He's been having end of year discussions with the club for a few years now, so when he went to them and said he wanted to explore the opportunities of going home they were happy to see if something could be worked out. But May had to be part of it.
Hogan is a very smart footballer. He reads the game as well as any. But the club were getting sick of his off-field issues. I know this to be fact. I care not whether you believe me, or not.
So when a footballer, who has some issues off-field, who has more than once raised the issue of potentially going home at some point, say he wants to leave if a deal can be done you let him go if you can get what you want. No May and Hogan would have stayed.
We've traded Hogan for May, Kolodjashnij, and Tom Sparrow. Is it a good deal ? Ask me in 10 years. Is Hogan a better player than May ? Yes. Are we a structurally better team with May and not Hogan ? Yes, in my opinion.
Personally, May is exactly what we need and I think the McDonald/Weideman combo with Gawn playing forward more and other handy contested marking players like Melksham, Petracca, and Fritsch we have a potent forward-line. May and Lever will be massive for us if Lever overcomes his knee. With May now in the team it's the best list I've seen in my time following the Dees.
I don't think we're slow, as you assert, however, I'm rapt to get Kolodjashnij, who's going to take a wing. He has very good pace, height and aerobic ability. Harmes, Viney, and Oliver all have decent pace for mids, as does Hannan, Hibberd, Hunt, Joel Smith, Petracca, and others. We didn't lose one game of footy this year due to pace. Being no.1 for metres gained differential, as well as for scoring and inside 50s suggests "pace" wasn't the problem.
You disagree ? No biggie.
