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I've considered this more Let's offer them a future 3rd round pick if they pay half his contract

Sure, but the pretend chef has a contract in place, and our new coach says he wants him to play for MFC in 2026. Seems straightforward to me. Last year I defended the pretend chef regularly on the basis that he seemed to want change (which was necessary imo) and basically off the back of that almost everything has been changed - presumably not the changes he was wanting so we find ourselves dealing with another tantrum this off season.

Looks like he can play but can't - pass

really? news to me - not head turning stuff imho

This is the bit that doesn't add up for me - our new coach has stated publicly he wants him to stay - Is he a flat-out liar ?

Melbourne coach sets the record straight on Petracca — SEN

My understanding is that our new coach has stated clearly, he'd be very happy to have the pretend chef suit up for us in 2026

I'm starting to think this may evolve into a welcome back to the MFC Pretend Chef #5

Forced by who ? The pretend chef ? His wife? Sorry nobody is forcing us to do anything unless we choose to do it - big difference

From what I gather Tracs manager is no world beater but seems to be making a good fist of extricating their client from a contract

Like I said - time to get a spine rather than being the perpetual easy beats

Our leverage is a 4 year contract - someone needs to remind our pretend chef of its existence

I'd rather pay no dollars and get zero back in worthless picks I don't know all the reasons why we are so desperate to rid ourselves of this clown but a future third round pick is simply tokenistic What a dumpster this fool has created for himself and the club that gave him the world on a silver platter

Seriously ? LOL The only heads turning with that deal should be the GCS recruiting team watching Tim Lamb walking out of the room giving them the bird I hope this club has found a spine - if they accept that it would be a laughingstock within the AFL competition - just another to add to all of our other cringeworthy records

Until proven otherwise I'm working on the basis that A preliminary agreement with BH was agreed to join the MFC before, The MFC sanctioned Petracca looking around and landing on Gold Coast - there was no talk of a big Melbourne club this time and clearly, he was never really serious about Adelaide. The fact his manager wife seems to like their shack in Noosa means Gold Coast was always the likely landing spot. Melbourne needs to stick to their guns - no Bailey Humphrey no Trac If that happens Dimma is basically saying that Trac is not as highly valued as Humphrey - that's going to be an awfully awkward conversation if it comes to that. Humphrey is a young player with loads of upside but if Dimma really wants a premiership in the next 2/3 years I'd be confident it is more certain with Trac in their team rather than Humphrey. It really doesn't make sense for Dimma to want both because they play very similar roles.

Assuming we retain a pick in the 20's I quite like the look of Riley Onley - tall midfielder and is fairly quick and decent skills. Moves a bit like our own Harvey Langford although a right footer and dare I say it also moves a bit like Paddy Dangerfield 😀 riley onley highlights - Search

Living in Sydney I get to a few Giants games and my view on Aleer is that he (currently) is no world beater, but he does do some things well and has upside potential. What he does do well is spoil when free to run and jump at the ball, he is also pretty decent marking the ball when not wrestling with an opponent. His disposal is generally ok and he is quite quick. Personally, I'd be selecting him in our D50 before Adams who seems to have some friends in the FD but I'm far from convinced at this stage.

I am hoping that if his answer is no then the same message is instantly conveyed to our pretend chef

Welcome to the MFC Brody - at least we know you will have a red-hot go and not be easily pushed aside.

It is really hard being a long-suffering supporter of this club that keeps finding new ways to destroy my faith. It feels like this trade period we are simply setting ourselves up for failure and making our direct competitors stronger - I assume there is a bigger picture and grand plan but for me I'm struggling to see it atm.

Agree - probably more risk but also probably higher ceiling

Well, it's about time that changed then isn't it. How many Ruckman have been coaches in that period and failed? How many non Ruckman have coached in that period and failed? Let's try and remain glass half full until we see how things play out

I wish him well and at this stage this seems like a sensible appointment He has a very good CV and has worked closely with some good senior coaches. he is currently in charge of GFC midfield who seem to go ok. I'm not having a pot at Goody but having watched a few of King's past interviews he appears to be pretty capable at handling the media and answering questions clearly. Time will tell if this puts us back in the race but I'm feeling more confident in our chances next season having made this change than if we had done nothing.

Not having a go at you at all No. 31 but there seems to be a reasonable number of people on this forum happy to take a swipe at the club from time to time - personally if it is deserved, I have no problem with that. When it is undeserved then that is clearly different. Nobody here really knows the real story behind Goodwin not coaching the final 3 games - either way I don't think it makes much difference to anything as we were going nowhere either way. She can have an opinion, we can all have our own. When we stop being able to voice them without being attacked is when we really need to worry.

He was certainly quick to turn the ball over