mo64

Totally agree. He's a great Fantasy footballer because he seagulls for cheap kicks. Hate having the ball in his hands, because he invariably makes a poor decision. He burnt JVR in the 2nd quarter by going long to the goal square with JVR on his own in the pocket. Signalled for a slow play in the last qtr, and kicked it to a Dogs player with no Casey player in sight. He's a good VFL player, and that's his level.

I'd love to have a wager on that.

BBB has been asked to do too much. Little wonder he couldn't get up. Our rucks were pathetic up forward last week. If they don't contribute again, can't see us winning.

He's performed better with a dickie knee than Weideman has produced in his whole career. BBB was very good last week. If Weid comes close to emulating what BBB does, I'll be shocked.

The sharpest steak knives I've seen was Jack Crisp, who was part of the Dayne Beams deal.

And he also stated that it was three "good" players. No offence to Bedford, but I hardly think that anyone would classify him as good.

Mitch Lewis sounds plausible, but Ben King would have been well out of our salary cap range. I firmly believe that the club wasn't aware of Jackson's movements until around the time that Clarry signed his big extension. Goody's language changed from "confident Jacko will stay" to "hopeful that Jacko will stay". We couldn't afford Jacko and Ben King.

The NBA is far from mature when it comes to player movements. The star players and the big franchises have too much power. Look at the Kevin Durant situation.

There's a clip on the Dees website interviewing JJ. They show a brief clip of training, and Weid is in the ruck against Max.

We wouldn't be the first team. GWS matched Geelong's offer for Cameron, and a trade was negotiated. If we match any Gus offer, then Gus is still out of contract, and has the right to seek a trade. The system is ridiculous in that way.

I actually think his trade value is equivalent to the compensation pick. However, If we are in the market for a FA, then we'd lose that compensation pick.

I just got some more info from Perth. The house purchase at the time had nothing to do with his football future. I won't go into details, but I can totally understand why Jackson is returning home.

We'll be right. With Demonlanders doing our trades, we'll have Andy Brayshaw, Serong and Merrett in return for Jackson and Bedford.

Who's this lady called Dee?

Lucky guess hey!!!!!!

That's a ridiculous measurement. There's been plenty of players who have played well in Grand Finals that had average careers. Shane Ellen is the first that comes to mind. And playing well in 1 game doesn't make you a proven anything. We won't be asking for any players, aside from steak knives Meek. As Goodwindees said, we'll get draft picks, and potentially pursue a free agent with our cap space. I'm predicting we get a latter top 10 pick, another 1st rd (this year or next) and steak knives Meek. There may also be shuffling of picks.

I actually think we're a better chance to beat the Dogs at Marvel than at the G. Smaller ground makes it easier to apply forward pressure. If it was at the G and we didn't include another tall forward, I'd back the Dogs. Melksham to tag Bailey Dale.

Taranto wants out because he's not getting midfield time.

Where do you rate Jackson in terms of MVP at Melbourne? If I'm generous, I'd rate him at 10th. He's young and out of contract, so Freo see him as gettable. If the money Freo are offering is true, then Jackson will be the most overpaid player in the AFL next year. In terms of his trade value, I'm drawing a comparison to players like Dangerfield, T.Kelly and Cameron. All of these players were established stars. Amongst the 3 trades, only 1 top 10 pick was received by the club losing the player. On average, 2 1st round picks in the teens plus steak knives was the deal. I'm expecting that for Jackson.

Players would never go out on the field and intentionally not try. But when a coach makes moves throughout a game that looks to the common observer like he's trying to deliberately lose, that's tanking. Teams that are not in finals contention are entitled to experiment with this list, or send players off for surgery prior to season's end. The AFL shouldn't have any issue with that.

And Jessie Hogan was a generational talent. Jackson has potential to reach the levels of Nik Nat. In his 3rd year, he's continued to develop as a ruckman. But as a ruck/forward he's stagnated. I expected him to improve on his marking and goal scoring, but he's averaging the same as last year. If he was a competent forward, we wouldn't be so concerned with the loss of T Mac. I'd call Nick Daicos a generational talent. I'd call Jackson a unique ruckman, who's elite at ground level for his size, but a work in progress in the air. He's still young, so that may improve, but he's not the complete package. This Melbourne team isn't going to drop of the cliff without Jackson.

We've still kept our best players together long term. Richmond constantly lost players through their premiership years. Rance would have been on big coin. Then they lost role players like Ellis, Higgins, Butler and developing players like Chol and CCJ. McKay and Curnow come out of contract next year, so the Blues will be under the pump. How Geelong stays under the cap is a head scratcher.

You need to ask the question to the players manager before you ask Freo. If the player doesn't want to go, and Freo don't want to lose them, end of story.

Of course contracted players have been traded in the past. But Collingwood are better off by getting rid of Grundy and his contract. Freo are worse by off loading any of Brayshaw, Serong or Young. That's why your Grundy analogy is irrelevant.

Totally different scenario. Grundy's contract is an albatross around the Pies neck, and they have a cheaper almost better version in Darcy Cameron. The Freo boys are playing good footy and not on ridiculous money.