Engorged Onion

Fair enough " I can see how others may see it's a long bow...and by looking at how the FD have operated in managing past trades since the beginning of the Roo's era...one case would be J Lewis...." I am happy to be wrong (ill be happier if I am right)... I feel quite confident for those reasons outlined above.

I've just tried to find it online - it was back in april/may this year... alas I can't find anything. Happy for someone else to back me up on this one. Just stumbled across this @demon191919 - if youve got access to the sun.... I suspect this may confirm my memory.... AFL free agency: Melbourne to pursue another senior player | Herald ... https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/.../cd1231eb818ce14221037bc4d766ef6d Apr 16, 2018 - Melbourne football manager Josh Mahoney said the Demons would be ... Asked if they would target a big fish, Mahoney said on Triple M: “You ... My point overall, is that Josh and the club have always been circumspect in what they put out to the media. I don't think it's such a long bow to say, that by confirming that they're merely looking at bringing someone in - means they've actually got an agreement in place with said person(s).

Believing that his punch links into his decision making about his future, is as useful as looking at tealeaves. FWIW, I'd imagine OMAC is on a lower $ contract to accomodate someone who is locked in...for the next two years...with an understanding that he will bump up in significant value...in 2020. Again my hunch comes back to Mahoney and his overt statements that we will land 1-2 significant players. The relationships between clubs and players are formed over many many months, not just the last quarter of a year...it'll take more than $ to lure Gaff to North... My feel is he is ours... and he'll get a good look at our squad again this weekend

Weirdly, listening to TMAC on Sen on Monday, he made mention that Oscar and himself were moving seperate ways with living together...and kind of seemed non committal about his brother... I wonder, just wonder as OMAC hasn't resigned, that he's received a juicy offer elsewhere... which, well ...fair play to him. There is nothing to suggest this is remotely the case in reality...it was just where my head wandered to.

That did not influence the outcome of the game.... Yes, It's emblematic of the camaraderie... but the players care, love and compassion towards one another is tough to measure vs another team... They could have easily chosen to not link arms, and still have the same outcome.

Perhaps I should have bolded the meaningful relationship component... By all accounts - McGovern felt aggreived that he took a paycut and Gibbs came in... Schache wanted to be in Melbs... Anyway, lovely hypothetical... and if anything happens this year, I'll buy a collingwood membership for 2019...

I can only assume you are coming from the brave new world where contracts no matter how recently signed are not relevant legally, and that even though clubs fabric are built on meaningful relationships, that doesn't matter to this millenial generation? Are you from the future?

The Gary Ayres Award...

Any one got an informed opinion on Goodwin and the FD's game day coaching for the EF? Personally I find it hard to decipher... but have noticed that the plaudits go to the players, rather than anything that the coaching stuff have done on the day.

Im not agreeing with it - just adding opinions from elsewhere to the mix...

https://www.theroar.com.au/2018/09/09/why-melbourne-should-trade-jesse-hogan/

To be fair... Geelong didn't label themselves that.

are you at the rheingold?

who are you noshing off?

you;ve posted to his twitter feed right?

Just watched Jetta on this http://www.afl.com.au/stats/stats-pro#/discover/CD_I281280/Jetta-Neville If anyone has seen a better 7 possession game in defence...well, And his AFL ratings are below, which really make a mockery of what is useful in providing value to a side...

Can anyone do an edit of all the cuts to Scott 'dark look' throughout the game? (mind, he was magnanimous in his presser).

This. In all my 39 years have I never seen (or noticed) the enthusiasm and connection between Melbourne players when goals are kicked... it's almost like they're not just stoked for the team...but genuinely, genuinely stoked for the individual that reaped the rewards. There is clearly so much love and connection at the club...

Good to see/hear you made it out of Lamby's in one piece.. did you goad the crowd?

Thanks for reiterating @Mickey ?, that just what I said! Go Dees!

Truth be told, I squibbed it and turned off the 3rd quarter... did this happen in the third? Also, a few reports of Jetta v Danger... were some of those one on ones in the third??

it may have been said already, I have a strong hunch, Gaff will nominate, when his club is out of the finals... north aint in the finals, and he aint going to nominate West Coast as he is already there....

thought i'd get this thread up and running again... ?

winning....watch out for the iceheads.

by the way, how awesome and purely just a sign of the god he is, was Clarry and Selwood coming together...and Clarry pirouetting.. with ball in hand to give it off... sex on [censored] legs he is.