Colm

All power to him, but the MFC is paying him over a million bucks a year and what are we getting in return at the minute? He can’t even put a statement out to take speculation off the club and if the Houston story is to be believed he’s hurting our chances of recruiting other players.

I think for Richardson to say this he must be confident that they can get some deals done with mature player they are currently in discussions with.

Suns just went above us in the live ladder. Hello pick 6

Yikes. I like Goody taking a strong line but doesn’t sound like Trac would be staying if he had a choice.

Ok soft was probably the wrong choice of wording. The man will play on one leg. Let’s say non aggressive and doesn’t have much mongrel about him which my initial post was about.

Yes, I love Max as player and as a captain. But he has very little mongrel in him. I can’t remember ever seeing him getting physical to stand up for one of our players. Not his style I guess and why should he when none of our players do it for him when the opposition target him all game both on and off the ball.

One thing that gives me the [censored] every time we play the filth is our lack of mongrel and willingness to stand up for team mates. I’m not in the sack Goody camp but I’m convinced it’s down to him. We have players capable of flying the flag, Viney,JVR,Petty,Kossie,Melksham, and May amongst others but never show any fight. I’m convinced this is down to coaching, having a soft leader in Max probably doesn’t help. Collingwood shows a lot more in this regard and still managed to win the free kick count easy. Being harder and willing to stand up for team mates doesn’t mean playing outside of the rules. We need to get a tougher edge to us, getting a bit stronger and been able to stick some tackles wouldn’t be a bad thing either.

I think he would be an excellent to any footy department. I remember listening g to him in trade radio last year and being super impressed with his knowledge and how he puts it across. He evaluated key position stocks of every team in the league with great insights. I’d love him at our club in some capacity.

Jeez how good would it be to have one of those 6 in our midfield. Not sure if any of this years draft class will get to that level but here’s to hoping JT can find us something close with our first pick.

Would be close enough I’d say maybe we’d want a second rounder thrown in. They also have Battle and maybe Barrass coming in so could afford to lose him.

Tracs management must think they can get a deal done if they are happy to be leaking this to Tom Morris. For that to be the case they must have spoken to other clubs. We are 2 months away from trade period. Are we in for two months of Tracs team spoon feeding Morris everything Trac has been unhappy with over the past couple of years?! Going over every negative story that has come out and offering Tracs inside take on it? Would put that big a wedge between him and the club and I think we would have to trade him.

Brilliant news. Big Max is by far and away my favourite Dee. Love how he goes about. I wasn’t confident that he would extend that long. When he said on the Gus and Gawny podcast that he was unlikely to play 250 I thought he had plans to retire. Delighted he is hanging around for 3 more years.

I’m normally in the “let’s go to the draft” camp but I’d happily give up a couple of good picks to bring Mac back.Only had a nearly game yesterday but you can see his potential. Can play forward, back or ruck and is only going to improve. Would suit our needs perfectly. Not as mobile as Jackson but would dovetail with Max beautifully. Would also mean we would only need to bring in big meat and spuds type of ruck when Max does finally retire. Only one year left on his contract, we can bring in his brother this year if it helps. We would have to make him a massive offer but should have the cap space to be able.

This is how is see it too. Tim Kelly was in the same position a few years ago with Geelong and they held onto him for an extra year until they got the deal they want. Cats put supports around the family to try and make life easier. We just don’t have the draft capital to be letting a player of Nibblers quality go for peanuts.

Exactly how I saw the interview too. I’d be stunned if Clarry left this trade window.

Where Pickett??

In fairness the odds of it happening are pretty low and as it was the very end of the game the bar would have been shut. I can feel his pain.

@spirit of norm smith have you or any other posters seen much of Taj Hotton? Tipped as a top 5 chance before doing his ACL. If so what sort of player is he or who would he remind you of?

Yeah looked awesome in the Metro game. If he’s not going to go top 10 I hope we split 6 and pick him up. Plays back flanker as well, he will prob start his AFL career there same as we have done with Rivers. Makes a whole lot more sense to me than going for Houston.

Colm is my real name. Can I say what I want?!😂

Don’t mind the idea of Jack. He seems to be pretty involved with getting Tassie team up and running and that will probably start taking up more of his time. But he could maybe come in and work with our key forwards during preseason while he has no TV commitments.

Not a bad shout. Even if it was just to work with our key forwards. We have Petty, JVR, Turner and Jeffo who all seem to have talent but are very green. If we could get them all working well individually and as a group it would be massive for us going forward( no pun intended).

Ok have I missed something- has then been another story in the press I haven’t hear off? Why is everybody convinced he’s off to the Pies? Should I been even more worried or are we all just jumping at shadows?

I think 8&13 would be about right for a player that will be 29 at the start of next season coming of a very serious injury. Freo have also been linked strongly to Chad Warner who is out of contact next year. If he won’t sign now and I’m the Swans I’d be asking the question. With Warner off the books they could probably afford his wages too. I don't think it will happen and I think he will stay, I’m just saying it’s possible if he really wants out.

I’m sure there’s a few teams that are in the flag window that could make it happen if all parties are willing. Freo and the Swans for starters.