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Dream away, why not. But Ellis; FFS what does he bring to any team?

The point is, tho', that an (established) player can probably get to where they want, be it by trade, or via the draft/PD. Whether Gunston is 'established' is a moot (ed: thanks rpfc) point. Looks like only rookies have no choice.

Depends if Gunston is prepared to go into the draft. Clubs are reluctant to draft a player who doesn't want to go to them. Luke Ball seems to be the precedent here. He got to the filth (pick 30?) in the draft. And the saints got zilch for him (I think they were offered pick 30.)

How so. He's on huge coin at the bullies with 2 years of a contract to go. Doubt the bullies will pay much/any of it if he leaves. (Besides which, I wouldn't go for him; he is basically a backman who can play forward on occasion. And too expensive.)

Happy for him to get a gig somewhere. But "strategy and innovation coach", good grief. All a bit incestuous isn't it? Craig (Adelaide) to Melbourne; Bailey (Melbourne) to Adelaide.

Thought McLean was out of contract this year.

Well, McLean was on pretty good coin, so that would be part of it (maybe half?).

And we had one hell of a year.....NOT

I believe he did, but was told he was a required player.

The saints couldn't get Ball right tho'. 1 year at the filth, and his speed has returned, and he's kicking good distances again; physically back to his best. Link Not a good look for Misson and his team. We'll see.

Jesus, another teacher!

My overall impression is positive. But it does appear to be rather spread-out. I think the look needs 'condensing' - smaller fonts and formatting with less spaces. Not having the over strident red/blue colour scheme is a positive tho'.

Agree with the above. Think there is a clause that says a player cannot be traded in the 1st year of a contract? Pity (Morton).

Perhaps Football Manager, a la Balme, Daniher et al (presumably replacing Connolly?).

The appointment of Neil Craig has not been announced (if indeed there is one). If he is appointed, it may well be more as Football Manager (Balme, Daniher et al) in a shake up/change of the footy dept at the MFC (which is also part of GLyon's brief). Someone from outside the MFC could be a good get, and Balme & Daniher have reportedly been very good at the cats and eagels respectively.

Hahahahaha

Me too.

Morton was a puss before today, and is today and will be tomorrow. What events you talkin about? The disappointment gws took scully and not Morton? - I understand.

For years now (since fool Elliott gave Koutoufides a $1m contract) I have believed that any club that gives 1 or 2 players massive contracts will not win a flag.. Why? 1. AFL is a team sport (easy to forget). Best/better players win matches, sure, BUT if there is not many $s to go around for the others, the bottom 10 players will not be up to scratch (witness the saints). Its the bottom 10 who will in the end determine success. 2. For a club to win a flag, they need multiple A graders. The $s need to be shared. (Witness the cats, and the Lions in the 2000's, and dare I say it the pies last year.) Big $s to 1 or 2 doesn't work. This last year (and week in particular) has seen insane $s thrown at players, and possibly, coaches. The air is full of desperation: we miss this chance, we are dead/the world will end. Total BS!! The MFC seeks a new coach. Fair enough, we want an experienced & successful coach. But, not AT ANY COST. This club has just worked its arse off to remove all debt. It does not have to sink massive $s to get the perceived best available. It must be careful! No coach is a guaranteed success. Back to the clubs. I believe the following clubs will NOT get a flag with their current regimes: 1. Carlton: Judd on $1m +, Warnock on $400k +, god knows what Murphy & Gibbs are on. Doesn't leave much for the rest 2. Hawthorn: the following from the Age: "The Hawks are paying significant sums to their elite players - Franklin's contract averages around $800,000 a season, Luke Hodge close to $700,000 and Cyril Rioli's revised deal puts him around the $500,000 mark, alongside Sam Mitchell. That estimated $2.5 million is a hell of a lot of money bound up in four players. Allocate another $450,000 to Jarryd Roughead and similar money to Shaun Burgoyne and the Hawks' total player payments become extremely restrictive." What about Sewell, Lewis et al? GWS bound? I would argue that no club paying ONE player in excess of, say, $700k will win a flag. A successful club needs a culture of collaboration, not greed. Which gets me to coaches. The club must be very careful here. It cannot be A coach at any cost. It is more about the entire FD and the club culture (ie cooperation). Sigh. Hope I got my point across. PS1 Cargo cult? Pay the money, and watch the skies: all will be delivered! NOT. PS2 The $600k we offered scully is/was insane. Glad we lost that one.

Get rid of Davey & Green; add Jamar & Moloney. Jamar was AA last year - no way he shouldn't be in there.

What have the players twitters been saying?

Biggest disappointment for me with scully going, was it meant GWS wouldn't be able to sign Morton as on of the 'out of contract' players. Would havebeen nice to get, say, a 3rd rounder for him. Ed: maybe that's why he was delaying signing; hoping he would get to Sydney?

Reputedly the best school boy footballer in Australia. Never saw a player less likely. Did not have a clue. Jacko? Way I heard it (when I was later living in Adelaide), MFC hadn't done its medical due diligence; Diamond Jim had stuffed shoulders - couldn't lift his arms above shoulder height. Heavens he was huge though; built like a tank.

$5 million for 5 years. First $cullys $6 mill., then this. Idiocy. Reminiscent of CEO's ludicrous salaries. Rediculous.

I, and many others, disagree as well. But there are just as many who are of the view that Valenti was not good enough. Lets not go over old territory again. Nasher, maybe you can pin one or 2 of the old threads for others to look over.