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And we complained of accepting unders for him.

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If only we could recreate Brent Crosswell and get him to play along side May.

Nor do I. Did Bennett even play with either of them?

Yes I agree with that. If melbourne are a chance to be a premiership contender say for next year and he is a contracted player for 1 more year then why go to a shizen side without much hope of playing finals. I really don't think he gives a stuff about success. Had a tough year last year but was still here this year. Strange cat indeed. I am sus that some players didn't quite appreciate him as well. I remember the Jones and Lever talks of him leaving. Something was not quite right.

I have already had my meltdown and cannot work out what is going on in Hogans head. I still think this "I am homesick" twist for the playing life of an AFL footballer is ridiculous. We traded unders for him but if there is something wrong with him then fair enough.

I would hate to think of what sort of pie will get thrown at you if you are wrong.

Pick 7 to the dogs. Hogan stays with us. Hee hee

Went and had some lunch before and turned on the box. Noticed that 7, 9, abc were showing the royal couple in Sydney. Turned the box off in disgust.

Well you are probably right. But it would be sweet music to my ears if we just told Bell to g$% s*#&$^%

As I said we all have different opinions.

Exactly. They say this draft is "super" up until 7. Well what might you get with pick 5 ? I know we all have different opinions and that is fine but for the life of me what is basically becoming a straight swap from Hogan to May is just plain out bloody stupid.

Bell publicly declared Freo were not going to pursue the Hogan chase due to due diligence. I believe the MFC should tell him to f%$^ o&^.

Maybe I shouldn't have used the Mahoney but I am sure that was the MFCs approach. For some reason I am sure I saw him say it on the box in one of those 10 second clips they have or my brain is becoming frayed.

At the start of trade week.

23 or 25 are not first rounders. Mahoney said 2 first rounders at the start of trade week. Talk of these trades is media speculation and nothing more. Wasting pick 5 on May is ridiculous.

I am going to stick my neck out and say there won't be one. I'll probably have it cut off.

So Bell uses the term due diligence twice and says they are not going to try and get Hogan. If they make a play for him over the next 3 days then Freo are the biggest hypocrites going around.

It was 2 1st round picks then later on we have heard 5 and 23. Well that aint 2 1st round picks. If we now get rid of Hogan for shall we say 5 and a future second rounder then there better be something wrong with the bloke because otherwise it seems like weakness on our behalf. As I have said before I would not deal with them.

If that is the case and with Bells " le grande " statements on friday then jessie can just say he doesn't want to be traded. End of argument. Unfortunatley that wont be the case.

What if they are Pavlovs dogs ?

That is 100% right.

What about some form of principles in this trade. Freo have shown none at all so Melbourne should not be dealing with them any longer. It is Freo that called it off. At the start Mahoney said 2 1st rounders for Hogan. For a player of his calibre that is fair enough and Bell threw shizen back in our faces. I just wouldn't deal with them.

Well I believe it has got to the stage that if what you are insinuating is true he can play FF at Casey. I think he is better than that though so he will play his best for us. Freo stance may have helped him into staying at least until 2021.

I just don't understand this at all. Now that freo have publicly backed away from the deal we should no longer deal with them on this issue. It is dead and buried. To turn around and trade Hogan to them on wednesday for say 5 and 23 would be a disgrace. That is my feeling anyway. Deal with it next year and be better prepared or maybe he changes his tune and stays.