Good player with great work ethic. Just what we needed in 2022. Battered and too close to the end now so respectfully no.

23 hours ago, Earl Hood said:

I’m in, he doesn’t cost picks and we desperately need players who are natural instinctive forwards to improve our conversion rate and to mentor the younger forwards. Of course if our ball movement and delivery doesn’t improve nothing changes.

The same folk not wanting Mihocek probably wouldn't have wanted Brown.

Horses and courses.

Some old battered and banged up bloke who can still muster 36 snags might be just a little bit handy... for a while.

Brown was 28 and arguably we were closer to a flag winning list (but not a dynasty as it turned out…). I want 30-40 snags for 10 years, ideally with a couple of flags.

21 minutes ago, demosaw said:

Brown was 28 and arguably we were closer to a flag winning list (but not a dynasty as it turned out…). I want 30-40 snags for 10 years, ideally with a couple of flags.

Brown's body was cooked at 28, hence why he retired at 31.

Mihocek began his career later than most, similar to Fritta. He is still fairly physically robust, and is a proven goal kicker.

The chances of Melky getting through a whole season are slim. He will need regular breaks to get through.

Mihocek will be our second best forward, and will take heat away from JVR and hopefully Kentfield, and allow Petty to return to defense.

It's a yes from me.

1 hour ago, beelzebub said:

The same folk not wanting Mihocek probably wouldn't have wanted Brown.

Horses and courses.

Some old battered and banged up bloke who can still muster 36 snags might be just a little bit handy... for a while.

The biggest issue now versus when we got Brown we are miles off a premiership.

Would good support for JVR, Gunston proved age no barrier! If his body holds up will be handy but we will need to pay overs as usual to get him

6 minutes ago, Demonsone said:

we will need to pay overs as usual to get him

He's a free agent.

29 minutes ago, ANG13 said:

The biggest issue now versus when we got Brown we are miles off a premiership.

We still don’t want JVR being our number 1 target. We need someone like BM, even though I wish he was 29

2 hours ago, beelzebub said:

The same folk not wanting Mihocek probably wouldn't have wanted Brown.

Horses and courses.

Some old battered and banged up bloke who can still muster 36 snags might be just a little bit handy... for a while.

2 hours ago, beelzebub said:

The same folk not wanting Mihocek probably wouldn't have wanted Brown.

Horses and courses.

Some old battered and banged up bloke who can still muster 36 snags might be just a little bit handy... for a while.

Spot on bb. Brown played a big part in our team in 2021. Geelong has shown over years how good grabbing a good quality player near the end of his career can work. I forget his name but they grabbed a hawthorn player at the end of his career a few years back who ended winning the Norm Smith.

Any time we have taken anything from Collingwood in my living memory it has set us back and done them no harm. This trade feels like a media driven narrative rather than us seeking it out. I don’t fear an aging mihocek tearing us apart next kings birthday, nor do I see him causing them any difficulty if he came to us. Let them split their fanbase by either keeping him or delisting him. If we don’t take him, nobody else will either. If they really want us to take him we should make them an offer, give May a two year deal with a trigger for a third too and we will.

1 minute ago, The end is nigh said:

This trade

There is no trade. Mihocek is a free agent. We wouldn't have to give up anything for him.

Hes free and good protection for whichever of JVR, Jeffo, Kentfield we play

Hope we land him

47 minutes ago, ANG13 said:

The biggest issue now versus when we got Brown we are miles off a premiership.

Are we ?

We might be...

2019 we were 17th

We might be miles off.... or just down the road.

We didn't know back then but we needed to make changes. We do now too.

32 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

There is no trade. Mihocek is a free agent. We wouldn't have to give up anything for him.

Apologies. This move. Started well before we had a coach that we SHOULD have interest. JVR, Jefferson, kentfield and Johnson on the list, not to mention petty. Any more on the list and somebody is playing out of position regularly. Are other lists carrying 6 key forwards?

3 hours ago, beelzebub said:

The same folk not wanting Mihocek probably wouldn't have wanted Brown.

Horses and courses.

Some old battered and banged up bloke who can still muster 36 snags might be just a little bit handy... for a while.

tbf i stand by wanting 2MP fir a fourth rounder at 24 from the suns over brown, woulda saved us 3 years of chopping between key forward back up rucks. BBB had a good 4 week stretch, i think 2 metre coulda done the same and more. he won a bnf since 2018 too

39 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

Are we ?

We might be...

2019 we were 17th

We might be miles off.... or just down the road.

We didn't know back then but we needed to make changes. We do now too.

Yes good point, I could be miss reading exactly where our list is at. Yes we need to make changes to our list but unfortunately I don’t have trust in our list management team though.

36 minutes ago, ANG13 said:

Yes good point, I could be miss reading exactly where our list is at. Yes we need to make changes to our list but unfortunately I don’t have trust in our list management team though.

Ang , you wouldn't be alone.

If nothing else we now have fresh eyes in charge of that list, well, in charge of utilising them. In doing so King and Co will look ( npi ) to best use the players ( existing and new ) in the best way they can determine. Despite King having no direct ( yet ) influence over the list I can quite happily think there HAVE been some specific convos ( even now ) about glaring needs/deficiencies/ wants .

Mihocek will have been in the wind for a while. I would imagine List will have quickly broached Coach ... yay/nay ?

Its also entirely possible the new boys might have slipped a quick note to the List-lads.

We really aren't going to know til ppl are running around kicking sherrins in anger.

Like you... I'm just hopeful

1 hour ago, The end is nigh said:

Apologies. This move. Started well before we had a coach that we SHOULD have interest. JVR, Jefferson, kentfield and Johnson on the list, not to mention petty. Any more on the list and somebody is playing out of position regularly. Are other lists carrying 6 key forwards?

Ok, so I hate to break it to you here…

Petty is a serviceable forward and a great backman.

JVR is very dim forward that has very few tricks and is easily quelled by defenders.

Johnson is a battler but has not shown he can be an AFL calibre forward.

Kentfield is untried at senior level and will need help and be shielded even if he does play.

Jefferson is nowhere, just nowhere, and I don’t like to talk down on players too heavily so I will leave it there.

Mihocek immediately becomes our best tall and provides some cover for whoever of that list of NQR forwards you want to try each week.

2 hours ago, adonski said:

Hes free and good protection for whichever of JVR, Jeffo, Kentfield we play

Hope we land him

Also allows Petty to go back as May departs

4 minutes ago, rpfc said:

Ok, so I hate to break it to you here…

Petty is a serviceable forward and a great backman.

JVR is very dim forward that has very few tricks and is easily quelled by defenders.

Johnson is a battler but has not shown he can be an AFL calibre forward.

Kentfield is untried at senior level and will need help and be shielded even if he does play.

Jefferson is nowhere, just nowhere, and I don’t like to talk down on players too heavily so I will leave it there.

Mihocek immediately becomes our best tall and provides some cover for whoever of that list of NQR forwards you want to try each week.

Would be good to get a FORWARDS coach as part of our assistant coaching panel. IMO this would help our forwards immensely.

18 minutes ago, rpfc said:

Ok, so I hate to break it to you here…

Petty is a serviceable forward and a great backman.

JVR is very dim forward that has very few tricks and is easily quelled by defenders.

Johnson is a battler but has not shown he can be an AFL calibre forward.

Kentfield is untried at senior level and will need help and be shielded even if he does play.

Jefferson is nowhere, just nowhere, and I don’t like to talk down on players too heavily so I will leave it there.

Mihocek immediately becomes our best tall and provides some cover for whoever of that list of NQR forwards you want to try each week.

Bit harsh on Johnson he did some good things protecting others and drawing defenders.

No one seems to factor McAdam into our future forward structure?

5 minutes ago, Norm Smith's Curse said:

Bit harsh on Johnson he did some good things protecting others and drawing defenders.

No one seems to factor McAdam into our future forward structure?

I was just listing the talls. And no, I doubt McAdam will play another game for us… shame really.

On 16/09/2025 at 14:28, Ted Lasso said:

I like the idea of bringing in Michoek as sort of a playing coach to teach Van Rooyen, Petty and Jefferson and Kentfield forward craft, and maybe Melksham becomes a super sub type who comes on late in the games to give us something with his experience, but is a valuable coach on the bench for the other 3/4

I doubt we would be recruiting him as a 'coach' its play or bust and by the way... he is much better than Van Rooyen!

55 minutes ago, rpfc said:

I was just listing the talls. And no, I doubt McAdam will play another game for us… shame really.

No its not.. just pathetic list management! Should NEVER have been selected! DELIST!

3 hours ago, DemonOX said:

Would be good to get a FORWARDS coach as part of our assistant coaching panel. IMO this would help our forwards immensely.

We had/have a very good assistant coach coaching the forwards.