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Reasonable point; however I would see excellent career option for him if he maintains his ties to the MFC, where he's already been playing for 8 years. Would definitely see him retained by the club when when he retires, hopefully 6 concussion-free years from now.

And well they should be; he's been solid as a rock for the last three years. With that said, I'm very surprised that he's a free agent as we delisted him at the end of 2013.

I'm in shock. Without my MFC blinkers on, Vince should have got 2- maybe plea down, but two weeks for reckless, high contact. Jetta... Should have got zero.

My understanding is that is something of an untested hypothetical. In theory, there is a clause that could potentially make them de-listed free agents, but it would definitely be vigorously contested.

Solely dependent on Hurley being allowed to void his contract, as he's already signed up until the end of 2017. Can't see Essendon rolling over and can't see the AFL being too helpful either.

Some would say that a goal in the third along with others at the 12 and 21 minute marks of the fourth could have been 'match winning' times to kick goals. If every forward took their chances like Watts yesterday, we could have run over the top of them.

Thankfully, it sounds like the club is being very sensible/conservative with its approach. Sounds like the knock yesterday was on the mild side but he was kept out as a precaution. Give him all the time he needs. http://m.afl.com.au/news/2016-05-15/demon-angus-brayshaw-concussed-for-second-match-in-succession

In addition... If Roos believed he was going he'd fattening Hogan up for a trade by trotting out the lines like: 'He's the best young player in the league...' 'A required player...' 'Very special, once in a generation talent...'

Yup.

Agreed. He said when he was appointed that he wasn't going to be a president in the spotlight. Everyone thing appears to be running efficiently and harmoniously under his charge.

Agreed, it all a ruse to get the price up and add a year. If he's asking for four and they're offering 2... it'll be three. If they're offering 300,000 and he's asking for 500,000, surprise, surprise! Happens every year.

I think we've had a pretty generous draw, however we have played interstate twice and played the top of the table team along with the 5th placed team.

Very good news. Would cost us next to nothing and he is a serviceable, big bodied, competitive insurance policy until our ruck stocks develop.

Agreed. Even bigfooty of all places wasn't discussing it last night while Demonland burned. We seem to be the only ones freaking out about this.

Of course he's going to say it's not about the money- who, in their right mind, would say to the media: 'My next contract is gonna all be about the money.' The media line that every player has given for the past month is 'the MFC is a great place to be.' That's the current PR focus of the club.

Essendon, Carlton and Melbourne were well into Oliver by November. http://m.afl.com.au/news/2015-10-31/morrish-medallist-clayton-oliver-adds-top10-twist http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/draft/afl-draft-2015-melbourne-considers-clayton-oliver-with-first-pick-plays-like-ollie-wines/news-story/7b4555f328ea9161f23cd8083ee76fe5 http://m.essendonfc.com.au/news/2015-11-17/the-contenders-part-one https://mobile.twitter.com/EssendonFC/status/666503589825806337

Hogan being allowed to visit home occasionally is often cited as one of the reasons he and his family are very happy with the MFC.

The idea of discussing football on Facebook is obscene.

I would have thought it was sarcasm coupled with some average journalism.

The wording of the article is fine, the misquoting in the OP is what has caused the confusion.

My recollection of this trade period was Essendon was all over Oliver. We needed to get a pick ahead of them when we realised he wouldn't bet there by the time our first pick came along.

Scared of the ball, scared of the opposition, scared of getting hurt, scared of hurting others... otherwise pretty handy.

Hurley is an out-and-out gun. If he were even slightly interested in coming to Melbourne, you'd just have to find a way to make it work. However I see great potential in both JrMac and Frost and can see them, along with a cohesive defensive unit and two way running in the midfield, as being a good core of talls going forward.

I believe we've tried to get Jr back to the club in a coaching capacity the past, but haven't been able to persuade him. I wonder if Daniel Cross has assistant coaching ambitions? Would think he'd have a very good grasp of what's required.

I think we'd be helped by everyone getting out and doing a rain dance Sunday morning. Bulldogs are a very good, but young team; the venue is the biggest advantage we have.