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agreed concerning that it wasnt, we arent as close as club thinks

atkins to the suns for mine trade cockatoo

wholesome isn't the biggest knock on treloar his disposal? + im sick of us trying to sign players and repurpose them, particularly on the wing. if we want a wingman get phillips

absolutely a key defender, should be playing from round 1 alongside may, have him comfortably ahead of tomlinson and jsmith...

this season is going to be an exact replica of the last two, he takes half the year to break in then plays some ok football when injuries hit and then repeat. the fact we're targeting a wingman must make him nervous about post-21

what competition? as i have it this is how we lineup for defenders for 2021 Key Defenders: May, Petty, Tomlinson, JSmith General Def: Lever, Hibberd, Rivers, Salem, Hore, Jetta, Kolodjashnij, Lockhart (A), Nietschke (A?) in that order, would even play hore ahead of smith as an undersized option

pending a harry taylor retirement, blic back to CHB, duncan is definitely in the centre,

i'd rather the younger spargo gets two more years to prove himself than ANB, hunt, hannan, avb, melk in that forward line.

goes very nicely with the news geelong have kicked ahead for smith and also clarko being desperate to keep him and upped the $$ from the hawks end

he mentioned he dropped 3-4 kilos already, he wouldn't say that if he was staying, absolutely advertising him to rivals right there and then.

"Oscar (McDonald) has been squeezed out. At his age I am hoping he could be a delisted free agent if a trade can't get done" - Alex McDonald "Tom (McDonald) did start his career in defence. His breakout year was a bit of wing, ruck and forward. If Ben (Brown) came in, it would mean that Tom would have to move back to another position or perhaps find another club" - Alex McDonald "Tom has two years to go on his contract. Probably the way Melbourne have structured up with Weideman and Jackson meant his opportunities were limited. He wants opportunity moving forward" - Alex McDonald "It's fair to say Tom's (Phillips) role has dried up in his traditional wing spot. He has a year to go on the contract. The club has been great and said there could be game. If he wants to play wing we might need to see if there's better options elsewhere" - Alex McDonald player manager alex mcdonald just spoke to damo and sos

i'm a really big hore fan and if hibbo can't do his defensive duties properly then Hore should get a run at it, when he plays he performs, unlucky not to get two years considering KK and jets are out the door next year. and tbh he offers more than lockhart does. ticks all round,

could be replacing mitchy robinson on the wing at brisbane

spargo will be 23? based on being 21 at EOC this year in previous spreadies? hunt would fit an essendon? keen on bedford, jordon, lockhart, mbrown, bradtke to get a year each and nietschke to get one as a rookie. which would see off hunt, omac, chandler + hannan, preuss, tmac

could watch that vision next to preuss on wilson side by side for hours

petch just signed a 3yr deal last month, they like him and given willie and venables are in strife longterm. he's definitely required. i'd be willing to take a speculative on a 1yr deal this time around allowing spargo and bedford a proper run at it and next year we make space for tippa. defensively i see TLangdon a pretty good chance to come across given the logjam at the pies and he was always keen to play with brother Ed, they're as tight as it comes. good timing with jetta, kk falling off the list and maybe hibbo and hore not up to it there could be a spot for him down there

but u cant say "all our targets have been hits" if ur only gonna look at the hits thats just stupid! doesn't make sense

ben kennedy, pat mckenna, harley balic, corey wagner, viv mitchie, bugg... we've had some stinkers

everyone does seem to forget the players we're after that we don't get or the ones we're linked to that never really take off, it makes any clubs trade hall seem better than it is. i dont have any exact examples but as a blanket rule

castagna (i rkn hes sh1 t but they think otherwise), rioli, aarts, stack, bolton say hi if spargo isn't a small idk who is - although agree jury is out, jones, sparrow and baker are most definitely midfielders. however i agree i'd rate higgins above all bar fritsch in that group

everyone says he has to go out on his own terms, but surely it was the right move this year he would have known that, hes 6th banana, he's slowed right down and he's being cheeky sucking extra years out of us because he knows we know we cant force him out. its obviously a difficult one for club but im concerned especially if it costs us the development of a youngster

im convinced petty is a defender

guess we will know by then how sparrow, petty, jordon came on, lockhart might be on the brink given his age at that time he'll wanna be well and truly embedded, i agree hibbo will get to '22, i have hopes for spargo, bedford & hore too but we'll see.

given what he's gonna cost as a rookie i believe he'll be there next year as depth for sure

would be pretty cool on the back of the colar even if not visible to the cameras at least for the player to kinda keep in touch with their cap, cam mooneys forearm tattoo i think has some reference to his number and career at the cats and in cricket it is a really prominent part of being in the team. virat kohli and many others have tattoos referencing it. https://afltables.com/afl/stats/alltime/melbourne.html this has the function to sort by cap #