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What a disappointing career for schace given his draft position and hype. He'll dominate some suburban league next year. Good luck to him

 
1 minute ago, Bates Mate said:

What a disappointing career for schace given his draft position and hype. He'll dominate some suburban league next year. Good luck to him

He could kick 10 Goals a game in suburban footy.  Had the talent.  Dedication and desire seemed to be missing. 

Always tough time notifying players that they won't be receiving contracts.

Beauty about it is that they would have been getting some good communication (I hope) around where they stood and they'd know deep down that they wouldn't be getting contract especially when you're still struggling at suburban level.

Knowing his personality, wouldn't surprise me to see Schache back playing for Seymour in the GV league next year with his mates.


1 hour ago, Dee Viney Intervention said:

KFW will be playing for Chelsea in the MPFNL next year. Hopefully in division 1. Go Gulls and go Dees!!!!!

I'm curious @Dee Viney Intervention, what do they have at 3/4 time? Oranges or chips?

So.  Gus , j Smith, bbb, these two, 

only need a couple more and it will be 30%

 

Unfortunate for both of these boys. 
Schache just couldn’t take his chances and wasn’t the aggressive beast that Goodwin wanted. 
KFW probably needed another 3 years to develop his skills and get physically stronger. 
He’ll need to workout whether to stick with it or return to basketball. 

On 25/08/2024 at 12:01, leave it to deever said:

I used to think he was close to becoming another Petracca, and but he hasn't really evolved.

He's as solid and  probably close to as strong as CP but I don't think he reads the play as well. He tackles hard and notches up a lot of them but yea I'm sure your opinion of him is not unique.

Can't imagine we would get a great deal for him but he does have a lot of experience under his belt now, so you never know.

Unfortunately we don't have a great deal of midfield depth so it might be wiser to hang onto him for emergencies. But it's not the strongest of arguments to keep him on.

 

 

 

He. He. Who are we talking about? Sparrow?

On 25/08/2024 at 13:06, whatwhat say what said:

…...

i'm disappointed we're not in the conversations for any of the gw$ or gc17 wantaway players like cumming, peatling, lukosious, although apparently we were keen on angwin...that seems to have gone quiet

going to be a busy off-season that's for sure

Do you know that we aren’t?  

On 25/08/2024 at 22:20, fr_ap said:

He's a ball hunting mid imo. 

Not sure why the FD haven't seen it 

Again, “he”. Who?


11 hours ago, roy11 said:

MELBOURNE has made two changes to its AFL list, informing Josh Schache and Kyah Farris-White they will not receive a contract for the 2025 season. 

https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/1640448/melbourne-farewell-duo-of-talls/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1gixR6P2Msis3OINh5HXOdV7bLfCR3ZeYlbH3mRPizY52z6Hzz6RfJgbI_aem_wYhaS_lz5igwdrLqXWZN1g

 

Barely news. Most obvious delisting in the clubs history. 

37 minutes ago, monoccular said:

Do you know that we aren’t?  

well, no, obviously

but it would seem that clear that we're not judging from the all the media murmurings

Gone.  Farris-White, Schache 

Retired. Brayshaw (medical), BBB (both knees) 

—————————————————-

Free agent Going?  Tomlinson (UFA) 

Going? Hunter ( out of contract ) 

Suspended?? Going? JS29 

Trade request to Crows… ANB

Doubtful…? Sestan 

That’s 9 off the list 

add ANW onto the list 

————————————————

Unknown/TBC - Petracca (still 5 years on contract)

Retire… or probably just go one more year??.  Tmcd, Melksham 

One more year??? Adams, Verrall, Billings, Fullarton, Kentfield, Spargo, Laurie, Hore, McAdam*, Woey jnr 

 

 

Another year for Luker. Hopefully it works out, if not 2025 seemingly good for us for talls.


34 minutes ago, Ferghus31 said:

WHY HAVE THEY NOT SIGNED Monez Wakefield HE CAN PLAY

Take a breath mate. They will. 

42 minutes ago, Ferghus31 said:

WHY HAVE THEY NOT SIGNED Monez Wakefield HE CAN PLAY

He’s smartly biding his time. At this rate he’ll be the only player wanting to stay with us and we need to spend a minimum $ of our cap.

Last one remaining gets 100% of the cap. Genius really.

Edited by Demon Disciple

46 minutes ago, Ferghus31 said:

WHY HAVE THEY NOT SIGNED Monez Wakefield HE CAN PLAY

May be upgraded from rookie to main list, which would change the nature of the deal?? Ie, when it can be announced (draft night)

Edited by buck_nekkid

On 26/08/2024 at 15:17, poita said:

On borrowed time: Adams,  Woewodin, Kentfield, Verrall. 

Verrall has shown signs stepping straight into the vfl no1 role as a teenager, trust the process with him.

Kentfield i agree has been really uninspiring but given age, he gets another year

Woey has shown signs, i liked him (and KBrown) in the half forward nibbler role more than i like him at half back, i dont think he kicks it overly well

Adams i agree havent really heard or seen much to suggest he's making strides at casey and could be a bust


Gone.  Farris-White, Schache 

Retired. Brayshaw (medical), BBB (both knees) 

—————————————————-

Free agent Going?  Tomlinson (UFA) 

Going? Hunter ( out of contract ) 

Suspended?? Going? JS29 

Trade request to Crows… ANB

Doubtful…? Sestan 

That’s 9 off the list 

add ANW onto the list 

————————————————

one more year … Kentfield

————————————————

Unknown/TBC - Petracca (still 5 years on contract)

Retire… or probably just go one more year??.  Tmcd, Melksham 

One more year??? Adams, Verrall, Billings, Fullarton, Spargo, Laurie, Hore, McAdam*, Woey jnr 

 

On 29/08/2024 at 12:21, spirit of norm smith said:

Gone.  Farris-White, Schache 

Retired. Brayshaw (medical), BBB (both knees) 

—————————————————-

Free agent Going?  Tomlinson (UFA) 

Going? Hunter ( out of contract ) 

Suspended?? Going? JS29 

Trade request to Crows… ANB

Doubtful…? Sestan 

That’s 9 off the list 

add ANW onto the list 

————————————————

Unknown/TBC - Petracca (still 5 years on contract)

Retire… or probably just go one more year??.  Tmcd, Melksham 

One more year??? Adams, Verrall, Billings, Fullarton, Kentfield, Spargo, Laurie, Hore, McAdam*, Woey jnr 

 

Are the One more year??? Players contracted?

If possible I'd recommend keeping only Spargo , Woey and maybe Hore.

The rest of , we should delist.

I mean we haven't played Fullerton all year....why keep him.

Laurie never seems to excel.

Billings all over the place.  McAdam the same.

Well maybe Billings gersa second chance but that's it.

Agree with giving Tmac another year especially if Tommo is moving on and Milk due to fwd line issues.

So that would be around 15 gone.....in 15 seconds .

I don't like the term list cloggers and a couple in that 15 are fantastic players.

But 2024 did see us with a lot of players we simply never played or ones that simply didn't perform on a regular basis.

15 is a fair amount for sure.

Edited by leave it to deever

@leave it to deever I agree there’s a few more that would not be part of the future.  But we have to keep them to honour contracts (Laurie, Billings, McAdam, Fullarton) or just to keep some sense of stability (which is crumbling quickly).
It shows how quickly our depth has been eroded.  We were tight for list spots and perhaps didn’t give JJ or Bedford the sense of security.  Deakyn Smith also unlucky to go but we were limited for spots.  Now as you mentioned, we could find plenty to delist !!! 

 
3 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

@leave it to deever I agree there’s a few more that would not be part of the future.  But we have to keep them to honour contracts (Laurie, Billings, McAdam, Fullarton) or just to keep some sense of stability (which is crumbling quickly).
It shows how quickly our depth has been eroded.  We were tight for list spots and perhaps didn’t give JJ or Bedford the sense of security.  Deakyn Smith also unlucky to go but we were limited for spots.  Now as you mentioned, we could find plenty to delist !!! 

Thanks SoNS

In finding 14 to 15 (Gus and Nibbler don't count) then it helps explain why are season was so bad at times.

I hope if we go poaching for some top up experience we do much better.

I miss not playing finals. Big time 

grim reaper death GIF
 

Avatar getting dog eared and worn? This one may suit l’esprit du temps.

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Bergman delisted?


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