Pennant St Dee

What I know from some what I consider good reliable sources Meth Coast have always had an eye on Hogan but this current move may have forced their hand a year early Fremantle as is well known have constantly been monitoring Hogan Dees have planned well as I said earlier in the thread the club has been in constant dialogue with Jesse over the season assessing his plans post 2019 as list managers prepare moving forward Tom Lynch was considered as part of a plan but we were ruled out early as the Hogan talks continued We were Gaffs club of choice but not prepared to pay what he (his manager)was asking. Has that changed after he saw how close he was last week and realised what it actually means to win one, I have no idea Hogans trip to Perth this week is nothing suspicious it was long planned he and mates are heading to Europe and may include Oktoberfest Suns want May out if he is not prepared to commit beyond next season. As they move to restart their culture and despite the bravado will take the best offer available (within reason)

There is Meth Coasts B&F is this weekend

He's had a good season Rusty absolutely, plenty want to throw enough darts and occasionally hit the board with one and didn't they come out to gloat after the Prelim. His experience was so important in big games and assissted the development of our group. Having said that I expect him to be part of the list next season just like Lockyer, O'Bree and other elder statesmen were as the Pies started season 2010. If the list develops and evolves as it should I would expect by late in the season Jordy and the FD will not need to make the call as the form and maturity of the playing group will dictate the outcome

Don't take to much out of our cap space being tight based on Mahoney saying we can't afford to get May without the Hogan deal. He is a smart man he never mentioned money in his discussion it was assumed as a given but, without Hogan going to Freo we don't have the picks to get May to our club

I remember living in Ireland in the early 90s and Anthony playing for Derry. He was a beast in the GAA and the main man when they won the All Ireland in 93

It was a constant in WA with Pavlich returning to South Australia pretty much every year for his first 10 years at Freo

1. Oliver 2. Gawn 3. Harmes 4. Brayshaw 5.Jetta ANB will poll very well based on his important team role the coaches ask him to play

And Thursday night is not liked by the fans attending for the reasons I mentioned Most Country supporters don't travel to Thursday games

How does it work well for those attending. Game finishes near 9pm and many Dockers and Meth Coast fans live in the outer suburbs or travel from regional WA. Not to mention those taking kids have to get them up for school Monday morning

Stop biting and posting junk he will not be heading to the Suns, think it's this week he flies to Europe and everything is now between the clubs. Don't expect it to be done quickly either with many clubs going to be involved in the interchange of picks where Freo end up with two first rounders and Hogan not being their only target this season but he is the priority.

No to Brad Hill Damaged goods

Has family from South Australia and was always a Crows fan growing up

I also see a bit of Isaac Smith in him uf used on a wing

I love your optimism Jnr Mac take it from me he's gone. Just about the club sorting out the best deal now.

just out of curiosity if the Suns tear up Mays contract does he become a free agent? I may be wrong but possibly a legal loophole where both sides win

I actually don't care that she's not welcome. She's a muckraker and the football world would be better without her and several other gutter journalists.

It seems overnight Pruess has become Shane Mumford the way people are talking about him. For those saying May isn't big enough to deal with big forwards, he's the same size as Frawley and Rance.

Pearce is better than Omac going to be a good defender. Contrary to others I believe this story has some legs well at least the club is asking questions. The club has been in dialogue with Jesse's management for quite some time planning for beyond 2019. That I know but I have no information on any outcomes or any idea what Jesse's plans are

Hey Chaser hope you are well and over the shock of Saturday. Definitely no go home factor for Martin. Very dysfunctional background which he and his management want to avoid. Wouldn't mind Nev getting involved here he is very highly regarded by the WA Indigenous boys

Well we won't be winning a Brownlow tonight getting votes soread across the team and we're just getting close to the point where Brayshaw hits form

Lets not forget the Bomers lost a Prelim in 96 rejigged a bit in 97 bringing in some younger players to add to the baby Bombers of 93 and replaced the older boys who left. They finished 98 strongly and were top 2 contenders for the next 3 seasons

I know you've waited longer than I have Wyl but even next year we will still be learning a lot. Next season they are expected to finish top 4 and we will see what happens after that but for me 2020 onwards is when this list should really be in a 4 to 5 year expectation of genuine top 2 -3 contenders

He may not be, which I agree with you on, but I'm hearing Crows are showing some interest in Dunstan so maybe they are looking at Tyson as another insider

Crows Giants Swans Port Geelong and Essendon all trained prepared and expected to make top 4 and they all failed. We missed finals last season and set the goal of making finals and from there consider trying to make top 4. Well we finished 5th and but for some moments against the Cats where we blew chances we could have actually finished top 3 in the home and away. At seasons end we finished top 4 and at some stage you will realise this is a new Melbourne. All the experts and list builders who talk about the need to get 100games into players aren't plucking numbers from the sky or without experience it is genuinely what it takes players to get used to playing at this level and expose them to a variety of scenarios the AFL throws at you. You can't actually prepare for what is thrown at you in a Preliminary final at Optus. You can plan and prepare for what to expect but real exposure to it helps you prepare for the next opportunity. IMO that is what Gawny was referring to.

I'm amazed supporters actually think Saturday's game won't be fully reviewed and that no preparation was put in for a battle. What happened on Saturday was the result of several factors 4 games of high intensity football A game style which is taxing An emotional wave and high we and the playing group had been on for 5 weeks A need to play our trump cards in round 22 due to bad losses earlier in the season A warm day in Perth I believed earlier in the week we were close to hitting a wall physically and emotionally and felt we would fall away after halftime. I also felt for us to have any chance of a win we would need to start well and be 5 or 6 up at halftime. Both sides were nervous at the start turning the ball over but once they got the first goal they settled and sat back inviting us to come through the corridor but with no line breaking runner's take the game we were forced to kick short and they zoned off on players in the middle waiting to pounce on any errant kick, fumble or handball. They got what they wished for and kicked 4 goals from our mistakes not from anything they did. We panicked confidence dropped and we felt the pressure real and perceived. At stoppages they started their mids 15/20m from the ball not allowing us to push them under the ball like last time and also negaing big Maxy from hitting the ball into space for our boys on the outside The coaches made changes putting Tmac behind the ball even opening up our forward 50 to try and free up areas to kick long with IMO trying to force some forward stoppages and hopefully scoreboard pressure in an attempt to stem momentum but still we turned it over. In the first 10 mins we hade some decent half chances inside 50 but we didn't take any of them. Their crowd got into the game which didn't happen in round 22 with our start. We will learn from this as we did from the Swans and Cat losses How the hell did the Cats throw away a 4 goal lead with 7mins left in the 05 SF. They panicked but they learnt from it