Engorged Onion

Dammit @Demonland - you’re the official poster of official press releases and every time I see you have posted on this thread - I get excited, only to be let down (just like Dom Tyson’s kicking skills...)

triple ton? get it done lads and ladettes.

Reminds me a bit of a line in The Usual Suspects. The guilty man in the jail cell sleeps more peacefully than the not guilty man - he knows the jig is up and doesn’t need I protest his innocence.

in caps lock please...

He's a professional...it's ok that this stuff isn't for public consumption.

Buckenara hasn't been relevant in AFL for around a decade...

Sleuthifer's Hero...

humility mate, humility - not so long ago, we were in that position, and even worse.

You did mean Oscar Mc / Petty right...must have been a typo eh?

100% brother... this has been intimated elsewhere.

kudos @godees kudos

Correction I have no idea what is coming our way but there has been very little to get excited about at THIS STAGE! Hogan is a super talent and my team hold the cards, he is contracted ffs, if my team fold for a lesser deal it is bad PR and bad football department operations.

very, very good.

With all this happening, it's a given that the FD have a range of things cooking...well not even cooking ,they've been developing a whole range of relationships in the background for years... every delisting and trade will be done, because there is an improved (albeit not always straight away) balance for the team, and because they've got 'agreements' in place. For me - this is the only way to make sense of it.

I spent about 30 min on it - the only connection I could find was he was drafted at 48... you've got more stamina than me @Dee Zephyr

Absolutely @Is Dom Is Good - Sure, the question may have been asked of Dom, and that's ok - but a 'push' would be surprising... as they actually employed him because he wanted to come back to Melbourne...no doubt they're looking at more suitable arrangements.

because you're a nice sympathetic bloke?

thank god it wasn't 4.5 hours...

Lin Jong is one that comes to mind...still wouldn't mind him actually....

that was my dry wit @DV8 my conjecture on his worth is meaningless...

Why are folk getting upset about what pundits believe he is worth? They don't set the market...so they can think and postulate about whatever....its all going to be ok, really it is. It's about as relevant as me posting on some forum somewhere in the public domain about what I feel he is worth...it means SFA ps: he's a 5 and first round next year.

It's not that he's playing mind games, I think a lot of the supporters see him as an incredibly diligent person, who has historically been able to do some great recruiting, without us being aware until it happens... these lines of thoughts are more of a sign of respect for the bloke if anything...

Nick Stevens? Nigel Smart?

I’m sure I read elsewhere on here that, with Hogan going it’s frees up $ for anyone - in this case Gaff who is a FA to meet an asking price. if this is wrong - walk me through what point I am missing TIA