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Sorry but what am I missing. He started in 2005. He's a free agent isn't he? Escapes me why we would want an ageing , slowish type when we have an urgent need for speed.

I suppose I agree with you if he is an unrestricted free agent and costs us nothing. Otherwise a pick in the eighties if we have one. Leave it to other clubs to be retirement homes if they want to thanks.

In life you are either honest or dishonest. There is no grey area.

Don't think they can possibly let him keep it and what's more they know it. Be like letting Lance Armstong keeping his Tour de France awards. They are cooked IMO.

Essendon should seriously consider taking next years 2nd rounder for Hibberd the way things are unfolding..

Deal for McCarthy makes Mitchell worth a few bob!

Lewis made his debut in 2005. Maybe we would take him as a free agent but why on earth would we want to cough up anything for a 30y.o on the downside? Only as a Cross type situation surely?

Were also soft targets for Ward and Griffin but got bold and smart with Boyd. They made their own luck and have shown other clubs what's possible buy rejecting helplessness,

As for dreaming, I have just been reflecting on what happened in the three years after the Bulldogs won their last premiership. May history repeat itself.

Relentless fast outside run pls. Very good grand final.

Couple of our wins this year tell me we are on the rise. Taking on challenges and improving our record seems like a good idea to me. Why fear anyone?

We owe them one. Timing sounds perfect to square that little item.

Yes all part of the game.

Was thrown to the Lions once. Hope he might get together with them again.

Completely pounded in the ruck. Rather have Minson than Spence and if your 184 or under you need to have a tank and be quick. We have slow moving midgets and have had them for years. Memo to Goodwin the game is now a super quick running game.

Not the only player out of contract next year in this never ending process. Surely the list management team has plans ( short, medium ,long) opinions, and several strategies on all of the players as part of this, just as they would have had for Jesse when he previously signed. In team management we trust, otherwise we are all going to go nuts.

Good kid who doesn't get pushed around. We've got so much to look forward to with him and so many others.

Well if we aren't going to do better than quite well then the contact could play out which would also allow another year of development into Weideman and Huelett .Where Jessie would go after that would be in the hands of the system. Seems to make a lot of sense that he would stick around with us for a number of reasons and I'm sure the club would be compassionate in terms of family matters.

Would be massive unders for a "once in a lifetime'' player. Forget Clarke. If Jesse wants to go, we will feel enormous of pain to the whole enterprise and Freo should too. Otherwise its simply an unfair trade.

Moves with the speed of a Glacier like Thompson.

Cant see getting Thompson as a smart move by Goodwin. Rightly or wrongly could seem like a sweet retirement journey for one of his mates. His best is well behind him and could also irritate a number of Melbourne supporters who were annoyed at his departure in the initial instance. Would expect an aspiring coach to be way smarter than this. Where is the upside? IMO would be an unnecessary , poorly executed, first move, should it eventuate. Lets hope it doesn't

Fascinating all of this . Is it really about 'the go home " factor I wonder? Lets say Melbourne have decent carrot on the table say $1.3 mill+ on the table for 5 years p.a . Freo are going to have to cough up plenty for the kid from GWS , have Fyffe on plenty and whilst I realise Pavlich is done , $1.3 +p.a is putting an awful lot of eggs in one basket on the edge of pretty much a total rebuild which clearly faces Jesse Doesn't seem to make a lot of sense for either Freo or Hogan. Weagles have Kennedy and Darling and cant see how that would work either. Hawks no go, ( no cap) ditto Swans and Geelong, Adelaide ok for key forwards. Bulldogs after Cloke, ( doubt if they would have cap room). GWS ok for forwards. Saints ok for forwards which essentially leaves Port, Collingwood or ourselves for a finals run, maybe Carlton but that's a longshot. If it was me with our young list its a no brainer, for some reason though I sense Collingwood although they have Moore and nothing much to offer with Port the dark hose. Hope he sticks would just seem the most sensible and best option for him. . \

I think he's a useful character to have about the place. Taken some seriously good marks this year.

We have a young team with 10 wins. IMO we need an A grade leader wanting to take his career to the next level.

PJ had a huge briefcase at Swans game up in Sydney.