Everything posted by rpfc
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WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB - STEVEN MAY
Without turning this into a 'Where is Oscar at thread?' I am reluctant to embrace Oscar and I have to remember occasionally that his improvement year to year is ahead of the curve for a tall defender and that he had a good season on a good side and he definitely has a future as a big lump to play on a big lump that will define the new era of the 6-6-6 set up. With my coaching hat on: Oscar takes the ubiquitous 2nd ruck, May takes the best tall forward, and Lever/Hibberd share the third/fourth 'talls' and try to allow Lever to help May and Oscar. Frost would be competing with May and in that scenario and May is the better defender.
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WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB - STEVEN MAY
Nup. Don’t remember it. We beat Hawthorn, waited a week for something, I think Neil Mitchell was there for some reason... and then a bright blinding light... Woke up at the steps of the Demonland pub at the start of the trade period...
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Farewell Dom Tyson
The ‘message to the group’ is that we will be honest with you about your role at the club and that we will facilitate a trade to a club that sees a more preferred role should you not agree with how we see your future. I know it’s not a ‘bumper sticker’ of a message but it’s more preferable and accurate than your ‘earn your wage ya bums’ slogan...
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WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB - STEVEN MAY
We were in a prelim?
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WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB - STEVEN MAY
Absolutely spot on. We have met with May and nothing else is happening with him, and Mahoney himself said that we don’t have the ability to get him (a player we have targeted for immediate recruitment) and keep Hogan. No tea leaves or inside info needed to know what the clubs intentions are in the next 3 business days...
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Farewell Jesse Hogan
If I am the ‘muppet’ then you have misread @Deestroy All’s diagnosis... Posters can whisper sweet nothings in our ear straight from their [censored] but Land has a long memory and it isn’t kind to those who do so. #rpfcrememberstrolls
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Farewell Jesse Hogan
Observable reality.
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Farewell Jesse Hogan
The club is actively trying to move on from a player and all the soothing from posters ‘in the know’ won’t change that. If the MFC has its way, Hogan is in purple inside of three business days.
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Farewell Jesse Hogan
Truth of what? We do not want to go into 2019 with Hogan at the club, to think that we are ecstatic with him staying another year is nonsense. I want value but you know what I want more - a settled team looking to win the flag.
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Farewell Jesse Hogan
Sorry, mate. Don’t believe you. My lying eyes and all...
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WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB - BRAYDON PREUSS
Swapping two non-best 22 players. A jury wasn’t convened for this case...
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Farewell Dom Tyson
Came to us on a low point and I’m glad he got to play 3 finals after all that work. Well done to all for this trade. Best for everyone.
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WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB - BRAYDON PREUSS
Great result. Gawn gets what he needs and our options grow. Boy we are big next year...
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Farewell Jesse Hogan
Yeah, what a bunch a of [censored]! I guess the only defence is that NOTHING HAPPENED!
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Farewell Jesse Hogan
I care about what we finish with - if we get May with ND5 that’s fine if we can get back in the draft a bit more - we have a list to fill out.
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The Cheese Thread
I Camembert this thread. It’s not Gouda.
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Aaron vandenBerg not going - signs a new deal!!!
No guarantees at all. Bad ankles. Playing in a second tier league. Had chats with a couple other clubs but nothing concrete. Was advised to head to the SANFL if we didn’t pick him up and who knows what would have happened. Comes in and shows a bit but ankles play up again. Takes ages to return, battles the personal stuff he has battled and plays the best footy he has ever played... It’s hard to fathom really.
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Farewell Dom Tyson
...but not ours.
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Farewell Dom Tyson
Or maybe, the FD just want to get things done and realise that #winning every trade is for people that get hoisted on petards and not for those that trade for players that help us win a flag? And secondly, a back up ruck to help Gawn is much more important than our 6th best inside mid. Didnt think I needed to make that explicit... Gawn has an injury history, tape around his calf second half of the season and has just played 25 games.
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Farewell Jesse Hogan
According to...
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Farewell Jesse Hogan
That’s specious reasoning borne out of Mahoney’s inability to explicitly say what he meant by ‘affording’ May. The connotations are that we don’t have the cap space but that is crap; we have been chasing Gaff and Kelly. What we will struggle to do is to ‘afford’ to acquire May with our lack of picks. So the May sitution moving forward really doesn’t mean Hogans’ is too.
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Farewell Jesse Hogan
More tea leaves: EnterTheDragon is stuie. On. A. Roll. #rpfcreadsdemleaves
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Farewell Dom Tyson
Agreed once to go to a club in a bad state 5 years ago, totally understand him not wanting to do that again. He was a pleasure to watch until we found other pleasures that satisfied more. I don’t know his impact on the cap but I would prefer he stay for depth but we are obviously trying to move him which tells me he is on more than the 26th bloke should be on...
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Farewell Jesse Hogan
Well, if I am picking up what @Chook in Perth is putting down, then my questions around why the club is so ready to move on from Hogan have been answered...
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Farewell Jesse Hogan
Page 186 of this thread was an absolute disaster.