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OLiver and Gawn the clear stand outs. Gawn was clearly out best player this year in my opinion Interesting thing for me is how high Salem, Trac, Harmes, melky etc finish.

How about their runner costing them a goal?? So many magical moments

Carlton wooden spoon Drug cheats missed finals

Yeah we didn’t learn anything from round 23 last year. Just made a prelim the year after.

Absolutely on our best 22. If anything he was rushed back in before being ready. After a preseason he would solidify it even further

Pathetic if we only offered him one year. You don’t offer a bloke in your best 22 a one year deal. Players need some job security not thinking like they are constantly one injury away from losing their job

Market price about pick 30? big loss. We lose size and hardness around the contest and another tall target up front. I expect him to have a big year next year

can one of you accountants open a separate Tax thread on the general board for the love of all things holy!

didnt work for Rivers, Chip or Garland though. oh god they were dark times in all seriousness I think if O Mac builds up his body over the next 2 years he could make a decent fwd. better skills than Tom

once you factor in a mortgage, private health insurance, grocery prices, he won't have much left!

we are fked. Suddenly O Mac is training with the forwards!! :-0

if he wasn't injured he would have likely kicked 60 goals for the year and I would expect 70+ next year Weid showed very little in his first couple of years and played one great game a couple of decent games. He now shows promise but we cannot bank of him playing 22 games next year, he could be anything or a flash in the pan losing Hogan will have some short term pain for sure.

Anyone else worried about recruiting May? Everyone says he is proven but I don't think you are really proven until you have played for a decent side and have played in pressure situations - big crowds. May has done neither.

Mcgovern nominates Carlton. wow and Shiel might do likewise. you can tell who the money hungry players are

I agree, I don't think many want to trade him but it seems he wants to go back to WA so we are dealing with this potential reality

you do realise all of our best players have come from the draft? aside from Lever. if we can pick up another Oliver/Gus/Hogan then why not do it. they do not take long to have an impact and will extend our time at the top. our recruiting team have been amazing the last few years.

Given our age profile I actually wouldn't mind not bringing in a star (unless we get a beauty like Kelly) and going to the draft. It is meant to be a great one. most of our golden generation are 21-24. to draft a couple of gun 18 yo's (realistically only one might be a gun) would spread our age profile nicely and set us up for a longer spell at the top. Although it would hurt our immediate term a bit. it would also help our salary cap. save the big money for the gun players, not guys like May

anyone know what Hogan is on now as our highest paid player? I assume ~800K if he signed a long term deal with us it would be ~1mil you would think?

I know but I reckon Jeff and the Club might come to an arrangement to free up his spot. His heart is clearly not in it anymore. We will probably keep Maynard I’d say

No I want to keep him because he is one of our best players and I believe he will dominate the comp for the next 5 years quality tall fwds are very hard to trade in or draft. it would be massive loss

With Kent going we have 8 spots open on our list and its only 3 days since the season ended! if hogan goes thats 9. No word about Maynard, Johnstone, Smith, Garlett yet sounds like we will be very active in the trade/draft!!

The problem for us is if Hogan wants to leave. we lose a lot of bargaining power. we can say we'll just keep him unless its a good deal but usually players end up going where they want to go. If we want to get rid of him, I will lose a lot of faith in the FD. If T Mac goes down next year we are screwed. Weid is showing promise but is years away from dominating and question marks remain for me. and we have no back up tall fwds

ooh he must want to stay in Melbourne then? #hoganmyths

May at 193cm doesnt really help us with our biggest issue at the back - Ben Brown/Cox types. Against these teams I would bring in Preuss along with Lever and O Mac O Mac is still young and developing and we also have Hibbo, Smith, Frost, Keilty developing etc May would be handy but I would have our priority as good ball users and outside speed. also Run off HB especially if Hunt doesn't come on

BS - an injured blokes needs to watch every training session? pretty sure players meet with their managers regularly especially towards the end of the season