mo64

Ha, ha. I was the same. When I messaged Demonstone, I said that I didn't think Marcus Whelan won a Brownlow.

Is that still a thing?

As unlikely to be part of a trade as Andy Bray, Serong or Young.

Different type of bread in the olden days. Modern day players are more your sourdough and multigrain, compared to your Tip Top white sliced of yesteryear.

What makes Max a great leader is how he can relate to players of different age and personality. Jack is more of an on-field "do as I do" type leader. Our leadership group seems to be made up of different types. Max stands alone, but I think Lever is the closest we have to Max. Jack and May are of the same ilk. They expect perfection to the point of being abrasive. Trac and Gus still need time before they're elevated to Capt or VC. And ANB is good in the leadership group, but long term I'm not sure if his position in the team is assured.

With the exception of Buddy and his long term deal, players of Mundy's age would probably be on year-to-year deals, with a mid tier base salary plus heavy incentives. Given how consistently great Mundy has been, he would still be earning good coin. No doubt that it frees up coin for Jackson.

Freo have 2 1st round picks (this year and next). We're not going to reject them because it's not optimum trade value. Jackson will nominate a club, and a deal will get done. Clubs and player managers are loathe to pull the PSD card.

It's says we had only 3 country zone players play 100 games. Would they be Lyon, Grinter and Tingay? Didn't Schwarz come from Sunbury which was part of the Riddell League?

How? He had 1 kick for a goal. His throw (handball) would be classified as a goal assist, but that's where it ends.

You haven't been watching the Suns play. Noah Anderson is a hell of a player. And if Touk is to win any awards, he deserves it on merit. Fantastic player.

We had a report from a poster saying that Goody and Max had met Grundy. If it's true, does Max really think that Jackson will stay? Max's intention is to take as much outside pressure off Jackson for the remainder of the year.

Correct, but that's not what Queanbeyan is saying. He thinks that it's a trade or nothing. There are other scenarios.

Not really. Max is just going with his heart. Max also said that it hadn't affected Jackson's football. Jackson hasn't been playing well since the conjecture has been at it's highest. Gus who has been playing well, admitted that the decision played on his mind. If Jackson has decided to stay, he'd sign asap and play with a clear mind.

What section are you looking at? All player contracts expire on the 31st October of their final year. Jackson is no longer a Melbourne player if he hasn't re-signed by that date.

Que? He's uncontracted. He can nominate for the draft or walk into the preseason draft.

The facepalm was for 2 reasons. Firstly, Jackson isn't worth Hayden Young and a first rounder, and Freo aren't trading away their guns who are locked in long term. Do you think we'll play some stupid game of putting in ambit claims? Our recent list management has always been about getting deals done, and moving on so that other deals can be brokered. Secondly, as I replied, there is no evidence that Jackson will re-sign for 2 years if we don't get what we want. Our best case scenario is that Jackson's management have told Freo that the Dees have been respectful to Jackson, and fair compensation is warranted. Two 1st rounders (both in the teens + steak knives) or a 1st round pick in the top 10 and a 2nd rd pick + steak knives. I've never known a club that's lost an uncontracted player that's "held the upper hand" in trade negotiations.

Hopefully this debunks the story that JVR won't be played this year.

Says who?

Terry Jenner?

You obviously never saw Robbie Flower play. Fritsch isn't exactly an Adonis.

Congrats on the most ridiculous post ever. JVR isn't seen as our saviour like Watts. And JVR has a competitive instinct that Watts never had.

Rubbish. At least BBB attacks that ball in marking contests, and makes some effort once it hits the ground. I suggest you watch the replay. Weid was not interested in making second efforts.

Why bring it up? I'm sure we are not planning around it, so it has no relevance to whether we get Grundy or not. We should be planning on bringing in a young ruck who is already in the system. There are plenty of options. And also rookie listing a ruckman or 2. Grundy makes absolutely no sense, especially after coming off a long term injury.

Ridiculously premature. God help the kid if he actually makes it onto our list. The expectations will be nauseating.

I don't get this argument that playing against the Pies in front of a big crowd is not the time to debut JVR. We are bringing him in with the full intention that he will be part of our finals campaign. Some players thrive in the big occasions, some don't. JVR would only have to perform 20% better than Weid last night and it makes our team better. The one thing that JVR shows is that he is a competitor.