Matsuo Basho

The Neale deal will get done most likely. What I meant was it won’t affect Melbourne if it does ... Hogan is not going to Fremantle this year. Bell will be holding on to pick 5 in the superdraft and either using it on a gun young player or trading it for multiple first round picks. Hogan to possibly go over in 12 months time at a cheaper price (yes even cheaper than 11 & future 2nd round). They (Hogan and Freo) likely already have a handshake agreement about this. That’s the plan that makes most sense for them IMO. I’d do the same if I were them. It’s a bummer because the Dees miss out on May as a result and retain a wantaway forward on the list for another year. Hopefully we can make the best of a difficult situation and win the 2019 flag with a professional Jesse giving his all for the cause throughout the season. Some guys are capable of that level of discipline before they jump clubs (Bryce Gibbs, Dangerfield) whereas others can’t cope with it mentally and their form dramatically slumps. We shall see which way Jesse goes.

Ahh you were homeschooled. Got it.

I’m pegging you for a front row by the teacher type of kid back in schooldays. Am I right?

I’ve admitted nothing other than I’m not the artist formerly known as ‘stuey “. Anyway, who made you the special ed monitor?

It’s gold that even your guess as to my identity is wrong! “Missed it by that much” ?

Patches whenever you say things like “I’m certain that’s the case” or “I know for a fact” I instantly get visions of Maxwell Smart and Inspector Clueso.

Let me get this straight ... you think he’s going there to give Neale a mancuddle and a ruffle through the hair?

No that’s what your hypersensitive soul took my comment mean. I know you’re not racist. Just a little dull witted.

Lol. How is flying to Perth going to help his cause? ”Please accept pick 5 Belly. I’ve come all the way across the Nullarbor. It’s a long way to come mate. Pretty please?”

People STILL doing the permutations over the Neale pick 5 and whatever else they think we can wrangle. He’s not going there people. The negotiation is dead and buried. Hogan stays for 12 months.

The $8mil over 8 years is an obvious Furphy from Hogan’s manager to save face now that Freo have rejected him. Or at least given the appearance of rejecting him. Trying to make it look like Freo baulked at his asking price. Nice little ploy but total horseshite.

Semantics Patches. 11 in play for Lobb I said and it happened. Stick to throwing wrenches at Average Joes Gym Dodgeballers old boy. Have you got your Whispy Watson happy snap ready?

Interesting comment from a guy that called me a [censored] for saying similar a few pages back. How’s your Recruit Harley Bennell thread going? What a corker...

And people scoffed and scolded when I said Freo would be offering pick 11 for Lobb a hundred pages back.

The sound we are going to hear in our heads when trade deadline passes aaaaaand ... nothing happened. Pbbpbbpbbbffhhhsshh!

Cryptic reference by D’Land to the trades being d(r) eadlocked.

I’m a “troll” because I don’t trundle with lemmings off a cliff or say “baaa” with the herd? Demonland hasn’t changed much. A few very good and sane posters but still too many fanboys (and girls) who get hurt derrières when confronted with sober assessments and clear eyed analysis.

Yet here you are engaged in a debate about it ?

Adoo-Ken!! See ya Sue.

Look, nothing against Binman but I thought his post was rubbish and a waste of my time. And you Sue keep recycling your wrong opinions.

I’m sticking with Brucey boy but might change my username to FistOfFury after this victory!

We have ManDee down for Toot-Toot Nixon. Patches O’H has got Whispers Watson. Any takers for Boris Langdon? Come on step up and have a go!

Please Binman. Stop living in fantasyland. You think Watson brought Bennell up because of injury issues? Any player can get injured at anytime. And ‘motivation’? Nothing except he’s a sports commentator and journalist making an assessment of a situation based on information he has at hand. What, you think his ‘motivation’ is to tear down the Melbourne Football Club? Bit paranoid there mate.

Wager? You change your avatar to Whispy Watson if you lose.

That is very interesting. So here we have yet another football commentator, this time more respected than Langdon, Nixon and others, none too subtly alluding to ‘off field issues’ regarding Hogan. No other reason for Watson to say that.