So all this angst between Freo and Melbourne has been caused to player agents trying to increase all their players wages (and therefore their %).
Freo should play along right up until we get pick 5 & 18 from Brisbane for Neale, then trade 18 to GWS for Lobb, then decide to hang onto pick 5 and walk away, leaving Hogan, May, Wingard and Hombsch stranded where they are.
“The trade has been largely put together by the AFL’s biggest player management group TLA, which handles Neale, Hogan, Wingard, Lobb and Hombsch”