Redleg

Could it be Pies to clear Tom Langdon to Dockers to join his brother, on condition they pull out of Hogan deal, leaving them with an extra pick and being the only suitor for May.

We are trading a 23 year old possible champion forward, for a 27 year old defender, who will probably play on him when the teams meet.

JM may have put paid to our alternative May deals, when he said today, that without the Hogan deal we won't get May.

You are the best. McLure and Morris can eat your dust.

Have a chat to the bloke in cell block h cell 56 and see if he has any advice.

Hope you are never in trouble.

Hanneberry and 28 for 39 and next year's Saints 2nd pick. Can that possibly be correct. Traded for nearly nothing.

He can call it what he wants. Not much different to what he said at the airport, that he hadn't committed to GWS yet and was only going up to have a look. Next day a fully professional video came out of him in GWS gear saying he was Giant. If people make statements to knowingly deceive others, what are they called?

Hogan gone and we have May and KK, so nothing much. Also Freo shouting all the other FD's lunch.

Also there is more sense ( with a little humour ) and less anger at other posters, than the rest of DL.

AFL Site article sums it up nicely. " MELBOURNE is still waiting for a reasonable offer from Fremantle for key forward Jesse Hogan, Demons football manager Josh Mahoney says. Hogan, 23, has told the Demons he would be open to a trade back to his home state of Western Australia and toured the Fremantle facilities last week. The Demons reportedly rejected the Dockers' first offer for Hogan on Thursday, which included pick No.11 and a future second-round draft selection. "Jesse came to us and said he wants to explore the opportunity," Mahoney said. "Basically, if Fremantle want to get Jesse Hogan, they know the deal they have to give for us and Jesse's aware of that. "They haven't spoken to us about anything that entertains us at all about doing a deal." Melbourne is also in the race for Gold Coast captain Steven May, but Mahoney made it clear that the Hogan deal will take precedence before any discussions take place with the Suns. "We've got other deals we want to do," Mahoney said. "At the moment the offer they're giving to us doesn’t help us in any way."

The major reason I dislike him so much.

I think we will rookie another experienced ruck and he could be the one. If Max or Preuss go down, there is no back up, as Bradtke will be too immature.

Players that aren't getting a game might go, but GC would have to want them and that is the problem. I could nearly guarantee that we have had discussions with GC about getting the deal done without Freo, but it is extremely difficult to give something that they want, that we either want to keep, or just haven't got.

I wasn't bragging, only saying that it was up. It's pie in the sky, but I have seen a pie floater so who knows.

Yes good luck Dom and thanks for your efforts for the Dees.

I have already done it. Posted on the May thread " #902 Posted 1 hour ago Because of the Lever deal, we have nothing to trade with GC, unless the Hogan deal goes through. JM has said it and Freo are using it. Also because JH probably will only go home, we are stymied in dealing with another club. I wonder if we could get GC to approach him, with the help of the AFL to bump up any offer and make him one of the highest paid players in the game, on a long contract. This could suit GC and the AFL. To replace their captains leaving, with the potential best young key forward in the game. The publicity alone would be great for them in rebuilding the club. I wonder if Jessie could be talked into the sun and sea being a surfer. If this could be done, we would be able to do the May, KK deal and possibly get a top 3 pick from GC, with them getting something back. Then we are looking at Rankine or Rozee. How good a deal could that be? I wonder who the other clubs that are nibbling are? If JH and us could shaft Freo, by getting a better deal, it would be magnificent. On the other hand, if the deal goes through with Fre and we get May and KK, I don't see it being what many of us hoped for. I can't see realistically how we can do the May deal alone and that is a pity."

Well done Dees and now there are a couple of small deals that we need to find a way to get done.

Because of the Lever deal, we have nothing to trade with GC, unless the Hogan deal goes through. JM has said it and Freo are using it. Also because JH probably will only go home, we are stymied in dealing with another club. I wonder if we could get GC to approach him, with the help of the AFL to bump up any offer and make him one of the highest paid players in the game, on a long contract. This could suit GC and the AFL. To replace their captains leaving, with the potential best young key forward in the game. The publicity alone would be great for them in rebuilding the club. I wonder if Jessie could be talked into the sun and sea being a surfer. If this could be done, we would be able to do the May, KK deal and possibly get a top 3 pick from GC, with them getting something back. Then we are looking at Rankine or Rozee. How good a deal could that be? I wonder who the other clubs that are nibbling are? If JH and us could shaft Freo, by getting a better deal, it would be magnificent. On the other hand, if the deal goes through with Fre and we get May and KK, I don't see it being what many of us hoped for. I can't see realistically how we can do the May deal alone and that is a pity.

From the AFL site summing up the clubs, this is ours: If there's one club which has become ruthless in every facet of its operation ... then it is this one. It is all-in on the pursuit of success. It could still end up ugly. But we love the bull-at-a-gate desperation it is displaying on and off field.

A poster on Bigfooty has said that a 9 Perth reporter, has tweeted that JH's Manager met with another club today, about JH. Do we have another interested party?

I think the best thing we can do now, is talk to GC and see how we can get the May deal done, without the Hogan deal. Next year's first pick, a pick this year, a player we are prepared to let go who wants to go there, or even get them to up the offer to Tyson and we pay some of the salary. If we can somehow do that, then we simply state our minimum price for Hogan and if they don't pay it, he stays and we negotiate with West Coast next year, who hopefully act responsibly. You never know, Jesse might be so angry at Freo, that he signs an extension with us and we move on.

Freo is behind the Beams wants to go home story and Lions say it is BS.

Well Dodoro's title of Trade Week Ars-hole, has probably been taken by Bell. He is actually seeking to destabilize clubs and players, if this report is true. He should be taken to task by the other clubs.

"There was movement at the station, for the word had got around" Banjo knew all about trade week.