AshleyH30

The position of a small forward has changed from the type of player he is. Now, small forwards also need to be high pressure players, as well as good crumbing forwards. He has ability, but lacks intensity to chase, tackle, and put pressure on the defense. There are plenty of players with lesser ability than him that get games because they're good pressure players first. It's a no from me.

He should have added at the end; "But it's very, very unlikely it will happen..." They're just trying to keep the conversation going for as long as possible. There isn't enough content for a whole 2 weeks, let alone 1. They've been repeating the same content for about a week now.

Looking back at Mahoney's interview last friday, and taking my MFC goggles off, I think Mahoney was ambushed by the question. He wasn't expecting it and ended up floundering through it. I think he meant that we weren't looking at any more coaches because we may have already decided on them and are just filling in the minor details before we announce the signings.

An ideal scenario for me at the moment would be to get Tomlinson (Done) and Langdon for Pick 22/Future Second, and then trade Pick 3 for 2 Picks inside the top 10 (If possible). I don't think we'll trade Pick 3 unless it is an decent offer. I don't think we'll accept 2 picks in the teens.

We're still looking for one more Assistant Coach according to this article. Don't know why Mahoney said we were done.

It seems to me that no matter what Melbourne do, someone here will always find a way to turn it on the club. Have reasonable talks about potential trade = "The clubs caved." Take a tough stance about potential trade = "The club has no idea what they're doing! We have to give up x pick to get them!" PS. If the club had truly caved for whatever Freo wanted, Freo would be getting a first round pick.

Seems odd for Freo to be coy to the media, and then say to Melbourne there is no interest behind closed doors.

I have to ask, has Melbourne rocked up to Marvel yet? We're hearing things from other clubs, but nothing from Melbourne.

If we're truly out of the race, I think we'll know when Mahoney rocks up at Marvel Stadium this morning.

We're still offering more. Don't listen to Nixon... I know people thinks he's in the know, but he's usually spewing BS to get noticed.

I had heard murmurs all the way back in June that they were interested. Like us, they've been discussing it with his manager for quite a long time. This isn't something that's just appeared in the last week. I still feel that he will either stay at Collingwood or come to Melbourne. I don't believe he wishes to move interstate just yet. This will be, most likely, his last contract, and I think he would rather remain in the circles he knows than uproot himself.

Which is why I stated earlier that in Mahoney's interview, he stated that if anything were to happen, it would happen in the next week. Mahoney's not stupid, he would have known about Brisbane's interest during the interview. He knew Elliott would be making up his mind this weekend. I think we're still very much a chance.

I'll refer back to Mahoney's comment that if it were to be done, it would be done in the next week. I imagine he knew of Brisbane's interest when he was on air yesterday, and that Elliott would be looking at all options. Don't assume that we are zero chance.

Was the surgery before the BnF? If it were, he would have his arm in a sling.

Does anyone know what the current scores are? This may be an indication of how the night will go?

Don't think he'll have played enough games.

Does anyone else get the feeling that if it were going to be announced tonight it already would have. They're getting to the main part of the night, and I doubt they would want anything overshadowing it.

Saving Face. No one wants to look like they've missed out on a potential recruit to Melbourne! Why that would be heresy!

Hawks Officially Out. Trade Talks with Frost have just commenced as well.

Mentions it here.

My understanding was that he would be on around $350-400 for 3 years with a clause for a 4th. Collingwood are offering $250-300 for 2 years. No Idea where this $750 came from. It would be considerably negligent in our due-diligence to offer such a large amount of money for Elliott considering his history.

I believe this is the reason. I also believe it may be due to the money they will be paying Frost. They're confident of getting him, and I believe they couldn't pay both Frost and Elliott what they want. There could also be a higher priority on their list, like Collingwood, they have an abundance of Elliott type players.

See my above comment. I generally never publish rumours because they can never be guaranteed. It was just something I'd heard. Also, what really built my confidence was how Elliot looked when talking to the media, as well as Nine News saying that Hawks had dropped out.

There is a rumour that things didn't go too well in his interview with Walsh yesterday. Whether this is hearsay is another thing though. I slowly grew in confidence yesterday that we may get him with all the bits of info I received throughout the day.

Maybe holding out for Yze the year after? He'll be out of contract then.