#27, #7 Ben Kennedy

MAGPIEAVENGER · Post by **MAGPIEAVENGER** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 3:33 pm

The Age are reporting that BK is going to the Demons.

AN_Inkling · Post by **AN_Inkling** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 3:52 pm

Seems Kenno officially wants out. Promisingly a second round pick is mentioned. Would be a very good outcome:

The Age wrote:
Kennedy has met with Melbourne's recruiting team and told coach Nathan Buckley that he wants to be traded to the club. How both teams make that happen is the next bit, with some speculation today Collingwood might be satisfied with Melbourne's second-round pick.

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/a ... z3oQ85VACK

Post by **Pies4shaw** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 3:55 pm

Not criticising you at all, Inky, but how is that news - I thought we'd all read that over the weekend, repeatedly?

AN_Inkling · Post by **AN_Inkling** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 3:57 pm

Well, Kennedy had never officially asked to move. Seems now he's let the club know he wants to go to Melbourne. Not sure when that happened but I haven't seen it explicitly reported before.

Post by **RudeBoy** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 4:00 pm

It's been known for weeks that his days with us were over and that the Dees were interested in him. Now it's official. If we get the Dees 2nd round pick, we've done well I reckon, considering he was unlikely to get into our best 22 anyway.

Domesticated_Ape · Post by **Domesticated_Ape** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 4:06 pm

swoop42 wrote:Melbourne liked Kennedy but were never considering drafting him at 4.

I read in an article that they were considering it, the Age I think. I was surprised as well, but if you think about it, pick 4 was their only opportunity to get him. BK was always going in the top 20 and Melbourne didn't have another pick in there.

It could just be Melbourne trying to rewrite history to entice him to the club, but that doesn't bother me. I'm only interested in getting fair compensation for our player.

The straight swap for Howe now looks like a strong possibility and that'd do me nicely.

CarringbushCigar · Post by **CarringbushCigar** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 4:31 pm

Id rather keep Kennedy then paying another ordinary player (howe) 400k plus

Where the F$%# is Howe going to play?

He is not in our best 22 - he is back up.

Post by **Pies4shaw** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 4:36 pm

The AFL site is suggesting that the Melsham deal might be that Essendon gets pick 25 from Melbourne. Where does that leave us with BenKen?

jackcass · Post by **jackcass** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 4:47 pm

I guess the onus is on Melbourne, BK is contracted for 2016.

CarringbushCigar · Post by **CarringbushCigar** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 5:13 pm

Who is saying Howe is in our best 22 come September next year?

Should we be paying our 25th best player 450k?

We already have Greenwood and Jesse FFS

AN_Inkling · Post by **AN_Inkling** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 5:27 pm

Pies4shaw wrote:The AFL site is suggesting that the Melsham deal might be that Essendon gets pick 25 from Melbourne. Where does that leave us with BenKen?

Howe looking more likely to be a Pie (offers lodged by GC and NM but he's not jumped at them). Kennedy could be involved.

Very unlikely Kennedy will remain a Pie now. I'd say virtually zero. We've been good about moving players on who don't want to be here and he doesn't have an obvious spot in the team.

Post by **Cam** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 5:47 pm

Howe will be our Gunston and kick more goals than Billy did to win our goalkicking this year. Mark it down. If he is traded to us of course lol

CarringbushCigar · Post by **CarringbushCigar** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 6:00 pm

Cam wrote:Howe will be our Gunston and kick more goals than Billy did to win our goalkicking this year. Mark it down. If he is traded to us of course lol

Elliott is 10x the footballer of Howe.
Which is why we can't waste more of our salary cap on B Graders.

Does anyone here actually watch any football?

You can have a case of Chivas on it that Howe doesn't kick >35 goals next year.
I don't care if Hawthorn recruit him and have him one out in the forward line.

Leggie · Post by **Leggie** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 6:06 pm

CarringbushCigar wrote:
Cam wrote:Howe will be our Gunston and kick more goals than Billy did to win our goalkicking this year. Mark it down. If he is traded to us of course lol
Elliott is 10x the footballer of Howe.
Which is why we can't waste more of our salary cap on B Graders.

Does anyone here actually watch any football?

You can have a case of Chivas on it that Howe doesn't kick >35 goals next year.
I don't care if Hawthorn recruit him and have him one out in the forward line.

Hmmm. A case hey.
Im tempted

AN_Inkling · Post by **AN_Inkling** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 6:07 pm

Elliott will still be playing. He and Howe aren't quite the same type, one being 178cm tall and the other 190cm.

In regard to salaries, we have little idea of what players are on and how much room we have. I'll leave that to the club to manage.

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