Lord Travis

Ugh.

We apparently spoke to him last week and are not pursuing further. I'd wager he winds up at GWS but will likely be out of the game by age 26-27.

Because he was horrible this year, just horrible. He shouldn't have got a game on form, and the coaches faith in him was proved to be misplaced. At 29 years old, he's likely not going to improve. Our half forwards were the worst performers this year. Melksham, Vanders, Neal-Bullen, Hannan. Fritsch is the only one who generated anything of worth, and even he was wayward with his shots at goal. We need to bring talent into that half forward role if we want to improve. If he stays fit, Narkle could potentially fill that midfield/half forward role.

Tom Philips yes please. Josh Thomas no thanks. Pass.

Correct. He apparently wants to chase another premiership, and believed that was more likely at the Cats, even with less time and less money on offer. Cats get Cameron, Higgins and Smith as free agents without needing to use a single draft pick. Mean we're over here having to trade two first round draft picks for an out of contract Jake Lever ? Free agency is broken!!!

Also, [censored] free agency. Cats are getting Cameron, Smith and Higgins without using a single draft pick. The system is massively broken.

Official. Two year deal to the Cats. https://www.afl.com.au/news/523321/hawk-stunner-veteran-wingman-wants-to-join-arch-rival-geelong No need to hang @Dr evil out to dry. My mail was this was basically a done deal weeks ago for 3 year contract, but then I got radio silence the past fortnight. Things change. We move on to other younger targets hopefully.

Agreed. Definitely need more smalls to apply pressure. Melksham needs a rocket and Fritsch needs to sort out his goal kicking.

I liked what I saw from him last year and reckon he's exactly what we need. I think he'll be gone before any of our picks though unless we get up to a top 10-15 pick somehow.

Pass

Did you also get cancer yourself in the months after your father died from cancer? Did you have the media always watching and photographing your recreational activities? Did you have other pressures from your job playing out publicly? Did you have other health issues directly related to your job impeding you? Did you have family pressures forcing you to relocate while experiencing health issues and trauma? Jesse has made poor choices for sure, and his career will likely be cut short as a result. Your comments however are a bit misguided and insensitive.

Higgins is looking to leave Richmond. Saints, Pies, North and us reportedly keen. He has good kicking skills, good footy IQ and decent pace. Could be a good midfield and forward rotation for us. No inside info at this stage, but watch this space.

We also need more midfielders with good kicking skills and dash. He could rotate midfield, wing, forward and it'd make us a better team IMO.

Jack Higgins has been mentioned a few times on here and is officially wanting to move on from Richmond. He's contracted though so trade will need to occur. Is he a good target for us? He's a forward/mid with decent pace and skills so suits our needs you'd think....

Sad the way his career played out. His first few years were brilliant for a young tall forward and he had potential to become an elite KPF of the competition. I feel for him, as he had to deal with some horrible stuff with his fathers death and then his own subsequent illness and fitness. It seems now he's well into the gear to the point where he might not be in the game beyond age 25. Very sad and another talented Melbourne player whose potential went unrealised.

We need Lockhart to come on as a small defender, as Jetta is on his last legs and may be gone next season. Lockhart has shown he's got pace, skills, good defensive pressure, bit of mongrel and a decent footy brain. He just needs to keep his body healthy and try to build consistency. It was disappointing to see him dropped later in the year. Hopefully he establishes himself next season and becomes a mainstay in the back pocket longer term.

Try him forward next season and if it doesn't work then he's an easy delist option. He showed a bit in a preseason game as a forward once, so try him there. As a defender in 2020, he stunk. He would've been absolutely embarrassed most weeks if it wasn't for Lever and May covering for him. His game against Carlton early in the year was just about the worst game I've seen from a demon in 30+ years. He's got no football brain and poor skills. I'd have delisted him now, but since we've extended him for another season, try him forward then delist him.

Was decent as an outside mid at underage level, but has struggled at AFL level. Averaging 7 disposals in 2020, and 13 across his 3 seasons. First round pick a few years ago so clearly has talent. Wouldn't give up more than a 4th rounder for him now though.

If he was wanting to stay in Victoria, why would we not target him? He's a gun midfielder with pace who can kick goals. His field kicking isn't the best, but he's still a very very good midfielder. He puts on good defensive pressure (rated elite, ave 5 tackles a game across his career), links up well around the ground (rated elite, ave 16 uncontested possessions a game across career), can win hard ball (rated elite, 5 clearances, 10 contested possessions) and elite for metres gained (ave just under 350). Pies would pay 200k of his salary, he's 27 years old and in his prime. Because they've publicly spat the dummy, he'll cost less in draft picks than he normally would've. Midfield of Petracca, Oliver, Treloar, Viney, Langdon, Smith, Brayshaw looks very good!

Also, [censored] Richmond. Most annoying team in the league. Hate them more than any other and seeing them win again leaves me with a foul taste in my mouth.

Sad to see Gary Jnr end his career. Best player I’ve ever seen. Best player in the league from 2007-2014. 2 Browlows. 5 time MVP. 8 time All Australian. Congratulations Gary. Superstar!

Has been poor all year and surely retiring after this match. He’s worse than TMac at this point!

It was enjoyable to watch, but jeez the title was way off and taints it. Never made it back from hell. Been 56 years now. If the club does another one of these, just name it preseason 2021 or something. Don’t get ahead of ourselves.

An elite KPF in Brown is a bit different to playing an inferior and broken player in TMac. We play Brown and Weid as the two tall targets. Jackson plays as a roaming option pushing further up the ground as a marking option, similar to Richardson at Tigers later in his career. Fritsch isn't a tall, and will play pocket or flank regardless of those talls around him. Successful teams have multiple tall marking options. No reason we can't too. Brown immediately improves our scoring, takes pressure off Weid being double teamed, and allows Jackson to develop at a realistic rate without heaping too much pressure on the 19 year old kid.

Pick 23 is a bargain. If that's all we have to pay to get a proven ready-made KPF who has performed better than any forward we've had since Neitz, then it's a [censored] bargain. This one must be getting close now!