Jaded No More

Spot on. Getting Lever and potentially May this year, when lots of other clubs were/are interested, make us a destination club. It’s about a player accepting market value salary because they want to play for a club they see future success with. Any club can wave money bags around and eventually land someone. Does not make them a destination club. Players motivated by money over success, are rarely worth chasing anyway. Gaff’s decision is mind boggling to be honest. Vic boy, would be paid well anywhere, just watched his mates win a flag without him. What’s the motivation to go to North other than a crapload of cash? Whereas Polec (good ordinary player who landed a friggin lottery check) and Hogan (go home factor), are a totally different story.

Who the feck would voluntarily go to GC? Plenty of Vic clubs who could use him. He really is not a bad player, he just can’t play his best position at Melbourne. Will go play inside mid somewhere else and be very good. He could be Carlton’s second best inside mid and free Cripps up a bit.

No pressure to kick any goals at Freo, as it’s not the game plan?

So over this. Thanks for your services. Good luck in Freo.

Don’t worry. Clubs that are crap to deal with, get what they deserve in the end.

Completely agreed. We are a club that gets stuff done and are fair to deal with. That’s why we get so many deals done unlike clubs like Essendon. You would hope Kent would have enough respect for the club that drafted and nursed him through loads of injuries, to ensure we don’t get screwed. If he doesn’t care, then honestly he’s no big loss. Either you’re with us, or you can get stuffed.

Walking dead Pretty amazing we got as far as we did when more than half of our best players in finals have ended up having serious post-season procedures.

Is what’s missing a club that isn’t a basket case?

Great now I have to learn to spell his name.

Freo have been that fucken desperate to get Hogan, they’ve literally been stalking him outside his bedroom window since he left Perth. Also they’re a joke and a basket case and their shitty on field performances are starting to cost them dearly. Lyon is definitely on thin ice. No way in hell they miss out on their golden boy. They will give us either 2 top 10 picks or a top 10 pick and a player, whichever we prefer or whichever is easier to get. I will laugh so so hard if Hogan stays, then next year asks to be traded, Freo try to low ball us, we tell them to pizz off, he goes to the draft and ends up at Carlton or GC. Oh the lols.

He will be getting paid craploads no matter what club he goes to.

Lol enjoy North. Talk about chasing cash.

He is above average depth for us and I would love to keep him for this reason, but it’s extremely unfair to hold back someone who is clearly good enough to be in a starting 22 of a club not blessed with a hundred quality inside mids, for the purpose of covering injuries. If he wants more game time, I understand why he’d leave and I hope we trade him to a club who really needs his type and get something good in return. He clearly can play and is a pretty good inside mid. He’s just not good enough to get a starting position in our midfield. It’s a difficult position.

If he’s willing to move and we don’t move heaven and earth and Hogan to try and get him, I would be gutted. Why the [censored] does anyone want to go to Carlton?! Yuck!

IF Hogan doesn’t leave but refuses to sign an extension of his contract at the same time, I would be extremely disappointed. One has to coincide with the other. Commit or go. It can’t be both.

Does this make Hunt dispensable? I love Hunt but for the right price would you trade? I hear Carlton are keen.

Thank you Demonland for giving a voice to everyone. The passionate, the deranged, the delusional and the unhinged. Since I joined about 350 years ago, this has by far been the most exciting season to post and experience the joy together Melbourne is the thing that unites us. Demonland is the thing that brings us together to be highly outspoken about it.

Tried to stay awake to watch coverage from overseas, but after being awake for 43 hours straight, I just couldn’t do it. Sounds like it was a great night. Will be watching the speeches shortly. Any word on Hogan from anyone who was there?

Yep he’s never felt settled here. I think a part of me always knew he’d leave prematurely

What part of “suspects” do you not understand?

Looks like Lloyd from dumb and dumber. The least likely looking footballer in the AFL. Absolute gun of the highest order.

They’re Freo fans. They literally wouldn’t know success, a nice jumper or a good coach if it hit them in the face.

Whether we get him or not, priority 1, 2 and 3 for me is getting Max a decent backup. We are so vulnerable if he gets injured and we are increasing the likelihood of this happening by playing him alone all season long. Unworkable long term, which is why we are going after Preuss.

He looked a broken man yesterday. I totally disagree with what he did, but gees hasn’t he paid the ultimate price now! A part of me suspects he will never be the same again. If North want to throw their dumb chest at him, then so be it.

We won’t win a flag with our current defense. It is the absolute weakest part of our team and probably the most crucial in finals. We need to get some strong experience in there, and that’s hard to come by. If we can get May, we should. It takes years to develop key backman and May could slot straight into our backline.