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I reckon they will let him go, just depends who is going to want to spend up and take him? I’d rather keep Whitfield, Taranto, Williams and Kelly over Cameron Geelong has been mentioned but would their ground suit him?

I am also big on this, we need others who can recognise and arrest the flow when opposition sides get a run on. The current mids/forwards are not smart enough to do this (or maybe they are coached to ignore it) May and Lever have been very good at directing and positioning the defence, now we just need a bit of guidance forward of the centre.

Interesting that Crawford suggests this. Surely the Hawthorn rebuild isn’t this big that they are dumping Wingard? I’ve seen talk this year that he isn’t entirely happy

And ANB & Bedford won ours, so time trials probably come a long way behind the experience in flags and leadership he would provide. He could walk in as our captain, leadership would be a step above any we have. Regardless, we need more leaders for driving standards

Think his tackling is actually quite strong for a guy of his size. Just worried about him being singled out against bigger bodies with proper heat on him. I do think he rises to the occasion, unlike many others

Weid was crucified by us sitting the ball on his head last night, was in so many contests against 3-4 GWS players. He’s clearly a confidence player and GWS went after him physically to get him off his game. At least he can be involved in marking contests, unlike T-Mac

It’s probably extremely harsh, but that wasn’t a finals like performance from Jack with our season on the line. He tries out do too much and it’s often to the detriment of our team. Wish him well in the future and hope we get something useful from the transaction

GWS are harder and quicker, if they kick the first of the term, I fear it will be curtains

He’s put the cue in the rack already, he’s a liability when it’s not lace out in space

Not sure he’s the best example for the kids to learn from

We are not going to the draft with any potential first rounder though, it will be to land a readymade player who improves our balance. Viney out and Williams in is a win-win for us.

He’s an upgrade on Hibberd and Salem in terms of creativity, something we seriously lack. I think he’d probably have them both covered defensively too

Same should apply for the playing group too

Think this one gets ugly for us

Could see a scenario where Leon and Cogs orchestrate this as a rocket to the rest of the squad. If your captain can be dropped, that means every single player is vulnerable if their form dips. That’s exactly how it should be and exactly how we don’t operate

As I mentioned in the Gunston thread, he’s an upgrade on Melksham/Fritsch/Hannan in every facet of the game. Worth asking the question. It’s surprising how many people are happy to settle with those 3 as our Pockets/Flankers. We should always be looking to get better and Mihocek brings a lot more physicality and consistent effort than those three, plus he actually kicks goals.

Goody can’t drop Melksham because they are buddies, but Leon Cameron is prepared to drop his captain on the eve of finals. There’s some actual ruthlessness

If the $650k figure is about where things are at then I’d happily let him walk. Big money for a battering ram and we have a bloke who is very similar and a little more rounded waiting in the wings in Sparrow.

I’d like to pursue it so we can bin Melksham. Drinks a little too much of his own bathwater and has not played a single really good game this year. Gunston is a definite upgrade on either of Melksham or Fritta

Think he’s exactly what we could use, smart operator and another matchup for sides to actually think about. Melksham Or Fritsch out and Gunston in

I think it’s a good move for player and club. He’s seemed very disgruntled for the last 18 months and I’m not sure there is a clear role for him at the Dees. If, as suggested, he was asked to put on 10kg to play as a bigger stay at home forward, the club owes him an apology. His strength was his tank and they took that away from him

Big trade period!

The whole interview was pretty typical of an experienced club CEO. Most of it was very straight bat. He didn’t really give any information on any topic that provides us more than what we already know/assume to be the case. He certainly did not say Goodwin will be coaching round 1 next year, danced around that one

Despite what he’s been saying publicly, there’s no way he’s been happy this year. Stripped of captaincy, team going backwards and a coach that is very one dimensional. Doesn’t sound like I’d love my job in that scenario either.

If that’s our starting 22 next year, we are not going anywhere fast - not having a go at you @Lord Travis it’s just showing we aren’t quite there. Forward line lacks potency in my view and the group of Brayshaw, Harmes, Melksham, Oliver and Petracca are all too alike. I think we need a taller runner and a slippery/agile mid to replace two of Melksham/Harmes and Brayshaw. T-Mac simply isn’t going to offer enough, so I’d be keen on Petty rather than him at CHF and would play Tomlinson at CH Think there will be some guys jumping ship this off season, so hope we can fill the needs to improve our side by 20%