Top Up Player

[ledge]

Poor old Crossy didn't have much luck with McCartney , gave him the flick from us, he goes to Melbourne and Macca turns up there and he is booted again, I think he would gladly come back to the dogs now that a new coach is there.
I believe he will come back in a role at some stage, just let him get experience at other clubs, unlike Hird and Buckley who didn't see how other clubs operate therefore closing off successful ideas that other clubs have.

[LostDoggy]

Poor old Crossy didn't have much luck with McCartney , gave him the flick from us, he goes to Melbourne and Macca turns up there and he is booted again, I think he would gladly come back to the dogs now that a new coach is there.
I believe he will come back in a role at some stage, just let him get experience at other clubs, unlike Hird and Buckley who didn't see how other clubs operate therefore closing off successful ideas that other clubs have.

Well he's learned some of the finer workings of the mighty Melbourne machine, that'd add heaps to our IP

[Maddog37]

I don't feel clubs that traded in Bombres players deserve top ups. Caveat emptor

[GVGjr]

Should Collingwood have been given permission to top up their list for Thomas and O'Keefe (or Saad at St.Kilda) for the duration of their infraction penalty rather than having to make a choice at season end to delist or retain them on their primary list ? Other than the scale of this Essendon mess, and by extension whether the Essendon Club should be even be viable for the 2016 season, I'm having some difficulty appreciating the difference in the treatment being afforded here.

Great point you raise and yes there is massive inconsistencies in the way penalties are applied.

[GVGjr]

Poor old Crossy didn't have much luck with McCartney , gave him the flick from us, he goes to Melbourne and Macca turns up there and he is booted again, I think he would gladly come back to the dogs now that a new coach is there.
I believe he will come back in a role at some stage, just let him get experience at other clubs, unlike Hird and Buckley who didn't see how other clubs operate therefore closing off successful ideas that other clubs have.

That's a very long bow you are drawing but Macca is the convenient scapegoat.
Could you imagine the vitriol if Macca's name, not Bevo, was linked to the East West day reschedule? He certainly wouldn't have been given the free pass that Bevo has.

[bulldogtragic]

That's a very long bow you are drawing but Macca is the convenient scapegoat.
Could you imagine the vitriol if Macca's name, not Bevo, was linked to the East West day reschedule? He certainly wouldn't have been given the free pass that Bevo has.

Bevo is very likeable and has won more games than Macca in his whole coaching career and taken us to finals only a few months ago. Everyone likes happy, successful and likeable winners. Human nature really. In my best Martin Luther King voice, I have a dream that one day that Maccas name won't be brought up on woof nor argued about 2015 form credit, legacy or on the content of his character in alienating almost every player on the list. I have a dream.

[Maddog37]

Tell him he's dreaming!

[Throughandthrough]

Bevo ....has won more games than Macca in his whole coaching career .

Dead set? Wow.

[bulldogtragic]

Dead set? Wow.

Ok, a narrative Liberty. BMac 20 wins over 3 years at 30%, Bevo 14 wins in one year at over 60%.

With our first 7 games at Etihad, he could overtake BMac by round 7.

[The Adelaide Connection]

Seems that we will not have to pay Crameri's salary and we are asking for a Top up player. If we don't have to pay Crameri, maybe we can rewrite new frontended contracts for a few of the (significant) list of players that come out of contract at the end of the year.

http://www.smh.com.au/afl/essendon-t...31-gmi4ai.html

[LostDoggy]

Seems that we will not have to pay Crameri's salary and we are asking for a Top up player. If we don't have to pay Crameri, maybe we can rewrite new frontended contracts for a few of the (significant) list of players that come out of contract at the end of the year.

http://www.smh.com.au/afl/essendon-t...31-gmi4ai.html

That is a pretty good development for us. All in all, we have little to be aggrieved about. Hoping Stewie hits the ground running next year, renewed and rejuvinated.

[Twodogs]

Seems that we will not have to pay Crameri's salary and we are asking for a Top up player. If we don't have to pay Crameri, maybe we can rewrite new frontended contracts for a few of the (significant) list of players that come out of contract at the end of the year.

http://www.smh.com.au/afl/essendon-t...31-gmi4ai.html

That is a pretty good development for us. All in all, we have little to be aggrieved about. Hoping Stewie hits the ground running next year, renewed and rejuvinated.

"Oh yeah that's right. We happen to be paying his entire contract payments this season. Stewie is playing for nothing the other three years. Oh well good luck for us I guess''

[The Adelaide Connection]

"Oh yeah that's right. We happen to be paying his entire contract payments this season. Stewie is playing for nothing the other three years. Oh well good luck for us I guess''

Ha, that certainly would be a significant silver lining. That said, he must be on $400-500k minimum, that split up four or five ways in some creative, redrafted frontended contracts could get some players whose value has risen significantly (like Dickson) over the line while leaving us cap space down the line.

[Rocco Jones]

Personally, no club should have been given a top up, including Essendon. This would have been real punishment.

I get your sentiments but it would mean the distinct possibility of Essendon not being able to field a full 22, which would be bad for the league. It would also mean forcing younger players who aren't ready for the weekly grind of AFL into playing each week, risking injury etc.

I don't believe we should get/need a top up. I believe Port should get one as it makes no sense for them to go in with less players than Essendon.

[Rocco Jones]

If we get a top up, I think we should go for a mature bodied mid. We have ruck and KPP 'depth' (quality is another issue). I guess another foot soldier couldn't hurt.