Clark Out Lumumba In is fine by me. With Mitch's foot and head issues, getting a player like Lumumba is more than acceptable IMO. We thought he was gone for nothing a few months back, and Lumumba presents a much safer bet, even if he is a bit of a loon.

Edited October 14, 201411 yr by Forest Demon

[censored] deal for us. Sorry but it is.

Wait for Clark to rip it up next year.

How so? Clark hasn't played a good game in over 2 years. Lumumba just finished 4th in the B&F at a club that's streets ahead of us.

I would have preferred to keep Clark but the guy is scum and Roos has made the best of a bad situation.

[censored] deal for us. Sorry but it is.

Wait for Clark to rip it up next year.

After today, I am fine with having Lamumba for Clark.

Less of a toss er with a stable navicular...

Honestly, that should be how we recruit these days:

Viney: "Nice to meet you kid, got some talent...so if I were to grab you here does it hurt?"

Kid: "Mr Viney, you're hurting my foot!"

Viney: "Aha! p i s s off kid. Next!"

Nasher: Toss er and p i s s o f f censored? If that is foul language then what kind of a country do we live in?

Edited October 14, 201411 yr by rpfc

Balme saying it'll go through tomorrow, straight swap

I am making my way out of remote Africa in a few hours and not arriving back in Melbourne ( or in touch with the internet ) until Wednesday evening. I certainly hope that the trade is well and truly done by this time (in addition to the big mega trade and maybe even Frost)! Happy posting everybody until then!

I am making my way out of remote Africa in a few hours and not arriving back in Melbourne ( or in touch with the internet ) until Wednesday evening. I certainly hope that the trade is well and truly done by this time (in addition to the big mega trade and maybe even Frost)! Happy posting everybody until then!

dont give us flamin ebola though! Strewth.

dont give us flamin ebola though! Strewth.

East Africa not West Africa thankfully!

2010 All Australian. He's still playing good football. Why not?

East Africa not West Africa thankfully!

You should come and have a drink with me in Addis Ababa before you leave!

You should come and have a drink with me in Addis Ababa before you leave!

Gladly to consider next time however all flights and transfers are in place and confirmed!

Gladly to consider next time however all flights and transfers are in place and confirmed!

Ah shame, especially given none of the other Australians living over here seem to have any interest in AFL, let alone time to indulge in pre-season rumours on Demonland...

[censored] deal for us. Sorry but it is.

Wait for Clark to rip it up next year.

I agree Jaded, we really should be getting a pick of some.description back as well or at least a guy on the fringe at the Cats.

I agree Jaded, we really should be getting a pick of some.description back as well or at least a guy on the fringe at the Cats.

I just don't think we are going to be able to do this. If we were playing NHL 98, Lumumba would be rated around 80-85, Varcoe around 75, and Clark around 90 with a bandaid next to his name. Collingwood are clearly getting the worst player in the deal and I'm sure they've already been kicking up a stink behind closed doors about improving their draft position in this trade if their Beams dealings and past history is anything to go by. I'd love to get an extra pick out of it, but it'd probably be easier if we had a pick in the 30-80 range that could be upgraded rather than just a straight pick in, but we don't.

Edited October 14, 201411 yr by pantaloons

Let's be realistic here. Collingwood can't wait to be rid of Lumumba here. They have no bargaining power whatsoever and should be happy to take what they are given. Especially given that they need Lumumba off the list to afford Greenwood.

Geelong are not the sort of team to be making speculative player trades. They are keen on Clark because they think he is mentally and physically able to play decent football for them next year. If he plays regularly, and Geelong are seemingly comfortable that he will, he is clearly worth way more than Varcoe.

Geelong need to give us something extra and I hope the club stand firm in demanding a pick.

paperwork now lodged...

welcome HL !

officially a dee

Amazing that Geelong's announcement has Clark in a Geelong jumper, but ours has Lumumba in a Collingwood jumper. Does anybody at the club have a clue how to promote themselves?

Welcome Prince

Amazing that Geelong's announcement has Clark in a Geelong jumper, but ours has Lumumba in a Collingwood jumper. Does anybody at the club have a clue how to promote themselves?

Whos to say hes not out of the country or similar.

Amazing that Geelong's announcement has Clark in a Geelong jumper, but ours has Lumumba in a Collingwood jumper. Does anybody at the club have a clue how to promote themselves?

They should have got them all to bring their original jumpers, and then just swapped them.

Amazing that Geelong's announcement has Clark in a Geelong jumper, but ours has Lumumba in a Collingwood jumper. Does anybody at the club have a clue how to promote themselves?

They've been too busy trying to photoshop Danger and Kennedy.

Amazing that Geelong's announcement has Clark in a Geelong jumper, but ours has Lumumba in a Collingwood jumper. Does anybody at the club have a clue how to promote themselves?

Collingwood have Varcoe in a cat's jumper too.

Sweating the small things..

Give us a positive post ....just one...I'm sure there is positive post buried somewhere deep down...you can do it !

Whos to say hes not out of the country or similar.

Photoshop

Welcome H.

I hope you prove me wrong.

Done. Thank god that ordeal is over.

And we got the Prince out of it too, for essentially nothing.

Well, we have Hershey Lumumbles now... The one who will have the last laugh, the one who is blessed the one who is quite mad! But Clark is gone and I no longer have to watch that guy ruin No 11 or the dees and so forth. Welcome Hairy McCleary from Donaldsons Dairy wear the Demons Jumper and play like ya mean it.