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Michael Hibberd & Jake Melksham - 1 Year Extensions

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Great for both these guys to get contracts....I hope neither play much senior football next year though as neither are the future.

If Goodwin is picking Melksham over Van Rooyen, Turner over Hibberd, we are majorly screwing over developing our list.

Goodwin is almost best mates with Melksham and seems to pick him at every opportunity.   Please don't do it again Simon, let them help develop some of our younger talent.

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    19 minutes ago, NeveroddoreveN said:

    Great for both these guys to get contracts....I hope neither play much senior football next year though as neither are the future.

    If Goodwin is picking Melksham over Van Rooyen, Turner over Hibberd, we are majorly screwing over developing our list.

    Goodwin is almost best mates with Melksham and seems to pick him at every opportunity.   Please don't do it again Simon, let them help develop some of our younger talent.

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    I doubt Turner can play Hibberd's role, can you see him going with Charlie Cameron?

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    2 minutes ago, old55 said:

    I doubt Turner can play Hibberd's role, can you see him going with Charlie Cameron?

    Hibbo got torched in our last final vs Cameron.  Another year older i doubt he will be able to curtail any/many of the small dangerous forwards.

    Rivers or Smith would be my pick. 

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    10 minutes ago, NeveroddoreveN said:

    Hibbo got torched in our last final vs Cameron.  Another year older i doubt he will be able to curtail any/many of the small dangerous forwards.

    Rivers or Smith would be my pick. 

    I thought it was Smith that got turned inside out by Cameron in that final?

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    35 minutes ago, Left Foot Snap said:

    I thought it was Smith that got turned inside out by Cameron in that final?

    A bit hard, Smith was the medical sub and wasn't used.

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    On 10/31/2022 at 6:05 PM, dazzledavey36 said:

    Anyone know the current situation with these two?

    Currently uncontracted but yet there is no news on whether they have re-signed or not?

    I thought the cut off date was last week but yet there are clubs still delisting players today.

    Idk about Hibbo but I have it on very good authority that Melksy is definitely with us for 2023. And he knows this already. 

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    2 minutes ago, Left Foot Snap said:

    I thought it was Smith that got turned inside out by Cameron in that final?

    I believe that was another game where Charlie kicked 5 on him during the regular season in 2021.  Not 100% on this though!

    On that day i don't think anyone would have stopped him, was sublime.

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    23 minutes ago, NeveroddoreveN said:

    I believe that was another game where Charlie kicked 5 on him during the regular season in 2021.  Not 100% on this though!

    On that day i don't think anyone would have stopped him, was sublime.

    It's a footy myth that Charlie kicked 5 on Smith last year.  Smith was on the bench for one of the goals and another was when Rivers had the ball and Smith ran of Charlie to receive a handball.  Rivers handballed it to Charlie instead and he ran into an open goal.  Technically Smith was on Charlie for that goal but it wasn't through his bad play that Charlie goaled.  It was in our first final in Adelaide.

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    4 hours ago, NeveroddoreveN said:

    Goodwin is almost best mates with Melksham and seems to pick him at every opportunity. 

    The canard lives!

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    2 hours ago, Slartibartfast said:

    It's a footy myth that Charlie kicked 5 on Smith last year.  Smith was on the bench for one of the goals and another was when Rivers had the ball and Smith ran of Charlie to receive a handball.  Rivers handballed it to Charlie instead and he ran into an open goal.  Technically Smith was on Charlie for that goal but it wasn't through his bad play that Charlie goaled.  It was in our first final in Adelaide.

    Yeah, i also did not think he was purely responsible for all of his goals.  Actually, at the time i thought Demonland over-reacted and jumped on him pretty hard over that performance.

    I think few players in the league could have stopped him that day, was electric.   On his day can make the best defenders look silly.

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    7 hours ago, NeveroddoreveN said:

    Hibbo got torched in our last final vs Cameron.  Another year older i doubt he will be able to curtail any/many of the small dangerous forwards.

    Rivers or Smith would be my pick. 

    Cameron vs Smith

    1 hour ago, NeveroddoreveN said:

    I think few players in the league could have stopped him that day, was electric.   On his day can make the best defenders look silly.

    In the 2022 QF Cameron kicked 3.1 from 5 disposals, 4 kicks on Hibberd.  I don't think Hibbo "got torched"

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    7 hours ago, old55 said:

    I doubt Turner can play Hibberd's role, can you see him going with Charlie Cameron?

    Frankly I have no idea - has anyone who has followed Turner regularly at Casey an informed opinion?

     

     

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    15 hours ago, old55 said:

    Cameron vs Smith

    In the 2022 QF Cameron kicked 3.1 from 5 disposals, 4 kicks on Hibberd.  I don't think Hibbo "got torched"

    Cameron was one who did damage getting up the ground and running back towards goal.

    He hurt us on a day we lost by how much?

    I should have said Hibbo could not get near him :P  I stand by comment he got torched.

    IIRC Hibberd had very little impact....less than Cameron for sure that day.

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    33 minutes ago, NeveroddoreveN said:

    Cameron was one who did damage getting up the ground and running back towards goal.

    He hurt us on a day we lost by how much?

    I should have said Hibbo could not get near him :P  I stand by comment he got torched.

    IIRC Hibberd had very little impact....less than Cameron for sure that day.

    In fairness to Hibberd, he gave Cameron a decent touch up in both home and away games during the year.

    Unfortunately Hibberd like many others during that Brisbane final, were poor and badly exposed. 

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    14 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    In fairness to Hibberd, he gave Cameron a decent touch up in both home and away games during the year.

    Unfortunately Hibberd like many others during that Brisbane final, were poor and badly exposed. 

    Agreed.  I think the main difference was Charlie getting up the ground and winning the foot races back to goal.

    He tactically played a much smarter game after Hibberd getting the honors in those H & A games.

    So many were below their best that day...too many injured/beaten up/out of form players.

    If we are to make changes, i hope selection integrity is at the top of the tree in 2022. More players with exposed form to pick from.  When they are picked, they are ready to go. No bringing in underdone players, or rushing in a Salem for example, over a Bowey who was one of our best then dropped.

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    On 11/2/2022 at 3:54 PM, Theo said:

    Answering my own question in relation to Jake. He has 2 sons and a daughter.

    I’m pretty sure one of his boys was brawling with Nevs boy at the GF celebration at the G last year. 

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    1 hour ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    In fairness to Hibberd, he gave Cameron a decent touch up in both home and away games during the year.

    Unfortunately Hibberd like many others during that Brisbane final, were poor and badly exposed. 

    A bit of a domino effect from the midfield getting beaten at the clearances and lack of pressure up the ground.

    Hibbo has been a fantastic pick up and servant for the club and Melk, whilst not a Hibbos level has still been a good pick up

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    6 hours ago, Pennant St Dee said:

    A bit of a domino effect from the midfield getting beaten at the clearances and lack of pressure up the ground.

    Hibbo has been a fantastic pick up and servant for the club and Melk, whilst not a Hibbos level has still been a good pick up

    Both players were good footballers but " time waits for no man."

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    On 11/3/2022 at 9:37 AM, NeveroddoreveN said:

    If Goodwin is picking Melksham over Van Rooyen, Turner over Hibberd, we are majorly screwing over developing our list.

    Goodwin is almost best mates with Melksham and seems to pick him at every opportunity.   Please don't do it again Simon, let them help develop some of our younger talent.

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    Laughable

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    On 11/3/2022 at 5:53 PM, monoccular said:

    Frankly I have no idea - has anyone who has followed Turner regularly at Casey an informed opinion?

     

     

    Will be a gun....

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    I stand corrected here but I read somewhere in the context of Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti‘s status at Essendon that the Bombers needed to have him under contract at the next list lodgement date which I think comes after the delisted free agent period so, if that’s right, a decision on Hibberd & Melksham’s contracts is imminent.

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    On 11/4/2022 at 11:39 AM, Gawndy the Great said:

    I’m pretty sure one of his boys was brawling with Nevs boy at the GF celebration at the G last year. 

    Idk whose kids they were but they were going at it pretty seriously. Anyways if you look closely in the background of this vid you can see them…

    https://streamable.com/6lud65

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    2 hours ago, Whispering_Jack said:

    I stand corrected here but I read somewhere in the context of Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti‘s status at Essendon that the Bombers needed to have him under contract at the next list lodgement date which I think comes after the delisted free agent period so, if that’s right, a decision on Hibberd & Melksham’s contracts is imminent.

    Yes my understanding it's straight after DFA 1 on 10 November and before DFA 2

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    Both will be at Melbourne next year, it’s just a question of whether they’re on the main list or rookie list. It could even be, one gets a spot on the main list and the other gets delisted with promise of being selected again in the rookie draft, which in effect, opens up an extra list spot to pick our NGA player up without missing out on him.

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