Diamond_Jim

Still think GC will want to move May along. Pick 7 from the Dogs will do it. Will May stand on his digs and wait another year.... not sure

Like playing Collingwood and winning a GF this year may have had a certain symmetry I think Scully playing in a winning MFC GF could be cathartic for many of us. He was barely 19 being offered millions to leave a club that was a basket case. I for one am very willing to forgive. In fact I forgave him about 3-4 years ago. Sure he was an easy whipping boy in those dark years but sometimes we need to give a little.

aha Sherlock.... I was wondering when the manager was going to be mentioned. Starting to make sense. Was worried that Mahoney had said 5 and 23 but it was the manager. It was the dog not barking that was strange Watson.

So it's off to the dogs for young May. I feel strangely sorry for whoever ends up as pick 7 in the draft

GC will want a better than mid first rounder....( Bulldogs pick 7 a possibility) or a late first rounder and a player. No ...Hunt won't fly We really don't have a player to offer Hard to see us getting back into this deal even assuming we're allowed to do something with our first rounder for 2019

a sample of the responses on Dockerland: "Great call Belly! You have in one fell swoop killed off Melbourne’s hopes of getting May from GC and called them out for asking overs for an injury-prone (and currently injured) WA player. If Melbourne are fair dinkum in wanting May watch for their back-sliding and offers of ‘concilliation’ over the weekend to get this trade back on the rails. Now just sew up the Lobb and Langdon deals with the second and third rounders we got as part of the pick 6 swap. "

have we discussed the relative benefits of Scotch fingers... excellent dunking if one is into that kind of thing

now is the time to cuddle up to young Jesse and sign him for four years at $800-900k that's what a Hawthorn ... the family club... would do

Las Vegas time... it makes some sense

no doubt that they had identified the last two years for premierships and that next year was a bonus. and of course Lobb is going as well... that's $2M to $2.5M and no one coming in of note

yeah but within a week we'd be killing the fattened calf and telling the story of the return of the prodigal son. Memories are short whatever people like to think

get away Satan

Scully perhaps to Hawthorn is the rumour from SEN this morning. GWS must have some serious salary cap issues if they need to shed him as well as Sheils

ok but under my hypothetical he's only worth a late first rounder now. Suppose what I am positing is that if we keep him and he plays 22 plus games and kicks 50 his comparative worth sky rockets. I was very much into the trade Hogan for value scenario but if the value proposition is being impacted by a perceived injury my mind says keep him and play it out.

Playing hypotheticals... what if the medical report said "strained (or similar) navicular". Can be managed and with good management that may include resting of the player for 4-6 weeks movement should be relatively unaffected. Let's face it medical opinions like those of lawyers are never clear cut. Fast forward to 2019 and he plays 14 games for MFC while he is injured/rested for the remainder. Kicks 38 goals. Is he worth more or less next year?

One doesn't put much faith in opposition fan sites but the few posts on Dockerland that other posters have kindly linked to reveal an almost universal belief that the injury to Hogan severely impacts his worth. Hope they are not proved correct. https://www.dockerland.com/index.php?option=com_kunena&view=topic&Itemid=251&catid=1&id=492648&limitstart=70 On the other hand there are now a few emerging with comments to the affect that they don't want to miss the opportunity. Always interesting looking at things from others perspectives.

this was probably the most developed thought : "What rarified air we are in presently. The club that wants to poach a dual club champion off us played their hand too early and now have to pay significant overs to get the deal done or both player and the other club look like dills. Then to top it all off a player we’ve been chasing for years pops back on the radar and whilst the host club wants to screw us as hard as they can - find themselves desperate for draft picks to secure a trade target of their own. So instead they roll out their big guns (GLyon) to try and scare us into a lopsided deal when they might just have to take what we’re offering and not get the ‘overs’ they were after. Maybe it’s just lucky timing but for someone who seems to have had luck on his side most of his career to date - Belly sure knows when to time his run."

grabbing the ball from the ruck is now going to become a really frequent thing must say I did not see that coming Mason Cox will love it as will the likes of Nic Natanui

think Freo might be trying to tell us something.. strange thing is that the offer if true would not exactly thrill JH if that's all they think he's worth. Oh well .... perhaps another club might step in

boy... Jesse's value is going down quicker than the NASDAQ Time to do some short selling perhaps

it's happening... I think they may also soon trial some Sunday night games as well. Think about it... the networks already have the sunk costs in the form of the broadcasting rights. Any added variable costs of commentary teams and crew are readily covered by advertising revenue. They could start with say WCE V Collingwood at 6pm Perth time.

meanwhile a woman is forcibly removed from a plane in Florida because she insisted upon taking along her emotional support animal.... a red squirrel http://www.traveller.com.au/woman-removed-from-frontier-airlines-flight-after-bringing-emotional-support-squirrel-on-board-h16ht6 PS I suspect the page count on this thread will exceed the Australian cricket teams score in the final innings tonight

pardon my ignorance... is he an outside or inside mid thanks

The more I think on it the more I am convinced that GCS are desperate to offload May. They are a club that reeks of instability and they cannot afford another year where the story is all about their ex captain leaving. They have had two years of that with Ablett and then Lynch. Plenty of time for this to play out.

and why would any club offer better than pick 11 knowing they get him next year for nothing. The argument runs both ways