On SEN  his manager said the trade to Essendon would be done today

Guess that's it then. We'll always have the 18 finals series Sam 🙂

2 hours ago, BDA said:

I really wanted the Weid to make it but not to be unfortunately. Keeping him in the ressies as ruck back-up when he has the opportunity for a fresh start is the wrong thing to do. Let him go. We can find a back-up ruck elsewhere

 

2 hours ago, AmsterdamDeesFan said:

Casey demons are gonna have a big hole to fill.

Time for another look at the Harry Boyd thread?

1 hour ago, Dingo said:

On SEN  his manager said the trade to Essendon would be done today

If true I'm personally very disappointed - we will get SFA in return and they should have tried him done back as a last resort

We have a relatively short list and can ill afford to lose another player above 195cm - he has the skills - there are plenty that don't 

Edited October 11, 20222 yr by Sydee

Always been a fan of Big Sexy, sad to see him go, hope he does well at the Bombers.

Losing some pace and losing some height. Hope we have a big draft in store. 

 

Poor decision to keep persisting with him as a permanent forward once Brown came to the club. Should have been tried in defence through 2021/2022 and / or in place of Jackson as a ruck / forward in the back end of 2022.

Ultimately that's 3 depth players we have lost for nothing in this period - we desperately need to add some ready made players before round 1.

1 minute ago, poita said:

Poor decision to keep persisting with him as a permanent forward once Brown came to the club.

They didn't. It was about that time that Weid started playing much more ruck.

24 minutes ago, layzie said:

Losing some pace and losing some height. Hope we have a big draft in store. 

Yeah I agree 

 Daw , Mitch Brown, Weideman , Rosman and LJ all gone only Grundy coming in. 
 

We need some more Rucks and Key Forwards , but only have pick 13 as a significant draft pick this year ? 
 

We really do need a Schache type player/s or another tall with some experience that can play a role if injuries occur ! We surely have a plan not just to rely on young draftees to fill the list spots 

Edited October 11, 20222 yr by DemonJack 14

16 minutes ago, poita said:

Poor decision to keep persisting with him as a permanent forward once Brown came to the club. Should have been tried in defence through 2021/2022 and / or in place of Jackson as a ruck / forward in the back end of 2022.

Ultimately that's 3 depth players we have lost for nothing in this period - we desperately need to add some ready made players before round 1.

At the end of the day, we only know 'some of it'. I'd gamble that the Club, its hierarchy and its functionaries have one or two ideas for players' replacements (or betterment as best 22) still in the wings of silence, no leaks, reducing outside competition and favour. There is no point declaring intentions too broadly, too early. It's a long time until kick-off, 2023; therefore, let's get the current pillars of stone fit, angry, hungry and committed to winning the Flag next year - and at all costs, develop and be imaginative. 

Edited October 11, 20222 yr by Deemania since 56

10 minutes ago, poita said:

Poor decision to keep persisting with him as a permanent forward once Brown came to the club. Should have been tried in defence through 2021/2022 and / or in place of Jackson as a ruck / forward in the back end of 2022.

Ultimately that's 3 depth players we have lost for nothing in this period - we desperately need to add some ready made players before round 1.

We've got 8 players that didn't play in our finals' teams that should be ready to go next year - Laurie, Bowey, JVR, Howes, JJ, Chandler, Woewodin and Turner.  That's not counting D.Smith, McVee and AMW who can all improve with another year in the system.  They'll either get opportunities or leave like Bedford.

We also had Tomlinson, TMac, Dunstan and J.Smith not in the 22.

Our depth is not as dire as you make out.

49 minutes ago, Sydee said:

If true I'm personally very disappointed - we will get SFA in return and they should have tried him done back as a last resort

We have a relatively short list and can ill afford to lose another player above 195cm - he has the skills - there are plenty that don't 

The way E play to 2mtr Peter will mean that Weideman could kick in excess of 40 goals next season given the right structures

Good work MFC..

16 hours ago, Lucifers Hero said:

From foxfooty:

Essendon is wanting to effectively flip Aaron Francis for Sam Weideman in a three-team deal involving Sydney and Melbourne, reports AFL Media.

Francis and Weideman, who were both taken inside the first 10 picks in the 2015 draft, have been linked to the the Swans and Bombers respectively for third-round picks as they look for more senior opportunities.

AFL Media reports Melbourne would prefer the third rounder to come from Essendon though, while Sydney’s selection is more likely to be in this year’s draft, meaning a pick swap is also on the cards.

Sydney have:  14, 17, 37, 75.  Ess have:  4, 22, 42, 62, 68

Technically Weideman is worth more in picks than the others as he is in contract while the others haven't been offered a contract.  tbh I'm not sure of letting Sam go if we are going to replace him with Schache.  Not much saving in $ and not sure what the benefit is in a like-forl-like.  We would have to offer Schache two years

Ironically if we get Schache to replace Weideman that is picks 2, 9 and 6 (Francis) from the 2015 draft all changing clubs at the same time for 'equal' value..  Not a good draft for early selections of tall players.

I wonder if we're still seeking a third rounder and if so, why?

15 minutes ago, old55 said:

We've got 8 players that didn't play in our finals' teams that should be ready to go next year - Laurie, Bowey, JVR, Howes, JJ, Chandler, Woewodin and Turner.  That's not counting D.Smith, McVee and AMW who can all improve with another year in the system.  They'll either get opportunities or leave like Bedford.

We also had Tomlinson, TMac, Dunstan and J.Smith not in the 22.

Our depth is not as dire as you make out.

That’s true, but in those players you have listed there is not much ruck / key fwd depth there anymore  

3 minutes ago, DemonJack 14 said:

That’s true, but in those players you have listed there is not much ruck / key fwd depth there anymore  

Agree if, as expected, Weed goes then we'll need some ruck/fwd depth added.

Picked a few teams to look at as to a talls list comparison. Top, bottom, and middle of the comp, plus us. Arbitrary cut off at around 6.5ft. Possibly some errors. And yes, I haven’t heard of half of these blokes either. But . . .

Geelong

Conway 205cm
Ceglar 204
Neale 202
Tsapitolis 202
De Koning 201
Stanley 200
Blicavs 198
Hawkins 197

North Melbourne

Edwards 202
Coleman-Jones 201
Goldstein 201
Xerri 201
Comben 199
McKay 198
Larkey 197

Bulldogs

Darcy 205
English 205
Sweet 202
Schache 199
Martin 198
Keith 197
Gardener 197
Bruce 197

Melbourne

Gawn 210
Grundy 203
B. Brown 200

…………………..

(Next up for us is a who’s who of departures)

Jackson 199 (gone)
Weideman 196 (?)
Daw 195 (retired)
M. Brown 195 (retired)
Petty 195 yeya!
Tomald 194 (injury concerns)
Rosman 193 (delisted)
Tomlinson 193 (?)

At this rate, Angus Brayshaw is set to become our 12th tallest player. 
 

 

 

 

35 minutes ago, old55 said:

We've got 8 players that didn't play in our finals' teams that should be ready to go next year - Laurie, Bowey, JVR, Howes, JJ, Chandler, Woewodin and Turner.  That's not counting D.Smith, McVee and AMW who can all improve with another year in the system.  They'll either get opportunities or leave like Bedford.

We also had Tomlinson, TMac, Dunstan and J.Smith not in the 22.

Our depth is not as dire as you make out.

You'd be correct if T Mac and BBB didn't have huge question marks on their durability. There is also question marks on whether Grundy and Gawn can play as forwards.

As it stands, when it comes to KPFs, we are pinning our hopes on JVR, who hasn't played a game. 

Weid didn't address our KPF issues because he wasn't good enough. But he did show something as a ruck/fwd at Casey. And we do lack ruck depth.

I'd feel a lot more comfortable with our KPF depth if we committed to Petty up forward next year. Then there's no pressure to play a half cooked BBB or T Mac every week.

With all the wrist slashing re our list it is not for us to worry about.Fairly sure our list managers ,coaches,etc are aware of our needs on our list more so than us supporters.So just trust them to get it right

25 minutes ago, forever demons said:

With all the wrist slashing re our list it is not for us to worry about.Fairly sure our list managers ,coaches,etc are aware of our needs on our list more so than us supporters.So just trust them to get it right

Thanks forever demons. Finally I can get some sleep. 

40 minutes ago, mo64 said:

You'd be correct if T Mac and BBB didn't have huge question marks on their durability. There is also question marks on whether Grundy and Gawn can play as forwards.

As it stands, when it comes to KPFs, we are pinning our hopes on JVR, who hasn't played a game. 

Weid didn't address our KPF issues because he wasn't good enough. But he did show something as a ruck/fwd at Casey. And we do lack ruck depth.

I'd feel a lot more comfortable with our KPF depth if we committed to Petty up forward next year. Then there's no pressure to play a half cooked BBB or T Mac every week.

We have got that Petty option, I'm in the camp that he saves more goals than he can create. But it's definitely an option with Tomlinson and Turner in the wings.

I think we need to see where TMac and BBB are at over summer and leading into next year.  We probably need 2 of TMac, BBB and JVR available each game for the next 2 years.  If we get 100 games out of the 3 of them across that period then Petty can stay back.  I should add that we need to recruit another ready to go KPF by the end of that period - I think that's possible - we can clear cap with outgoing players and we have a strong future draft hand.

Go well Weids.

I'm probably more disappointed in losing Weideman then I was with Jackson.

I think as supporters we've been far more emotionally  invested with Weids. We've all wanted him to make it but at times been extremely frustrated with his on field performance. 

I think a fresh start will do him well and he's been super gracious his whole career especially this year and last year.

All the best.

30 minutes ago, forever demons said:

With all the wrist slashing re our list it is not for us to worry about.Fairly sure our list managers ,coaches,etc are aware of our needs on our list more so than us supporters.So just trust them to get it right

Fairly sure our selection policy is garbage.   Simon has to learn to make changes week to week and within games.

Got great confidence in our list managers, not so much on the coaching front. As a team we show little flexibility or flare, i think a lot of that is down to coaching/game plan.

Most coaches currently would do great with the talent on our list.

Supporters are not aware of our list needs?  Would actually question this, many here seem to have a good grasp on our needs when it comes to the types of players we require.

The reason he didn't get tried back is he would need to be able to take an intercept mark and that is unlikely.

 

Good luck Sam, you were a loyal clubman and had some great moments 2018 finals will live forever in my memory. Good luck at the bombers, sadly I think you’ll be more than handy for them as they’ll play you in your best role, 3rd forward/ruck. 

For MFC I don’t understand this. We are now two soft tissue injuries to players over 29 (Gawn + Grundy) from TMac and BBB being our rucks. This year our ruck depth was thin but we had Daw and Weideman, the latter playing 2nd ruck relatively well against Brisbane. Now we have an injured TMac who hasn’t played back up ruck in years, BBB with his degenerative knee and a second year player in JVR who shouldn’t be played in the ruck but had to be in the second half of the season at VFL level due to our lack of depth. We better have a plan to bring in at least one more back up ruck. So much for learning from our mistakes and resting Gawn/Grundy throughout the season to have them cherry ripe for finals. Yikes.