Jaded No More

This thread is called TRADE RUMOURS, not only post things that are 100% going to happen. Part of the fun of the trade period is the wild rumours. Keep it up @Nudge

Presumably because we are looking to trade pick 5 for an established player?

Not against this if his body checks out, he’s happy to play backup and not get paid much. Realistically he won’t want that. At his age he will want game time and he is unlikely to get that at Melbourne ahead of Gawn. Can we play forward? 😂

Great news for him and well deserved. He’s served a long apprenticeship under some great coaches and has been involved in multiple flags. Wishing him all the very best!

This is the 10th thread on the main board basically questioning the same thing over and over again. The assumption that we don’t review things is wrong. Simple as that. We review everything all the time. Every football club does.

Newsflash, they do an internal review every single year. Or do you think they've packed their bags and gone off to Bali? So little credit being given to a club that has finished top 4 for three years running, and won a flag just two years ago.

Agreed. Gawn did not hold up his end of the bargain. It also did not help that he got injured early, was slow to get back to full fitness, and when he played forward it was wet and windy. I actually thought he impacted the contest up forward against Carlton, but his goal kicking is an abomination. He is just not a forward. Neither is Grundy. Our desperate need to get a tall forward working, thanks to injuries to Tmac, BB and then Petty and then Melksham, meant that we tried to force a square peg into a round hole. It did not work, and having a million dollar bench player who can't do much else but ruck, is a luxury we cannot afford. Grundy can't play forward, but he also can't play behind the ball or take a contested mark like Gawn. Which means he can only do one thing, and that is be a first choice ruck. But is he as good a first choice ruck as Gawn? No he is not. Having said all that, the reality is that Gawn is 32 next season. He has had a long history of knee issues. He cannot go on forever, and the irony is that if Grundy did not choose to leave, he would probably end up getting a lot more game time next year.

Not to mention reduced his trade value significantly. Who would want to bring in a player who cracks it and doesn't want to play in a final to help his side win?

The Sparrow and Hunter suspensions were total BS. Sparrow with a borderline dangerous tackle with suspect vision, and don't even get me started on the Hunter suspension debacle. Absolute rubbish. Kosi and JVR need to do better. Silly hot headed moments that cost us dearly.

Because he’s young, he’s shown he can play consistently on the wing and as an inside mid and he will cost another club nothing. Why wouldn’t you, if you’re a club who needs some more contested ball winners?

I don’t think they will be. They play a fast attacking contested footy that the Pies don’t like. Pies missing Adams as well, making them even more vulnerable in the contest. I am not saying GWS will definitely win, but they’re a strong chance IMO.

Neither. We normally have a bbq with friends and watch the grand final, but if it’s a Collingwood Carlton grand final I won’t even turn the tv on.

His performance last Friday showed us why he’d struggle to get a consistent game in our side. He was just ok but he isn’t damaging. He’s behind Oliver, Viney, Trac, Gus and Sparrow. That’s a lot of talent to sit behind and hope something changes.

All the best to JJ. From rookie to playing a role in our premiership year.

I watched us do the pre game warm up on Friday night and Joel Smith could not hit the side of a barn. The rest all nailed every shot. Didn’t that work out during the game 😂

He definitely wasn’t alone. He’s also our captain. I’ve seen him kick clutch goals before. That was not good enough. The club will be ruing the putrid goal kicking thar cost us 4 points during the season, a top 2 finish, and ultimately finals and a chance at a flag.

Is that really a necessary comment? The guy was on an AFL list for a decade. He won countless VFL awards too. He wasn’t the best player to ever pull on the jumper, but he gave it his all and set a great example for the younger players at Casey. I wish him all the best in the future.

I love Max more than any other player to have ever played for this club. But I’m sure if you ask him he’ll tell you his two shots on goal were not good enough. He had the chance to ice the game twice and twice he didn’t. I’m sure he isn’t happy with that.

If Goodwin had a go at them for clear lack of discipline and not following team rules, then that is absolutely fair enough. In a game we lost by 2 points, we gave away some absolutely pathetic 50m penalties and Kosi's hot head cost us a sure goal. That is not good enough. For a 10+ years veteran in Tmac to give away a 50m penalty for umpire abuse is inexcusable. He was frankly lucky to be in the side. It's one thing to struggle to impact a game, it's another to cost your team because you cannot contain your anger. Even hearing Gawn post game talk about the 'interesting free kicks', doesn't fly with me. Yes the umpiring was absolutely pathetic, but Gawn could and should have won us the game nailing two seriously easy shots on goal. Too many excuses for a game that we win if we just show a little more composure all over the ground. No wonder Goody was furious.

He clearly can't get a regular game at another club. We shopped him around last year and nobody was keen. He still has a year left on a fairly generous contract, which other clubs obviously don't want to pick up. Of course if another club wanted to give him 24 games a year, and were willing to offer us something other than a 4th round pick for him, we would oblige. We have never stood in the way of players going for more opportunities. I think we all saw this year that our backline operates best when we play 3 talls. Petty is the obvious tall forward we desperately need, not to mention that his injury is a complex one that might take a long time to heal. Tomlinson has a role to play, and unless we trade in another big bodied tall defender, I believe he will get a lot more games than people think. We played him in a do or die final. If we had a fully fit list, who would have played instead of him? Petty? I doubt it. If Petty wasn't injured he would have played instead of Tmac.

And this is why I just avoid football media. The wrist slashing and insane hyperbole doesn't help. Everything these so called experts are saying, our club is internally very well aware of. The pile on does nothing but create a narrative that we are a soft club. Honestly the out and out hatred of our club in the media is so obvious. They all could not wait to see us fail so they can stick the boot in, including ex Melbourne captain Lyon. What he is saying might be partially true, but as always these commentators pick the flaws and offer absolutely no solutions. I trust the club is going to work hard to rectify the problems.

Effectively a Melksham replacement

I nearly spat my drink out 😂

Totally different players. Besides if Turner is good enough, one more year for a 30+ year old defender is going to change nothing.