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

[M Malice]

Needing to meet with Daly, Swan and Fagan says otherwise to me. Pretty easy to put out something via his agent or on his own social media if it was fake news.

 

[lioninthesand]

History over the years tells us where there is smoke. The leak has deliberately been put out there. If he wants out for family reasons I understand but doesn't mean we can't all be very upset that he signed a five year deal and wants out after three.

I always revert back to the great Leigh Matthews saying - things are never as good as they seem and never as bad as they seem. Neale leaving will have an immediately impact on the side - but not as much impact as it would have two years ago. He played much better in the finals after being banged up all year but he isn't nearly as damaging as he was in 2020.

If we can get a top ten pick and something else that's a decent result for a 29 year old player. Allows us to continue to regenerate.

I'm not against having a look at Luke Parker - very good player who would keep us in the Premiership window and as a restricted agent wouldn't cost us anything in picks just salary. Whether Parker would entertain a move remains to be seen.

Players leaving the Lions use to really get under my skin in past years but I'm not so cut up about it this time. Feel like the club is in good hands and we have such good young players who seem to enjoy playing with each other.

Might add that going by Fremantle supporters reactions they are not that excited by Neale coming back and costing them valuable draft picks.

I agree - I remember the 'force people to stay, even if they don't play' days and being strongly againts it.

I think most players are coverable, it's hurts more when you are in a rebuild too.

Someone like Bailey or Clugg would hurt, not because you wouldn't be suitably compensated, just going on to watch them tear the comp to shreds would hurt.

Charlie would hurt because he is irreplaceable and so fun to watch.

Not many others though.

 

[Tom14]

 

[Gadzorks]

Productivity in Brisbane will skyrocket once they make the announcement. C'mon, we are desperately waiting for gossip. HURRY UP.

 

[Nuggo]

Nearly as tense as Saturday night.

 

[ForzaRoma]

If Lachie is genuinely of two minds, and he has blindsided the club I imagine he will have burnt a little goodwill.

And people gave me shit yesterday for calling Neale out. Neale blindsided Fremantle before coming here with a trade to Brisbane, and he's doing the same with us. He was also on two front loaded contracts, and will bail on them both. I'm sure Neale has his reasons to go home, but he's dogged two clubs. Including ours. Had he informed the club, then talked with Fremantle about a possible return, I wouldn't be so adverse to this. The fact is he blind sided the club leaves me feeling bitter about this. Anyway, I've had my say about this. Life's too short to worry about a player who obviously doesn't care too much about this great club.

 

[mpal6]

And people gave me sh*t yesterday for calling Neale out. Neale blindsided Fremantle before coming here with a trade to Brisbane, and he's doing the same with us. He was also on two front loaded contracts, and will bail on them both. I'm sure Neale has his reasons to go home, but he's dogged two clubs. Including ours. Had he informed the club, then talked with Fremantle about a possible return, I wouldn't be so adverse to this. The fact is he blind sided the club leaves me feeling bitter about this.

 

[RU_]

Imagine if he goes and we pick up a Brent Moloney

Brent Moloney

Age

40

Ht

182cm

Wt

87kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.2

5star

K

10.6

4star

HB

8.7

5star

M

3.0

3star

T

3.7

5star

CL

5.6

5star

No current season stats available

D

9.4

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

2.6

3star

M

2.2

3star

T

0.6

3star

esq FA to help out young midfield brigade and have the cap space to lock away said young midfield brigade!

 

[Tom14]

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!

Brent Moloney is the name you leap to as a comparison??? C'mon, we can do better than that.

 

[BangyBangy]

And people gave me sh*t yesterday for calling Neale out. Neale blindsided Fremantle before coming here with a trade to Brisbane, and he's doing the same with us. He was also on two front loaded contracts, and will bail on them both. I'm sure Neale has his reasons to go home, but he's dogged two clubs. Including ours. Had he informed the club, then talked with Fremantle about a possible return, I wouldn't be so adverse to this. The fact is he blind sided the club leaves me feeling bitter about this.

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.

 

[tate13]

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!

His name is Jarrod lyons

 

[RU_]

Brent Moloney is the name you leap to as a comparison??? C'mon, we can do better than that.

All I could picture was him breaking out of the centre square and bombing a 65 metre goal against Geelong in the miracle of grass.

 

[Davemonkey]

Moloney was a bloke that would have benefited from our current rehab and strength and conditioning teams.

 

[WhiteLionFeva]

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

We gave him a chance to play 170 games at Sydney. We are a very thoughtful club.

 

[Zacs_Magic_Tooth]

Thanks for your input Peter.

Really enjoying the Peter references to every Freo fan that comes here all-knowing

 

[half time raffle]

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.

 

[lioninthesand]

As a Freo supporter this is exactly why I can see this deal falling through. Neil is a great player, but not the type we need. Cerra is more outside slick delivery. We need the draft picks this year, if we end up with 6 we won’t be trading it. 6&8 for 14 and Neil won’t happen.
Sorry to say we will be offering a Future first pick not our best first rounder this year.

You guys will want Neale and you'll make it happen for him and his family.

 

[TheLastCall]

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.

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.

 

[jackess]

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.

He wasn't the only reason behind this but there was a pretty clear difference in our performance since Neale came to our club

 

[WhiteLionFeva]

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.

But you're not - you're Essendon and still salty.

 

[BangyBangy]

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.

Thank you for coming onto our board to tell us what you think.

Your input is appreciated.

 

[Gadzorks]

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.

And here was waiting for officials and Lachie to make a statement so I had insight. Just had to ask you! Silly me.

 

[Harris Specter]

I must have missed the memo where this was an open forum for opposition supporters to come in and belittle Neale, his performances and his trade value.

 

[tate13]

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.

Sounds about the going rate. Pick 6, 19 and 55 was the initial trade. In the three years he's depreciated more than a used car. Brownlows, All Australians, Coaches MVP, Players MVP. Pick 20 would be generous. Idiot

 

[martinson]

He wasn't the only reason behind this but there was a pretty clear difference in our performance since Neale came to our club

And he was riddled by injury this year but now back to his best.

He won the Brownlow by the length of the straight.