List Mgmt. Trade & F/A - 2020

[surfer1]

I thought Brown really stepped up this year some his inside work was very good. I can see him as an inside mid in next few years

 

[HFF]

We don’t trade for their 2019 picks we trade for a 2020 pick. We could go 48, 62 and a future 4th for their 2020 2nd or 62+74 for a future 3rd. It’s absolutely worthwhile.

Lol they won’t give us a future second for a collection of picks that have no value to them this year.
Seriously ....some of the stuff proposed is ridiculous

 

[Kappa]

I thought Brown really stepped up this year some his inside work was very good. I can see him as an inside mid in next few years

Shatt the bed in the finals, and had many quiet games, still a long way to go. Is there any other inside mid in the comp the same size as Brown?

 

[left at home]

I don’t think we will take anyone as a dfa, nor do l think there is anyone worthwhile to take a punt on

 

[Quicky]

Shatt the bed in the finals, and had many quiet games, still a long way to go. Is there any other inside mid in the comp the same size as Brown?

Lachie Neale is 177cm, 85kg, Zach Merrett is 180cm, 83kg and Callum Brown is 178cm, 77kg (according to afl tables). Big difference seems to be weight. I reckon Brown needs to add strength and thats a part of it.

 

[Kappa]

Lachie Neale is 177cm, 85kg, Zach Merrett is 180cm, 83kg and Callum Brown is 178cm, 77kg (according to afl tables). Big difference seems to be weight. I reckon Brown needs to add strength and thats a part of it.

Didn't Neale have the most disposals ever last season? He plays mostly as the receiver I thought.

Merrett yes is undersized, and the undersized Essendon midfield is one of the biggest reasons they're struggling to compete with the top 4.

 

[sr36]

Didn't Neale have the most disposals ever last season? He plays mostly as the receiver I thought.

Merrett yes is undersized, and the undersized Essendon midfield is one of the biggest reasons they're struggling to compete with the top 4.

If Neale plays mostly as the receiver, he must be crap at keeping his spacing from the contest, because he had the most contested possessions in the AFL last year.

 

[Kappa]

If Neale plays mostly as the receiver, he must be crap at keeping his spacing from the contest, because he had the most contested possessions in the AFL last year.

I don't think being a receiver and contested possessions are mutually exclusive. He gets tagged and also gets a lot of uncontested ball.

 

[sr36]

I don't think being a receiver and contested possessions are mutually exclusive. He gets tagged and also gets a lot of uncontested ball.

Comfortably number 1 in the league for clearances too. He's an inside mid.

 

[Kappa]

Comfortably number 1 in the league for clearances too. He's an inside mid.

You could be right, whenever I watch Brisbane he gets a lot of handball receives and bursts away from packs.

 

[BEEG]

Neale is an absolute gun

 

[Soups]

Melbourne looking at double trouble. Murray and Bennell.

 

[Apex36]

Melbourne looking at double trouble. Murray and Bennell.

Getting all the quality individuals in to the club. I wonder what Gary ‘war on drugs’ Pert thinks about this strategy?

 

[partypie]

Bloody oath he can play, I like a bit of mongrel too, but not the revolting Toby Green kind of mongrel for me. I wouldn't want to support him. I don't mind the old fashioned make them earn it attitude, but I hate the crap he does.

In this dog-eat-dog (football) world we live in I'd bring Greene on board - a player like him who takes the game on and can put a team on his back both in the midfield and up forward may very well have won us a flag in 2018 when we were desperately in need of someone to stand up and be counted in that last quarter.

 

[manicpie]

Melbourne looking at double trouble. Murray and Bennell.

I would rather both of them over Broomhead and Reid, great thinking by the Dee's, so many self righteous people out there, I bet both will make them eat their words.

 

[Quicky]

Didn't Neale have the most disposals ever last season? He plays mostly as the receiver I thought.

Merrett yes is undersized, and the undersized Essendon midfield is one of the biggest reasons they're struggling to compete with the top 4.

Neale is definitely an inside midfielder and one of the best as well. I'd say he's an anomally rather than a rule but maybe it says we shouldn't put a ceiling on what Brown could be. To me if Brown wants to get anywhere near that level he really needs to up his physical strength and general production because he doesn't win enough of it as a half flanker yet even accounting for the fact you'll have fewer possessions in that role. I still reckon Brown projects closer to a Blair level talent rather than a premier onballer because he has those limitations which hold him back.

 

[partypie]

I'm very bullish about Callum. He thinks really quickly and his agility and first couple of steps are top shelf. I think he's just lacking the confidence (and leg strength*) to be a really dangerous forward.

* Added in a little to your comment above - his most glaring weakness is his inability to kick the ball more than 40m on a perfect day for football.

He's potentially that annoying, nippy type of small forward but he hasn't quite figured out how to get himself in the right spots to impact contests consistently yet.

Needs to find a bit of poise in traffic as well especially inside 35m where he tends to snatch at - if he had Daicos' poise and disposal (or vice versa in terms of Daicos' having Brown's running and grit) then we'd have a player on our hands.

Young Josh may be a bit further back than Callum at the moment, but ultimately I still think he (Josh) is the one that makes it out of the two of them.

 

[Soups]

I would rather both of them over Broomhead and Reid, great thinking by the Dee's, so many self righteous people out there, I bet both will make them eat their words.

Dees are fragile. Has huge bust all over it imo.

 

[Apex36]

Dees are fragile. Has huge bust all over it imo.

Looking for the quick band aid fix to their outside run rather than long term. Great move if it pays off, but the odds are against them imo.

 

[Baltimore Jack]

Melbourne looking at double trouble. Murray and Bennell.

Wow, imagine the parties!

 

[Baltimore Jack]

I would rather both of them over Broomhead and Reid, great thinking by the Dee's, so many self righteous people out there, I bet both will make them eat their words.

And if it all falls to shytte, you will just pretend you were never in favour of it

 

[manicpie]

Looking for the quick band aid fix to their outside run rather than long term. Great move if it pays off, but the odds are against them imo.

At 27 and 22 I think it's still long term, they are in the window and if it pays off look out, good on them for thinking outside the square

 

[manicpie]

And if it all falls to shytte, you will just pretend you were never in favour of it

Absolutely not, I'm applauding their lateral thinking, how will it all turn to shyte? Will you bow down if it all turns to gold?

 

[Apex36]

At 27 and 22 I think it's still long term, they are in the window and if it pays off look out, good on them for thinking outside the square

At 27 for Bennell with constant soft tissue issues it’s certainly short term. Murray is potentially long term but most clubs have figured out his party trick now. I’d be surprised if he plays more than 50 games for them tbh.

 

[sr36]

* Added in a little to your comment above - his most glaring weakness is his inability to kick the ball more than 40m on a perfect day for football.

He's potentially that annoying, nippy type of small forward but he hasn't quite figured out how to get himself in the right spots to impact contests consistently yet.

Needs to find a bit of poise in traffic as well especially inside 35m where he tends to snatch at - if he had Daicos' poise and disposal (or vice versa in terms of Daicos' having Brown's running and grit) then we'd have a player on our hands.

Young Josh may be a bit further back than Callum at the moment, but ultimately I still think he (Josh) is the one that ultimately makes it out of the two of them.

In terms of not getting into the right spots, that was the case for all our small forwards. I think it was our defensive structure. They pushed too high defensively and thus couldn't get forward to the fall of the ball.