Redleg

They must be delisting half their list with all the players they are chasing.

I am more interested in what the " He 'll be looked after " comprises. If we offered $1.5m a year, as is suggested and he turned us down, then I would guess that he is getting more than $800k per year from the Cats. This smells of a Judd style 3rd party deal. I can see him taking up a role as an executive on $500k a year at Costa's after his footy career.

They have done well with Jaksch. Gave up pick 7. Most Carlton fans I know can't stand him.

Gibson, Hale, Frawley, Gunston, Burgoyne, Lake, McEvoy, Ceglar, etc, yes the Hawks developed their own talent.

Interesting footnote. Yes, Plowman was taken at 3 and if they had taken Toumpas instead, who was rated top 3, we would have taken Ollie. Now Plowman wants to leave.

Hope the Dockers can send the Hawks packing.

Interesting, as he was hopeless. Varcoe was in the best for the Pies several times.

I love how we are desperate to get someone and then we start lowering their trade value or cost.

If Hartlett story is true, I would imagine Port would prefer he goes to another club than Crows.

Throw in Adelaide boy Toumpas.

And will get better with experience.

We have taken several NQR players in the past, either because we wanted to freshen the list and prove players would come to us, or we simply misjudged their ability. We should not be taking anyone for depth, other than perhaps a backup ruckman. IMO we should be trading for established players who would be in our best 22, or players we believe can make it under our development regime.

Sad that recent events caused this quiet retirement. He deserved better. A great of the game. Enjoy retirement Adam.

Yes but Crows owe it to their members to get the best deal. If they let him go they get pick after their first pick. If they match offers, they trade him for say Geelong's higher first pick and maybe another pick or player or combination. What would you do if you were the Crows? He still gets to the Cats.

i know, I have followed Melbourne all my life.

I want Freo to smash the Hawks.

Am loving it.

Keep them coming.

That would depend on someone offering something acceptable first I am sure he wouldn't be delisted.

I think you have it. Cats give a better pick to Crows than compo pick and probably throw in a player or two and/or another pick.

Isn't Aish similar to Billy Stretch? I haven't seen Aish do anything that I can recall. He is small and I don't think you can have too many like him. We are also rumoured to be after Hrovat, another small mid. We have another in JV, though he is an inside mid and Aish and Stretch are outside ones. Anyway we will see what happens.

You are suggesting we trade a former Captain and regular in our 22, for a bloke who can't get a game with his club.

Terlich didn't play a game this year and it is time to pay him out and move on. I watched his performance in a few games with Casey and his disposal was absolutely terrible.

Agree but he has great skills and is big and quick and really only has one problem, a lack of aggression. How many scoring assists has he been involved in? Who would you prefer with ball in hand 30-40 out? I thought in a few efforts he was turning around his game. He is a finisher and we don't have that many of them. I would keep him.

I would still keep Watts, he has upside and possibly plenty of it.