Lord Nev

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Not the point. You already put Smith down as one when you said: "Enough defenders? Like who? May and Lever are our only locks for taller KP players, and even then Lever isn't suited. There's word that Oscar is off, and we are hoping that Petty goes forward. And the less we see Smith in the team the better." Then you said: "This to me tells me Tomlinson is playing back next year. I think we have a number of back up options for that defensive role, and strongly believe Smith is about 6th on that list." So either you're putting Smith down in the key defender category, or apparently all of May, Lever, OMac, Petty and Tomlinson are what? Small half backs? To be fair, you said months ago you'd stop watching if Jones got another game so you probably haven't seen what positions players are in,

Will admit to not watching a lot of the Hawks the last 2 years, but statistically speaking he hasn't dropped off. Remember this year games were 20% shorter and his disposal numbers went down by about that same margin.

I believe he and his family think of SA as 'home'. It's where his family are heading now for the break, hopefully not any longer.

Great news. Both great fellas who are rated highly by the club.

Baker would be a year or two off his peak, so having Smith there to learn from during that time and take the pressure off could be really beneficial for him IMO.

There's plenty more of those. Always handy when someone uses a hashtag.

You're right, I shouldn't respond, even if it is with one of the countless rumours he got completely wrong in the past, but he seems to get a free pass on here because he sometimes posts jokes.

He's an unrestricted free agent.

Yeah, player I thought could be a good option was re-signed by his own club. Real rib-tickler. Right up there with 'if we score more points than them we should win' in the comedy classics. Can't wait for the movie.

I'm assuming you're trolling, but in the rare chance you're not, he re-signed with Carlton.

It might.

To the Crows for pick 44 or 48 would be about fair, although if we could potentially make it ANB and 47 for pick 30 that would be a great deal for us, although not as likely.

Contract talks apparently put on hold and he's certain to cop a strike according to FoxSports. Bizarre that some think this would be a non-story.

Oh boy.... This situation is about to change. Crows pair, including gun free agent, allegedly caught with ‘illicit substance’ by police in early morning incident

And he's off... Contracted ruckman decides to leave Melbourne Preuss to GWS, pick somewhere around 35-45 back, then on-trade that for Polec. That'd be a fair deal I reckon.

Off to GWS I reckon.

This was tucked away in an article in the Herald Sun today, mostly about a potential Preuss trade. Harley Bennell will be cut from the Demons after a disappointing finish to his time at the club. Bennell, who was lined up to secure a contract extension a fortnight ago, broke COVID-19 protocols and dismissed Melbourne’s attempts to bring him back to Maroochydore.

TBH it's not something I take a massive amount of interest in, so not an expert by any stretch. My guess would be he would be on about $600k PA with a new contract. To me, that would seem about right for his BnF placings, age and leadership history.