39 minutes ago, JJJ said:

It’s not that he’s not wanted. If we were willing to pick up some of his contract he’d be gone.

Surely he's not on more than $600k. That's easily digested by most clubs and I suspect he'd take 2 x $400k from a new club.

Something needs to be done with our "contracts" process. There's just too many bad deals.

Where is the US style buyout option?

He’s on a good deal.

No club would give him another season either.

I’m glad he’s staying. I still like him. He’s nowhere near the level he was but I appreciate the effort.

21 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Surely he's not on more than $600k. That's easily digested by most clubs and I suspect he'd take 2 x $400k from a new club.

Something needs to be done with our "contracts" process. There's just too many bad deals.

not sure any club would offer 2 year deal with Father time knocking on his door

Get him to play lockdown and he'll still be a very good player for us.

May, Turner, Petty, Lever, TMac and Adams leaves us stacked for KPDs though. Can probably play 3 at AFL level and 3 at Casey. I'd still prefer only 2 to play at once though.

1 minute ago, Adam The God said:

Get him to play lockdown and he'll still be a very good player for us.

May, Turner, Petty, Lever, TMac and Adams leaves us stacked for KPDs though. Can probably play 3 at AFL level and 3 at Casey. I'd still prefer only 2 to play at once though.

I don't consider Turner or Lever to be KPDs. More your third tall, intercepting types. Adams still has the training wheels on.

There's still a place for a reinvigorated May. This episode might be the kick in the butt he needs to get himself right

Maybe if he were to swear off alcohol and get super fit over the pre-season, but we all know he ain’t giving up the beers anytime soon.

There’s what Steven May expects of his team mates, then there’s the standards that he sets for himself. Hypocrite.

Like many posters here, May was still valuable through 2025, playing key tiles on main key forwards but was inconsistent and starting to get caught out more and more. Time is catching up with him and it’s been viewed that we need to see what Adams can offer. Happy though to keep May for 2026 under contract.

1 hour ago, Go the Biff said:

I don't consider Turner or Lever to be KPDs. More your third tall, intercepting types. Adams still has the training wheels on.

There's still a place for a reinvigorated May. This episode might be the kick in the butt he needs to get himself right

And we've already signalled that we want to play Turner and Lever in the same side, so they'll be playing KPD roles.

If you take Geelong's set up, they play three KPDs, including Stewart as the bigger interceptor.

I'd prefer we play Turner, Lever and Petty, but maybe it's a week by week proposition.

Some of you are forgetting that he doesn’t have much control over his form anymore. In 2025 I can recall Tom Lynch, Georgiadis and Gunston giving him the run around and I’m sure there were more. He simply can’t keep up anymore, it happens. He’s about to turn 34, and it’s not going to get any easier for him. There’s a reason no club wanted him, he’s extremely close to cooked.

Perhaps we can find a role for him in a Hibberd style role, or even up forward, but he has one year left and it’s not going to be as the club’s premier defender.

Still a handy backup when someone inevitably gets injured

The last two games of the year were completely different to earlier in the year and he lost mobility. Hopefully he can get it back again over summer. The difference between May being a very good player and past it are not far apart.