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Tom Phillips - Outside Skills and Speed

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On 10/20/2020 at 9:33 AM, Demon3 said:

The thing that St Kilda did well was they went and recruited a set, a set they needed to improve their side and fill their needs. They needed outside run, they got Hill, they needed a inside player, they h=got Jones, they need a ruckman, they got Ryder, they needed a defensive key, they got Marshall. 

We did to a degree with Langdon and Tomlinson, but Tomlinson has not worked... we need to bit the bullet, we need to get a tall Fwd and some more runners. No Mucking around, we just have to do it, get Smith, or Phillips, and get Brown. 

Huge month coming up for the club..  Smith may want another flag, going to get that at Geelong before us, Phillips is Langdon.. so why not throw everything at him, Brown takes the best defender, teh best tall defender, allows Weid more freedom. Just get him. 

I understand its all dependant on other clubs wanting Tom and what we get for Pruess and thats fair enough.

Jones is just as much outside if not more than in IMO.

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    Tom Phillips should see an easier pathway at the Demons than Freo. 
     

    ✅ still in Melbourne 

    ✅ not on a 4 hour flight every fortnight 

    ✅ plays on the MCG* 

    ✅ Dees have left side wing ready and available 
     

    Surely we can sell the MFC 

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    2 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

    Screw Smith if he gets to the Cats. 
     

    Phillips is the one that’s the fit for us in the left hand side wing for the next 5-6 years. 
     

    Make the call. 
     

    MFC Future 2nd round 2021 pick gets it done. 

    if we sign phillips im expecting u to get a tattoo of his face on ur [censored] day 1 thats how keen you are to get him on board ahahaha

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    2 hours ago, Turner said:

    if we sign phillips im expecting u to get a tattoo of his face on ur [censored] day 1 thats how keen you are to get him on board ahahaha

    It just makes sense. The missing piece ... plus Trac becoming a fu@$)&n megastar!!  
     

    We will all get the Demons tattoo if we end the premiership drought ffs

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    32 minutes ago, Demonland said:

     

    goes very nicely with the news geelong have kicked ahead for smith and also clarko being desperate to keep him and upped the $$ from the hawks end

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    1 hour ago, Demonland said:

     

    We certainly have an opening on the wing. Particularly for someone that once kicked 15 goals in a year  - which doesn't sound like much but Langdon only kicked 2 this year despite a very good season.

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    1 hour ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    We certainly have an opening on the wing. Particularly for someone that once kicked 15 goals in a year  - which doesn't sound like much but Langdon only kicked 2 this year despite a very good season.

    Couldn’t agree more.  Everyone knows my view. Phillips gives us 5-6 years minimum. He’s the perfect fit and we can guarantee him game time in his preferred decision. We can help the Pies salary issue. It’s a win win. I’d be shouting out that he is our target. Make him feel wanted.  A future 2021 pick gets it done.  

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    Let Smith go to Geelong. I'd be turning out attention to this bloke.

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    4 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    Let Smith go to Geelong. I'd be turning out attention to this bloke.

    Should have been the case the whole time. 

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    2 hours ago, Pickett2Jackson said:

    Should have been the case the whole time. 

    agreed concerning that it wasnt, we arent as close as club thinks

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    On 10/27/2020 at 6:06 PM, spirit of norm smith said:

    Tom Phillips should see an easier pathway at the Demons than Freo. 
     

    ✅ still in Melbourne 

    ✅ not on a 4 hour flight every fortnight 

    ✅ plays on the MCG* 

    ✅ Dees have left side wing ready and available 
     

    Surely we can sell the MFC 

    Surely we can sell us as his very best option 

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    On 10/27/2020 at 8:06 AM, spirit of norm smith said:

    Tom Phillips should see an easier pathway at the Demons than Freo. 
     

    ✅ still in Melbourne 

    ✅ not on a 4 hour flight every fortnight 

    ✅ plays on the MCG* 

    ✅ Dees have left side wing ready and available 
     

    Surely we can sell the MFC 

    Plus he won't even have to change his commute into training (well H&A season at least).

    I like the idea of getting him, I think he fits our side perfectly.

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    hey Tom,

    Stay In Melbourne 

    3 year new deal

    MCG 

    left hand side wing 

    use of a Jaguar XE for the first 12 months 

    and I’ll even throw in a car space at AAMI Park.  

    legendary dudas fist bump GIF by NickelodeonA deal? 

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    3 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    Let Smith go to Geelong. I'd be turning out attention to this bloke.

    You are now on board DD.

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    4 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

    Couldn’t agree more.  Everyone knows my view. Phillips gives us 5-6 years minimum. He’s the perfect fit and we can guarantee him game time in his preferred decision. We can help the Pies salary issue. It’s a win win. I’d be shouting out that he is our target. Make him feel wanted.  A future 2021 pick gets it done.  

    Feel exactly the same. Only difference being I'd try to keep all 2021 picks if possible.  This years draft is very compromised by the high number of Academy, Father/Son and every other draft lurk going. Next year not so, and there will be a whole bunch of kids unseen this year that would have rocketed up the order given the chance to play. So some extra gems in what has already been described as (yeah, I know) a great crop.

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    I was happy to accommodate Smith  non the less, but i have to say a 25 y.o wingman is better than a 32 y.o wingman.

    Divert all attention to Phillips Dees. Forget Smith now he's obviously having second thoughts, hearts not in it  get the player who is hungry for a premiership(s).

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    2019 Games: 24 Averages: 23.8 disposals, 5.3 marks, 2.2 tackles, 2.8 rebound 50s, 3 inside 50s per game.

    and only young

    Impressive highlight reel.

    Sign this guy up NOW!!

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    8 hours ago, Crystal Dees said:

    Feel exactly the same. Only difference being I'd try to keep all 2021 picks if possible.  This years draft is very compromised by the high number of Academy, Father/Son and every other draft lurk going. Next year not so, and there will be a whole bunch of kids unseen this year that would have rocketed up the order given the chance to play. So some extra gems in what has already been described as (yeah, I know) a great crop.

    Pies would probably entertain a future pick as they’ll be keen to bank points to cover Nick Daicos bids, which are expected to be pretty high.

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    So, with Smith out of play, much of our attention may now turn to Phillips.

    What do we think it would take to pry him out of Collingwood?  As they are happy to trade him to free up some room, would a third rounder do the trick, or would they expect more from us?

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    We'd be doing Collingwood a massive favour by getting Phillips' salary off their books. Surely they can't ask for more than a third round pick.

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    51 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

    So, with Smith out of play, much of our attention may now turn to Phillips.

    What do we think it would take to pry him out of Collingwood?  As they are happy to trade him to free up some room, would a third rounder do the trick, or would they expect more from us?

    Its looking like a salary dump to me. 

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    We could swap TMac with Phillips +/- whatever is needed to get it done.  They have the same manager which should help negotiations.

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    2 hours ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

    We could swap TMac with Phillips +/- whatever is needed to get it done.  They have the same manager which should help negotiations.

    Problem with that Luci is that we are trying to get rid of TMac to clear cap space for Ben Brown. Collingwood, as we know, have even worse cap issues than us. 
     

    PS. I’m all for getting Phillips though

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