Mach5

Harsh, but a bit of truth in there.

It’s easy to see from highlights why he’d be a great fit for us. Consistency may be an issue. Ideal player to push Lewis out of the side, footy smarts pending. Gotta admit, I liked the look of him as a draftee, but have seen precious little of him at the suns.

Welcome to the new AFL. You gain a good reputation on the outside and maintain a good culture on the inside if you genuinely care about your players and try to facilitate trades to meet their needs, but also prepare to ensure you get maximum return. It’s simply smart business and I feel we are ahead of plenty of clubs in this regard. We won’t have many players moving on who harbour resentment, and that is good for future business.

I think he’s simply not the type they need, or he doesn’t fit the list profile. Dew would want to build the list in his own image, and maybe his talents are not what he values. They also need bulk list turnover to effect a cultural-shift, and are light on assets to do that.

Be my guest. Clearly someone in one of the other threads has heard similar.

I’d assume it’s the only way he comes. Long been a fan, although I’d question his hardness.

Major developments this evening... won’t say much more as I don’t have all the details.

Surprised if the suns are happy to let him go. Great talent, poorly developed; much like young players on our list in years past.

To be fair, I found it inexplicable that they weren’t able to properly exploit Lewis and always felt a good team would find a way. His crab-like lack of mobility means he has no other option than loopy handballs if you play him in the right way. Brain-fades were just icing on a [censored] cake.

Tyson out, Smith in, and we will obliterate the Eagles.

The balcony is available for those lining up, however these seats are the very first to go. I wouldn’t get your heart set on it. And of course, you need to be a full member.

The only thing that worried me about Frawley leaving as a FA was the compensation. I didnt trust the AFL, but they came through. Having said that, I’m not entirely sure we deserved it based on the mythical equation. He wasn’t offered the world, even though it would be a lot to most.

Can’t say I disagree with him, in that he said they would if we played like we did last night. However I think the Eagles style works better for us. We shall see.

I’d rather be In Jones’ shoes personally, but I think if he didn’t leave as a free agent, it’s likely we would have traded Frawley anyway in a list rebuild. Not that we have traded many players out that wanted to stay, but he’s not what we needed.

It’s not hard, it’s just irrelevant. All players develop at different rates. Surely Jetta as a prime example would indicate that not performing at a high level in your first few seasons is not a definite indicator of future competency.

Relevance?

Would depend on who is in power, but in all likelihood this is correct. Probably won’t be named after him, but it’ll be the physical embodiment of PJ’s legacy.

I think it comes down to a sheer lack of respect for North. Why would anyone want to go there? And I just feel that Gaff is about more than money.

Our initial offer was 7 years, before he had an amazing season & pushed his price up. I’m told our offer is the same as West Coast’s, not sure if that extends to the length of the deal.

I’m quietly confident too, but I’m not really sure why. I don’t know him, and what I’ve been told is that the club itself expects him to go to North if he comes back to VIC. We shall see.

Honestly just taking the [censored] with that one. I heard a month or 2 ago we were looking into Hall, but nothing since regarding him. I believe he is seen as a fallback option if we miss out on Gaff, which is unfortunately likely.

Sunny days ahead

I reckon today he well & truly earned his place. They both did. The thing is, Lever can be so damaging with his ability to create instant turnovers.

I think some underestimate the advantage gained in mismatches created by moving a player between a KPF role and a midfield role. Forcing the opposition to make changes on the fly is where you create opportunities.

Current value as a KPF who has suffered a season-ending navicular injury? Just think about the perception of that in the marketplace: suffers navicular injury, then quickly put up for trade... I think his value on the market has never been lower. Most clubs would be wary of offering too much.