Ted Lasso

Oh god... they’re painfully delusional..

For anyone who can’t stand freo/peter bell this will make it worse, talks for Jesse have not stopped, they aren’t on hold and talks are locked in to continue early next week. Not sure what games freo are playing but don’t make a public statement saying you’re not interested and keep talks going. What a joke.

Don’t agree at all but I do think the AFL need to give freo a clip around the ears because four young men are currently in limbo due to their unwillingness to deal fairly with clubs. They chase these guys for years, finally convince them and then refuse to come to the party at all trade wise it’s insulting and disrespectful and will hurt them badly in the long run. So far there is no way to judge bells appointment but a failure

I doubt this rumour is true but GCS could offer him crazy coin

I thought the statement freo made was pretty embarrassing, it felt a bit like throwing the toys out of the cott and giving Melbourne a clip on the way out. I suspect that’s why our offer was released to purple to just show what we were dealing with. Melbourne, the giants and Brisbane have all complained about the way freo are doing business this trade period. Freo could have had Lobb, hogan and pick 11 in the draft if they didn’t behave like this

I can give you a summary - vic bias media -hogan always injured - dees asking way too much for hogan - he’s a free agent next year lots of absolute dribble.

We’ve shown we are happy to accept unders or pay overs to get deals done. We don’t muck around. 5-23 to me is slight unders for hogan but we’d happily taken, bring in May and move on

seems to be getting around that even within freo people are butting heads over this. Bell claiming our asking price is too high. There is zero value to this deal from our point of view if it doesn’t result in us landing may. Simple as that. Basically any deal that gets that done I suspect we would accept

Freos supporters just scream “VIC BIAS” any time a journo is critical of Fremantle.

I guarantee you he’d be firmly on the side of angry. Freo have been chasing him for years and the moment they actually get him they offer an insulting deal and then pull out of the race the moment the dees don’t bend over and take it.

Would you counter with just pick 5 for hogan for the sake of just getting May in, or wait and hope freo fold? i believe it is some kind of ploy from freo who believe we want May desperately and will accept unders to make it happen

It just doesn’t sit with me that they’d chase Jesse for the last 6 years including before he was at Melbourne offer him a truckload if cash get him over there for the tour for four hours get his hopes up, finally convince him to join them. And then only low ball us but make an offer they know we won’t accept and refuse to budge. It’s insulting to us and especially to Jesse. This is absolute amateur hour from the freo people.

I’m speechless. Fremantle really are a joke.

We told Fremantle we would have accepted 5 & 23 and they wouldn’t do it!!!! Amazing....

I think they think we want May so badly that we will cave and accept unders. I would be shocked if it happened. What we asked in my opinion was fair and freo have just shown the whole industry, they demand overs for their own players and lowball the players they want to bring in, even if they’ve offered the same players a boat load of cash. I’d be shocked if Jesse wasn’t amazingly disappointed by this and I can’t imagine any way he considers a move to the dockers in the future now.

this is what happens when the CEO and a guy with the worlds worst case of little man syndrome are in charge of your list management. Freo finally had a gun key forward on the hook and they aren’t willing to pay close to his value. Why even bother wasting your time.

Barrett going to town on freo on trade radio

5&14 to me just about nails Hogan’s trade worth in my mind.

Giants happy to accept an early second round.... 5&23 for hogan so for hogan we’d get May, Kolo and Scully potentially. Fills 2 major holes and we are a massive show for the flag.

Josh is brilliant and a huge asset for the club. I’ve heard extremely positive things from multiple current players. They think he’s very approachable, very open and honest, knows his stuff and is overall a high quality operator huge asset to the MFC and I’d argue the third most significant figure in our rebuild behind peter Jackson and Paul Roos

I don’t understand why the AFL media besides Damian Barrett ironically seems to be totally talking down Hogan’s value. He’s easily the best player on the move this trade period. Sam McClure the nuffie thinks wingard is worth more

Well they will miss out on yet another key forward

Agreed. Freo have tried to approach this as though they had some sort of a position of power in this situation, which they do not. The biggest risk of such an obviously inadequate offer is that we walk away from the table, and they need to offer overs to get us back

Thing is GNF Fremantle need hogan, they have nothing to sell to their members and so on. The club is a mess and they desperately need a big signing. Jesse answers their prayers but sadly bell is trying to puff his chest out and wants to get hogan, lobb and keep pick 5, or Neale. Give us pick 11, 2019 first and Ed Langdon and we are closer to the mark.

Hilariously they’re also playing hard ball on Neale and claiming he’s worth pick 5&15... I’ve heard multiple people say they have been a nightmare to deal with this trade period