Ted Lasso

I agree, but we are low on options, outside of Gawn and Viney, it's unclear who the next in line would be at this point, Lever is a good leader but not sure he's the right fit, Trac, who knows where he's at, don't think Salo is really a leader either, plus not fit all the time

Same boat Daz, i thought it'd be Gus to be honest, he just felt like he was our heart and soul since the 2021 flag, honestly it sounds strange but of the young guys, Van Rooyen nearly looks the most likely.

Lets just be honest, winning a premiership is bloody hard work when everything is going okay, we've got issues coming out of our ears. Trading a high end draft pick for a 28 year old is not the right move, lets get our culture right, get rid of the bad eggs and re-load with Melbourne 2.0 Anyone excusing what's going on/gone on from the board down needs to leave, i think the CEO, most of the board and Richo should all be under pressure for this happening on their watch. I don't blame Houston one bit, we would have sold him on playing in big finals at the MCG and winning flags, and we've got articles about our best player wanting to leave, why would he come?

He's about the only bloke who hasn't knocked them back it seems!

Draft and develop, plus recruit role players with high character and leadership via free agency, build up salary cap space and make big moves while winning to maximise how attractive we are in the marketplace.

I heard he misses Brodie Grundy!

i would rather see Dan Houston go to another club than see us trade pick 6 for him.

As Andy mentioned i don't really want to get into anything unconfirmed or speculate too much, but you might well be right, we just don't know enough. What i would say is that IF it's gone as far as a player leaking this to the media that would be incredibly dissapointing

Gus is battling to live a normal life and our players shook Maynards hand.. makes me sick tbh

If he's genuinely having this much of a tantrum we should trade him, it's too toxic and corrosive having players that don't want to be there at the club.

It's so true, i went to the round 2 game when Essendon pumped us by 152 points with 3 Essendon supporting mates and it ruined footy for me for a good 3 years i reckon. even going through the drama we are right now i try to remind myself how much worse it has been.

It would probably be the biggest trade return that a club has received in AFL history

He's perfect for what North Melbourne were eying Jack Viney for, a leader with premiership experience who will still contribute on the field and provide some leadership and experience in the locker room. My suspicion is he'll be at the Roo's next year.

two top 10 picks and a player would be my asking price. Lets say hypothetically he wanted to go to North Melbourne, i'd want Pick 2, their future first and Zane Duursma it'd be a really big haul.

Stuie?

No Oliver will be interested because in theory Sparrow should play as a full time on baller. it'll be great to see how he goes.

I thought it was hands down his best press conference since he has been at the club and exactly the type of leadership i wish we would see at times from pert and Richardson who are silent far too often when things are going wrong.

Good move, it's so silly to send him out there injured and at the mercy of the rabid media that are out to pile on the MFC at every opportunity, get him right so he can have a full pre-season and get back to his best next year. if we have a fully fit Trac and Oliver next year we will be back into the finals mix well and truely.

It's a really good point, i saw another poster saying earlier that if you reverse our close losses, we're sitting second this season despite our poor statistical profile, injuries to key players and patchy form. I can see why coaches would look at that and think a lot is going right and if we get players fit and healthy we can compete again, i still think if not for the Petracca injury we would be playing finals this season. I really hope we don't trade our pick 6 though, it seems clear that we need to continue to add top end young talent into the list so that we can remain competitive long term.

Without speaking to the results of the review before it happens i'd be absolutely shocked if Goody was under any pressure at all to retain his position internally. if we go all in on a flag, trade away our draft picks and miss the 8 in 2025, then i am sure the conversation will be had.

if the dogs pay some of his salary, and we give up virtually nothing in the trade, sure.

The club is signaling that we won't play hard ball on Alex and will work to get the deal done, my suspicion is that he will be a piece of the Dan Houston deal and this is already informally agreed between the MFC and PAFC

Far out this is a massive loss!

I think that part is Tom Morris being Tom Morris to be honest, contracted players request trades all the time. Tom is really just saying, he won't be going anywhere, but he's really really angry.

Thoughts on Liam Ryan? if he was open to the a move to the Dees he would add some X factor on the ground and in the air to our forward line, and potentially without a huge amount being required trade wise.