I would be more interested in Quinton Lynch than Travis cloke personally, Cloke is a great contested mark granted, but he wants far more than he is worth unless he is in top form for 5 years straight, Lynch would cost far less, and fill the second tall role then we have more money to spend on getting our midfield up to scratch, i'd be tempted to mix up howe's time forward abit, he is too good a mark not to have in a dangerous position more of the time, then throw strong offers to Clint Young and Shannon Byrnes to get abit of experience, quality disposal and hard bodies into the mix and throw the kitchen sink at goddard, he may be gone but if there is any chance he would be well worth it, his on and off the field contribution would be huge for the young players and fans, if we get all of that, we would be a much different side next year, Boak would be an ideal addition to our midfield, not sure how realistic getting him is but we have the picks and we have the money so i suppose there has to be some chance there

Update: Free agency rules and key drafting dates

Update: Free agency rules and key drafting dates

Again, that article is just a 'ctrl C, ctrl V' job from an old article.

What is written there is different from what the AFL told The Age a few weeks ago.

Tuck is no longer available signed a 1 year deal AFL Website

Update: Free agency rules and key drafting dates

Might be cut n paste article, but very usefule to clarify FA rules. I wasn't aware that RFAs could be traded if their original club matches the offer.

Tuck is no longer available signed a 1 year deal AFL Website

That's disappointing. Although he is 30 I really rate him and it wouldn't have been ridiculous for us to offer him 2 years, especially not having played a heap of footy earlier in his career. His body seems to hold up fine at the moment.

Goddard!

Might be cut n paste article, but very usefule to clarify FA rules. I wasn't aware that RFAs could be traded if their original club matches the offer.

What would happen is Player A agrees to go to Carlton.

Player A's Club says we will match that and then the player either says fine I will stay or reject it and 'elect' or 'threaten' to go into the draft.

Carlton can then negotiate with Player A's club for a trade, should a trade not substantiate - that player can go into the draft.

So it is still a complicated mess and the RFA still has the right to go into the draft should they not want to re-sign with their club.

Edited September 20, 201213 yr by rpfc

Basically RFA is in place so the player can get the best deal possible. If their original club chooses to match another clubs offer, the player can can accept or reject this. Pretty simple. Basically means loyalty is going out the window

Goddard!

I recon he is GWS bound.

I recon he is GWS bound.

Why? We can offer more money. We don't have scully.