Surely Jaeger O'Meara is worth a look?

Probably the only real need at the moment is outside polish and real class depending on how much his contract is and what Hawthorn will accept. 

Maybe the Hawks will agree to pay part of his salary?

He's a good player, but I don't think we will have the coin for him.

Sounds like we will be giving Jackson a decent deal. Plus we will need money for guys like Rivers, Pickett and Sparrow in a year or two.

There's only so many A grade type players you can have on a list due to the salary cap and in the middle we have two genuine A+ players in Trac and Oliver.

He is average or the Hawks would not be looking to off load him.

Very vanilla, in my opinion.

Dunstan offers the additional depth and we didn't have any real expense to grab him

Very good player 

but 

injury prone 

costs $$$$$s

we don’t really have room on the list numbers 

we don’t have trade picks or players as currency 

salary cap tight at MFC with younger stars needing extra $$ in future 

 

so it’s a no 

Yeah thats why I’m saying if they are willing to pay part of his contract 

we are in the window of winning multiple flags, doubt any first rounder is going to give great value next season offer 1st round pick and they potentially pay 150-200k of his salary 

jaegar very different to dunstan 

did u see jaegar against us this year

was awesome in that drawn game 

 

26 minutes ago, old dee said:

He is average or the Hawks would not be looking to off load him.

The Hawks off loaded Clarkson, I don't think they know what they are doing.

Edited October 12, 20213 yr by Wrecker46
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Jaeger O'Meara is another one of those footballing tragedies.  In his first years it looked as if he could be the comps best player.  Super agility,  speed and class.  Injury has brought him back to the pack.  He is just another goodish midfielder now.

Not for us.

48 minutes ago, Edm said:

Surely Jaeger O'Meara is worth a look?

 

Probably the only real need at the moment is outside polish and real class depending on how much his contract is and what Hawthorn will accept. Maybe the Hawks will agree to pay part of his salary?

12 contested possessions, 15 uncontested. 70% efficiency. 6 clearances. 335m gained.

He has a good balance to his game but I wouldn’t exactly call him outside polish and real class.

The Hawks player to chase if we wanted to really go all in would be Wingard. He can go between forward and the midfield and offers a bigger point of difference to what we currently have.

But without all the details I think sticking to who we have, taking care of our current players and keeping our future options open is probably the way to go.  

O'Meara is a quality player but we don't have room for him.  He has never played in a good side so I don't think people realise how good he is.  Other teams in the comp should be going hard for him such as Freo.

I'm not against the idea of getting Jaeger O'Meara to the Demons. But I wouldn't want to give up more than a third round draft pick or to pay him much. I think he would be on decent coin at the Hawks.

Nevertheless, I doubt Hawthorn would be that desperate to do that and give him away cheap...even if they are having a fire sale on a few of their players.

 

We just got Luke Dunstan for nothing and Dunstan is one accurate kick per game short of being as good as O'Meara.

Expensive and unnecessary.

But at least I get an excuse to bring out my favourite picture of him;

I may be biased and one-eyed but I can’t think of one player in our premiership team that I would want to replace with a player from another club. To take a ridiculous example: if Dusty was available, who would we replace with him? Not Oliver or Petracca - they are as good as him or better. Sparrow? - Dusty is certainly a better player but Sparrow had a particular role as a blocker/pressure player which is a role Dusty could not play. Same with Viney, or Harmes, or any of them. Each player we have is perfect for the role they are asked to play.

 

Yes, it is a ridiculous example. I am sure we would fit him in somewhere! But a lesser player like O’Meara -why bother?

Strong No. Was at a pub with him once, very arrogant. Had the "look at me, do you know who I am vibe"

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6 hours ago, Edm said:

Surely Jaeger O'Meara is worth a look?

Probably the only real need at the moment is outside polish and real class depending on how much his contract is and what Hawthorn will accept. 

Maybe the Hawks will agree to pay part of his salary?

Def worth a look. Then put him back on the shelf and move on. 

2 hours ago, Ollie fan said:

I may be biased and one-eyed but I can’t think of one player in our premiership team that I would want to replace with a player from another club.

I'd swap TMac for Harry McKay or either of the King twins if you twisted my arm.

Wingard is the one I’d be scratching around. Has had his problems but he is a match winner.
 

Only on the cheap though because, well, because we just won the flag and you get good stuff for cheap when you’re the reigning premier I’m led to believe.

46 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

I'd swap TMac for Harry McKay or either of the King twins if you twisted my arm.

Fair call.

Why are we talking about this Guy??‽₩

I sometimes wonder.. do some people even football?? 

O’Meara is a seriously good player.

But we don’t need him. We just need to prioritise keeping our current list intact.