Thehardtackler

I think Melbourne will happily trade Jesse to West Coast in a year’s time. We will get proper compensation them. This was just about getting a fair deal. I think Jesse will be looked after and won’t begrudge the club a fair deal for losing him.

That is what I was hoping would happen. Freo have cut their nose off to spite their face. West Coast will now almost certainly win another flag with Hogan up forward and Freo have no one to blame but themselves.

SEN suggesting that 11 & a Future First might be the best Freo offer.

I think Hogan will stay. Why would he want to give up on a top 4 side?

Not that difficult to pick between 5 clubs in total.

Steven May sounds flaky. Do we really want him?

Actually I was using Inclusive Language to imply that the majority view appears to be an under appreciation of May. I personally believe that he will be an excellent addition to our squad.

Goodwin played defence so I guess that he must see something in May that we don't.

Maybe Freo are Hogan’s second team. Some people have a second team.

Well. You wear the scarf, then you are a supporter. I would not wear another team’s scarf.

And some idiot had a go at me about Hogan not being a Freo fan and there is a photo of him as a kid wearing their scarf. I knew I was right.

Looking at Garlett's 2017 highlights, we would have been a better team if he had been up to scratch this year. Add Hogan and McDonald and we would have been deadly up forward.

Can we afford to pay him 1 million a season? Would that kind of figure keep him? Given that we are in a Premiership windrow.

Hogan will not go to West Coast. He was a die hard Docker as a youth, that I believe is a large part of his motivation for going there. Look at how much Harmes loves us. Same thing!

Do we believe the guy in the Harrison Petty thread, who claims that he know Steven May and he is off to Collingwood.

Jesse Hogan will be dying to play for us going forward, especially if we can make at least a Preliminary Final.

How did so many teams overlook Sam Weideman. I suppose that he has taken 3 years to develop but imagine him with Hogan next year.

I think Essendon are the complete opposite to Melbourne, not Collingwood. Melbourne is old money traditionally and Essendon are everything that is vulgar about the Nouveau Riche.

Hogan will surely stay. Freo won't make finals for a few years, until they can establish a settled culture.

If Norf sign up players like Gaff for 1.2 and Polec for $800000, then how will they keep quality players like Cunnington, who will want their fair share?

Polec is worth no more than $600000. He is not as good a player as Angus Brayshaw.

Gaff may have nominated Melbourne as his club of choice. That would throw pressure on WC to deal or accept whatever compensation they get. Gaff may not want to play for North. Some players prefer a good work environment to silly money.

Jesse Hogan is one of the main reasons I want to watch Melbourne FC. He is starting to look more like David Neitz with every passing year. He is untradeable and will help us to a Grand Final soon. This thread is even more nuts than the Neal Bullen one.

If we get Gaff it will actually make the Fremantle meeting, next year, interesting!

There is no rationale to these tribunal decisions. They are totally inconsistent. There needs to be one set penalty and if it is policed it will stamp out poor behaviour on field.