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To clarify, say we wanted to go with the 38 & 4 option, then yes we wouldn't need to create anymore room on the senior list, but we'd have to delist one of Daw, Mitch Brown, Deakyn Smith, Turner or Declase which seems unlikely.

I expect us to do as we did this season and what most clubs did and go with the 36 & 6 option. Meaning two more delistings to come from the senior list.

 
2 hours ago, MadAsHell said:

I'm happy with this as well, though it means there was be some list decisions to come.

At the end of this season we has a list of 45 (36 senior, 8 Cat A rookies and 1 Cat B rookie) that needed to be reduced to 42 (36 senior and 6 Cat A rookies).

We've delisted 4 senior players, 1 Cat A rookie and the Cat B rookie. Opens up 4 senior list spots, but we were still 1 over the Cat A rookie allowance.

With Jordon's promotion earlier in the year, plus this likely one for Chandler (if it's 2 years we have to promote him), then Dunstan's signing, it leaves us with 1 senior spot available and 1 Cat A rookie spot.

So with the three picks we recently received in the trade, my guess is we'll be clearing at least two more spots.

Hore, Bedford, Baker, Hibberd. Only two of these guys can survive the way I see things. 

If that’s the case then it’s Hore and Bedford gone as there have been multiple reports of Baker and Hibberd close to finalising deals.

48 minutes ago, MadAsHell said:

To clarify, say we wanted to go with the 38 & 4 option, then yes we wouldn't need to create anymore room on the senior list, but we'd have to delist one of Daw, Mitch Brown, Deakyn Smith, Turner or Declase which seems unlikely.

I expect us to do as we did this season and what most clubs did and go with the 36 & 6 option. Meaning two more delistings to come from the senior list.

Mitch Brown was renewed for another year wasn't he?

 

Kade and all his friends have resigned. 

 

Oskar Baker, Toby Bedford, Mitch Brown, Majak Daw, Deakyn Smith and Daniel Turner have all inked new deals which will see them remain in the Red and Blue for the upcoming season.

Nobody wants to leave this club and who can blame them. 

29 minutes ago, NeveroddoreveN said:

Mitch Brown was renewed for another year wasn't he?

Confirmed in the last 15min, yep.

Leaves Hibberd, Hore & Declase.


We're probably getting off track in this thread but it's probably not looking great for Hore?

39 minutes ago, The Lobster Effect said:

We're probably getting off track in this thread but it's probably not looking great for Hore?

No it's not. But great news for Chandler. Promotion to senior list. Well deserved!

 
12 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Who remains unsigned?? Hore? Declase??

And Hibberd. Though media reports suggest he's about to get a new deal.

Do we know for sure that Chandler’s been upgraded to the primary list, or are we assuming he is? In the article they released, it doesn’t really specify.


11 minutes ago, xman97 said:

Do we know for sure that Chandler’s been upgraded to the primary list, or are we assuming he is? In the article they released, it doesn’t really specify.

We believe senior. Herald Sun and apparently trade radio have advised he was extended for 2 years which means like Jordon, he has to be upgraded.

19 minutes ago, MadAsHell said:

We believe senior. Herald Sun and apparently trade radio have advised he was extended for 2 years which means like Jordon, he has to be upgraded.

Cheers mate. It makes sense seeing Adelaide wanted him, in which we couldn’t have offered another rookie contract, surely.

Melbourne List Manager Tim Lamb said it was fantastic to have had Chandler commit to the club.

“Kade had genuine interest from other clubs and it’s pleasing that we have been able to re-sign him,” Lamb told Melbourne Media.

“Not only is Kade a high-quality player, but he is also a great fit for our club culturally and is highly respected among the playing group.”

Oskar Baker, Toby Bedford, Mitch Brown, Majak Daw, Deakyn Smith and Daniel Turner have all inked new deals which will see them remain in the Red and Blue for the upcoming season.

1 hour ago, MadAsHell said:

We believe senior. Herald Sun and apparently trade radio have advised he was extended for 2 years which means like Jordon, he has to be upgraded.

We could keep Chandler on the rookie List and upgrade him at the end of the season, it could be 1 year on the rookie and 1 year on the main list

Knocks back S.A offers. Fantastic turnaround from our earlier days when one of the Jarmans refused to play for Melbourne.


On 10/7/2021 at 7:34 PM, 2021 Premiers said:

We could keep Chandler on the rookie List and upgrade him at the end of the season, it could be 1 year on the rookie and 1 year on the main list

Agreed.  That is effectively what we did with Jordan except that Jordan got 2 years on the main list.

There is a fair chance Crows were offering him a main list spot, perhaps 2 years.  For him to reject that would suggest we offered something better, perhaps similar to Jordan:  1 rookie year, 2 senior years = 3 year contract.  

I'm only guessing but that looks like a plausible reading of how things have panned out.

33 minutes ago, Premiers said:

That is effectively what we did with Jordan

Or Jordan Jones, as Luke Darcy would have it.

Or Jordon, as Jordon would have it.  :D

3 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

Or Jordan Jones, as Luke Darcy would have it.

Or Jordon, as Jordon would have it.  :D

Damn it!

I should have known you would be lurking and should have triple rather than double checked!!


1 hour ago, Demonstone said:

Or Jordan Jones, as Luke Darcy would have it.

Or Jordon, as Jordon would have it.  :D

Lol! BT was still calling Jordan Jackson and Jackson Jordan in the last quarter of the year, the disrespect is palpable, but funny, cos they’re both premiership players and BT is a [censored]!

1 hour ago, deejammin' said:

BT was still calling Jordan Jackson and Jackson Jordan

* Jordon!  :D

Unfortunately players on the fringes have played very little football in the last 2 years and their development in heat of battle has not occured to Chandler Bedford Baker Jordan Laurie Rosman and Bowey, although Bowey through performances and injuries to Smith and Hunt was promoted and florished.

Hopefully 2022 they can get time on the park at Casey and push for senior selection thru performances at the lower level.

Training can only do so much in practice of your skills but when under pressure in a game this is the time that we can see whether the skills have improved or not.

 

Smart move by both Kyle and the club, he'll get a decent crack at it in the next 2 years, if he decides to move on we get a guaranteed pick for him.

Shrewd business by the Dees.

4 hours ago, bush demon said:

Knocks back S.A offers. Fantastic turnaround from our earlier days when one of the Jarmans refused to play for Melbourne.

Pretty sure it was Darren, he then went to Hawthorn in 1990 3 years after the Dees drafted him from North Adelaide Roosters.


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