I hope you realise I was writing my post in jest.

Yeah I realise.

Maybe a trading block is needed so the cards are layed out.

Edit: did a quick edit - McDonald ?

IIRC you couldn't stand Chris Mayne.

Apparently you didn't realise it was in jest!

I'm pretty sure you were offering Priddis? Maybe I had Mayne, regardless it'll go nowhere. Either way, I don't like Priddis' hair.

Tapscott?

I am offering up man-of-the-moment Liam Jurrah for anyone willing to take a gamble on him having a barnstorming 40-goal second half to the season. He'll be back with a point to prove. Could be the difference to your side making the eight or not.

Think about it and make me an offer. Looking to upgrade one of my backs or mids.

Tapscott for Jurrah?

I'm going to bed.

You have an offer on the table from your round 1 opponent. J Tynan for L Tapscott. Depth for depth - Tynan will play earlier yet Tappy may be better long term this season

Tapscott for Jurrah?

I'm going to bed.

Hey,don't chuck it in-I for one is lovin the little scrap B/w HT &you,good on ya- I am realizing that some mods are human after all.Good on ya guys.

Maybe I didn't realise initially but I do now 45.

Funny I thought it was Chris Maynes hair ?

I think I traded him for Richard Douglas late. Who was injured...

I am offering up man-of-the-moment Liam Jurrah for anyone willing to take a gamble on him having a barnstorming 40-goal second half to the season. He'll be back with a point to prove. Could be the difference to your side making the eight or not.

Think about it and make me an offer. Looking to upgrade one of my backs or mids.

I seriously doubt there will be any takers RR.Have a look at my list and see if you want to trade.However, note it will be a very low offer or I just will not even reply.Got it- hope Europe is treating you fine.Have a great trip

In fairness, Richard Douglas is a gun and I'd trade for him - even if injured!

Keeper League

Touched on earlier by OMR and it is something I am keen to implement. This year, unless the idea receives an overly negative response, will be the beggining of our keeper league.

Basically it means that come next year you will keep 4 players from this year's list. These players will be selected before the draft which will then be made up of players not already kept in a team. Which adds an interesting dynamic to the upcoming draft because some of the players you pick may be 'your' players for several years to come.

I had thought originally to keep players from last year for this year but ultimately I feel that disadvantages some teams who might have weaker teams so it is best to start from a clean slate.

Why 4? It has to be an even number because of the draft system. The risk with more, say 6, is that if a team lucks out and gets 6 high quality players it may be years of them being very good which reduces the incentive for the others to continue on. 2 Just doesn't feel like enough.

The 1st game in anger all but a mere few hours away,

This might be a good option to consider for next year a PRE DRAFT : after all the coaches have chosen their "keeper" players and discarded the rest the bottom six teams have a free hit (draft) on the 'pool' of elite players cut from everyones team. Each get to choose 1 elite player. The bottom 6 teams only,so there isnt any tanking, the last 6 would be random. All done proir to the main draft,when they have all added their ONE elite player

then we open up the main draft as per normal. So if you had a crap year, for whatever reason, you have something to offset it, a slight jump on the rest. Btw doesnt have to be the bottom 6, could be the bottom 4 teams that get the free 'hit".Effectively the bottom 6 teams would have 5 'keepers"

And IF I dont finish bottom 6, (and have no intention of doing so) , plz ignore this suggestion lol

Food for some thought?.

just made the signing of the year. put your money on scarlett for the priemership.

If Kennedy and Greene weren't mids then they would be A+

just made the signing of the year. put your money on scarlett for the priemership.

Hope GWS Kennedy works out for you.

My tip is the AFL world now know who he is & he will be wearing a very hard tag for the rest of 2012

Edited March 26, 201213 yr by Old Man Rivers

The 1st game in anger all but a mere few hours away,

This might be a good option to consider for next year a PRE DRAFT : after all the coaches have chosen their "keeper" players and discarded the rest the bottom six teams have a free hit (draft) on the 'pool' of elite players cut from everyones team. Each get to choose 1 elite player. The bottom 6 teams only,so there isnt any tanking, the last 6 would be random. All done proir to the main draft,when they have all added their ONE elite player

then we open up the main draft as per normal. So if you had a crap year, for whatever reason, you have something to offset it, a slight jump on the rest. Btw doesnt have to be the bottom 6, could be the bottom 4 teams that get the free 'hit".Effectively the bottom 6 teams would have 5 'keepers"

And IF I dont finish bottom 6, (and have no intention of doing so) , plz ignore this suggestion lol

Food for some thought?.

While that makes sense, the regular way of doing thing... ie the reverse order of the ladder at year's end... would, you'd think, be enough to ensure the bad performers from one year get first crack the following year. Unless I'm wrong, your suggestion works something like this.... The lowest ranked teams from 2012 will get picks 1-6... and THEN get picks 7-12 on top of that. I reckon that mightbe a little too much advantage there. Not to mention the fact that during the season, once you KNOW you're not going to make it to finals, or if you know you're too injury decimated to stay in it long, you might trade some of your short-term quality (Sandilands, Cox, Hayes etc) for some long-term prospects (Le Cras etc). To me, using crafty trading in 2012, along with 2 picks inside the first 12... that's going to be too much.

UNless I read your post wrong. Did I?

I personally like the concept, I have some ideas in mind, including something similar to this. We'll see how the year pans out first.

I personally like the concept, I have some ideas in mind, including something similar to this. We'll see how the year pans out first.

Or....or.....the bottom four get mid table compo picks, and you slot these in under either the current format or reverse ladder positions.

I can smell some tanking later in the year......

just wondering, with my trade pending, if i get mcauley in my team before friday, am i able to play him as my starting ruckman?

just wondering, with my trade pending, if i get mcauley in my team before friday, am i able to play him as my starting ruckman?

I was hoping to play Carrazzo too however the league page suggests we can't.

• You have until Saturday March 24 at 7:20 PM (AEDT) to sign and delist players for your Round 1 team.
  
• Team to team trades must be accpeted and processed by Saturday March 24 at 7:20 PM (AEDT) for these players to be available for your Round 1 team.
  

This seems odd as the trade will be complete on the Thursday

UNless I read your post wrong. Did I?

You read it correctly. But before 'we' start punching holes in the concept, it needs to be discussed and thoroughly thought through.

The 1st question to be asked is... is is a good idea to give the bottom 2-6 teams more hope for the next season, I thought it was,thats why I wanted to get the ball rolling. Until this season is nearing an end, we wont know how far off the pace the 12th placed team is, maybe they dont need much help, Might be just the bottom 2 teams that we help more.

Maybe the keeper min could be 6 for each coach. Either way, I thought with the draft now setup the way it is, its so everyone gets to taste some finals, If the same ones finish down at the wrong end most times, they will lose interest.

If whatever is decided ie last 4 teams, get a pre-draft, then they are last pick in the 1st round. So then it works they get 2 1st round picks,at some stage they will have to forfeit a round pick, because they have 1 more player than anyone else.

Therefore, they could be ommitted from the 2nd round draft. That in effect, gives them an extra gun player, but they miss out of a medium player, if you follow?

Whatever way it works, its to keep everyone interested in playing, Some may drop out for other reasons, but its hard to keep going when down at the wrong end of the ladder.

It can work, just needs to be worked through,and decided what would work best.

We have all year to come up with a concept that is suitable.

Enjoy carrazzo, he did me a goodie today

Massive high profile trade offer on the table, Range Rover.

Worth consideration.

Enjoy carrazzo, he did me a goodie today

Enjoy I will