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\u201cThis could be the value pick of the trade period; it\u2019s effectively (for) a third-rounder,\u201d Ralph began<\/p>\n
\u201cHe admits that he was floored by the modest one-year offer that came his way from Collingwood late in the season. He just couldn\u2019t get his head around the fact that, if it was that he signed what eventually became a two-year deal, that would be it \u2014 his career would be done in 24 months.<\/p>\n
\u201c(He) was brutally honest about those contract conversations with Darcy Cameron, also with Jamie Elliott. They all looked around, and eventually they stayed.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said: \u2018I know with the Pies list when I was going through my contract talks with them, they were worried about the age demographic. I know at 32, that\u2019s not old. I wanted to tell them that, that I had many years left in me, and they still kept that narrative.\u201d<\/p>\n
The move sees the 159-gamer join young key forwards Jacob van Rooyen and Matthew Jefferson in the Dees\u2019 attacking half, as well as veteran Jake Melksham who earned a one-year deal at the back end of the home-and-away season.<\/p>\n
Ralph added: \u201cI love this deal, I love the fact that he\u2019s such a selfless footballer. And I think if you\u2019re Jacob Van Rooyen, you\u2019re thinking: \u2018This is the player I need to become, and right now, he\u2019s my wingman\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mihocek looks to have been perhaps the unlucky victim of Collingwood\u2019s ever-ageing list profile, who come March next year, will have at least nine players contracted for 2026 and beyond aged 30 or older.<\/p>\n
Scott Pendlebury, Steele Sidebottom and Jeremy Howe \u2014 who have all long been an integral part of Collingwood\u2019s recent success \u2014 will all be 35 and over come Round 1 in 2026.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe age demographic (at Collingwood), he\u2019s seen the cliff!\u201d Hawthorn sharpshooter Ben Dixon said.<\/p>\n
\u201cNext year, after Pendlebury and Sidebottom make their decision, there will be a massive cliff in terms of their age demographic. So, he\u2019s seen the light at Melbourne.\u201d<\/p>\n
St Kilda great Leigh Montagna added: \u201cIt\u2019s going to leave a massive hole in Collingwood\u2019s forward line … it allowed Jamie Elliott and (Dan) McStay to get a different match-up.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Magpies have been heavily linked to Sydney forward Jack Buller this trade period, while veteran premiership player Mason Cox remains in limbo for a one-year extension at the club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Melbourne\u2019s newest recruit Brody Mihocek has been praised for \u201cseeing the light\u201d amid his move away from Collingwood,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202470,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[126231,7491,10133,126229,126235,2362,3499,28452,93779,126230,2105,43,12186,126236,12092,36878,10132,126237,681,3465,17998,13126,14375,7804,44,25294,32659,77682,8016,19083,36848,41,39,42,40,1133,126234,126232,126233],"class_list":["post-202469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-age-demographic","tag-ben-dixon","tag-collingwood-magpies","tag-contract-conversations","tag-contract-discussions","tag-contract-talks","tag-daniel-pockett","tag-darcy-cameron","tag-draft-whispers","tag-ever-ageing-list-profile","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-headlines","tag-jack-buller","tag-jacob-van-rooyen","tag-jake-melksham","tag-jamie-elliott","tag-jeremy-howe","tag-join-young","tag-jon-ralph","tag-leigh-montagna","tag-list-profile","tag-mason-cox","tag-matthew-jefferson","tag-melbourne-demons","tag-news","tag-one-year-deal","tag-one-year-extension","tag-one-year-offer","tag-premiership-player","tag-scott-pendlebury","tag-steele-sidebottom","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-trade-period","tag-trade-steal","tag-value-pick","tag-veteran-premiership-player"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}