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ever hear of the concept of depreciation?

Thanks for letting me relive the fury of that dogs loss again... Frawley, Bail, Watts and Grimes not one muppet could kill that ball

yes, in an alternate universe where WE have the extended salary cap allowance and Sydney doesn't I suppose Judd went to Carlton for success? They were 15th at the time! You think it wasn't 100% the VISY cash? It is the only thing these blokes respect and it has proven true time and time again

I don't know what fantasy world you live in where you think a player would give up a single dollar to be at a 'successful' club what you are saying is that Buddy is actually giving Sydney a discount on what he is worth because he like the finals kidding yourself

Franklin gets the most with 1.1 so you are obviously wrong

as I have pointed out a number of times, Roos got 3 players imported last year and they all finished top5 in the BnF. My feeling is that he rates that a better strategy for our club then building through the draft

I'm sure in his own mind, and to others, he can dress it up as a culture-changing move by a) getting some professional, senior, leadership quality at the club to contribute to the development of the kids b) wins = bums on seats, momentum, belief which is totally legitimate mind you he is not a Saint - you really think Roos won't do anything to avoid staying in the bottom 2 for the next 2 years?

Don't disregard Roos' agenda here - his ego wants to be the guy that saved Melbourne. It hasn't worked so well just yet. He knows a big move like this could see us in the finals next year, and his mission complete. Some coaches go for the big player steal to 'top up' for a premiership.. for us it is making finals. What does Roos care about pick 2+3 he will be long gone before they are of any use.

and then all our woes would be over - especially with Hogan involved Roos probably realises the magic wand that this player represents

it's completely in context You want to keep a pick instead of geting a star What part is out of context

that is an approach we started this time 7 years ago and we are no better off now then we were then. One of the reasons is because we have had no quality senior players around the place. All we have been doing is sending kids out to get thumped every week and as a result nobody developed properly and our culture has suffered greatly

You must be crazy I don't need to list all the top 5 picks we have completely wasted in the last decade do I? Not one of them has gotten close to Dangerfield. For a proven star of the comp, you bet it is worth it

If it was us the player would be suspended and we damn well know it Haves and Have nots

So it has been 11 days and 1727 posts in this thread since GNF 'broke' the big news Are we really any the wiser as to what is going on? Why do these things always take so long?

dumb as a box of hammers

http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2014-09-18/sample-

add Tapscott, Bate, N.Smith, Bell, Molan and Maric (21) and it's not just 'for nothing of significance in return' it's the fact that none of them contributed much while they were here Bate and Bell about 2 good games each, Morton a good start, that's about it, for 11 first rounders in as many years Toumpas and Trengove likely to follow suit why do we suck so bad

"I don't need any more money. I'm not greedy, as long as I've got my health, my millions of dollars, my gold house, and my rocket car; I don't need anything else." - P.Dangerfield

are you seriously suggesting that we all simultaneously, tacitly, just through ESP, all agree to lie and 'talk up' Blease , with the thought that other clubs' recruiting staff might be reading this thread while negotiating with the MFC for a trade? delusions of grandeur and just plain old silliness mate

another official failure from the MFC

partially

wtf? it is somehow worse than any other player leaving any other club because the teams are from the same state? If anything it is MORE excusable because he doesn't have t relocate. I wish there was an unwritten law that no other Vic clubs could steal our players

why do people insist on such absurd negative hyperbole? 4 wins with 6 losses by 20 points or less. You know damn well we didn't need much more to go right to finish on 10 wins. Clark and Hogan would have been enough! That is pretty far from the worst team you've ever seen. For starters refer to us in 2013! or 2008/2009! FMD!