Farren Ray

[Redleg 37,907]

Please don't waste pick 33 on Farren Ray. 2 years ago we got Howe with pick 33. Surely we can find someone better than Ray at pick 33. Someone harder.

We won't.

[red and blue forever 781]

pick 53 and 73 for ray?

[boydie 653]

pick 53 and 73 for ray?

With how Melbourne are trading I'd expect it to be more like 49 + 53

[H_T 2,941]

40 minutes.....

[Robbie57 1,991]

wont happen... unless we are planning on handing over pick 4 and today that would not surprise me.

[The Chazz 4,077]

He is the final player that we had earmarked at the start of trade period that we haven't got.

Let's see it happen!

One thing I keep thinking of with Ray, not sure if it has been mentioned on this thread yet (can't be bothered reading it all), Misson would know what Ray's work ethic and attitude toward training would be like...

[pantaloons 2,019]

For Pete's sake, I can't believe I'm that desperate, but just give them 49, 53 and 70 for Ray and be done with it. We don't have a recruiting manager and clearly were not interested in using any decent picks so just [censored] them off.

[Jordie_tackles 354]

I'm happy to see the club trade in some experience and it's really good to see they've recruited some very good senior players as well but you can go too far and you have to have one eye on the future as well as the present. I would hate to see, say, Rodan getting a game ahead of a talented kid who may deserve a game but will miss out because of the desire to win a couple of games now.

I for one don't want to see the team full of "not great but ok senior players" from other clubs who know they won't be around for a flag and therefore will be playing for the money and maybe a bit of fun in the twilight of their careers.

I don't want to see us lurch from one thing to another, we can't replicate the Swans in one draft period..

It is hard Robbie, we have seen it done the opposite way and that doesnt work, but i think your right in suggesting we could go too far the other way.

I just hope as i bet you and others that we can get the mix right, bring in Viney, Pick 4 and maybe a Taggert ect along with the Dawes, Pedros, Byrnes ect to bring the mix right, and replace the Sellars and Bails or just put the pressure on for the in form players to get games.

[DemonDing 56]

Gotta get ray after today performance, would have happily kept Martin and gysbets over a lot of players still on the list!

Edited October 26, 2012 by DemonDing

[old dee 22,946]

Gotta get ray after today performance, would have happily kept Martin and gysbets over a lot of players still on the list!

You will find it very hard to trade someone with no value DD

Those two have some value so guess what they get traded.

It is like selling your house

The value is what some else will pay which way be way different to what you imagine.

If the best value you can get is pick 88 then that is the market value.

[DeeZee 6,805]

All over , Ray stays a Saint.

[Redleg 37,907]

All over , Ray stays a Saint.

I wonder if we were serious. Reported as no MFC contact with Saints in last couple of weeks. Maybe they smell a chance of Jacobs in the PSD.

[Dee Fan 3,247]

I wonder if we were serious. Reported as no MFC contact with Saints in last couple of weeks. Maybe they smell a chance of Jacobs in the PSD.

Tim Harrington said they put in a lot of work in this today and were close but not quite there.