Jaded No More

Agreed. We will clearly try and package May and KK for pick 5, which we will receive from Freo for Hogan. I'm waiting for the Neale trade to come thru. Once Peter Bell gets off his high chair and gets this done, the rest of the dominoes will fall very quickly.

Freo- the North Melbourne of the West

We should trade Angus now. 3 first round picks thanks.

I understand what you are saying, but it's too much of a simplistic view. May is the best available defender on the market (given McGovern went to Carlton). A strong bodied mature defender is the biggest missing piece in our structure. It could very well be the difference between a premiership or just making up the numbers. I bet West Coast fans didn't go into the grand final thinking Barrass will win them a flag. May doesn't need to be the best defender in the league, have Lever for that, he needs to be strong, reliable, able to contend with bodies that Oscar simply can't, and free Lever to play an intercept role, one so vitally played by the likes of McGovern and Rance. I don't want another kid on the list, I want to complete our team and win a flag. Hogan is surplus to our needs, we can win flags without him. We can't win flags without another good defender. May covers those needs, and if we win a flag with him in the side, I bet nobody here will give two craps about the picks we traded for him. Just like everyone quickly forgot the Lever trade when he was dominating prior to injury.

We would be so stupid to trade Weideman unless Hogan signs on for 5 years. Weideman is the future. Hogan is likely one foot out the door already.

West Coast? I hope you are correct. But we still have a surplus of key forwards and a lack of key back man. Sadly Hogan won’t be the one who will resolve this situation for us.

We’ve gotten around him and made him feel at home since the day he arrived. Thru the death of his dad, thru his cancer battle. We are not the issue. He clearly wants to go home. Next year he’s out of contract. Maybe WCE join the race and up his price. He will leave one way or another. Unless something drastically changes in his attitude or his personal life.

Short term solution. Hogan won’t be at Melbourne beyond 2019

He might have his heart set on us in which case he may be willing to sit it out and wait until next year (not literally sit it out). But as we know a lot can change in a year. Who knows Hogan may find a hot girlfriend and refuse to leave Melbourne at the end of next year.

To be fair look at who else used to run Freo... Schwab

Give me a break. He knew what he was doing. Requesting a trade or putting yourself out there, is always a risk. He wants to go home and he wants the buckets of money Freo are offering him. It hasn't worked out. Next time, pick a better club Jesse.

Yeah but lets be honest, Gold Coast wouldn't be counting on this pick being inside the top 10, and hence won't accept it. I just can't see how this will end up happening for us now. Such a bloody shame!

Get ready for backline duties Hogan. We all know you're not interested in staying at this club, so while you're forced to be here, do us a favour, serve a purpose, get us a flag, then go to West Coast.

Wait, he's not a free agent next year? Hahaha gold. So they lost pick 6 and Hogan. Geniuses.

3 things: 1. Freo have been chasing Hogan around like a pathetic ex boyfriend. Jesse finally agrees to go to them, and they cower in a corner like the piece of garbage club that they are 2. How does Hogan and the club feel about this? How does he go playing for a club next year he doesn't really want to be at? 3. How do we get May now? Have we missed the boat?

Finally, some facts in this shitshow of a thread/trade

All this does is give them the ability to keep Kelly and Weitfield which is bad for us. Scully [censored] us again!

With West Coast winning yet another flag, the Freo being a massive letdown yet again, the pressure on Freo to perform is enormous. Kennedy is on last legs, and Nic Nat is injury prone. If Freo don't jump at this now, West Coast will steal their thunder next year. If I'm Jesse I know which team I rather play for in Perth. Freo need this, and they need this now. They can't continue to be a pathetic laughing joke. Lyon's job is on the line. They'll cave, unless of course Hogan's foot is a big worry.

I love a trade where both supporter groups get to [censored] and moan haha It's a classic win win trade. And we now have two picks in the 60s which we can use to upgrade a rookie or take a punt on a mature age recruit.

Thank you Dom for coming to us when we were a garbage basket case and helping lift our midfield from VFL to AFL level. Wishing him all the best. I reckon he will be very good for North, which is upsetting as I hate North and don't want to see them improve.

Welcome and thank you for extending Gawn's footballing life by 4-5 years.

I already told my partner that we are having two wedding cakes. A traditional one and a cheese one. The cheese one will be adorned by red and blue ribbons.

Rubbish trade but nobody else wanted him and he was not contracted. A lot of wasted development for pick 65.

Enjoy mediocrity forever Freo.

And this is why Freo is a joke of a club and have had no success ever. Get over yourselves and get moving or you’ll end up with nothing.