Petty ✅ can play CHF or CHB. Hope he gets fit and healthy over pre season 

Sparrow ✅ great kid. Reminds me of a young Todd Viney 

Very pleased with these signings particularly, with the signing of Petty. I liked what I saw of him in the few games he played. Has a bit about him that seemed to get into the oppositions heads. Will be interested to watch his progress and to see where he ends up playing.

Sparrow has a good set of players along side him in the midfield to learn from.

Good to hear. I hope burgess stays and there is some continuity in fitness / strengthening for the players. Hes now had a year to understand injury issues and really build a strong preseason that will have these types of guys ready to go. 

19 hours ago, Lord Nev said:

Great news. Both great fellas who are rated highly by the club.

 

That’s great. I’m really keen to see Petty develop, I think he has the goods. 

Great news. I really rate Petty and hopefully we have got his injury issues sorted. Two years is the right number for both at this point.

Happy to see them both signed.

Like the look of Petty.

Not convinced by Sparrow but he needs a bit of time.

Still don't see him as a mid though.

why aren't we hearing any official announcements from the club, i find it so strange that we've been finished for 2 weeks now and we still have 20 players OOC including many obvious resignings that we're hearing are done deals. 

Also find it strange Hawks, Giants, Swans have made no list changes given ladder positions

Edited October 2, 20204 yr by Turner
lmao 40 mins...

https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/821186

 

Three Demons sign on

Tom Sparrow, Harry Petty and Joel Smith have agreed to new contracts

7 minutes ago, roy11 said:

https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/821186

 

Three Demons sign on

Tom Sparrow, Harry Petty and Joel Smith have agreed to new contracts

An absolute disgrace that Smith has been extended. Is this Mahoney's last [censored]-take before he is rightly moved on?

Smith also re-signed.

Added to OP too.

 

There are plenty I would sign before Smith

Not a footballer and a waste of a position on our lis> I have really tried to see what others apparently see in this guy. Unfortunately I haven't!

Really cant understand this signing

But there you go I haven't been able to understand very much of what our footy department do 

This is just another poor example in my opinion

5 minutes ago, Kent said:

There are plenty I would sign before Smith

Not a footballer and a waste of a position on our lis> I have really tried to see what others apparently see in this guy. Unfortunately I haven't!

Really cant understand this signing

But there you go I haven't been able to understand very much of what our footy department do 

This is just another poor example in my opinion

Only thing I can put it down to is it was a part of Shaun's concussion compensation.

I'm probably in the minority here, but I really like Smith and think he just needs a bit of continuity. 

He's strong, quick and can play tall and small.

His upside is enormous so I'm happy with the signing particularly given that he's likely to be on peanuts.

He did more than a decent job on Jeremy Cameron at the end of the season, if he can continue with that form and improve on his decision making I have no problem with this 

Interesting how the tone of this thread changed after it was edited to include news of Smith also being re-signed.

Sparrow has shown some good signs and is a handy signature.

Petty looked good forward before his never ending injury. Fingers crossed he comes back fit and firing.

 

Im in the "what do they see in him" group when it comes to Smith.

The article says Smith signed for one year. 

If Oscar leaves and Petty is not ready to go we will need depth in the backline.   Hibberd is yet to re-sign (I assume he will) and is getting older so we also need coverage for him.

So I have no problem with a one year extension. 

One year extension for Smith sounds about right considering our defensive depth looks a bit flaky at the moment. OMac is seemingly on the way out, Hibberd isn't getting any younger, Jetta is on his last legs and Hore is coming off an injury riddled season. 

Very happy about Sparrow and Petty. Expecting both these boys to become senior regulars next year.

 

Goodwin said that we need to be a ruthless club. Re-signing players like Smith, to me, shows that we still don't known how to make decisions that smart clubs make.

Will only take an announcement that Jones has been extended for a year, and I'll put a freeze on my membership for 2021.

That's my opinion. Many will think it's a poor one, but it's where I'm at with this club now. I want greater accountability for poor decisions.

Happy re Sparrow and Petty. I have seen nothing that makes me think Smith will be any good.  Frost was much better.

A year extension for Joel Smith may suggest that the club are still confident they can find the right shaped hole for this particular peg. He wouldn't be on serious coin anyway and the worst that can happen is that he plays the season out down at Casey. Hardly the end of the world. 

7 minutes ago, The Chazz said:

Goodwin said that we need to be a ruthless club. Re-signing players like Smith, to me, shows that we still don't known how to make decisions that smart clubs make.

Will only take an announcement that Jones has been extended for a year, and I'll put a freeze on my membership for 2021.

That's my opinion. Many will think it's a poor one, but it's where I'm at with this club now. I want greater accountability for poor decisions.

See, I'd argue that opposite. We could have easily rolled over and given Smith a 2 year contract as is pretty standard. Instead, it seems we've questioned if he will be in our best 40 in 2 years time and only offered him a 1 year contract (or Smith didnt like what we offered in the second year). I'm happy that he is signed up so we have someone to play key back if someone gets injured, but is not signed on for a second year if he becomes surplus to needs. 

Lists are incredibly hard, and we dont have all the information at the moment. I acknowledge that it feels like some of these decisions are mind-boggling, but I think it would be tough to find a better replacement for Smith as a key back, on the money he is on, with the picks we have, and our list demographic. I hope Smith makes it, I'm not confident he will, but I am glad that we have someone there if May/Lever goes down. 

Why did we re-sign a guy who averaged 3.8 effective disposals a game this year? Anyone?

Smith is a very inexperienced player and he had a fairly poor season.  he has only played 18 games in his career, so this signing is on potential. He has a massive leap, is 6"3' and very agile and quick. Obviously he needs to learn the footy smarts and quickly. but if he got some continuity and confidence I think he could be a player.  Play on a small quick fwd and take intercept marks, similar to Howe.

Before I get shouted down, I am not saying he will be as good as Howe, just trying to think what the MFC would be thinking with him.

22 minutes ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

A year extension for Joel Smith may suggest that the club are still confident they can find the right shaped hole for this particular peg. He wouldn't be on serious coin anyway and the worst that can happen is that he plays the season out down at Casey. Hardly the end of the world. 

He is taking up a spot in a year of reduced list size and thats concerning,

He is either in or out of the preferred group by the football department

They obviously rate him so they have made their decision

I dont and others on here also

Just typical MFC and dont start me on the posssible  Jones extension.

Better coaching and some consistent VFL footy could unlock Smith. He’s not nearly as far off making it as people think. 

What are the alternatives?

Hibberd in his final year, Hore who’s too short and slow to switch on to talls, Tomlinson who’s too slow for quick guys? Got to give him one last chance to see if he can make it