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Only issue with that is speed against small line ups, i.e. richmond. Frost adds versatility, and with May and Lever being good kicks, frost would be the only poor kick in the backline. I think we are too slow with Omac, May and Lever

I want May in our team, but i don't want to give up a top 7 pick. If GC play hard ball and demand pick 6, i say we leave it. Hopefully, our pick 10 will be enough to get him over the line. But GC would stand to get a top 5 compo pick next year, so they may not give him up for pick 10.

Its delusional to think we will get pick 5, 6 and brayshaw for hogan.

Best Case scenario IMO: We get pick 5/6 and 10 from Freo. pick 10 plus other pick for May and KK. We end up with a "super 7" 18 year old from VIC, either Bailey Smith or Ben King, May and KK.

Unfortunately GC would stand to get a top 5 pick for may if he left next year under free agency... so they may play hard ball. I personally dont want him that badly, but MFC seem very keen

I think Hogan to GC isnt out of the realms of possibility, they could make him the highest paid player in the AFL if they really wanted him. But i cant see any situation were we end up with picks 2 and 3, and may and KK. We would maybe get pick 3, may and kolo for hogan, 2019 1st round plus other picks. I don't think we could convince any of our players to go to GC i.e. tyson

How would we end up with 3 and 5? gold coast will have pick 2 and 3 will they not?

Brad Hill left hawthorn to go home to WA, why would he come back to Melbourne?? we can't just take any player we like, only originally from VIC pose realistic options i.e. brayshaw or cerra

If this happened i would be utterly dismayed. Hogan is Younger, more talented and a forward - more valuable on so many levels. I want pick 5 AND pick 6 or another really good player (cerra, brayshaw). I have a feeling freo may try to offer us pick 5 and 2019 first rounder, im not sure how i feel about that... i would probably want the dees to play hard ball and get pick 6 or a good player as well. Adelaide played hard ball with lever and we payed overs in the end.. Time for the dees to do the same

Viney should not be on that list.

If we do this we could then package it up, and get pick 1 from carlton, Sam Walsh is the best player in a super draft, and is from Vic.

No one wants Hogan out, but if the writings on the wall that he will be gone at the end of 2019 we may as well get a better deal now. AND, With Preuss and Gawn we can play two ruckman if one of TMAC or Weed goes down

With Shiel leaving, GWS wont be squeezed for money. It would be hard to pry whitfeild out before free-agency.

Hogan is worth more than Lever, He is 23 and was on track for 60 goals this year if he played every game. Not to mention he pushed into the midfield and regularly collected 20-25 touches, he's a generational player. Lever is good, but Hogan is something else. We should get much more than pick 7

To be fair, Majority of our best players are sub 24, except for Gawn, Tmac, Neville. We will hit our peak in 2-3 years time and be up for a further 3, possibly longer. We can bring in young talent, and mature talent. A young jet/high draft pick + May is ideal

Very disappointing, but a good club makes bad situations work. I would love to have another Brayshaw, but i think Cerra is a better fit for our team. Elite skill and decision making, more silk than grunt. He could take over lewis's position in the backline until a spot opens up in the midfield. If we can get picks 5 or 6 or Cerra or brayshaw, and May, we are doing very well. Plus without Hogan, we have more cap room to chase kelly at the end of next year.

It will be a bit of deja vu if Gaff goes to North to play inside and ends up as a permanent winger. Howe claimed that he wanted to go to collingwood because they were prepared to play him as a permanent forward, allowing for him to develop some stability and consistency in his game. Next Minute, Howe hasn't played forward for collingwood in 3 years...

I would love to see him get extremely fit over the next two preseasons, and transition to a wing role. He is hard, and could definitely add some more tackling pressure to our already fierce midfield. I think hunt is a long term prospect, and might not hit his straps for a couple of years. Best case scenario, in my mind, is he becomes an Isaak Smith type winger, slightly worse skills, but much harder at the footy. With all our bulls in the midfield he will get plenty of ball fed to him on the outside and we can see him do a lot of damage. Kicking inside 50 and fitness will be the areas that can take him to AA squad level.

See Mitch Mcgovern in an Adelaide uniform next year? He signed this year. Didnt Schache sign with the lions last year? I don't make the rules but contracts are not in concrete

Mate, obviously freo want to keep Cerra, and they have convinced him to stay. But just because they want him, doesn't mean they wouldn't trade him for the right deal. And Cerra is clearly happy at Freo, but that doesn't he would love to play in melbourne with his friends and family for a top 8 side. I repeat Cerra is ELIGIBLE to be traded like every AFL player.

This thread is about a Jesse Hogan trade, why did you think i mentioned Cerra's name? For a trade with Thomas Bugg? Seriously, you have no idea if you think Freo wouldn't be willing to give up a 19y.o from melbourne and more for Hogan.

If melbourne offered cerra for hogan i would bet my left nut they would accept it. they signed because hes a good young player, doesn't mean they wouldnt trade him for a good deal.

So you are saying because a player has signed a contract, in no circumstances can that player end up at another club via a trade?

When did i ever say he would traded if he or the club objected? Fremantle would probably be happy to involve cerra in a trade for hogan and cerra would probably be happy to return to melbourne and play for a club in the 8. What don't you get about that?

Why not? Not saying he will be. But 100% as eligible for a trade as any other fremantle player. Also young and from melbourne, so im sure he wouldn't object.