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Disappointed to see Jesse go but May and KK (who I rate very highly) to the club is excellent. Id be interested in a last minute trade for 23 if someone became available...

I despise Geelong, but I do feel they are within their rights to be seething about the Kelly trade. I know there are extenuating family circumstances, but the fact that he is wanting to go back to WA for family reasons, but is only willing to go to one club is farcical. IMHO, contracted players should be able to nominate the State that they would like to be traded to and the money they would like to receive- then it's over to the clubs to sort out the trade that's best for them.

There would be few players that have had a s big a turn around in fan opinion than Cam Pedersen. His first match was a shocker and he spent his first two years on our list with people counting the days until his contact was up. He retires a much liked and admired player for his contribution during the rebuild.

What today’s contract ‘revelation’ tells me is that Hogan is happy to stay at the Dees and in Melbourne, but has put to Freo that if they were to make him an obscenely good, too good to refuse offer, then he’d go.

I get the feeling that this is 100% certain to go through, but will be close to the end id trade week as they’d wanna know the Hogan/ May situation before committing a pick to KK. Sounds like the club wants to package May and KK together. If the May trade falls through, trade a pick for him. Very excited about seeing him in the red and blue in 2019 - he is silk.

Gary Lyon and Paul Roos both said this during the finals when Weideman was on fire.

That was pure class by Tubby.

When the midfield is flogged, every full back in the league looks poor. Rance v Cox in the PF, or perhaps more tellingly May vs Riewoldt in Round 21 10 goals 6 behinds. No full back, not even the now legendary Steven May, can hold off a genuinely good FF when their midfield is brining the ball in with ease.

Is this really fair though?? Are there any players on our list that we demand a commitment from ‘beyond his current contract’? Isn't that what contracts are for? Are there any other players coming out of contract next year that we’re making similar demands of??

The real question is, do we have enough room in the cap to employ his father as well..?

We got the player we wanted.

Or leaves you with absolutely nothing. (See Fremantle forward line 2019)

The way Mahoney talked about this trade, it seemed to certainly be linked to a hypothetical Hoan trade. Now that that has fallen through (and hopefully we won’t be returning their calls) I think this trade should go through fairly quickly. Both teams seems to be dealing on good terms.

Always a big fan of Dom. Was a shining light when we were down and out and offered us hope I’m Roos’ early days. Was often amongst our better players when the heat was on, but as other have said, sadly our midfield depth has seen him lose his spot.

"I'd love to end my career a one-club player, and I anticipate that will be the case."

They also lose a pick one when they could have had both. Their attitude is bizarre- “A bird in the hand...”

This has been on the cards since the start of trade week. If the Neale pick and 11 is the deal, then that’s more or less what I expected. If they stick to just the one pick- stuff them.

With ‘Jesse Hogan stays’ graphic...

Still very confused by he premise of the thread... Are we saying we aren't trying to bring in a Luke Breust, Robbie Gray or Toby Greene..?

Shiel has played some excellent football, but his 2018 was very average. I've no problems with him going to Essendon as I think it'll take a lot more than Shiel to see them make the required improvement. However... we all now need to brace ourselves for another summer of the media shoving Essendon premiership articles down our throats after yet another 'trade coup'.

Has the talent to be the best player in the league. But does't want to be.

Jack Riewoldt kicked 10 goals 6 behinds against a Gold Coast defense led by Stephen May in round 21 this year. Riewoldt kicked 2 goals 2 behinds against Melbourne when lining up on Oscar in the ANZAC eve match.

Ideally Fremantle will [censored] Hogan around through trade week and make and unmake their minds about a trade or offer huge unders for him. Hopefully this puts Hogan off-side with that shoddy organisation and he clears his mind of ridiculous thoughts of leaving.

There's some options there still. They've used 1st round picks in last years draft, so that frees up next year. They'll surely trade Neale after him being so public about wanting to leave. There's a possibility of trading an early first rounder into two mid-first rounders.

Lobb is such a 'nothing' footballer. Not a key forward... Not a first ruck... Just... meh.