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Kozzy Homesick & Wants to Leave?

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It may be click bait but not sure we should dismiss this.

A poster who is usually well informed (can't remember who) mentioned in a training thread that Goodwin was annoyed last year at a recruiter closely watching a particular player.  That club got the player's trade request on a 7yr, multi million $ deal.

I guessed his reference was to Kozzie.  The club and his manager shut it down pretty quickly.  

But, I feel it is only a matter of time.

If he helps win another flag he's done his job and I'd wish him well - but I wouldn't like it.

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    8 hours ago, Lexinator said:

    Fremantle Dockers in box seat to land homesick Melbourne Demons star Kysaiah Pickett after 2025 season

    Sorry to be 'that person', just wondering if anyone without pay wall can post what this is about? I assume it'll be click-bait, but interested if anything new here or just re-hashed manure?

    I hope we heavily into Andy Brayshaw.

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    There is no doubt that Kozzie would like to play his footy in WA and that Freo are aware of this. A trade request was close this year so I’d said it’s likely next year.

    Kozzie is super close with Roy George. They’re essentially related so it will be interesting to see if his presence at the club helps. 

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    1 minute ago, old55 said:

    I hope we heavily into Andy Brayshaw.

    We had some good conversations with him but he’s told us that he’s happy in Perth and will be re-signing with Freo. 

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    7 minutes ago, Dannyz said:

    There is no doubt that Kozzie would like to play his footy in WA and that Freo are aware of this. A trade request was close this year so I’d said it’s likely next year.

    Kozzie is super close with Roy George. They’re essentially related so it will be interesting to see if his presence at the club helps. 

    Kossie and Shai Bolton would be some combo!

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    Kozzie loves it here, He's not going anywhere.

     

    Close thread.

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    1 minute ago, demoncat said:

    Perhaps we could trade him for Jackson? He seems pretty good 

    Have heard we will also need to include his Mum on that deal to set her up in Melbourne 

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    14 minutes ago, Dannyz said:

    There is no doubt that Kozzie would like to play his footy in WA and that Freo are aware of this. A trade request was close this year so I’d said it’s likely next year.

    Kozzie is super close with Roy George. They’re essentially related so it will be interesting to see if his presence at the club helps. 

    We need list spot for George but sadly atm it doesn't look likely for 2025.

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    With life getting busier and busier these days it’s easier to pass on going to the footy every week. One of the reasons I like to go these days is my kids. They love Koz. As do I.

    But I am realistic. I’ve heard from multiple great sources that it’s unlikely he’ll be a one-club player. 

    I am hoping to be wrong on that front.

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    Football is a business. Let's try to win another flag or 2 before he leaves

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    24 minutes ago, Lucifers Hero said:

    We need list spot for George but sadly atm it doesn't look likely for 2025.

    Who are we willing to sacrifice to injury?

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    1 hour ago, buck_nekkid said:

    It will sell papers in the west.  They cant land him and the dodger from the swans.  Would take 3 first rounders.

    Also, he has NO interest in going home, with his partner and her family from Melb (as i understand it)….

    So.. F off click baiters

    Spot on. Kozzie and his partner Ardu are fully settled in Melb. End of story 👍🏽

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    Kozzie hasn’t seen that revolting imaginary back page but he laughed when I told him about it and said it’s bs and to pay no attention to it. He and Ardu and Bellanie ain’t goin’ nowhere! 

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    He would be hard to replace in the forward line, that's for sure

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    Let’s not freak out about this saga again!!! Trac wants out, Clarry wants out, Kozzie wants out.

    Hope the club shuts it all out, we really need 2025 to become a good footy club and organisation again & the media remembers there’s 18 clubs in the competition 

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    1 hour ago, JJJ said:

    With life getting busier and busier these days it’s easier to pass on going to the footy every week. One of the reasons I like to go these days is my kids. They love Koz. As do I.

    But I am realistic. I’ve heard from multiple great sources that it’s unlikely he’ll be a one-club player. 

    I am hoping to be wrong on that front.

    Before Kozzie we had Davey, before him we had the Wiz.

    There’s always someone coming through the ranks.

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    21 minutes ago, The Lobster Effect said:

    He would be hard to replace in the forward line, that's for sure

    Rounds 1, 2 and 3 could provide a bit of an answer on what life will look like post Kozzie. One tough game and two winnables on paper.

    He's missed 8 games in his career and we're 4-4 in those results, but 1-3 in the last 4 games he's missed through suspension.

    Weirdly out of the 8 games he's missed, Brisbane and Sydney have been the beneficiaries of 5 of those.

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    4 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Rounds 1, 2 and 3 could provide a bit of an answer on what life will look like post Kozzie. One tough game and two winnables on paper.

    He's missed 8 games in his career and we're 4-4 in those results, but 1-3 in the last 4 games he's missed through suspension.

    Weirdly out of the 8 games he's missed, Brisbane and Sydney have been the beneficiaries of 5 of those.

    Maybe Kozzie doesn't like travel.....

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    2 hours ago, Dannyz said:

    There is no doubt that Kozzie would like to play his footy in WA and that Freo are aware of this. A trade request was close this year so I’d said it’s likely next year.

    Kozzie is super close with Roy George. They’re essentially related so it will be interesting to see if his presence at the club helps. 

    Why and where was it  said that KOZ stated he wants to play in WA. I have read that if a team came out of the Northern Territory he would want to play there but then I’m guessing most Aboriginal players would be keen to play in that team. I have however read in reputable articles (The Age for one) that he is very happy here and has interests outside of footy in Melb …

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    If a suitable trade could’ve been facilitated during the 2024 Trade Period, he wouldn’t be playing for Melbourne in 2025. Last year was the closest this has been to fruition and it was instigated by the player.

    It’s not a matter of ‘if’ with Pickett, it’s ‘when’.

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    I too think he'll end up in the West, but he'll do so on our terms.

    2027 gives Melbourne the right sort of leverage to demand good compensation.  If that's not possible at the end of 2025 then he stays and it can be revisited at the end of 2026.  It's pretty simple.

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    4 minutes ago, BLWNBA said:

    If a suitable trade could’ve been facilitated during the 2024 Trade Period, he wouldn’t be playing for Melbourne in 2025. Last year was the closest this has been to fruition and it was instigated by the player.

    It’s not a matter of ‘if’ with Pickett, it’s ‘when’.

    Did his manager say this?

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