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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

Is this a rumour thread or a thread for posting trades we want?

Not really the definition of a rumour but whatever, i would take a second round pick

in return for?

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 miss-heard the news this morning, i thought they said 26, 000 tickets had been sold Apparently the ticket allocation is split 50/50 between west coast and melbourne members

How many can we expect to be wearing red and blue on Saturday? It would incredible if we had anywhere near 50/50 .

Good lord i hope you're right.

Weed's tackling technique is great, but his pressure is no where near elite. He had 4 tackles and 6 pressure acts on the weekend. In comparison, ANB had 9 tackles and 28 pressure acts. Betts is obviously on the wrong side of 30, but we have a crazy young list that is well and truly in the premiership window. Betts is not at his best, but i think he'll be better than spargo for at least 1 more year, and he could add depth. He is contracted, but its worth asking the question, as he was very unhappy this year at the crows, see; Mitch Mcgovern. If we could somehow get Betts for Garlett and/or Bugg, i would jump at it. We do not need Betts by any stretch, just a thought..

Had another thought, sorry i'm spamming this thread. Eddie Betts is known to be the main player aggrieved by the Adelaide trading camp, it would definitely be worth calling his management...

Also a thought. Maybe draft the fastest small forward in the country not playing AFL, and see if we can develop them into an AFL player. With the prospect of playing Hogan Weid and Tmac, we will need to make up for lack of forward pressure.

I would happily bide our time re: trades. If we can get Gaff, Preuss, Shiel or Parker without giving up big peices go for it. Also if anyone offers overs for Hunt, Tyson, Kent i'd want the club to look at it. But otherwise, let's get some our 18 year olds through the draft, maybe 1 or 2 older players (22-25) from the state leagues. Then front load as many our contracts as possible, and we can save some cap space for when we really need to target someone in the next few years. Btw, I would look to trade Bugg, JKH and maybe even garlett, if we can possibly get some more picks in the top 50.

I think goodwin has been exceptional. The belief and steadiness of the group is palpable, and he has been the picture of optimism and calm throughout the year, win lose or draw. Yes, he didn't have the perfect line up straight away, but he got their in the end. Playing Gus in the VFL has been a masterstroke. Melksham as a forward, masterstroke. Harmes as a tagger, master-stoke. Someone said Frost should have been in earlier. Frost had some very poor games last year, and the long stint in the VFL seems to have done him wonders. I love that we don't pick players until they are actually ready, such as Hunt. I can see hunt coming in mid next year and actually being ready. Only fault is taking so long to go 6-6-6, but we don't know the in's and out's of his reasoning. The players love him, and he's got them believing, and playing our best in finals. Near flawless year from Goodwin.

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.