Rumour Neale-y premiership time! (was: Neale before the Lions!)

[md20]

Imagine if he goes and we pick up a Brent Moloney esq FA to help out young midfield brigade and have the cap space to lock away said young midfield brigade!

I hope Parker doesnt read this thread.
Any hope of him coming to the Lions had just been destroyed by that comparison.

 

[The Flying Belgian]

This is different from when he moved to Bris. Bris pursued the trade for him to move to Bris. This is Neil asking to trade to Freo, Freo did not pursue Neil.

Or Neale, even.

How sure about this are you?

 

[Sproj]

I hope Parker doesnt read this thread.
Any hope of him coming to the Lions had just been destroyed by that comparison.

he can get an easy Brownlow if he comes though, so there is that.

 

[cotter101]

This is different from when he moved to Bris. Bris pursued the trade for him to move to Bris. This is Neil asking to trade to Freo, Freo did not pursue Neil.

Freo will need to come to the table to do the trade, but Bris can’t bend us over the table.

Just as happy for this to fall through than lose any of our first for this year.

Well you’re not wrong. You didn’t pursue Neil. But you might have been pursuing Neale.

 

[lioninthesand]

The club gets everything it deserves in my opinion. Front ending his deal was just us trying to manipulate the salary cap to get him in & pay him peanuts once he became a brownlow medalist.

Club is finally getting its' just deserts for what it did to Ben Keays, Walker, Cutler, Witherden, Bradshaw, Rischitelli, Rockliff, Redden,.. the list goes on.

And don't get me started on what the club did to Craig Bolton.

LOL - what did the club do to those players mentioned?

 

[BrisVegasDru]

Fascinating situation:

Do Freo need Neale? Probably not. They have Serong and Brayshaw who appear to be similar players.
Is Neale a match winner? Probably not. He had 46 possessions in a final and Brisbane were still well beaten.
Can Brisbane win games of football without Neale? Yes as evidenced by their record when he does not play.
Can Freo win a Grand Final in the next three years? Probably not. So what is the point of getting Neale?
Can Freo absorb his contract without their salary cap becoming an issue that compromises them resigning their young stars?
Does recruiting Neale rob Freo of capital they need to address list deficiencies? Probably yes.

So Brisbane will ask for a King's ransom and Fremantle will not want to overpay for a player superfluous to their needs. If i'm Fremantle, anything more than a late first round pick is overs.

thanks Adrian

 

[md20]

LOL - what did the club do to those players mentioned?

And why is Rischitelli named with some quality players

 

[mighty_lions]

LOL - what did the club do to those players mentioned?

Dylan must have a few burner accounts on here


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[Bucking Beads]

Almost certainly gone but the most disappointing thing is how it’s come out. You live and you learn. More opportunities for our young mids moving forward.

 

[Gadzorks]

he can get an easy Brownlow if he comes though, so there is that.

Contract includes tick box if you want the Brownlow option.

 

[iBeng]

Ely Smith may actually get a game!

 

[Sproj]

Ely Smith may actually get a game!

maybe he initiated all of this with Freo?

 

[WhiteLionFeva]

LOL - what did the club do to those players mentioned?

A second chance. Some took it with both hands, others didn't. The idea that a club can't seek to turnover its list to improve it just doesn't resonate with some supporters. The circumstances in which some long-standing players leave is not always ideal, but that is professional sport.

 

[Nuggo]

I feel that Neale leaving will be disruptive for next year. Could work out ok in the following years depending on what happens after.

 

[cotter101]

I feel that Neale leaving will be disruptive for next year. Could work out ok in the following years depending on what happens after.

I don’t. We went 7-0 without him this year. Obviously a fit and firing Neale improves us, but we can seriously spin this to our favour.

 

[iBeng]

maybe he initiated all of this with Freo?

4D chess player AND an AFL player!

 

[refresh]

Hold him to his contract. He is selfish and self centred, not ideal in a team sport. When has a contract become not a contract?

 

[dropbear101]

When he left i remember dad saying neal is gonna win a brownlow in different colours and play about 8 years more. neal i don't think is gonna win another brownlow and will only play 5 more years.
just because his resumes bigger, doesn't mean he is more valuable to freo. He isn't worth more than last trade.

secondly we don't really have much pace in our midfield. our pace and outside class left or retired to young (hill, hill, weller, langdon and cerra). I don't wanna add neal. I'm not sure the club does. this means neale initiated the trade. it means the lions have less leverage in getting maximum draft capital. Why would both of our clubs want this to happen.

brisbane have him under contract. brisbane has leverage.

we don't have many good tall forwards. their are 5 top 40 WA talls in this draft. Freo want to hit the draft.

I honestly wonder if this deal will happen

 

[dlanod]

We went 7-0 without him this year.

And the only team of note we beat was Port.

 

[Nuggo]

I don’t. We went 7-0 without him this year. Obviously a fit and firing Neale improves us, but we can seriously spin this to our favour.

Are we paying Neale too much at the moment then? As generally if you lose one of your highest paid (if not the highest) player it impacts. Bringing somebody in (even of quality) will need to learn a new system and that could take 12 months.

 

[ZoBlitz]

And the only team of note we beat was Port.

And even then we've had the wood on Port in recent years.

 

[jackess]

And even then we've had the wood on Port in recent years.

And Boak didn't play

 

[cotter101]

And the only team of note we beat was Port.

Easy to spin that the other way too. The only team of note we beat with him was Geelong.

Anyway, rather then quoting a small snippet of my post my clear point was that we can spin this in a positive way. Rather than the PR nightmare it might become after crashing out in straight sets again and then having a star midfielder request a trade shortly after

 

[Macca225]

Hold him to his contract. He is selfish and self centred, not ideal in a team sport. When has a contract become not a contract?

Thats what blues fans were saying about Papley and bomber fans were saying about Dunkley last year, if a trade doesn't get done he'll play and give his best.

 

[WhiteLionFeva]

And the only team of note we beat was Port.

I can't put my finger on it but there is something not quite right about this sentence.