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Thx for acknowledging that people can make the decision not to spend hard earned on memberships without resorting to criticism or abuse, which is so often the case. Im sure it wont take long for someone to fill the void though.

I am one of the group who has not renewed. Took my name off the auto-renew list late last season. MFC has no-one to blame but itself. Keep under delivering and this will happen more and more often. The final straw for me was when i heard ( after round 23 )how our players were smart-mouthing Stk late in the year with ( as reported ) "What are you guys doing in September" or words to that effect. To miss the finals after displaying such rank arrogance had me livid. No more blind obedience from me. Club will earn my money the hard way. That so many others will have made the same decision should come as no shock to MFC management.

The Bombers did better out of that deal than most realise. The initial report wasnt the whole story. Essendon receives Devon Smith, a second-round draft selection (no.24 overall at the time of trade) and a future second-round selection From Greater Western Sydney GWS Greater Western Sydney receives a first-round draft selection (no.11 overall at the time of trade) and a future third-round selection

Well knock me down with a feather...... do you mean to say we are already negotiating????

What part of "negotiating" dont you guys get? Final numbers to be sorted, but its STILL part of negotiations.

Bolded part is just plain wrong. It goes on for weeks before the official start of trade period. If not, what do you call the meeting between AFC and MFC where the Crows plodder walked out?

Heard anything at all about other potential targets?

Not sure why Demonland would be overly excited about a potential top 5 pick next year. If we were a chance, well sure, lets read all about it. Only way we could look at picks that high is if we traded someone like Hogan at the end of next season. *Shrug.

Yep, liking this post. I would like it to be done early so we can then work on other ways to improve our list. The more time to do deals the better.

If true, it makes it hard for them to demand 2 first rounders for a bloke they only offered 300k............. Regardless of what we offered.

Are we likely to need to trade out some of our better players for picks to allow us to trade for these 3 targets, or is/are some of them FA's that wont need to be traded for?

i remember that post, and immediately thought the same thing when i saw he was going to re-sign for just the 2 years. I guess it has to be said then..................... WELCOME TO THE MFC JOSH KELLY !!!! (in 2 years) Its happening right?

I would like this post even if it was a total lie.

No doubt about it. Cant count your chickens and all that. Im sure Adelaide will drive a hard bargain. Every club has the responsibility to extract the best deal possible when a quality player leaves. Sure, he could be seduced by the big bucks, but so far there has been zero indication Nth are even in contention. (Cue Mitch Clark scenario..........) My fingers are crossed we land him as i believe he will be a huge addition to the side. Mac Snr could very well win the Coleman next year lol. *jks

If Jake choses us, its irrelevant what North has to offer trade wise as they are not involved in the deal. Adelaide may hope he chooses a team with better picks, but they wont have the option to tell Lever where he must be traded. So yeah, if jake wants to come to us, The Crows will just have to accept what we can trade. Contract price is obviously a different story so i agree with you there. Welcome to Ninthbourne Jake !!

Yeah, i get that..... i just want to know that we dont suck so bad that nobody will pick us to be traded to. If we go into next year without adding anyone other than kids from the draft i will be concerned, as i have little confidence that our current list can improve enough to give it a genuine shake.

Lever would have to think very hard if it was a choice between us and Collingwood. For a start, the Pies have the popularity that we dont, and for some players the extra adulation alone is a tangible thing. We cant sell him on our list being better because he saw us lose to half a Collingwood side a week ago. Those sorts of things can easily tip the balance if he wasnt already 100% sold on a particular club. If the money was roughly the same, im not sure why he would pick us right now. I will hate him forever if he doesnt though. Everyone knows we are better than Collingwood right? I hope Chooks mail is right and he is on his way, but this club has crushed me so many times i just cant believe anything positive until it actually happens.

Wouldnt trade Brayshaw. Has the natural ability to become a fantastic player if he can stop getting knocked out. I like your first idea though as we wouldnt miss Bradshaw at all.

OH JUST STOP IT !!!!!!! (at least i am prepared to think it could happen now.....) Had any feedback on who Kelly is leaning toward club wise?

2 First rounders and i might consider it....................................... Whats a Brownlow worth after all ?

If the deal was anything like that, i would personally make like a bandit. Watts for Lever any day of the week. Lever is 5 years younger and at LEAST as good as Watts already. *shakes hands on the deal.

From the Herald Sun, August 2 this year... "Lever’s manager, Ned Guy, is due to return from an overseas holiday next week." Have you just returned to Australia in the past couple of weeks "Steve"?

If it was Freos second rounder to us as well as Lever i could live with it. That way........... Freo gets hogan. Adelaide gets Freos first pick. (very early first round) We get Lever and second rounder. Much more likely IMO Adelaide gets reamed in this deal but we owe them one. Freo gives up a first and second round pick for Hogan. Fair-ish i think. No Way the first trade is fair.

Im buying his badge to go beside my ANB one on the new Soft Shell jacket from MFC. Its the quality of those outside your top dozen or so who define you as a team. Feeling pretty smug now after backing him in before the season started. Also drunk.... im drunk for sure. And ranting, dont forget the rants. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

LOL, the nerve of a raging alcoholic (and Essendrug supporter/apologist) telling anyone else they shouldnt boo a coach who presided over a coordinated drug cheating program. GFY Slobbo, you wont be telling me what to do. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Gil should be ashamed to show his face in public. What a [censored] creep.