When Lonie met Buckley

[diddley]

Lonie meeting with Buckley according to afl.com.au

Happy to see him get the job security he is after.

[samuraisaint]

He is out of contract now, isn't he?
But if he wants to get to Collingwood, they still have to deal. They won't get a pick until pick 18 or 19, so they need to give us something to get something. Their first pick will do.

[guitars4]

He is out of contract now, isn't he?
But if he wants to get to Collingwood, they still have to deal. They won't get a pick until pick 18 or 19, so they need to give us something to get something. Their first pick will do.

That won't happen but like your optimism

[Waltzing St Kilda]

He is out of contract now, isn't he?
But if he wants to get to Collingwood, they still have to deal. They won't get a pick until pick 18 or 19, so they need to give us something to get something. Their first pick will do.

That won't happen but like your optimism

De Goey straight swap.

[bobmurray]

Lonie would be worth a 3rd rounder at best.

if we are going to peel the potatoes, i hope there are a few others that go.

[saintbob]

They must want him to take Fasolo’s place in the VFL side when he goes to Carlton.

[samuraisaint]

He is out of contract now, isn't he?
But if he wants to get to Collingwood, they still have to deal. They won't get a pick until pick 18 or 19, so they need to give us something to get something. Their first pick will do.

That won't happen but like your optimism

If Lonie wants to leave for a better contract then maybe Carlton can make us an offer then. Or Collingwood can give us their first rounder, or perhaps one of their midfielders who have at least been developed properly.

[ROLS-LEE]

Straight swap for Elliot. He idolized Milne when he was a kid

[oldie60]

I'd say let him go. Had enough time to make that position his own and has not convinced.

[SaintPav]

Has he actually been told to look for another club?

[Barneysaint]

No player is playing well under richo. No player is being developed. If you loathe your boss you don't play for them.. Simple as that. Lonie would thrive at Collingwood. Why? Because players play for the jumper. Players love Buckley. Just like when the saints loved Grant Thomas. We don't play for the jumper. Players don't care. If you don't like coach, you don't play for jumper you play for yourself and pay packet if ratten was coach things would turn around from day one. Mark my words. Richo needs to go. Our list isn't that bad.

[takeaway]

No player is playing well under richo. No player is being developed. If you loathe your boss you don't play for them.. Simple as that. Lonie would thrive at Collingwood. Why? Because players play for the jumper. Players love Buckley. Just like when the saints loved Grant Thomas. We don't play for the jumper. Players don't care. If you don't like coach, you don't play for jumper you play for yourself and pay packet if ratten was coach things would turn around from day one. Mark my words. Richo needs to go. Our list isn't that bad.

I think you would have read similar posts on the Pies threads last year and earlier about Buckley instead of Richo. Amazing how things change.

[Mr Magic]

Straight swap for Harves

[Trev from the Bush]

No player is playing well under richo. No player is being developed. If you loathe your boss you don't play for them.. Simple as that. Lonie would thrive at Collingwood. Why? Because players play for the jumper. Players love Buckley. Just like when the saints loved Grant Thomas. We don't play for the jumper. Players don't care. If you don't like coach, you don't play for jumper you play for yourself and pay packet if ratten was coach things would turn around from day one. Mark my words. Richo needs to go. Our list isn't that bad.

I think you would have read similar posts on the Pies threads last year and earlier about Buckley instead of Richo. Amazing how things change.

And all this from somebody not willing to acknowledge Jack's notable improvement in the last quarter of the season!

[SydneySainter]

They’ll offer us a 3rd rounder at best.

He’s still a bit of an unknown but has enormous potential. If we let him go for a third rounder, I just feel like we’ll be the losers in the long run, yet again...

If he’s chasing a two year deal at least, I think his later part of this season has warranted it.

[mad saint guy]

Lonie is too slow and weak to make it at his height. His solid numbers late in the year came from him being uncharacteristically effective in front of goal and also receiving a number of fortuitous free kicks inside 50. Awesome VFL player and if he was 10cm taller and 10kgs heavier he would have a solid AFL career but I don't see a slow midget who struggles to kick 35m making it.

[chico2001]

Be interesting to see how Lonie fits into a gun forward line and as especially as he is undersized compared to that teams player profiles.

[SydneySainter]

Be interesting to see how Lonie fits into a gun forward line and as especially as he is undersized compared to that teams player profiles.

I think he’ll do okay. Good delivery from a star-studded midfield and being the 3rd or 4th wheel in an already quality forward line.

The whole Chris Dawes complex.

[BenLong#21]

So Buckley has a grand Final next weekend and is going to meet with a VFL player from another club?
Seems highly unlikely.

[takeaway]

So Buckley has a grand Final next weekend and is going to meet with a VFL player from another club?
Seems highly unlikely.

Has already met with him - AFL site

[Scollop]

So Buckley has a grand Final next weekend and is going to meet with a VFL player from another club?
Seems highly unlikely.

The inference will go over a few peoples heads but I like it

[tedtheodorelogan2018]

Is true.

[skeptic]

I foresee Lonie leaving and turning into a good player...

It’s like watching a car crash in slow motion

[st.byron]

Should be kept IMO. Still young, just turned 22, played 50 games....played well at the end of the year. Deserves another year or two. Be crap to trade him for a ho-hum pick and then watch him tear it up.

[DJ Higgins]

One more year max but I'd be happy with second round pick. That would mean Dan hannebery is a direct swap excluding salary. Ie we swap that pick to Sydney and lose Lonie. Win win win for all clubs