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http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2018-10-12/preuss-joins-melbourne-in-trade-deal

Many struggle with the concept of "win win" and think there has to be a loser. I know it's a hard concept. My son was 8 before he got it.

I'd ask myself the question "who is more value to the team, May or Hogan?". That would be my starting point to the trade. I'm not saying I know the answer but that's the starting point for the FD.

Isn’t Japanese management wonderful. We were told it would likely happen and were horrified but now we are convinced it’s the best thing and we want it to happen! At least many of us do anyway. Imagine the outrage if he had been traded with no warning. Well played Josh Mahoney.

Why.

Well if there is competition for him so much the better and we'll get our price. But I certainly dont rate him as highly as you and wouldn't offer that sort of contract to someone who could be a bust.

It's not possible for us to know PD. I think that Langdon might be in the picture. I'm not convinced this is all Hogan driven so we might be more accommodating than people think. But I don't think we'll trade him unless we get our outcome. I mean really we're just having a bit of fun here. We've got no idea. What I love is we are aggressively trying to improve our list.

But they have to match the terms Kent puts on himself. Unlikely. But who cares if they do.

St.Kilda: fine, we'll take him through the preseason draft for nothing.

Happy now Wise or still think Craig hold a grudge?

Don't be. If they stuff us around we just don't trade Hogan and they miss out. They have a lot more to lose than us.

He's a troll, haven't you worked that out yet.

No.

My view is we will have an outcome in mind. If we get the outcome we'll do the trade and if not we won't. There's nothing wrong with either of your outcomes if that's what the FD is trying to achieve. What we don't want is two first round draft picks and no Hogan and not being able to use those draft picks for players we need. We'll only do the Hogan trade if we know we can get what we want.

How do you know the current offer is ridiculous? How do you know we won't get a better offer in 12 months time? It's all about outcomes. We don't want picks PD, we want players. If we get them through the Hogan trade then we'll do it, if not, we won't.

I don't think so. If we can't achieve our objective we just say no. That gives the whole competition a full year to prepare their best offers. Hogan won't "drop off" at MFC because he will want to maximise his next contract which will be long and expensive. It's not ideal but having Hogan on our list next year isn't bad.

Your avatar is appropriate. Rod trades aren't about win losses they are about win wins. We have an objective (and I don't know what that is but most likely involves May). If we achieve that objective it doesn't matter if we get pick 55 for Hogan. Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.

Well you can think that but it's exactly what I've heard from a completely independent and totally reliable source. It's very disappointing but it is what it is.

The only card Dean Kent has to force or influence Saints is to not go to them and I doubt he's pregnant with choices. He can encourage them to play fair but if they say "no" what does he do? Not play with them and pass up a three year contract? It's not his decision to make. It's between us and them so don't blame Kent if we get a crap deal.

I think this is an outstanding idea.

I think what people are missing is that we are about outcomes and winning flags, not winning or losing trades. If we get our outcome by trading Jesse we won't worry the small stuff. If we don't get our outcome we won't trade.

Yeh Wise. It’s just click bait. Don’t worry.

Don't worry Wise, it's all click bait and a lot of other publications and journalists just realized they missed the story and are playing catch up. Still in denial? I like your positivity usually but it's got to be delivered with some sensible recognition of the situation. You're a bit poor on that lately.

Rubbish. How many people would sign up to a subscription to the Australian to see one article on Hogan. You've obviously never read the Australian! And you really don't know what it's predicated on. Denham might be privy to much more information but can't quote it. IMO he's not going to go on nothing and is one of the more reliable and sensible AFL reporters. But you're welcome to ignore it, that's certainly the easier option.

Yep, sure. It's behind a paywall which is a really interesting way to present click bait and it comes from a publication not noted for it's AFL coverage in the lead up to a GF which you'd think is much more interesting. It might not be right but it's certainly not click bait. You need to entertain the concept that Hogan may move.