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3 minutes ago, Garbo said:

On the back of winning the first 10 games. Not saying he doesn’t deserve another year but we won’t be contending if we only have one tall fwd again next year. 

You said it was 50/50 which I don’t agree with.  Regardless of our forward issues, Melksham earned his contract 

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    I thought we were going to the draft? Hunt, Hibberd and Melksham getting new deals we only have 1 draft pick 2 if you count the possibility of Rosman getting delisted and 3 if they trade out Bedford which would be stupid. I was expecting more we are far too nice a club.

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    1 hour ago, Lucifers Hero said:

    Now a fact:  JUNIOR Rioli has made a decision on his future and informed West Coast of his desire to be traded to Port Adelaide.

    Eagles didn't mince words:  "We could not have done any more to support Junior since his infraction in 2019," CEO Trevor Nisbett said. "We facilitated his appeal and subsequent return to football, so this decision is bitterly disappointing."

    They paid him while suspended and paid his legal and QC bills so reaction understandable. 

    Can completely understand their position. 
    A total rat move by him. 
     

    Sometimes players don’t get how good they have it. Imagine these guys in the real world in a real work place. They’d crash and burn so quickly. 

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    2 minutes ago, WERRIDEE said:

    I thought we were going to the draft? Hunt, Hibberd and Melksham getting new deals we only have 1 draft pick 2 if you count the possibility of Rosman getting delisted and 3 if they trade out Bedford which would be stupid. I was expecting more we are far too nice a club.

    Trades, Werridee. Jackson gone, if Bedford doesn’t sign a contract he will be traded, Adam T needs to go somewhere. Also yes I think Rosman should be delisted.

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    7 minutes ago, rpfc said:

    Trades, Werridee. Jackson gone, if Bedford doesn’t sign a contract he will be traded, Adam T needs to go somewhere. Also yes I think Rosman should be delisted.

    We will get nothing for Tomlinson doubt that anyone would want him like the Weid.

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    6 hours ago, Go the Biff said:

    With Griffin Logue seemingly on his way out of Freo, what are folks thoughts on snaffling him to add to our defence. Thereby freeing up Harry Petty to become our "best KPF since David Neitz"?

    Hard no. Petty forward is one thing, but Griffin Logue stinks. 

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    2 hours ago, Vineytime said:

    Jon Ralph “Hibberd & Melksham to get new deals “

    Would have to be 1 year. 

    Hibbo maybe but Melksham, sheeit NO WAY!

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    9 minutes ago, picket fence said:

    Hibbo maybe but Melksham, sheeit NO WAY!

    Probably as insurance to keep May in line

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    21 minutes ago, Demon Disciple said:

    Probably as insurance to keep May in line

    Well he is a very important player!!

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    35 minutes ago, picket fence said:

    Hibbo maybe but Melksham, sheeit NO WAY!

    Yeah bit surprising 

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    1 hour ago, layzie said:

    Yeah bit surprising 

    Maybe, although name the top 5 performing forwards this year and he might be on it after playing like 8 games…

    Plus we need to spread out our delistings for the year after what I can see on the contracts page.

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    Im fairly ambivalent about Jackson leaving...but Kozzie....would break me. Wanted us to draft him when he was nowhere near the first round discussion and love watching him - a player other teams always seemed to have before we finally landed one. 

    Would be utterly heartbreaking

    Looks like scuttlebutt but unfortunately this is exactly how Jackson started last year. 

    Very very flat 

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    1 hour ago, WERRIDEE said:

    I thought we were going to the draft? Hunt, Hibberd and Melksham getting new deals we only have 1 draft pick 2 if you count the possibility of Rosman getting delisted and 3 if they trade out Bedford which would be stupid. I was expecting more we are far too nice a club.

    Jackson gone, Rosman and Baker gone IMO, Bedford and Hunt both still uncontracted as well. Then Daw and Mitch Brown probably gone as rookies too. There's possibly 5 senior spots and 2 rookie spots already and we haven't even got around to the possibility of contracted players who could be traded.

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    14 minutes ago, rpfc said:

    Maybe, although name we the top 5 performing forwards this year and he might be on it after playing like 8 games…

    Plus we need to spread out our delistings for the year after what I can see on the contracts page.

    Makes sense, is one of the rare quality kicks as well.

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    4 minutes ago, Lord Nev said:

    Jackson gone, Rosman and Baker gone IMO, Bedford and Hunt both still uncontracted as well. Then Daw and Mitch Brown probably gone as rookies too. There's possibly 5 senior spots and 2 rookie spots already and we haven't even got around to the possibility of contracted players who could be traded.

    We have to promote Chandler. I thought he signed a 2 year deal. When the crows were after him. Rosman and Chandler cancel each other out. Jackson and Baker out. Someone on here said Ralphy said Hunt has a contract also.

    I'm missing something here add Bedford which is a poor move. I'd rather have him on the list than Hunt, Melksham and Hibberd. Bedford will get us Essendon's second pick maybe. We only have 3 picks in the draft. 1 of them going for Grundy, so we only have 2 picks that's Jackson's 2 first picks what about the rest of them? What about Emile-Brennan? If he goes past 40 we don't pick him up? What's going on there?

    I hope the reporters are wrong we can't afford to hold onto old fringe players like Hunt, Melksham and Hibberd. 

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    3 hours ago, Lucifers Hero said:

    Now a fact:  JUNIOR Rioli has made a decision on his future and informed West Coast of his desire to be traded to Port Adelaide.

    Eagles didn't mince words:  "We could not have done any more to support Junior since his infraction in 2019," CEO Trevor Nisbett said. "We facilitated his appeal and subsequent return to football, so this decision is bitterly disappointing."

    They paid him while suspended and paid his legal and QC bills so reaction understandable. 

    Well, they shouldn’t be too surprised that it all went up in smoke.

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    3 hours ago, Demons11 said:

    Melksham played forward for the 2nd half of the year in a team that finished 2nd on the ladder, he deserves and has earned a contract 

    players have been "retired" off far better seasons than he's had tbf, just ask lachie henderson last year at the cats, played 22 games at FB of a prelim side 

    1 minute ago, WERRIDEE said:

    We have to promote Chandler. I thought he signed a 2 year deal. When the crows were after him. Rosman and Chandler cancel each other out. Jackson and Baker out. Someone on here said Ralphy said Hunt has a contract also.

    I'm missing something here add Bedford which is a poor move. I'd rather have him on the list than Hunt, Melksham and Hibberd. Bedford will get us Essendon's second pick maybe. We only have 3 picks in the draft. 1 of them going for Grundy, so we only have 2 picks that's Jackson's 2 first picks what about the rest of them? What about Emile-Brennan? If he goes past 40 we don't pick him up? What's going on there?

    I hope the reporters are wrong we can't afford to hold onto old fringe players like Hunt, Melksham and Hibberd. 

    FEB could be grabbed as a cat b rookie. if rosman and chandler do in fact trade places, then we'd only have to delist/trade one senior player and one rookie to have our allotted 3 picks. as our list is currently set up as 36 senior players and 6 A rookies. by losing jackson and mbrown and daw we would then be able to have 4 A rookies and go up to 38 senior players. meaning we have 3 picks. 

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    9 minutes ago, WERRIDEE said:

    We have to promote Chandler. I thought he signed a 2 year deal. When the crows were after him. Rosman and Chandler cancel each other out. Jackson and Baker out. Someone on here said Ralphy said Hunt has a contract also.

    I'm missing something here add Bedford which is a poor move. I'd rather have him on the list than Hunt, Melksham and Hibberd. Bedford will get us Essendon's second pick maybe. We only have 3 picks in the draft. 1 of them going for Grundy, so we only have 2 picks that's Jackson's 2 first picks what about the rest of them? What about Emile-Brennan? If he goes past 40 we don't pick him up? What's going on there?

    I hope the reporters are wrong we can't afford to hold onto old fringe players like Hunt, Melksham and Hibberd. 

    Lots to play out mate.

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    3 minutes ago, Turner said:

     

    FEB could be grabbed as a cat b rookie. 

    What if he is picked up between 40 and the end of the draft? Does he automatically come to us after 40 as a cat B rookie

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    2 hours ago, Deeeeees said:

    Hard no. Petty forward is one thing, but Griffin Logue stinks. 

    Damn I was considering suggesting this 

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    12 minutes ago, WERRIDEE said:

    What if he is picked up between 40 and the end of the draft? Does he automatically come to us after 40 as a cat B rookie

    no, thatd be the risk we'd have totake but we would obviously discuss with his agent where other interest was coming from and how strong it was before making any decisions

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    In the article above ⬆️ it says Freo are interested in Jeremy Sharp. He looked good in his draft year. Is he trying to get back to WA (requested a trade)? I wouldn't mind if the dees looked at him.Very strong runner IIRC?

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    35 minutes ago, Turner said:

    players have been "retired" off far better seasons than he's had tbf, just ask lachie henderson last year at the cats, played 22 games at FB of a prelim side 

    FEB could be grabbed as a cat b rookie. if rosman and chandler do in fact trade places, then we'd only have to delist/trade one senior player and one rookie to have our allotted 3 picks. as our list is currently set up as 36 senior players and 6 A rookies. by losing jackson and mbrown and daw we would then be able to have 4 A rookies and go up to 38 senior players. meaning we have 3 picks. 

    I didn't know about the 38 and 4 rule. That's better we can have 5 picks then that makes more sense as we only have 3 rookies.

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    Heard on the radio that Lobb has apparently bought a house in Melb and already moved in???

    Hard to continue playing for Freo when you live in Melbourne 🤷

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