Lions pair

[FightingFury]

Joel Mc Donald and Daniel Merrett may be squeezed out of the Brisbane side due to salary cap restraints according to this mornings Herald-Sun.

Id be keen on either,paticularly Merrett who's a big lump of a lad with a huge future IMO.
I know Matthews rarely lets good players go,but I reckon Merrett could be worth a punt with the upside being Richos apprentice.
We'll need a new 'power' forward in 2-3 seasons time,and I reckon he'd suit us fine.
Having played and trained with Alistair Lynch would have been helpful in his development as well.
For the right deal I hope we pursue both players.

 

[BBC]

I would go for Merrett for similar reasons but no thanks to Joel or Beau McDonald.

BTW, Beau McDonald has got a cheek to walk out on the Lions, having been offered a minimum base contract, having missed 2 years through injury. I reckon that stinks!

 

[Tigerman91]

I would go for Merrett for similar reasons but no thanks to Joel or Beau McDonald.

BTW, Beau McDonald has got a cheek to walk out on the Lions, having been offered a minimum base contract, having missed 2 years through injury. I reckon that stinks! 

I totally agree, he is only worth that anyway, even when healthy.

 

[BrisTiger24]

I'm not a fan of Merrett. I reckon he's a bit of a Jurica / Quentin Lynch. Yes, he's a huge unit but I haven't seen him take consistent strong contested marks even at QSFL level.

 

[FightingFury]

I'm not a fan of Merrett.  I reckon he's a bit of a Jurica / Quentin Lynch.  Yes, he's a huge unit but I haven't seen him take consistent strong contested marks even at QSFL level.

How old is he??

Is there a chance he will develop in 2 years time into a more mobile marking forward?

 

[BBC]

I would go for Merrett for similar reasons but no thanks to Joel or Beau McDonald.

BTW, Beau McDonald has got a cheek to walk out on the Lions, having been offered a minimum base contract, having missed 2 years through injury. I reckon that stinks!

I totally agree, he is only worth that anyway, even when healthy.

It's crazy how some players react to a pay cut. They must not live in the real world. Brisbane will be better off giving any opportunties to Wood and Spaanderman (wish we'd got Wood last year).

 

[BBC]

I'm not a fan of Merrett. I reckon he's a bit of a Jurica / Quentin Lynch. Yes, he's a huge unit but I haven't seen him take consistent strong contested marks even at QSFL level.

How old is he??

Is there a chance he will develop in 2 years time into a more mobile marking forward?

He'd be 21 or so. There is a chance he will develop in the coming years but he's a FF only for mine.

 

[BrisTiger24]

Merrett is 21 in December.

These are his stats for the year:

Round Date vs. K H P M HO T FF FA G B
Round 2 02/04/2005 Port Adelaide 4 0 4 1 6 1 0 1 1 1
Round 3 - Rivalry Round 09/04/2005 Sydney Swans 2 2 4 0 6 2 0 2 0 0
Round 8 14/05/2005 Adelaide 3 0 3 3 4 1 0 0 1 0
Round 9 - Community Weekend 21/05/2005 Richmond 3 5 8 3 11 3 1 1 0 0
Round 10 28/05/2005 Kangaroos 4 6 10 4 14 3 0 0 1 1
Round 11 04/06/2005 Fremantle 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 3 0 0
Round 12 - Queens Birthday 11/06/2005 Carlton 4 2 6 3 0 0 1 2 2 1
Round 13 - Split Round 19/06/2005 Geelong 5 7 12 5 0 1 1 1 0 1
Round 14 - Family Round 02/07/2005 Melbourne 2 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 2 0
Round 15 09/07/2005 Collingwood 8 3 11 7 0 1 0 0 3 3
Round 16 16/07/2005 West Coast Eagles 4 4 8 3 0 2 1 1 2 0
Round 17 23/07/2005 Essendon 1 5 6 2 0 0 0 3 0 0
Round 19 07/08/2005 Hawthorn 3 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 0
Round 20 - Heritage Round 14/08/2005 Sydney Swans 3 2 5 1 1 2 2 0 0 1
Round 21 20/08/2005 Port Adelaide 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Round 22 27/08/2005 St Kilda 2 3 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 1


Best effort was 12 possessions, but given his size, doesn't take enough marks for me. Most number of marks was 7 but generally around the 3 to 4 mark.

 

[shawry]

I have always liked Merrett throughout htis year. Big lad always presents and have liked what I ahve seen of him.

 

[Tango]

best goalkicking effort was 3 - 3 with not many scoring shots in other games - even Pettifers results are better

 

[Tigermad2005]

Come on down son the tiger need a few big bodies

 

[Eric]

Daniel Merret should stay at brisbane hes nothing special and a couple of my mates have played with him at the suncoast lions (lions reserves) and neither of them rate him

 

[Dyer'ere]

One of the Brisbane players (sorry, can't remember the exact source, anybody?) suggested that Merrett was the quickest player at Brisbanme over one of the sprint trips. Might have been 10m.

Looks a lot more athletic than Jurica but agreed, not a powerful aerialist. Neither is Barry Hall or Warren Tredrea. The rugger background suggests he'll never be as smart as either of those blokes.

Might make a player, IMO.

 

[DragicevicFan]

I would go for Merrett for similar reasons but no thanks to Joel or Beau McDonald.

BTW, Beau McDonald has got a cheek to walk out on the Lions, having been offered a minimum base contract, having missed 2 years through injury. I reckon that stinks! 

Where has it been reported that Beau McDonald is looking to walk out on the Lions? I havent seen anything in the papers but could have missed it.

 

[FightingFury]

I would go for Merrett for similar reasons but no thanks to Joel or Beau McDonald.

BTW, Beau McDonald has got a cheek to walk out on the Lions, having been offered a minimum base contract, having missed 2 years through injury. I reckon that stinks! 

Where has it been reported that Beau McDonald is looking to walk out on the Lions? I havent seen anything in the papers but could have missed it.

Me either,can anyone provide a link??

 

[Tigerdog]

It was in one of the papers on Thursday or Friday. They offered him a close to minimum contract after he is coming off two knee reco's. He refused it and walked out on them. That seems to be the guts of it anyway.
Can't remember the paper sorry.