Wrecker45

He is not quick.

A bloke who has suffered from cancer and lost his old man within a short period of time is looking at his options to move home. i have good mail on this and can say for certain that Hogan loves the club and the boys. He might go but make no mistake there is no I’ll feeling towards Melbourne.

Melbourne want Hogan we have offered him a 5 year contract. The person who said Melbourne don’t want Hogan and Fremantle are cooling on him was Tom Brown on mmm and he said he formed that opinion through the language of both footy clubs. It is a load of [censored].

He has done some kind of medical with Fremantle. I know that for certain.

Take 5 years or leave now is what I have been told. Player manager telling him to do neither.

Melbourne have asked Hogan to either leave now or re-sign with us for a longer period. His manager is telling him to hold out for a better deal next year. Hogan is torn.

Isn't nice to be worried about post season operations rather than draft picks.

That is not what I said. Drafting is a complicated art. We need fast skilful players but they have to meet other critearia and be obtained at a fair selection / price

And every one of us has been lamenting taking Toumpas (a running outside mid) over Wines (the slow competitive type we are stacked with) for years. We can’t have it every way.

Any room for a tiger or magpie?

With family who have stuck by thick and thin. when you are passionate Melbourne and have copped grief for a decade wherever you go because you are Melbourne now is your time. I will be watching with loved ones who have suffered through a decade of misery. Have been laughed at for wearing their Melbourne jumper to school / work to raise money for charity on wear your footy jumper day. Lets paint this town red and blue.

Dieter you should be better than that. If we went to the camp we might have finished on top and won the minor premiership. It is pure speculation.

The outcome should not influence the process.

GOTO I always appreciate your perspective but I am puzzled by this? He always takes his opponent to the ball because he reads it well and is first to the footy?

Sorry my post above is fake news. A number of posters have correctly pointed out that the Tigers finished top 4 last year and to completely debunk my theory they won the first final and got the bye following that. 2 byes in short succession and went on to win the premiership.

@Whispering_Jack I think you may have missed one mathematical advantage we have. Since the AFL changed the fixture to give all teams a bye to refresh the week before the finals it seems to disadvantage the top teams that get a bye the following week for winning. No team finishing in the top 4 has won since, whereas, previously you almost had to finish top 4 to have a chance.

I'm holding off 2 weeks before I get Maxy on my bum

I dare say Hunt won’t be having a beer mad Monday after the Casey final. Nor Joel Smith or Bernie Vince. 2018 not over yet and let it roll on...

Glass half empty he didn’t get pinged for holding the ball. Brayshaw and Lewis got pinged for sliding when both were just putting their head over the footy. We can’t control the umpires and can’t rate a players game on what they might have paid.

Solo or with a partner? i wouldn’t normally ask but you strike me as someone who could do non-consensual in your own company.

I still think Hunt could be anything. His kicking is better than given credit for but decision making has let him down. He didn’t play elite football as a junior so he has more scope to improve his decision making than most. Improve that and he is a jet.

Gus is like Tyson in that he plays his best footy in the guts. Take him out and he is not effective. when you put a priority on drafting competitive beasts you lose a bit on the wings and flanks. A problem I will take coming into a preliminary final after a decade of drafting skilful players with upside.

We beat West Coast and I'll declare I'm getting a Max Gawn tattoo on my bum if we win the premiership. If it's good enough for Nathan Jones it is good enough for me.

After reading the ins and outs thread a majority of people thought Dom Tyson should be on the chopping block. The word coming out of the club is they really rate Joel Smith and he is pushing for selection. I imagine Dom Tyson would be in danger with that selection as a specialist midfielder who will never be in front of Viney, Oliver, Brayshaw or even Harmes for midfield time but is not really a back flanker. I watched the replay paying particular attention to Dom after the negative comments on Demonland and I struggle to see what he did wrong. Infact, he created two goals with his kicking into the forward line. Am I missing something and Dom had a shocker? Please tell me where he went wrong. Is it Demonland groupthink? Or is he just the last player picked of a very, very good bunch?

You're with us or against us. I'm with Oliver.