1 minute ago, goodwindees said:

I spoke today to a Recruiter at one of the two clubs that are currently in for Judd.

My contact told me he believes that Judd will stay at the Demons, but I can tell you the two clubs in discussion are Fremantle & Adelaide.

He said that to be honest, Judd doesn’t know what he wants to do as far as going or staying.

He definitely wants to play more rebound half back / midfield, he just doesn’t know where he wants to be.

I got the distinct impression that this Club are only mildly interested, they see him as nothing more than handy.

I suspect that if Kingy says what Judd wants to hear regarding positional play, he’ll re sign, however, I got the impression that Judd is a young man who is not clearly committed to any particular direction.

Perhaps, he’s hoping for more attractive offers, but they’re not coming as yet.

Not even from a Melbourne perspective. His manager should really be advising him to re-sign imo. Another team might bring him in and not even have a clear role for him. Better for him to build his craft at the team he's currently best 22 at and establish himself into the comp.

6 hours ago, Dee Boys said:

Lie to the kid's face?!

Goody owed Judd McVee absolutely nothing. He picked him to play, from the obscurity of being one of the last picks in the rookie draft, in round 1 of his second season. A long time before most VFL watchers thought he was ready. But he clearly saw something in him and believed in him.

But have to earn your position in the team.

When tried further up the ground, Judd was poor. This season, Judd has been poor.

I hope Ghosty is right and he commits (or has committed) to the club, but coaches don't owe players anything. If a player isn't performing up to scratch in a new role, why on earth would you keep him there?

An AFL coach's responsibility is to win games of football, this isn't the under 10's where you try to give everyone a go.

Why have a coffee with him and then lie to him,one on one

3 hours ago, Nietaphart said:

Things can change Tracca. He may have had every intention to sign and other factors came into place, therefore told GW what he thought was a certainty.

My mail was Kozzie had asked the club for a trade to W/A (Freeo) around this time last year. Things changed there as well.

Possibly. But I wouldn't compare anyone's 'mail' about a player to a face to face interation with that player.

24 minutes ago, KozzyCan said:

Not even from a Melbourne perspective. His manager should really be advising him to re-sign imo. Another team might bring him in and not even have a clear role for him. Better for him to build his craft at the team he's currently best 22 at and establish himself into the comp.

The other team has a very clear role for him but its whether he wants to move or not,Freo picked up J Clarke after a poor year and look at him now

10 minutes ago, doomsday dee said:

Why have a coffee with him and then lie to him,one on one

I’m not sure if you’re being serious.

How on earth did he “lie to him?”

He said he’d give him some opportunity further up the ground, and did. Judd did not perform well when given this chance.

What would you have liked Goodwin to do? Just continue playing him there when he wasn’t earning it?

I repeat - this is AFL football, not local kids footy.

3 minutes ago, Dee Boys said:

I’m not sure if you’re being serious.

How on earth did he “lie to him?”

He said he’d give him some opportunity further up the ground, and did. Judd did not perform well when given this chance.

What would you have liked Goodwin to do? Just continue playing him there when he wasn’t earning it?

I repeat - this is AFL football, not local kids footy.

The exit meeting last year was all about him playing a running back,then a coffee with the kid(lied) about 5 games after his hammy and now you have Tim Lamb promising him the same role but without the coach being announced.

8 hours ago, Superunknown said:

Anyway, back to more important matters: GW you are going to smell like a new lady after payout!!!

Listen to the bell @picket fence it tolls for thee

2 minutes ago, doomsday dee said:

The exit meeting last year was all about him playing a running back,then a coffee with the kid(lied) about 5 games after his hammy and now you have Tim Lamb promising him the same role but without the coach being announced.

What does a running back look like in a Goodwin coached team? It was basically null and void since Hunt departed. Kicking backs are what we had.

King promises a back half transition game and to encourage a little more risk. If that doesn’t suit Judd, nothing will.

And as to the conversations, I’m told he was assured some midfield time.

Edited 11 hours ago11 hr by Dannyz

4 minutes ago, doomsday dee said:

The exit meeting last year was all about him playing a running back,then a coffee with the kid(lied) about 5 games after his hammy and now you have Tim Lamb promising him the same role but without the coach being announced.

Imagine if you let every player at your club demand to play whatever position they wanted, and acquiesced to it.

That’d be superb coaching! Just the way to run a good footy club!

Christ almighty.

18 minutes ago, Dee Boys said:

Imagine if you let every player at your club demand to play whatever position they wanted, and acquiesced to it.

That’d be superb coaching! Just the way to run a good footy club!

Christ almighty.

He never demanded anything,he was promised by the club,big difference

1 hour ago, Dee Boys said:

Imagine if you let every player at your club demand to play whatever position they wanted, and acquiesced to it.

That’d be superb coaching! Just the way to run a good footy club!

Christ almighty.

I ALWAYS played half forward flank and LUUURVED a goal or 5 anyway in the middle of a lean run for me the coach played me as a running half back flanker... result! BOG,but after another week or so we weren't kicking enough goals soooo, back to HFF where I bagged a lazy 6. Never played HBF AGAIN😁

7 hours ago, Ted Lasso said:

What's the name of the Collingwood forum? maybe we can infiltrate it and destroy them from within!

Soide buy Soide

2 hours ago, sue said:

Possibly. But I wouldn't compare anyone's 'mail' about a player to a face to face interation with that player.

Apples and oranges Sue. Someone in the Demon Army to a family member of a board member.

You decide. You can always phone a friend Eddie.

5 hours ago, Nietaphart said:

My mail was Kozzie had asked the club for a trade to W/A (Freeo) around this time last year. Things changed there as well.

With sincere respect, Kozzie never requested a trade. That simply didn’t happen. Easy to say now, I know. But I said it this time last year and “my mail” was Kozzie and Ardu.

2 hours ago, doomsday dee said:

Why have a coffee with him and then lie to him,one on one

Oh please.

4 minutes ago, Nietaphart said:

Apples and oranges Sue. Someone in the Demon Army to a family member of a board member.

You decide. You can always phone a friend Eddie.

Your source is a family member of a board member?

Bwaaaaaaaaa!

🤣

Just now, Ghostwriter said:

With sincere respect, Kozzie never requested a trade. That simply didn’t happen. Easy to say now, I know. But I said it this time last year and “my mail” was Kozzie and Ardu.

GW, that you don’t know.

With respect, taking the subjective high road does not disqualify the objective way.

Fact is I am not able to say unequivocally. Either can you…

15 minutes ago, Nietaphart said:

Apples and oranges Sue. Someone in the Demon Army to a family member of a board member.

You decide. You can always phone a friend Eddie.

I’m sorry, you stroked how many members?

10 minutes ago, binman said:

Your source is a family member of a board member?

Bwaaaaaaaaa!

🤣

If you put an excel spreadsheet to this equation Binman, you could statistically say the club has been leaking information faster than the ball movement from the back half to the forward line this year.

20 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

With sincere respect, Kozzie never requested a trade. That simply didn’t happen. Easy to say now, I know. But I said it this time last year and “my mail” was Kozzie and Ardu.

With respect GW, I think but for Ardu and her sister, Kozzie would have definitely made a request to play in WA.

2 hours ago, doomsday dee said:

He never demanded anything,he was promised by the club,big difference

And things change. As multiple posters have said now, he wasn't good enough to play midfield having been given the chance.

IMO, he isn't good enough to play midfield. He could play back of stoppage, but it was clear from the end of 2024 that he can't handle frontal pressure.

We saw it again in that final Collingwood game in 2025.

He's an excellent half back with an ability to rebound and to lock down. This is where he could be elite.

He's an asset in the back half, but if he wants to play midfield, the club is sensible in not overstating his value (if that's indeed true), because it's not his go.

Edited 9 hours ago9 hr by Adam The God

22 minutes ago, rpfc said:

I’m sorry, you stroked how many members?

I gotta say, a lot RPFC… I’m ashamed to give you a number, and have lost count.

But maybe we are talking about different members 🤭

Where's the grimace emoji?

3 hours ago, goodwindees said:

I got the distinct impression that this Club are only mildly interested, they see him as nothing more than handy.

Are you saying Melbourne think he is nothing more than handy? Or one of the other clubs interested in him?

42 minutes ago, Dannyz said:

With respect GW, I think but for Ardu and her sister, Kozzie would have definitely made a request to play in WA.

Maybe he would’ve but that’s not the point. The point is, for whatever reasons, and I agree that Ardu and her sister were one of the reasons, he didn’t ask to be traded. He never wanted to leave our club, and that’s the point.