whatwhat say what

Want it in writing in triplicate before I believe it

bugger...was hoping this was set to be announcement of him signing a long-term deal

super handy player

2 hours ago, Fifty-5 said:

Keen to see some best 22s and the associated forward lines with Hogan, Weid and TMac all in that forward line.

Everything could potentially change with the the 6-6-6 ‘number of the beast’ structure that clubs will forced to align with at centre bounces next season

Will clubs increasingly go 3 talls / 3 smells in forward and backlines? Will be interesting to see...

If we do:

B: Jetta - O Mac - Lever
HB: Salem - Frost - Hibberd
? Jones - Brayshaw - Viney
HF: Petracca - Hogan - ANB
F: Weideman - T Mac - Melksham
Foll: Gawn - Oliver - Harmes
I/c: Lewis - Tyson - vandenBerg - Fritsch
Emerg: Spargo - Hannan - Hunt - J Smith

If we stick with the relative ‘small ball’ line-up:

B: Jetta - O Mac - Hibberd
HB: Salem - Lever - Lewis
? Jones - Brayshaw - Viney
HF: Petracca - Hogan - ANB
F: vandenBerg - T Mac - Melksham
Foll: Gawn - Oliver - Harmes
I/c: Tyson - Hannan - Weideman - Fritsch
Emerg: Spargo - Frost - Hunt - J Smith

If the 6-6-6 comes in, particularly if it’s coupled with reduced rotations, I would expect it to be the ‘tall’ line-up that may be preferred

Such a shame it is likely he doesn’t get to play finals with us

44 minutes ago, layzie said:

That's a very fair assessment. I'd possibly have T-Mac in but that's subjective.

me too

gawn, oliver, t mac, lever and hogan

tyson, salem and hunt or billings and [whatever we were going to take with pick 20]

2 minutes ago, Jaded said:

Anyone who goes to North doesn’t have success at the forefront of their mind. I don’t want those types at our club. Next. 

Dylan Shield anyone?

peptides is all the talk

he'll be another midget for them

he ain't wrong tho

we're out of the running due to the sheer $$ being offered to him by north

he either takes half the pay offered to him by them and stays at meth coke or he's a shinboner for the next six to seven years

Good bump

Almost positive that Hogan played CHF his underage All-oz year but was NAMED at CHB...in much the same way that one year Pavlich played forward all year but was named at FB

He’s a natural CHF, roaming up and down the ground, using his endurance to best effect

Lycett will be at Port next year 

28 minutes ago, SFebes said:

The spring in his step and leap plus his aerial marking ability reminds me of Jarrad Waite, fingers crossed he turns into a similar talented player 

Matthew Lloyd for mine, without the diving

no to trading, no to playing him in the backline

he's the best forward we've had in twenty years

as a defender he was horrid, as a mid he was terrible, but as a forward? wow o wow, what a star!

28 minutes ago, TGR said:

If I was Frost and Weed, I would look at least look at offers elsewhere for guaranteed game time.  If it wasn't for Lever going down and Hogan's foot, both would be playing at Casey.

As if we’re going to let either of them go other than for massive overs

Frost would be depth at most finals-bound clubs and for the moment has guaranteed himself, injury-permitting, in finals football in 2018

Weed is a young developing key forward who has played bugger all football as a junior and there’s no way we’ll let him go

He was fantastic today, really attacking the ball and kicking it beautifully

He was cooked by midway through the third term but buttered up at the contest time and time again

Saw three of his junior games and still think he’ll be the pick of the key forwards of his draft year...Curnow or no Curnow

Kid has what it takes to be a serious, serious footballer

5 minutes ago, old dee said:

Forget Gaff he is going to North or staying in Perth. We are the poor cousins in this chase.

$1.2m per annum over 6 would gaff a very rich cousin...

5 minutes ago, Dockett 32 said:

Kent and second rounder for Gaff probably gets it done, probably even already done,  but personally not over excited at the propospect of this.

it would go nowhere near getting it done - it would be daylight robbery for us

if he's leaving meth coke, it's as a free agent, not in a trade

Seeing as Gaff has been clear he's not meeting with any clubs whilst in Melbourne, there's no way he met with Woosha in the last fortnight

The link to the Peptides does make some sense nevertheless, given the pharmacist connection

i just can't fathom trading a 23 year old key forward who should be about to enter the prime of his career 

he's got better every full season that he's played

he is clearly a confidence player who needs to work very hard and his mental calmness on field to settle down, take the set shot in a familiar way, and then not get increasingly flustered and clearly apprehensive ABOUT kicking for goal

despite seemingly buggering his ankle in the second quarter so far he has had:

• shoulder injury against the dogs
• hip flexor impact injury against the cats
• sickness before match against the crows, a game in which he was clearly hampered

despite all this he still got:

• 19 possessions
• 4 marks 
• 1 tackle
• 1 goal 3

before the emergence of plugger mac, he's clearly been the best forward we've had since neitz

the notion of trading him seems utterly absurd to me

with multiple clubs now also interested in similarly restricted free agent lycett, it'll be interesting to see meth coke's approach and priorities

He’s worth it

And I want him

1 minute ago, america de cali said:

Not surprising really. The West Australian is another one of Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers of fair and balanced fake news.

nah, it's owned by stokes

same same but different

Eight weeks, meth coke knocked out in straight sets in the finals, Gaff to the Dees, misses round one and two before debuting in Round 3 against...Freo at the new Perth Stadium?

$1m a year is not a huge imposition for one of the best mids in the game imo

he'd not even be 31 and a half when a 5 year deal would expire

1 minute ago, MSFebey said:

It's rumoured WCE have offered 6 x $800,000 for Gaff. Good Luck beating that.

no worries - 5 x $1m > 6 x $800k