The Trade/Draft Rumour Mill

[dee-luded 2,959]

Cool rumours.

our rumors have all run cold & dry. atthispoint

[dee-luded 2,959]

I hope thats true.

Great to hear... but if that really is the case, why wouldn't they have anounced this already?

hmmn, going fishing ????

[ChaserJ 5,157]

Wasn't that impressed by Jarman Impey.

My lasting memory of him is seeing Matt Crouch almost kill him with his attack on the contest, completely fairly and going the ball.

Impey had to be helped off the field and didn't compete for the rest of that day.

Not sure that says all that much about Impey…Matt Crouch is a bit of a beast, especially at U/18 level.

No one in this year’s draft pool would attack the ball with more intensity than Crouch.

[Jaded No More 68,974]

92 pages of rumours and not 1 trade yet. This has to be some sort of record

This thread has nothing on the Paul Roos Open To Talks thread.

Those were some good times!

[dee-luded 2,959]

I would seriously entertain offering Carlton pick 2 for Mitch Robinson..

Would anyone else consider this a viable option??

I like his grunt, ability to kick a goal and most of all his mongrel!

yep. Pick 2 right?

[IWAP 170]

Apparently Kane Lucas being shopped around, although doesn't want to leave. A couple of clubs including us and one of the WA clubs expressed some interest (no way would he get into Freo's midfield).

[Hannibal 5,814]

Apparently Kane Lucas being shopped around, although doesn't want to leave. A couple of clubs including us and one of the WA clubs expressed some interest (no way would he get into Freo's midfield).

Another hack.

[dee-luded 2,959]

Don't forget that 2003 draft was the antithesis to the 2001 Superdraft. It was typical of Melbourne's luck that we had two picks inside the top 5. A year later the same 2 picks would have netted R Griffen and L Franklin although we probably would have stuffed that up

2003 Draft from pick 3 onwards was

Sylvia

Ray

McLean

Bradley

Tenace

Raf Clark

Trotter

R Dunn

Waters

Ryan Murphy

Stanton

Fergus Watts etc

There was some cream later on but the high picks were very average. Arguably our picks were as good as could have been

this is right, & shows just how badly our leaders were off the pulse of AFL, not knowing when or how to 'List Manage'.

couldn't even pick the Right Year to LManage. Let alone which players to take.

[DeeSpencer 26,081]

The 3 week FA/Trade period is nothing but AFL self indulgence.

1 week total would be enough time IMO

Disagree. Have to give clubs time to do their research, check medicals, have a look at the draft crop and due to the restricted nature of AFL there's no later period of trading available so it has to be done all at once. Maybe it could start a week later officially but still give clubs that time after finals to do their leg work.

[ignition. 1,466]

Don't book a table mate, I was just trying to get the rumours flowing again. Let's say it's not 100% truth...

Hahaha no worries.

[Bluey's Dad 3,419]

Don't book a table mate, I was just trying to get the rumours flowing again. Let's say it's not 100% truth...

[Still Waiting 94]

Warning, warning,.................... whoever our club manages to entice simply must have some pace, legspeed, quickness, or whatever you choose to call it, period!

Without this facet we are still 5-8 years from winning consistently.

[IWAP 170]

Another hack.

Maybe. But hacks get traded too!

[hardtack 10,627]

I hope thats true.

hmmn, going fishing ????

Ok, ok... I had my anglometer switched to the off position ;-)

[Deestroy All 14,266]

Warning, warning,.................... whoever our club manages to entice simply must have some pace, legspeed, quickness, or whatever you choose to call it, period!

Without this facet we are still 5-8 years from winning consistently.

Relax, Kane Tenace and Andre Gianfagna have got this.

Edited October 9, 2013 by Deestroy All

[Demon_Tingles 211]

While I appreciate everyone's right to an opinion, It seems that a few people on here just throw up quotes to shoot down potential players ... quotes like another hack, spud, useless and others. As I said everyone can have an opinion but how about throwing some names in yourselves that you think would be available and able to slot into our team (which shouldn't be hard because we are pretty poor)

[H_T 3,049]

The 3 week FA/Trade period is nothing but AFL self indulgence.

1 week total would be enough time IMO

It used to be one week, but then the AFL had this great idea to feed AFL to its supporters all year round to detract from any A-League, T/20, NRL, Spring Carnival, Cricket news.

[Demon_Tingles 211]

Also let us be honest about the position this club is in ... There is not much chance of us luring an out and out star to this football club. No matter if we have pick 2 or not. If you were an AFL footballer would you want to come to a club like us?? Regardless of Paul Roos joining us, the club is a very very hard sell and will take a hell of a lot to get back to regularly competing with the bigger clubs.

[rjay 25,088]

Cook is an aberration. Simply the choice of an [censored] selector .No one can figure out how that happened. I believe the expert pundits rated Tambling higher in that draft. it also highlights that clubs were particular about finding players to fill roles. The Dogs were after mids, not forwards etc ot they would have taken Buddy surely.

Some things become more focused with the benefit of hindsight but what does OUR club need right now.??

Cook was selected because he was seen as the next best tall forward in the draft, he was selected on needs as we needed a tall forward.

Wallace has said on a number of occasions that Tambling was selected again on needs, they were looking for mids.

Drafting for needs is a very dangerous exercise. We take what we see as best available.

I have faith the guys in charge now will make the right decisions.

[Deestroy All 14,266]

While I appreciate everyone's right to an opinion, It seems that a few people on here just throw up quotes to shoot down potential players ... quotes like another hack, spud, useless and others. As I said everyone can have an opinion but how about throwing some names in yourselves that you think would be available and able to slot into our team (which shouldn't be hard because we are pretty poor)

Or how about not, how about starting a fantasy thread where people can throw up names they want.

This thread is for posting actual trade rumours/news that is going around, can we try to stick to that?

If I want to read about Essendon and ASADA I'll go somewhere else and read it or neck myself for wanting to read it.

[Demon_Tingles 211]

Ummm didn't you just contradict yourself ?

This thread is for posting actual rumours ???? How is that different from asking people who they think is available. In fact I'm fairly certain that's how most rumours start on here ?

[Demon_Tingles 211]

Also I don't believe I said anything about Essendrug or ASADA just players that we think are available and we could get. Basically instead of calling everyone a hack how about telling us who you think is available and we could get.

[Deestroy All 14,266]

Ummm didn't you just contradict yourself ?

This thread is for posting actual rumours ???? How is that different from asking people who they think is available. In fact I'm fairly certain that's how most rumours start on here ?

I did just contradict myself, but it was unavoidable. Don't take it personally, I've wanted to post this about 53 times when I've clicked on this thread hoping to read the lated rumour, instead reading someone's opinion on some bs that has nothing to do with a trade rumour.

This isn't the try and start a rumour thread. There's, trade radio, twitter, newspapers, websites and word of mouth, can we try to stick to these "sources" when posting.

Posting other BS breeds more BS that we have to wade through, as seen in these last 3 posts, to name a few.

[Demon_Tingles 211]

That is fair but isn't trade week on here mostly BS if we cut out supposed sources and rumours this page would be 5 comments long. As you stated there is newspapers twitter facebook and more for rumours so why would this be any different? No matter what people try this time of year will always encourage rumours and BS in fact im tipping 1 in every 500 posts on here from supposed sources turns out to be true. That's just the way it is here. I don't disagree with you at all just stating that no matter what this time of the year is always full of BS no matter where you go to look

[Deestroy All 14,266]

I'm trying to get the thread back on track, that is all.

I don't use twitter or listen to the radio or read newspapers, I check in here to see what's going on. There a million others threads to read opinions.

I thought coming into a trade rumours thread to read about trade rumours was a reasonable request, but I'm a simple kinda guy.