Jump to content

  • IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING

    Posting unsubstantiated rumours on this website is strictly forbidden.

    Demonland has made the difficult decision to not permit this platform to be used to discuss & debate the off-field issues relating to the Melbourne Football Club including matters currently being litigated between the Club & former Board members, board elections, the issue of illicit drugs in footy, the culture at the club & the personal issues & allegations against some of our players & officials ...

    We do not take these issues & this decision lightly & of course we believe that these serious matters affecting the club we love & are so passionate about are worthy of discussion & debate & I wish we could provide a place where these matters can be discussed in a civil & respectful manner.

    However these discussions unfortunately invariably devolve into areas that may be defamatory, libelous, spread unsubstantiated rumours & can effect the mental health of those involved. Even discussion & debate of known facts or media reports can lead to finger pointing, blame & personal attacks.

    The repercussion is that these discussions can open this website, it’s owners & it’s users to legal action & may result in this website being forced to shutdown.

    Our moderating team are all volunteers & cannot moderate the forum 24/7 & as a consequence problematic content that contravenes our rules & standards may go unnoticed for some time before it can be removed.

    We reserve the right to delete posts that offend against our above policy & indeed, to ban posters who are repeat offenders or who breach our code of conduct.

    WE HAVE BUILT A FANTASTIC ONLINE COMMUNITY AT DEMONLAND OVER THE PAST 23 YEARS & WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THE CLUB WE LOVE & ARE SO PASSIONATE ABOUT.

    Thank you for your continued support & understanding. Go Dees.


The Jaeger O'Meara Thread


Bruce Almighty

Recommended Posts

What's this "tender process" and where has that come from? I can't find a reference to it and would be pleased to see one - I have heard about it on the grapevine but that's all.

It's not clear that the GWS zone incentive trading is at the END of the trade period from that info - it could be an integral part of it and that would make sense. The u17 mini draft picks are just other tradable commodities.

That the actual picks are a week later is OK, gives time for the dust to settle, the bid winners to work out exactly who they'll take and the AFL to have another media event in October to squash racing, cricket, soccer and any other competotor off the back page of the Sun.

If there is a set time (2:10 on 17/10/11) for announcement of the outcome of the GWS zone incentive process then the way it is done is that bids are lodged with GWS during the trade period and GWS makes its decision at the end of the period to be announced at that time. That sounds like a tender to me irrespective of what they call it.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

With the events of Ross Lyon signing with Fremantle and looking for immediate success I reckon the question the below article asks will be answered.

http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/afl/dockers-torn-between-choosing-mitch-clark-and-jaeger-omeara/story-e6frg1xu-1226133807690

With Fremantle likely to recruit Mitch Clark and go for a premiership in the next few years while Pavlich, Sandilands, McPharlin, Grover & McPhee are still around it leaves us in the best position to secure pick 1 in the mini draft for O'Meara with our 2 1st round compensation picks to deal with.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Guest Jack Donaghy

If there is a set time (2:10 on 17/10/11) for announcement of the outcome of the GWS zone incentive process then the way it is done is that bids are lodged with GWS during the trade period and GWS makes its decision at the end of the period to be announced at that time. That sounds like a tender to me irrespective of what they call it.

Is that how it works?

I haven't read that.

Dammit. It is a bloody tender.

We'll have to bid high or risk not winning, rather than negotiate.

Damn these rules!

I wouldn't be surprised if we lose both compo picks if we really want O'Meara.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Is that how it works?

I haven't read that.

Dammit. It is a bloody tender.

We'll have to bid high or risk not winning, rather than negotiate.

Damn these rules!

I wouldn't be surprised if we lose both compo picks if we really want O'Meara.

If we wanted to offer a player and pick in the tender i'm not really sure how that would work. GWS might want player "x" which we are happy to give them but have no knowledge of, and offer player "y" and miss out.

anyway, IMO we offer the 2 compo picks and have no regrets. i want a star.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

If there is a set time (2:10 on 17/10/11) for announcement of the outcome of the GWS zone incentive process then the way it is done is that bids are lodged with GWS during the trade period and GWS makes its decision at the end of the period to be announced at that time. That sounds like a tender to me irrespective of what they call it.

I don't read it that way. What happens on the 17th at 2:10 is the picks in the draft. The trading for those oicks happens in the trade period. In the week in between the clubs who have acquired the picks have the opportunity to decide who they want to select. That's the way - read it - happy to be advised otherwise.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Got a nick name for Scully? Dana , X-files .

Lord Howe

Stef martin-DOC Martin (hes brainy) .

Anyone?

lying [censored] is $cummy's nickname

Link to comment
Share on other sites


I wonder why the GWS zone incentive selections are determined at the end of the trade period and not at the beginning?

Surely that means that if a club wants to trade a player or player as part of the tender to GWS and the club misses out, the player cannot then be traded to anyone else?

Or am I missing something?

Thats what I thought Jack, it doesn't seem to make much sense.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Guest Jack Donaghy

If we wanted to offer a player and pick in the tender i'm not really sure how that would work. GWS might want player "x" which we are happy to give them but have no knowledge of, and offer player "y" and miss out.

anyway, IMO we offer the 2 compo picks and have no regrets. i want a star.

Not necessarily.

If it is in fact a tender process, there's not really anything stopping us from speaking to GWS before submitting the tender and finding out who they are interested in.

It just means we can't really make a counter offer to beat the offer of another team...

But even I think GWS would make sure teams are aware of what other teams have said they'll offer.

Goddamn it, I just don't see the point of tendering for these picks.

It doesn't really make sense.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Surely you need certainty on what your Bidding For?

I don't see why it's so complicated - negotiate with GWS for a U17 draft pick just like any other trade involving draft picks.

Something like:

MFC "We'll give you a Scully compo pick for U17 pick 1"

GWS "Gold Coast has offered us ND pick 4, that's a better offer can you top it? We could give you U17 pick 2 for one Scully compo pick"

MFC "OK, we really want pick 1, we'll give you both Scully picks"

GWS "Done, looks like GC gets pick 2"

Edited by old55
Link to comment
Share on other sites

I don't see why it's so complicated - negotiate with GWS for a U17 draft pick just like any other trade involving draft picks.

Something like:

MFC "We'll give you a Scully compo pick for U17 pick 1"

GWS "Gold Coast has offered us ND pick 4, that's a better offer can you top it? We could give you U17 pick 2 for one Scully compo pick"

MFC "OK, we really want pick 1, we'll give you both Scully picks"

GWS "Done, looks like GC gets pick 2"

That's the way I assumed it would work, but with a tender and no right of reply we would not get to your second step.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Not sure I like the risk-reward factor of this mini-draft. We could offer both compo picks and there is no guarantee they would trump pick 4 this year if it was offered anyway. Does the tender process mean we have to spend the picks offered up even if we can't get the player we want? Because I would hate for us to end up losing both compo picks and draft Brad Crouch instead of O'Meara.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I have not seen any of Crouch or know much about him but one thing I do know is that O'Meara has a very bad case of OP that has hampered his development this year so if we do get him we can spend next year getting his body right

Link to comment
Share on other sites


That's the way I assumed it would work, but with a tender and no right of reply we would not get to your second step.

Surely there would be phone calls to and frow from GWS-MFC, GWS-GCS, so GWS can get the best deal. Gubby is a smart operator, he'll get the best deal.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Surely there would be phone calls to and frow from GWS-MFC, GWS-GCS, so GWS can get the best deal. Gubby is a smart operator, he'll get the best deal.

you would think so.

the more i think about it the more i think it couldn't possibly be a closed tender. the possiblity of a deal being struck behind closed doors would be impossible to police.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Our first round pick (the one straight after our normal first round pick) that we got for scully would be worth more to GWS than pick #4 if they didnt believe next year would be anything other than development and would feesably finish anywhere from first last to 4th last. it could, effectivly be pick 2, 3 or 4 dependant on where they finish so this GC trumping us with pick 4 is probably in reality a bit stupid.

also, in reality, that same pick may not be as valuable to us as the mid first round pick if we finish in the 8 where the mid first round may be lower than our actual pick and the subsequent one. The first round one would only be of more value if we finished bellow 9th (I would hope we improve again next year)

Edited by Edorion
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Our first round pick (the one straight after our normal first round pick) that we got for scully would be worth more to GWS than pick #4 if they didnt believe next year would be anything other than development and would feesably finish anywhere from first last to 4th last. it could, effectivly be pick 2, 3 or 4 dependant on where they finish so this GC trumping us with pick 4 is probably in reality a bit stupid.

also, in reality, that same pick may not be as valuable to us as the mid first round pick if we finish in the 8 where the mid first round may be lower than our actual pick and the subsequent one. The first round one would only be of more value if we finished bellow 9th (I would hope we improve again next year)

Pretty certain if we trade this pick to gws it is still used after our 1st rounder, not theirs.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Monday October 10 - Monday October 17 (2pm) - AFL exchange period, including GWS zone incentive trading rules

Monday October 17 (2.10pm) - GWS zone incentive selections.

Looking closer at this, just realised that the selections happen 10 minutes after the close of Trade Week - you'd need to be sure who you were going to pick if you've just done the trade deal for say Pick 3.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
  • Demonland Forums  

  • Match Previews, Reports & Articles  

    LEADERS OF THE PACK by The Oracle

    I was asked to write a preview of this week’s Round 8 match between Melbourne and Geelong. The two clubs have a history that goes right back to the time when the game was starting to become an organised sport but it’s the present that makes the task of previewing this contest so interesting. Both clubs recently reached the pinnacle of the competition winning premiership flags in 2021 and 2022 respectively, but before the start of this season, many good judges felt their time had passed - n

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 4

    PODCAST: Kade Chandler Interview

    I'm interviewing Melbourne Football Club's small forward Kade Chandler tomorrow for the Demonland Podcast. I'll be asking him about his road from being overlooked in the draft to his rookie listing to his apprenticeship as a sub to VFL premiership to his breakout 2023 season to mainstay in the Forwadline and much more. If you have any further questions let me know below and I'll see if I can squeeze them in. I will release the podcast at some time tomorrow so stay tuned.

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 24

    TRAINING: Monday 29th April 2024

    Demonland Trackwatcher Kev Martin was on hand at Gosch's Paddock for Monday's training session and made the following observations. About 38 to 40  players down at training.  BBB walking laps.  Charlie Spargo still in rehab, doing short run throughs.  Christian Salem has full kit on and doing individual work with a trainer. He is is starting to get into some sprints. I cannot see Andy Moniz-Wakefield out there. Jack Viney and Kade Chandler have broken away from the

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Training Reports

    DISCO INFERNO by Whispering Jack

    Two weeks ago, when the curtain came down on Melbourne’s game against the Brisbane Lions, the team trudged off the MCG looking tired and despondent at the end of a tough run of games played in quick succession. In the days that followed, the fans wanted answers about their team’s lamentable performance that night and foremost among their concerns was whether the loss was a one off result of fatigue or was it due to other factor(s) of far greater consequence.  As it turns out, the answer to

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 16

    TIGERS PUNT CASEY by KC from Casey

    The afternoon atmosphere at the Swinburne Centre was somewhat surreal as the game between Richmond VFL and the Casey Demons unfolded on what was really a normal work day for most Melburnians. The Yarra Park precinct marched to the rhythm of city life, the trains rolled by, pedestrians walked by with their dogs and the traffic on Punt Road and Brunton Avenue swirled past while inside the arena, a football battle ensued. And what a battle it was? The Tigers came in with a record of two wins f

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Casey Articles

    PREGAME: Rd 08 vs Geelong

    After returning to the winners list the Demons have a 10 day break until they face the unbeaten Cats at the MCG on Saturday Night. Who comes in and who goes out for this crucial match?

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 522

    PODCAST: Rd 07 vs Richmond

    The Demonland Podcast will air LIVE on Monday, 29th April @ 8:30pm. Join George, Binman & I as we analyse the Demons victory at the MCG against the Tigers in the Round 07. You questions and comments are a huge part of our podcast so please post anything you want to ask or say below and we'll give you a shout out on the show. If you would like to leave us a voicemail please call 03 9016 3666 and don't worry no body answers so you don't have to talk to a human. Listen & Chat

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 44

    VOTES: Rd 07 vs Richmond

    Last week Captain Max Gawn overtook reigning champion Christian Petracca in the Demonland Player of the Year Award. Steven May, Jack Viney & Alex Neal-Bullen make up the Top 5. Your votes for the win against the Tigers. 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 54

    POSTGAME: Rd 07 vs Richmond

    The Demons put their foot down after half time to notch up a clinical win by 43 points over the Tigers at the MCG on ANZAC Eve keeping touch with the Top 4.

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 387
  • Tell a friend

    Love Demonland? Tell a friend!

×
×
  • Create New...