Player Watch Max Michalanney - Re-Signed to End of 2026

[Mutineer]

They need to have speed too

Mitch Hinge isn't no slow coach, I seem to recall he played mid/forward mostly as a junior...I had hoped we'd play him wing with that damaging left foot boot.

 

[Jeffcrowe]

Mitch Hinge isn't no slow coach, I seem to recall he played mid/forward mostly as a junior...I had hoped we'd play him wing with that damaging left foot boot.

I like hinge and he should be playing in our 22 but I’m talking a real A grader to long term replace Brodie smith in a very important role

Also wish we looked at Ireland more like other clubs have done

 

[GreyCrow]

Just won their 2km time trial. Also just received their most improved player and best team-man award. Polled around fourth in their best and fairest from memory. Would be a great pick up if we can get him, especially, as you say, for minimal draft capital.

With this profile the draft capital wont be minimal

 

[Jeffcrowe]

With this profile the draft capital wont be minimal

FA coming up

 

[Thetrader15]

FA coming up

UFA or RFA?

 

[Jeffcrowe]

UFA or RFA?

RFA

Likely wouldn’t matter if he wanted to leave

Seems a chance to get Essendon captaincy though ?

 

[Vader]

I like hinge and he should be playing in our 22 but I’m talking a real A grader to long term replace Brodie smith in a very important role

Also wish we looked at Ireland more like other clubs have done

We tried the Irish experiment a while ago. In the end, they decided that the costs by far outweighed the benefits.

 

[Mutineer]

We tried the Irish experiment a while ago. In the end, they decided that the costs by far outweighed the benefits.

Yet we tried again....Cathal Shane who ended up not going through with it after he'd agreed...

 

[Thetrader15]

RFA

Likely wouldn’t matter if he wanted to leave

Seems a chance to get Essendon captaincy though ?

I'd probably go for Harry Himmelberg ahead of Redmond, I think he has the ability to play defence, mid and forward, and an elite leg.

GWS's cap is still surely tighter than Essendon's so the ability to match an offer would be less I'd think.

 

[Vader]

Yet we tried again....Cathal Shane who ended up not going through with it after he'd agreed...

3 failed experiments, 2 of which were gone before the season even began, shows just why the club decided it was too expensive to bother with.

 

[Scorpus]

We tried the Irish experiment a while ago. In the end, they decided that the costs by far outweighed the benefits.

There's only been 5 Irish players ever to reach 100 games.

Jim Stynes
Zac Tuohy
Tadhg Kennelly
Pearce Hanley
Sean Wright

And that's dating back to the 80s. A further 5 players hit 50 games.

10 players over 50 games in four decades. Terrible strike rate

 

[Jeffcrowe]

There's only been 5 Irish players ever to reach 100 games.

Jim Stynes
Zac Tuohy
Tadhg Kennelly
Pearce Hanley
Sean Wright

And that's dating back to the 80s. A further 5 players hit 50 games.

10 players over 50 games in four decades. Terrible strike rate

Yep fair enough

Just recruit a kid that plays like Tuohy or McKenna instead

 

[jackster83]

There's only been 5 Irish players ever to reach 100 games.

Jim Stynes
Zac Tuohy
Tadhg Kennelly
Pearce Hanley
Sean Wright

And that's dating back to the 80s. A further 5 players hit 50 games.

10 players over 50 games in four decades. Terrible strike rate

Sounds like our record with first round draft picks lol.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

I'd probably go for Harry Himmelberg ahead of Redmond, I think he has the ability to play defence, mid and forward, and an elite leg.

GWS's cap is still surely tighter than Essendon's so the ability to match an offer would be less I'd think.

We should be trying for both.

 

[Danger in Texas]

We should be trying for both.

For sure. It’s a rarity that a team is able to grab two high-profile FAs in a year, though (gotta pay them good money for the club not to match and get them across)

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

For sure. It’s a rarity that a team is able to grab two high-profile FAs in a year, though (gotta pay them good money for the club not to match and get them across)

We should have the cap space, so money shouldn't be an issue.

Might help if both their sides finish bottom 4 & we are on the rise.

 

[martyparty]

Max has come to the attention of AFL.com ….

 

[Trigger13]

I love this kid already. He is going to get the job done on a weekly basis, for years to come. The perfect Brown replacement, with Ben Hart

Ben Hart

Age

50

Ht

190cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.0

4star

K

10.2

4star

HB

3.8

3star

M

3.8

4star

T

1.6

4star

No current season stats available

D

14.0

4star

K

9.6

4star

HB

4.4

4star

M

2.2

3star

T

0.8

3star

qualities.

 

[Crow till I die]

I love this kid already. He is going to get the job done on a weekly basis, for years to come. The perfect Brown replacement, with Ben Hart qualities.

Agree with this..I have thought this for some time and if he can get anything like close to Ben's achievements we will have a ripper

 

[Mutineer]

I like hinge and he should be playing in our 22 but I’m talking a real A grader to long term replace Brodie smith in a very important role

Also wish we looked at Ireland more like other clubs have done

How did Mitch look to you on the weekend, maybe not an A grader but a very solid B+ is well within his scope IMO.

 

[1990crow]

We tried the Irish experiment a while ago. In the end, they decided that the costs by far outweighed the benefits.

 

[1990crow]

We should be trying for both.

I'm on board with that. We should have cap space given previous bad contracts should now have passed.
And cap space we have front loaded a few in years gone.

 

[Vader]

Keane is not your typical Irish recruit, having already been on Collingwood's list. The Pies have already done the hard work for us, identifying his talent and developing him as a player. That significantly changed the cost/benefit ratio, relative to the normal Irish recruit.

 

[Jeffcrowe]

How did Mitch look to you on the weekend, maybe not an A grader but a very solid B+ is well within his scope IMO.

Hinge looks like a potential B+ winger

He was prob my best on ground

I also like his attitude , doesn’t just want to have an AFL career but wants to win

I don’t reckon he’s a half back as much as a wing so he’s not a Brodie smith replacement , I’d still draft one

 

[martyparty]

Is this still the MM thread?