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Offer him 3 years on top dollar. If we're successful he'll re-sign and if not we should honor his wish to move elsewhere. Investing in someone for 7 years, even someone of Clayton's ability is too risky. and unnecessary imv.

I think we have to be in the ball park salary wise. We’re a good option from a footy perspective especially compared to the bombers and Freo but he has a wife and family and it’s a short career. IF we’re competitive with our offer then he should come to us. If his decision is solely based on money then we’re better off without him. I really hope that’s not the case because imv he could make a huge difference for us.

SEN (i think) reported the club offered $500k which is unders imv. Brown hasn't committed and will talk to Essendon and Freo. You'd think the bombers will throw money at him because they're desperate so we will have to up our offer. TMac has to go to free up cap. If we have to pay half his salary next year so be it.

Any name in particular or just a hunch at this stage?

Totally agree. Tacking is mostly about effort. No reason why the coaches can’t put a rocket up Fritsch’s [censored] and tell him to apply more pressure. If we add Brown we can’t afford his lax efforts in particular.

This is exactly the sort of expertise we need to get our planned new HQ off the ground so i think we've sought the right skill set. Whether this guy is any good time will tell.

Really looked the part at times. Great hands and eye for goal. Had the odd great game and great quarter within games but ultimately not consistent enough. Best of luck Mitch. That goal will live long in the memory.

i thought it was too good to be true.

Great update whats the likelihood with Macrae. Can we bring in both him and Brown do you think?

Adding a Coleman medalist is not a marginal gain. He'll be replacing TMac. Big upgrade imv. Move TMac on to free up some cap (easier said than done i know) Brown and Weid can absolutely play in the same forward line. I'm struggling to understand the logic for thinking they won;t we've drafted a 10 year player already. Luke Jackson. As a KP player in his second year i don;t want to see him overplayed and run into the ground. Which is another reason to bring in Brown. Leave LJ to play in the VFL and manage his games in the senior side. Let him develop in his own time. Our midfield can improve with better coaching which i hope will be addressed in the review. Kelly and Merrett are very good players but not game changers for us in the same way i think Brown can be.

If the medical checks out then I see no reason why he can’t get back to his best. Pick 23 is a steal for a 28 year old Coleman medalist. If North want a bit more to get the trade done then give it to them. They badly need players so why not throw in OMac or another of our fringe players I hope he nominates us. I genuinely feel this could be a transformative trade. I’ll be absolutely stoked if it happens. Don’t stuff around with this MFC. Just get it done.

I’d heard he liked to party but that’s hardly unusual. It didn’t seem to affect his performances but it sounds like there was more to it. Are you at liberty to divulge further details?

Voss sounds quite content at Port. Gives the impression his next move will be for a senior coach position. Pity. I was hoping he would join our coaching set-up. https://www.sen.com.au/news/2020/10/21/voss-responds-to-north-melbourne-coaching-speculation/

Surprised by the pessimism about Jesse here. He was an elite talent and can be again. Never any trouble for us other than he wanted to go home. He’s had a tough time at Freo. Got a serious injury early, too much time on his hands back in the home town, the club put no support structures around him by the sounds of it. Freo was the wrong club for him. He should never have went there. Jesse left home at 17, obviously missed his family and Perth, lost his dad who was a massive influence on him tragically, had a cancer scare himself. Could you blame him if he struggled mentally. Wouldn’t surprise me if he’s still trying to process all that grief and loss. He’s had to deal with more by the age of 23 than most of us deal with in a lifetime. Surely with all the money swilling around the AFL there are resources and professionals available to help him straighten his head out.Get him focused again. If he doesn’t rejoin us I think the Swans would be a great fit. They have a strong culture and history of rehabilitating players. They'll give him the support he needs. He'll be out of the limelight as well in sydney. I'm certainly not prepared to write off his AFL career and wouldn’t be surprised if he blossomed there. Anyways I hope he’s happy whatever he decides to do.

Fingers crossed

I'm not bothered by the saints at all. We picked the better freo player last year. We are better than them defensively, our midfield has a much higher ceiling and the addition of Brown will give us a more potent attacking threat. Crouch will get on like a house on fire with Carlisle and Hannebury i'm sure. peas in a pod.

You seem to have a gift for recruitment. Please tell us the kids who will turn into stars from this years draft and who we should pick.

I think a lot less will spark their interest. A 3rd rounder should be enough to get the conversation started.

TMac disagrees ?

Both had eyes for the same lady. Langdons girlfriend.

We managed Jesse better when he was here.

Freo have a poor record managing players. Doesn’t surprise me one bit that Jesse didn’t settle there.

No need to rush him. Hopefully VFL back up and running so he can spend some time there with some games in the first team as well. Preferably third tall.

Big difference between Hogan and Bennell. If Hogan is fit and the price is right then absolutely i'd have him back. My preference is Brown though.

Harsh. the other 17 clubs passed on him as well.