The end is nigh

Personally I’d love it if we were classy about our exited players. No boos, just let them be former players. He’s going to be around a decade and wasting our energy on anti cheering seems tiresome. Might be a stretch but I’d enjoy. giving a reverse side of the banner in the first game we play the clubs they went to saying “thanks <player x> for your service to the mfc” and the number of games played or years on the playing roster. No need to be a club with shoulder chips. We can keep our focus on winning.

My thoughts are that they’ll take 27 but will renegotiate what that means for portioning grundys pay (how much it ends up being we will unlikely never know)

Where will kossie live now? Needs a new contract so he can buy his own place

After they realise nobody will give them that, our offer would* still be there. They don’t even have pick 7 unless they get the future second rounder Gold Coast want

Is the value so far off? Geelong can’t make the trade happen without securing a future second rounder to appease Gold Coast or get approval from the afl like port tried to. Might as well attempt to get involved, or watch someone else do it and wish we did.

Wasn’t sure where to post this but here’s as good as any place. Collingwood said a top 25 pick. Geelong have pick 25. so I propose we offer: 13, 27 to geelong and freos future second (or ours) to Gold Coast to get back 7 and 25. Gives them the extra pick currency to be able to appease the draft regulations and gives us the top 7 pick we had a target in mind for (clearly not cadman now as speculation is that gws want him with pick 1). Geelong might want it sweetened with something extra like later round pick swaps but it seems reasonable enough to me.

I think this deal will take the longest. Gws holding a bounty of picks now and we have little to play with. Once Grundy deal is done (I like the 27 and 54 = 25 from Brisbane trade), then the Jackson deal is done, I think we try haggle once the picks are in our hands. No need for Toby to stress unless freo try drag things until the 11th hour.

Heard yesterday on trade radio that it was around the 850k mark for next year (wasn’t said about final year but assuming it’s similar). Some very intriguing contracts at the suns, but imo to keep players, they did what they had to.

While Grundy is a top end talent and Gawn has been banged up this year, the contract Grundy has is huge. The number I’m hearing is 1.2 mil a year over 5 years. (Admittedly I’m not privy to the full truth here). Even if the pies pay a portion, an equivalent contract to be put on the table is the kind of giant carrot we could dangle under so many noses just to shake things up. I still remember GWS throwing a big offer at Howe in the final minutes of trade period and him leaving to Collingwood not long after. Now port are trying to shake Kozzy loose. I’d love Melbourne to go to Brisbane/player management and float a trade for mccluggage or hipwood, both of which are close to out of contract. Both are iMV worth big contracts and right now we have this space for it. Whilst Brisbane wouldn’t want them to leave it wouldn’t hurt us to put the idea in their heads. if we made it happen, could put an insurance ruck like Jake Spencer on the books until we manage to take a surplus ruck from another club (similar to meek this year). Gawn isn’t finishing up any time soon obviously it would take picks (which Brisbane need this year for Dunkley, Ashcroft and fletcher) but Grundy is going to cost pick(s) too and I see it as an opportunity for a much bigger list advancement.

With the talk of a salary dump at Gold Coast, my ears pricked up when I heard Jeremy sharps name mentioned today on SEN. Remembering before he was injured last year he was looking like a top class wingman in the making. Would love to see us at least dip a toe in the water and do our due diligence on him.

Really looking forward to seeing how tracc’s wet weather footy holds up today, as well as how kossie goes about it. Lever looked a little double grabby last week which had me slightly concerned but our structure has been so good that I still believe an 8 goal grinded win is on the cards. Go dees, g&d on display today!

I’d only be opposed to spargo getting involved because of the risk of injuring him. I believe he’s established himself as a quality flanker, who controls that area well. Maybe in years to come, post jones’ career and possibly viney’s, he fills that top up rotation. For now I just hope he keeps owning this role and proving the game has a place for anyone.

The gripe I have with a few of the naysayers in this thread is the way Clayton is painted as less than loyal. That if we aren’t getting him to finals he’d walk. He is, from all the reports/stories I’ve read, a much loved clubman who cares for the jumper. I hope we sign him soon. IMO worthy of star money because that’s what he is. Stay a dee forever Clarry, hope you make flags happen.

Trading out pick 53? I guess we aren’t recruiting any more McDonalds

Rumours circulating that Melbourne and Casey are planning to tank their way out of finals in order to shop hogan around sooner.

Firstly, great that Casey ground out another win, and best wishes in recovery to the soldier that is cam pederson. On the topic of tommy to the backline, I had considered it at first but as it seems it needs to be a permanent solution (lever out for season) then id rather he float back and chop out when the game suits it. He covers the ground well enough and it finally feels we are a footy side with game feel to know when things need to be done. Id be content going with a smaller type (hunt Wagner smith) v the pies as I think omac covering cox is ample key defenders. Pies have more injury concerns than us, but it will be interesting to see how our depth holds up

I remember strongly thinking that the quality of Petraccas highlight package was due largely to the distribution of Gus's disposals. Wrapped to see that within a few short years he's brought his body up to AFL level. Im looking forward to their cohesion and understanding of each other's game being a large thorn in the side of many opposition teams.

I’m still dirty on Riewoldt for a sneaky act last year. When we played them a scuffle spilled into the bench area and he, from the interchange engaged viney and wrestled while viney was still an on field player. Richmond scored a goal straight after, while we were effectively reduced by one player. Only a fine given. If it ever happens again, I hope he cops 3 weeks minimum. I’ll be watching you, j. Riewoldt.

I worry that while billy is a muscular young man, he seems too small for a halfback spot. Aerial flankers will make short work of him and I just don’t see that as a fit

GREAT debut by a kid who to me looks like a footballer first, and built himself around that. Not sure if this is too relevant to the thread but just wanted to pump up jonesy for getting in on spargos scuffle. Captain who's got your back from game one.

In my opinion there is a great deal of room for growth in the seniors. With a domination expected over coburg tomorrow, let's hope anyone who does put their hand up does it with a sheer force that would have got them in past any opposition. That said, hoping hunt and brayshaw go like the clappers tomorrow, wanting a spot in the seniors. Also, please, someone kick a proper bag. If pedo (or weeds) kick 6+, then he'd be hard to knock back. Also, I think lever will need to play tall next week, unless we think we will trounce the Hawks in the guts and have little need to defend. Their smalls are very capable of making many players look foolish.

Wrapped with Omac, he's solid in build and becoming dependable The dees contested footy and hardness is being put out there as our brand (even without our champion hardnut viney) the game against a top 4 side was within our grasp with less than a minute to go. Clear signs that we can compete with the best, even though I thought many struggled

My favorite player for this role was roughie at the Hawks. Was a gun at being a team first player, with taps to advantage and blocks to allow the gun mids to do their thing. When he did go back to the forward line, the mids loved getting him the goals and, he loved kicking them for the team. I think roughie was fairly selfless before this move, but I hope jesse will be moreso after his stints in there.

IF he never plays again as his passionate self, I will blame co captaincy. Statistically very bad for the younger cocaptauns feet.