Lachie Neale wants to come home to fremantle [or does he?!?]

[Snuffaluphagus]

I'm taking this chance to encourage everyone to vote in the two threads that are more important than spitballing about Neale

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Board MVP:

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Post of the Year

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Hi all, I'll ask you to cast your minds back to 2017. It was a simpler time back then. Travel was a thing, border closures weren't. There was no Covid and no covfefe, while closer to home the Great Purple Reset had begun. A young Nathan Fyfe assumed captaincy of a club that was Pavlichless...

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[raffrox]

Lol, the reigning Brownlow medallist is a horrendous fit.

Lol, chasing random over priced recruits has made Carlton a basket case.

 

[Nodgey]

Good stuff. See you in a year or so Lachie when you’re much cheaper

 

[wayToGo_]

Lol, the reigning Brownlow medallist is a horrendous fit.

Think it depends if you have a head coach or not.

 

[summerthebat]

I have no doubt that we made it clear to camp-Neale that there was a limit to what we were prepared to offer for him and it became a reality that it probably wasn't possible.

I am assuming this, but I am very happy with how the club has handle this. If Neale was assured that we would pay the price then he'd be coming back.

Brisbane are in a fairly precarious position now, entering 2022 knowing that your star midfielder will realistically be having a turbulent home life. The extra year didn't work out for Tim Kelly

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Tim Kelly

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30

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184cm

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83kg

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Mid

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Last 5

D

23.6

5star

K

13.5

5star

HB

10.1

5star

M

3.4

3star

T

4.0

5star

CL

4.9

5star

D

19.9

5star

K

12.3

5star

HB

7.6

4star

M

3.1

3star

T

4.7

5star

CL

3.6

4star

D

21.6

5star

K

10.4

4star

HB

11.2

5star

M

2.8

3star

T

3.8

5star

CL

3.8

5star

, but Neale will be 30 in 2023... and the what is he worth?

 

[GingerDocker]

Think it depends if you have a head coach or not.

 

[Moo]

Lol, the reigning Brownlow medallist is a horrendous fit.

It's not a knock on Neale.

It is just when you have Serong, Brayshaw and Fyfe operating as in and under players ….we need pace on the outside and some forward line marking-goal kicking options.

Lose a young Cerra and bring in an older duplication of a position we already have depth in. I guarantee you Freo would not have done a straight swap of Serong or Brayshaw for Neale.

Neale is a great player and perfect for where Brisbane are at the moment. We take 2 decent picks to the draft and get to group 2 more players around Serong, Brayshaw, Young, Henry, Chapman & Darcy.

Losing Cerra hurts way more than not getting Neale ….way more.

 

[Yeti]

Lol, the reigning Brownlow medallist is a horrendous fit.

Are you a 6 pack short of a slab?

You can't just buy your way to a flag by bringing in mercenaries. Otherwise you end up a perennial failure like Carlton.

Which is what we would he heading for if we had if done this deal.

 

[Carnthedockers]

Are you a 6 pack short of a slab?

You can't just buy your way to a flag by bringing in mercenaries. Otherwise you end up a perennial failure like Carlton.

Which is what we would he heading for if we had if done this deal.

Or St Kilda

 

[gaskin]

Good.

 

[ilikepotatoes]

Yeah nah I won't believe that he doesn't want to come back until trade week is over.

 

[Carnthedockers]

To put in perspective. I’m told we wanted more for Cerra than we would have given for neale. We felt Cerra is worth more.

 

[_007_]

To put in perspective. I’m told we wanted more for Cerra than we would have given for neale. We felt Cerra is worth more.

Rightly so.

 

[MadEyeEmmy]

Aw, selfish Brisbane not accepting next years 2nd rounder for Neale.

what a shame.

 

[s_wd6]

To put in perspective. I’m told we wanted more for Cerra than we would have given for neale. We felt Cerra is worth more.

good

 

[Moo]

I have no doubt that we made it clear to camp-Neale that there was a limit to what we were prepared to offer for him and it became a reality that it probably wasn't possible.

I am assuming this, but I am very happy with how the club has handle this. If Neale was assured that we would pay the price then he'd be coming back.

Brisbane are in a fairly precarious position now, entering 2022 knowing that your star midfielder will realistically be having a turbulent home life. The extra year didn't work out for Tim Kelly, but Neale will be 30 in 2023... and the what is he worth?

Neale strikes me as a pro and I'm sure he'll just get to work for Brisbane.

I think he/wife just saw their brand being trashed. I feel for his wife - no one should cop personal crap but she's 8 months pregnant and probably needed this like a hole in the head.

When the borders open up in 6 months or so ....things may not be appear as dark.

 

[summerthebat]

On the foxsports website Neale is quoted as saying this

“We were half considering the prospect of getting back at some stage but after sitting down and talking through it with our family and our friends and with the club and my management team, it became pretty clear after a couple of days that this is the best place for us to be, at Brisbane."

But having watched the video, he very clearly says

“We were half considering the prospect of getting back at some stage but after sitting down and talking through it with our family and our friends and with the club and without my management team, it became pretty clear after a couple of days that this is the best place for us to be, at Brisbane."


So I'll project here... and say that this was a management led mission (obviously with Neale's approval) and the leaking of the proposed move and communication between the clubs was obviously badly managed and Neale had to cut out the management team to appropriately deal with the Lions.

 

[GingerDocker]

On the foxsports website Neale is quoted as saying this

“We were half considering the prospect of getting back at some stage but after sitting down and talking through it with our family and our friends and with the club and my management team, it became pretty clear after a couple of days that this is the best place for us to be, at Brisbane."

But having watched the video, he very clearly says

“We were half considering the prospect of getting back at some stage but after sitting down and talking through it with our family and our friends and with the club and without my management team, it became pretty clear after a couple of days that this is the best place for us to be, at Brisbane."


So I'll project here... and say that this was a management led mission (obviously with Neale's approval) and the leaking of the proposed move and communication between the clubs was obviously badly managed and Neale had to cut out the management team to appropriately deal with the Lions.

Good pick up...very interesting

 

[Snuffaluphagus]

We arent out of the woods until the trade period is over as far as I'm concerned.

The approach is perfect to get the gutless ****heads on social media who attack a heavily pregnant lady to turn their attention to the real villains "the media"

He may well stay but I'd be surprised if discussions arent going on behind closed doors.

He'll 100% try to come back next year or the year after

 

[GingerDocker]

We arent out of the woods until the trade period is over as far as I'm concerned.

The approach is perfect to get the gutless fu**heads on social media who attack a heavily pregnant lady to turn their attention to the real villains "the media"

He may well stay but I'd be surprised if discussions arent going on behind closed doors.

He'll 100% try to come back next year or the year after

Yeah, if the whole thing was based on legitimate family reasons and things that involve the raising of their first born, this is not over.

Whether that's this year or next is still to be seen.

 

[Hogwild]

We arent out of the woods until the trade period is over as far as I'm concerned.

The approach is perfect to get the gutless fu**heads on social media who attack a heavily pregnant lady to turn their attention to the real villains "the media"

He may well stay but I'd be surprised if discussions arent going on behind closed doors.

He'll 100% try to come back next year or the year after

Hope not - we've dodged a bullet

 

[freo_leo29]

It seriously makes sense for him to hold out two more years

A couple years of pain for Jules does suck but if it comes with a premiership then its well worth it.

 

[muckypup]

Less than 4 days.
53 pages worth of posts.
And a sh*t load of us using it to procrastinate from doing meaningful work.

Bravo to all involved.

Now what?

BANGER!!!

My suggestion: plan early exit from work on Friday to head for beverages then on to Dees v Catters

 

[Bastyy]

Less than 4 days.
53 pages worth of posts.
And a sh*t load of us using it to procrastinate from doing meaningful work.

Bravo to all involved.

Now what?

It's been less then 4 days? God trade discussion makes the days drag on

 

[oldgoat]

Pliers never break.

After mankind has destroyed everything and the planet is a barren wasteland, pliers will still exist and probably work.

with a bit of tinkering

 

[Unique Name]

100% Lachie wants home and Brissy know it. We can flick them a 2nd rounder in the last 5mins of trade period if they realise they don't want to be paying a player almost a million a season when his head and heart are in another state.