Pies have offered Brent Harvey 1 year deal with an option

[CarringbushCigar]

Might secure Wells? You must be joking.

Wells is a done deal.
No player could refuse the offer, and no club could come close to matching it.

So forget that aspect.

Did you watch any football in 2016.
Harvey was a liability.

North got that sick of his selfishness about his contract, they had to virtually sacrifice a longshot chance at the flag to set the right culture.

I can understand signing some of these blokes up for a year in a last desperate chance to save Buckley's ass, but there are 2 problems:
1. They are the wrong blokes,
2. The deals are too long

In the likelihood that our culture will be further eroded by introducing Mayne on a huge deal, Wells on a huge deal, and one of the most selfish/oldest/hungriest players to play the game (breath) whilst at the same time tossing aside Cloke Browny Marley and whoever else.

It will diminish our chances to land a half decent coach for 2017 whilst he has all this junk to clean up.

If our targets were say Wells for 2, Hoskin-Elliott, Marchbank and say Bartel or Enright for a year I'd be thrilled.

But Mayne and Harvey come on.
Get a grip peoples.

The only upside is this will ensure some large internal carnage sooner rather than later. Bucks won't survive the year.

[5 from the wing on debut]

[Joel]

[doriswilgus]

[mooretreloar]

Unsure what all the uproar is with us recruiting a few experienced players that still have good football to play. We have 34 players aged 25 or younger on our list. Goldsack is currently the oldest on our list and will be 29 when 2017 begins. We then have half a dozen or so players that will be 28 when 2017 begins. Namely Pendles, White, Greenwood, Varcoe, Reid and Brown.
Personally, I think Harvey would be another player on the list to set a great example for our young players about the preparation required to become an elite AFL player.

Mr Cigar - laughing stock? Only with people that believe what is written in the media. Another example of people forming opinions because journalists tell them what their opinion should be. I have had over 10 conversations with non-Collingwood supporters re this and as soon as you tell them we have no players on our list older than 29, on all occasions their response is immediately I didn't know that and it is a great idea to recruit some experienced players.

[Greeny2968]

Better value than Blair.

[mooretreloar]

[Bucks2014]

[CarringbushCigar]

[Joel]

[The Prototype]

It gives us some experience, and if you add into it some mentoring of the younger players it cannot surely hurt. If he fails at Collingwood he fails, but at least he brings some experience and can offer useful advice.

It's only going to cost us his salary really. I guess we wait and see.

[CarringbushCigar]

There is not a lot of data on how 39yo players perform after changing clubs.
Known known - gimme a break.

What I know is Harvey was not playing well at season's end.
What I know is he put his club into a difficult position on the eve of the finals, his manager admits this.
What I know is Harvey has hardly been the greatest team player over his career, no wonder Buck's thinks he will get along with him and make a great assistant coach.

[The Prototype]

Just have to wait and see how this plays out, still a chance that he will pull the pin on his career. It's a bit of a risky move, but if he can play a few good games and give some useful advice to help along a few at the club it cannot be too bad.

Club is doing what they think is best for the list, I guess, just have to let it play out and let them accept the blame if it blows up in their faces.

[inxs88]

[Dave The Man]