Bates Mate

I rate Pruess above Hickey, bigger stronger more upside. average to better than average midfielders are are dime a dozen ruckmen have more currency proven by 2nd rounder for Hickey in an open draft Pruess would get selected before Hickey so as I mentioned before a straight swap is a win for us

Looking like Tyson for Pruess straight swap. Alot will argue about the number of games played etc and that we are getting unders but I think it's good for us. Our 5-6th best mid out for the best available ruckman. If Pruess went in the draft he would go in the 20-30 range minimum which is about right for Tyson and fills a much bigger need for our list.

Nearest to the pin for how many pages this thread will be when we know what the final outcome is. I've got 417 pages

so is the word narrative

It's been obvious we are more in favor of getting a good deal for him now than trying to convince him to sign up long term

Agree we are not fighting that hard at least publicly. "We want to do what is best for you", "go explore your options" line from the club is as good as saying happy enough if you go and we want to get maximum value. I don't have an issue with it but put yourself in Hogans shoes probably doesn't feel 100% wanted by our management. If we really wanted him long term we would be saying Hogan is absolutely not being traded and Hogan would have a 4 year extension on the table from us.

2nd in a club b&f shows he can consistently perform at a high level. Other failed players being mentioned on this thread were never able to do that.

Don't forget the pollution started with Greg " makes it up as he goes venom " Denom

Salem and T Mav are excused I expect them to be more accurate as they usually are. ANB and Trac have been awful shots at goal all year I have zero confidence in the lining up a set shot at goal.

Can't remember so many smothers by us in a game was a great sign of our intent

Stick a fork in him

https://www.westcoastsentinel.com.au/story/5076783/harrison-petty-afl-draft-potential/ This article has me excited

He will be better than Paul Macnamee. And won't leave mid season to play legends doubles at Wimbledon

Happy to not have Jeffy at this stage. Spargo has shown in one game that he is polar opposite to Jeffy in terms of hardness and willingness to chase/ tackle. Jeffy does it one game then 3 games he goes missing , been an issue his whole career . You know what you will get with Spargo even though he has played 1 game.

Bumping this thread. Is there any reason why we would not be going hard for Kelly, I think he is as much what we need as lever? If he wants to come home I think we should be throwing an offer to him. He has old school mates in Salem and Hunt at the club, salem in particular is close to him.

yep and it will be their headline news for the next 24 hours and be topic on their talk back , sen commentator says this blah blah blah sell generated news getting worse and worse that station

I too am reluctant to pay top $$ for him. the floating third tall type defenders can be found out really quickly . I don't know enough about lever and don't watch enough adelaide games jut general consensus is he is a future star but Colin Garland was great for 2-3 years playing a similar role

well a long way from a done deal but we would need to give up something to get him. Crows would be after our 1st rounder and a player of starting 22 quality. Is he worth a top 10-20 pick and a player of say an ANB quality (who they might entertain given their lack of midfield depth).

doubt he met with MFC maybe his manager but I thought it was against the rules to meet in season

big yes from me, big strong unit who uses the ball well. has good leadership qualities and most importantly a football brain. our three talls the maccas and frost all have at times horrible disposal and lack footy smarts.

To Have a debate you need 2 opposing views with reasonable arguments to try and persuade neutrals to your points of view. There is currently no debate even St Kilda die hards could not argue that Mcartin was the right choice over Petracca so debate over!

I know he is a Victorian and Demons man but thank god, I have become sick of his whinging everytime someone sticks i mic in front of him Truth is he was not up to test or 1day international level. Other that that 200 against S.Af in which he was dropped 4 times he was very ordinary in all the other tests he played and never looked comfortable at that level. He got enough one day oppurtunites at one day level and failed , one tour of india sticks out in particular could not handle the pressure and failed everytime he batted thanks for all you have done for the vics, but the hard done by tag he carriers with alot of cricket supports in this state is wrong imho

just added my $50 I feel great about it ,get on board everyone