Like this, can provide some experience and a bigger body to help JVR.

If JVR can kick 35+ and Brody the same, we’ll all be doing cartwheels

Good Tasmanian boy

is he our first free agency signing since tomlinson?

1 hour ago, SFebes said:

Rebound was the plan, before we lost May, Oliver, Petracca and McVee. We aren’t going to rebound now, mini rebuild it is

A lot will depend on the make-up of our list going into 26.

43 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

I remember the bitchin when we got Ben Brown. Worked out alright.

Welcome Brody

I like the optimism, but BBB’s recruitment into our 2020 squad was a very different storyline to this one.

All in all it’s a positive, but it feels like more like gaining an experienced hand to guide us through a walk through the wilderness. Hopefully that walk is just a couple of years.

51 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

I remember the bitchin when we got Ben Brown. Worked out alright.

Welcome Brody

And I don't think Brody has the chronic knee issues either (althoug like you I still think we got good value out of Brown).

Gonna require a bit of this upon arrival.

Hopefully he’s less of a bust than the last Brody we got from Collingwood.

1 hour ago, Travy14 said:

I can't see a fwd line of JVR, Fritta, Mihoceck and Melksham. Maybe Melky misses out, which is tough after his 2025 season.

I actually think we could get more value from Melksham playing further up the ground and being a player the drives the ball inside 50 to the advantage of the deep forwards. Probably still opportunities for him to play deep inside too on occations and should add a few more dimensions and less predictability to our forwardline.

The other aspect is in line with your suggestion, perhaps like T Mac, Melksham might be destined to spend more time at Casey in a mentoring role this coming season developing players than producing in the seniors. He might actually be better value to the club in the long run playing that role.

Overall, I think Brody gives us much better options and flexibility to shape our forward looks and plays for the next few seasons.

Edited October 4, 2025Oct 4 by Rodney (Balls) Grinter

Being reported here as a free agency move rather than a trade at this point:

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/teams/collingwood-magpies/afl-trade-news-2025-brody-mihocek-to-leave-collingwood-magpies-for-melbourne-demons-free-agency-deal-latest-news/news-story/c2ea08f4c58c5b0743d50c3f2d7c4487

24 minutes ago, DutchDemons said:

Gonna require a bit of this upon arrival.

Hopefully he’s less of a bust than the last Brody we got from Collingwood.

Welcome aboard Brody … aka BRODEE!! 💙❤️

Dees would like him to play say min 15 games per season over the next 2 years, aim for 30 Goals and help develop and teach the young development forwards JVR, Jeffo and Kentfield. Smart business to take a hard working player who is able to and has been playing AFL in a winning culture. Like we did with Lewis from the Hawks.

Gee another 192-194 cm key position player. Still dreaming of 197+ cm. However, he may a valuable role player. We haven't been doing that recently.

37 minutes ago, rpfc said:

He has his own office. With double glazed windows.

And his phone isn’t hooked up.

He also heated up a fish curry in the kitchen last week…

RPFC

Your record is not good with 3 or 4 years of scoring problems and no end in sight.

You have presided over low scores mostly 2/3 behinds and hopeless connection, leading patterns like a maze plus not enough crumbing and team acts.

Seems like you should be immediately leaving your door keys and ONE football we gave you for practice at Casey. Please go straight to the Cwood practice venue and start harming their forward performance like ours.

Always a nice feeling when a player wants to play for this great club. Welcome Brody!

Still not entirely sure what Lamby and Steve are playing at, are we playing finals next year or not? But I guess, either way, having an old head who can actually kick straight should help in one way or another.

3 hours ago, adonski said:

2 years rather than 3 is a good result

Yep, makes it much more palatable.

1 hour ago, Hellfire Dub said:

Bb - D2 by King = Checkmate!

Edited October 4, 2025Oct 4 by Tarax Club

1 hour ago, DutchDemons said:

Gonna require a bit of this upon arrival.

Hopefully he’s less of a bust than the last Brody we got from Collingwood.

Ouch.

(And I hope you meant 'not a bust', not 'less of a bust' 😄)

Edited October 4, 2025Oct 4 by Timothy Reddan-A'Blew

44 minutes ago, 58er said:

RPFC

Your record is not good with 3 or 4 years of scoring problems and no end in sight.

You have presided over low scores mostly 2/3 behinds and hopeless connection, leading patterns like a maze plus not enough crumbing and team acts.

Seems like you should be immediately leaving your door keys and ONE football we gave you for practice at Casey. Please go straight to the Cwood practice venue and start harming their forward performance like ours.

58er / DEELUDED

You are on the spectrum and that is fine but when it is undiagnosed you can fall into a non-self-reflective chasm that is impossible to get out of.

I think you mean this as a joke so good on you but it just reads like you are attacking a poster for the mire of the last 3 years. A mire I predicted in early 2022 after seeing how we had devolved our forward attacks to save the midfields legs.

THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER

Mihocek on Saturday informed the Pies that he would be leaving the club for the Demons following Collingwood's best and fairest.

The unrestricted free agent would be unlikely to garner any high level compensation for the Pies given his age – 32 – and the short-term contract, meaning a deal could still be done as a back-end trade.

Under free agency rules, the compensation pick a club gets for losing a player can be diluted or even withdrawn if they bring in another player via free agency.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1436491/inside-trading-cats-continue-curnow-chase-eagles-consider-draft-move-will-flanders-unlock-trac-deal

1 hour ago, DutchDemons said:

Hopefully he’s less of a bust than the last Brody we got from Collingwood.

He’s a lot cheaper and has a lot less competition for a spot as the only experienced tall forward this side of Casey.

Why would we be giving up our Spargo compo when he is a free agent?

Just now, Trident22 said:

Why would we be giving up our Spargo compo when he is a free agent?

presumably as a free agent in is balanced by a free agent out

how the afl determines it is a mystery

as is why it's taken so long to confirm compensation

Better to do a token late pick trade than go via free agency and dilute free agency compo for Spargo, which is reportedly second round pick. That pick might be useful in gold coast trade as they need points for all their academy kids.

Finals bound or not, this is smart list management. For little cost or risk, he immediately improves our best 23 and addresses a major need, while reportedly also being a solid citizen.

More of this please.