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On 9/11/2020 at 3:41 PM, Dr.D said:

tell me. how are Hogan and Peter Wright going to help with our forward pressure. They're just as slow as McDonald.

You don’t need forward pressure  if you can mark the ball and kick goals 

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    On 7/19/2020 at 11:00 AM, Deemania since 56 said:

    King is special - absolutely a developing star. How did we allow it to happen? What were the circumstances?

    Because we had Frost and O Mac as our key backs.  May was outstanding this year and one of the reasons we won as many games as we did 

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    Weekend article from the Suns suggests they are open to him moving. He is a Victorian lad but has 2 years left on his contract. He wont be cheap and they will want a decent draft pick. If Pruess leaves then Wright will fill the same role waiting in the wings.

    Pruess came to MFC as a backup for Max but his other aim was to learn ruck craft from Stafford, be understudy to max and this year Burgess got him supremely fit. He is now marketable, can earn a similar if not better contract and play AFL football every week. Ruck depth is important and Jackson & Bradtke are very young so I still think we need a backup. Essendon used Phillips, Carlton got Pittonet for that very reason and he stepped up. Ladhams improved out of site when Lycett got injured and St Kilda rejuvenated the ageing Ryder to support Marshall. All of which proves you need to separate the backup old dog workhorse ruck from your developing gun. Peter Wright is neither imo

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    On 7/10/2020 at 2:06 PM, Nasher said:

    What role would he play though? He isn’t a legitimately dangerous forward prospect and it would be a waste of a spot to select him to ruck for 5 minutes a quarter when he was ineffective as a forward. It’s why Preuss hasn’t been able to break past the fringe.

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    I think he’s a promising ruckman who isn’t willing to play ruck. A lot of similarities to Brad Ottens, just not as good.

    It depends on how we see Petty and what the price is but I’m not sure he makes it past the kicking the tyres stage. 
     

     

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    I would prefer to miss out on someone who is good than land someone who is bad.

    We need a Stuie Lowe to mark some of our up-and-under long bombs but there isnt a lot of great contested marks on the market. Maybe we would be better off just looking for a couple of decent kicks who can hit a leading forward.

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    I dont see why we'd be after this guy. Hasnt shown he can blow the lights out. We already have another 200cm forward in Jackson who even at this point in his career would have roughly the same output as Wright next season and isnt a total spud once it hits the deck. Massive no from me. If we're going for a key forward in trade, we need something that is an immediate improvement on the stocks we already have.

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    3 hours ago, Demons11 said:

    Because we had Frost and O Mac as our key backs.  May was outstanding this year and one of the reasons we won as many games as we did 

    To me, it seemed like getting rid of a nearly developed star backman in Frosty at last somewhat contained, just to keep OMac, a consistent failure, whilst at the same time, providing King with limited (if any) reason to stay at the Club that had invested much time and effort into his recuperation and playing readiness - so as to solely limit the argument of 'who plays' of the three to satisfy some other, unexplained and ill-advised agenda. We should be freeing ourselves of OMac, full stop. This has been strongly advised by supporters for quite some time (ie: many seasons). We are now in deficit, player wise, on the backline. Both Frosty and King should have been retained - one back, one forward. We could have had a phantastique season in 2020!

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    18 minutes ago, Deemania since 56 said:

    To me, it seemed like getting rid of a nearly developed star backman in Frosty at last somewhat contained, just to keep OMac, a consistent failure, whilst at the same time, providing King with limited (if any) reason to stay at the Club that had invested much time and effort into his recuperation and playing readiness - so as to solely limit the argument of 'who plays' of the three to satisfy some other, unexplained and ill-advised agenda. We should be freeing ourselves of OMac, full stop. This has been strongly advised by supporters for quite some time (ie: many seasons). We are now in deficit, player wise, on the backline. Both Frosty and King should have been retained - one back, one forward. We could have had a phantastique season in 2020!

    Frost was never going to be a star and a liability when he played. 
    Hindsight with King is a wonderful thing but we needed a key back much more than a key forward in 2018.  

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    3 hours ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    I’d rather stand a log up in the goal square. 

    Would you do it in a kilt, because I’d quite like to watch that?

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    1 minute ago, Demons11 said:

    Frost was never going to be a star and a liability when he played. 
    Hindsight with King is a wonderful thing but we needed a key back much more than a key forward in 2018.  

    Fair enough, I just see it differently across the 2016 - 2020 period. 

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    Let's not totally rule out Tmac re-discovering some sort of form with a full pre season and injury free run. at this stage i think he is a better option than Peter Wright 

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    10 minutes ago, Patches O’houlihan said:

    Let's not totally rule out Tmac re-discovering some sort of form with a full pre season and injury free run. at this stage i think he is a better option than Peter Wright 

    well he's shown he's more than capable at afl level so he's automatically a step up on wright

     

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    17 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    If his name didn’t rhyme with ‘metre’ no one would even know who he was. 

    You leave "Lotsa Height" Wright alone.

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    21 minutes ago, whatwhatsaywhat said:

    well he's shown he's more than capable at afl level so he's automatically a step up on wright

     

    I agree, and i hope we're not looking to sign a key forward for the sake of ticking that box. in 2018 Tmac looked like one of the better key forwards going around. that's not that long ago and he's young enough to re-discover that form. 

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    21 hours ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    If his name didn’t rhyme with ‘metre’ no one would even know who he was. 

    It also rhymes with s h i t e

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