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    1 hour ago, 58er said:

    What is he playing up forward now ? Thought he was recruited by Cats for his run and penetration from the wing to kick to the forwards  !!

    Thats what  We were after when we were after him I am certain.

    I think you are vastly overplaying his role and  he is already injured.

    While Rosman was ordinary last Friday I have faith he is the right recruit fir this time as we will get a decade of excellence from him on the MCG wing and occasionally cameoing up forward.

    I look  forward  to him being There as one of our best when we get that 13 th flag. There is no guarantee Smith would have been.

    By Feeding off the mids I meant standing outside the pack, recieving and running and kicking it to our forwards

    I don't think its either/or. We could've still drafted Rosman, after picking up Smith. Rosman could've been taken under the tutelage of Smith and been primed in a year or two to take over. Smith is a vastly superior proposition for a flag tilt in the next 2/3 years, at his age and with his experience, than a new recruit. Then Rosman could've taken over and been one of our best in our 14th or 15th flags... But no guarantees on anything, Smith or Rosman. Just calculated risks... A 3rd years payment wasn't much of one in my opinion.

     

     

    1 minute ago, rjay said:

     

    With Baker as the other option I can understand why we are still looking...

    The Isaac Smith trade will probably end up being a far bigger miss that some on here are prepared to admit, when we see him feeding off the cats mids this year.

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    15 minutes ago, dee-tox said:

    A 24-year old, 195cm mature wingman that is good overhead. Sounds like the club have identified a pressing need!

    How long would he need in the system/doing a preseason before, with form permitting, he gets a senior call up?

    I agree that the wing is definitely a pressing need if Baker is merely 'ok' in a few cameos but will go missing, other players are shifted out of their best position to accommodate or if Rosman will need a year or two learning the craft.

     

     

     

     

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    1 hour ago, Dr.D said:

    Jackson is a ruck. not a forward. Has his 3 goals on 6 games been enough to prove to you that Jackson is going to be a star forward? lol

    The club earmarked him as playing forward and ruck relief, while Gawny holds down no1 ruck. I'd say that gives him another 3+ years to grow into the role and potentially become a star forward. Maybe the kid cements his position and we pick up a cheap mature ruck after Gawn retires, who knows? You're judging a 200cm first year player recruited for his athleticism, on just 6 games? "lol"

    Yes, we might need a key star forward, but that remains to be seen with how Brown, Weid, Tmac, Petty & Jackson all go this year. Reassess in October.

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    Just now, Pickett2Jackson said:

    Number 1 priority is a star key forward.

    Weideman may never make it and Ben browns knee is stuffed.

    What is the purpose of your username if you think we need a star forward? 

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    46 minutes ago, Better days ahead said:

     

     

    Gawn contract talks have begun. No talks yet with Oliver. Name checked Carlton (no other) as a potential suitor. No mention of Petracca's contract.

    "Melbourne has kicked off contract discussions with free agent Max Gawn but is yet to make any progress on a bumper deal for star midfielder Clayton Oliver.

    For the sake of everyone at Melbourne, including coach Simon Goodwin, a quick start to the year will smooth tensions and ensure the job of locking away stars like Oliver is much easier.

    Clubs like Carlton still have significant salary cap space and the desire to bring in strong midfielders in the mould of Zach Merrett or Oliver to help Patrick Cripps and Sam Walsh."

    I have it on good authority that Clarry will be a demon in 2022...

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    .... As he doesn't want to play for a fanbase with this bloke in it:

    67b0a05ae3786ae43299f157c02e6056

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    18 minutes ago, Demons3031 said:

    I've thought long and hard before deciding to post on this and thinking through the various views. I almost posted late last  year suggesting we could look at Majak Daw when we made the move on Preuss and Majak was delisteds

    A few of us also had the same thought last year, namely that he would be cheap versatile depth in all areas of the ground. ?

     

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    4 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

    I’m probably more worried about his comments about Hodge in this. They took the easy road on that one. 17 other clubs would’ve too. But probably don’t bring it up as a triumph 

    If I recall they had finals coming up, so whaddyaknow, we'll just leave that up to the law outside of footy, no internal suspension.

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    37 minutes ago, McQueen said:

    I hear a rumour that Tmac kicked the [censored] out of him in the showers.

    Well If the MFC was a movie, it would certainly be a prison drama. We've been crawling through football fields of raw sewerage for 55 years in search of premiership freedom

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    2 minutes ago, Tony Tea said:

    I have it from a current AFL coach that recruiting Brown was a mistake, and that given current trends in tactic, we'd be better off without him. 

    And, no, I'm not going to reveal the sauce. I've already rounded it down to 18 people out of 25 million.

    18? Was it Simon Goodwin? 

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    23 minutes ago, The Jackson 6 said:

    On good money, over several years. He isn’t a project player.

    Well I'm not saying we knowingly take on a player that will never get on the park. But you have to make some kind of radical change and take a risk, if you've persisted for two years with the same personel.

    BB battling to get on the park, even on that money, still fills the supporters with far more confidence and hope for the future, if he gets it right, than having Preuss lining up at CHF and the club languishing down at 11th on the ladder again. 

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    6 minutes ago, The Jackson 6 said:

    This is not a good sign. I sure hope we got Richmond’s doctors to look over him before we signed him...

    For the meagre picks we gave, it would still be worth taking him on as a project player that spends the rest of his career battling to get on the park.

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    I popped on sports day to enjoy some schadenfreude, but all I heard was Gerard Healy questioning how there could be systemic racism because Eddie and Buckley n others there have such gentle giving hearts. Gross to hear one of The boys club that works with him spouting that rubbish, so conflicted and ignorant. Not many in the AFL media prepared to actually go hard because they walk the same aisles.

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