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But sadly what we have spare for Cloke (Money) cannot be used on any mids as there are no free-agents mids available good enough for that type of coin.

Clokes price is only so high is because clubs dont need to give up any draft picks/players to another club If he wasn't a free agent then his price would probably struggle to even be half of that.

Whats peoples obsession with Cook and Couch. I honestly can't see Cook being as good as Dunn yet nor can I see Couch being as good as Moloney yet. VFL to AFL is a big jump. We saw what happened to Jack Watts when he got brought in early...

We ll let Toumpas slide thru to Port if there pick is after ours. It ll be put on the table when we are discussing the Boak trade

I don't usually agree with Jose but I do on this one. I think that as a club we need to use these draft picks, sure we havn't gotten the best out of our development in the past but what are we going to do? Avoid drafting forever? We have a new coaching team and regime, if ever, now is the best time to draft and to develop. If we can't get it right this time, then we never will and are basically doomed as a club.

slap him on 100k a year. him being on the vets list reduces the need to move him on as he isn't taking up an official spot on the list. Let him retire when he is ready i say. He is a champ, even at this stage of his career he is still putting his body on the line.

Just pay him 100k. I am sure he ll take it

bump I was thinking before, it would be nice to see a MFC senior champion go out on his own terms. With the Veteran list in place is this feasible? Are we losing out on anything by keeping Green on our list for one final year if his listed as a Veteran?

Im still living in denial on that one. I hope a miracle occurs and he gets 1 more year. I really really want to see a melbourne player retire on his own terms.

Then we'll look very good with Whitfield, Toumpas and Garlett running around in our midfield next year.

Beyond FA? Where we would need to pay both draft picks and coin? Why would we do that for? We can trade with PA for boak with our pick #4 and pay him jack all, he ll have 2 options, 1 is to go to the PSD and move to GWS when they choose him or accept the low coinage. We do not need big coin to trade, we need big coin to lure free agents. Thats the difference here that some people do not understand. We should use our money on free agents, use our draft picks on trades. As there are no free agent mids worth the money then its only logical to use that money on a power forward.

Its not guesswork, the list of free agents is already out! there no guessing there! and my honest opinion is that none of them are worth the coin we have spare (500 - 1mill) People are screaming for mids and yes, I admit this is something we need. Though we will get this through the draft. We use the coin where we need to (No A grade mids with plenty of years left worth big coin currently available as free agents) We use the draft picks where we need to (No big power forwards high up the potential draft pecking order and will be ready to make an instant impact) It makes sense to throw this money at Cloke, we will have plenty of spare cash once Moloney and Davey's contracts expire. I am sure they are worth more then the $1mill per season.

So no deledio is available. I will ask all those people huffing and puffing about mids again. What mids are worth between 500k - 1million per season and are currently available as free-agents.

Yeah sorry, I just realised that. Someone suggested him in the Travis Cloak thread when I asked what mids are even available as free-agents for even half the amount we are offering Cloke and thats the best someone could come up with. I got a tad excited. My bad

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One of the Tigers finest halfback/mids and a restricted free-agent I say throw big money at him, yes i know the chance of getting him is slim, though it will push his value through the roof and the Tigers will need to match it.

WHY HAS NO1 MADE A THREAD ABOUT DELEDIO!

Is Deledio free agent? If so then yes, throw at least 800k a season at him. Brad Sewell would just be another run of the mid-fielder for us. Throwing that type of coin at him wouldn't change a thing.

Everyone forgets that GC may get a priority pick....which would almost certainly mean they ll bid on Viney as they'd still have another pick to fall back on

This guys obsessed with Grundy for some reason...

Which part of front-loading contracts don't you get? by the time some of our players are finally worth more, most of Clokes contract would probably already be paid off.

So with the spare million who do you suggest we throw it at? oh wait, there are no free agent mid fielders worth even half of that coin!

Like i said, check your facts before making an argument. I did not quote that, it was another demonland poster. and for the sake of it, in defense of whoever did post that quote, they said that those players didn't miss a beat. Whether they played in round 1 or not, is a totally different thing to missing time during the pre-season, nab cup or the first 'few' rounds. Keep trying please, its amusing how big this hole is getting.

Green - Finger - Round 4 Jordie - Achillis - Pre Season Trengove - Shin - Pre Season Grimes - Shoulder- Pre Season Moloney - Groin - round 3

By the time Jack Martin reaches the age of 22 (the age he'll begin to make a big impact) Cloke will be 30+ Its either one or the other in my books. I can't see us winning a premiership with those 2 in the side.