he would nominate pay and contract length. . 

    If he waits until after the draft and trains with one club, that club is able to take him as a supplemental rookie before the season begins in March. 

    He has already decided against that PSD route. 

    Melbourne has offered to have him train with them from December onwards.  This would allow him to play in our pre-season games and we could then take him as a rookie in the same way we took Lackhart this year. 

    It doesn't look like anyone is willing to pony up an upfront contract to grab him as a Free Agent without seeing if he can train first. 

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    5 minutes ago, RalphiusMaximus said:

    Nope. 

    Right now he is a Delisted Free Agent.  This means that during the FA signing period he can sign with any club at any agreed contract. 

    If he chooses to train with multiple clubs during the lead-up to the draft, he will then lose his FA status and have to go into the PSD and see if anyone picks him, that is where he would nominate pay and contract length. . 

    If he waits until after the draft and trains with one club, that club is able to take him as a supplemental rookie before the season begins in March. 

    He has already decided against that PSD route. 

    Melbourne has offered to have him train with them from December onwards.  This would allow him to play in our pre-season games and we could then take him as a rookie in the same way we took Lackhart this year. 

    It doesn't look like anyone is willing to pony up an upfront contract to grab him as a Free Agent without seeing if he can train first. 

    Thanks for clarifying that, I didn't feel like it was going to be a PSD route. Obviously clubs will be tight lipped about these things but it would be very interesting to know how his fitness tests are going.

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    8 minutes ago, RalphiusMaximus said:

    It doesn't look like anyone is willing to pony up an upfront contract to grab him as a Free Agent without seeing if he can train first. 

    Wonderful reply RM.

    With four clubs expressing interest it could be who blinks first.

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    13 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    Wonderful reply RM.

    With four clubs expressing interest it could be who blinks first.

    We don't usually blink, just shart our dacks. ?

    Worth a try I guess.

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    46 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

    Wait, you actually have a desk for trades???

    #ETprofessionaltothemax

    It’s more of a tray table and my chair is the toilet.

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    Im really trying to forget the Pre-season when we got Rocket Rod Owen.

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    6 minutes ago, Damo said:

    Im really trying to forget the Pre-season when we got Rocket Rod Owen.

    Apt, but I''m uncertain by what definition

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