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So Garlett and Lumumba will be are our only trades to this moment confirmed

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So Garlett and Lumumba will be our only trades?

Nobody knows

Nobody on here, and nobody in the media

The only people that know are the ones sitting in the meetings, ie. Todd Viney and Josh Mahoney

and not even they will know until the deadline passes as anything can pop up any minute for them im sure

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What contingency? It would be extremely naive of the club if all our trade ideas were hinged on everything going according to plan.

How about a contingency plan that allows for a bump or 2 in the road. So that if something unplanned is to happen, it doesn't send all our trade ideas down the drain.

What contingency plan? ..............................Let's call it the 'common sense' contingency plan.

So you have inside knowledge on everyone we have approached ?

You have inside knowledge on everyone we have targeted ?

You are reacting to rumor and scuttlebutt like everyone else.

Truth is no one knows who we have targeted, what we have offered and the reactions to the offers by both the player and the club.

You are looking at the outside cover of book with no idea of what is written inside.

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I do get slightly irritated at those who just think that players are queuing up to come to our club and the opposition clubs are just going to let them walk. We are slightly more attractive now we have Roos but many keep forgetting that we finished 2nd bottom and are not looking at finals contention in the short term. Trading is very complicated unless we are talking about NQR's, other clubs refuse, pre-retiree's and last chance footballers. The big ticket items are difficult to dislodge and usually have a preference for a better club.

I am sure we have thrown a net over lots of potentials with lots of knock backs and lots of not being able to dislodge them from their clubs. We have one and half days and i am philosophical about what will happen. We will either get a ready made footballer or go to the draft with pick and 2 and 3

We should have $$$$ to throw around, players want success but they want money more. We'd have a million in the cap just with Frawley and Clark walking out the door not to mention guys like Blease, Tapscott, Strauss who were no doubt on more money than they should've been, it's probably close to another million with those 3.

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Hi All.

I would just like to let everyone know that my post regarding Kennedy was a genuine post from a good friend/source. You can check my history in 'topics'. I started a thread in June stating that Frawley was gone and the club understand this. This was way before anybody thought he was actually going. My source has always been on the ball, so I will back the information I was given in. To the mods, please leave this thread up.

Thanks guys,

Go Dees

I for one believe you! Thanks mate and god I hope it's true. What's effectively pick 2 + Frawley for Kennedy and Lumumba I would do in a heartbeat. Hopefully we have a few other tricks up our sleeve as well to upgrade 23 and either the Clark pick or the pick we get back from the Swans

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We should have $$$$ to throw around, players want success but they want money more. We'd have a million in the cap just with Frawley and Clark walking out the door not to mention guys like Blease, Tapscott, Strauss who were no doubt on more money than they should've been, it's probably close to another million with those 3.

You are arguing against yourself - we should have $$$$ to throw around - correct. Players want money more than success - if that is the case - where is the queue lining up to come to the door.

I disagree that players want money more than success - they can have both. I talked to 2 ex players and they both said that if they are offered 500K by their own successful club and 600K by Melbourne - they would take the successful club every day. Dawes came to us because we offered significantly more than Collingwood did - same with Clark.

I have little doubt that we have been throwing $$$$'s around trying to lure players - from what I am seeing I can only conclude that the players don't want our $'s and the reasons are staring us in the face. We went to the AFL to ask for assistance in the draft - why ? because we are such a great club ? We stink it up big time and I can see this boat turning under Roos but very slowly at the moment. I dont think that we haven't put out feelers for all sorts of players - I would suggest they just dont want to come.

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Anyone for a last minute deal that looks like this:

Our pick 3 and 23 to Adelaide/Gold Coast for their pick 8/9 + A grade player? We still get the DL faves of Brayshaw and Lever but a ready-to-go-now player (instead of drafting for #23)

Glad I'm out for the day rather than refreshing DL every five min.!

One could be so lucky....


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You are arguing against yourself - we should have $$$$ to throw around - correct. Players want money more than success - if that is the case - where is the queue lining up to come to the door.

I disagree that players want money more than success - they can have both. I talked to 2 ex players and they both said that if they are offered 500K by their own successful club and 600K by Melbourne - they would take the successful club every day. Dawes came to us because we offered significantly more than Collingwood did - same with Clark.

I have little doubt that we have been throwing $$$$'s around trying to lure players - from what I am seeing I can only conclude that the players don't want our $'s and the reasons are staring us in the face. We went to the AFL to ask for assistance in the draft - why ? because we are such a great club ? We stink it up big time and I can see this boat turning under Roos but very slowly at the moment. I dont think that we haven't put out feelers for all sorts of players - I would suggest they just dont want to come.

Of course if its $500k compared to $600k they'd stay with a successful club over a perennial cellar dweller. But if it's $350k-$400k compared to $600k-$700k it becomes a different story.

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Roos in Hawaii, Goodwin in Paris....

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Roos in Hawaii, Goodwin in Paris....

So why should we stress when they r on hols?

Obviously everything is under control and nothing to worry about.

Let's c come tomorrow!

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On a side note I hate this new SEN app or what ever the fark they call it.

It always cuts out and it [censored] me to no end.

Why [censored] change it in the first place

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On a side note I hate this new SEN app or what ever the fark they call it.

It always cuts out and it [censored] me to no end.

Why [censored] change it in the first place

Agreed it's a [censored] nightmare

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Of course if its $500k compared to $600k they'd stay with a successful club over a perennial cellar dweller. But if it's $350k-$400k compared to $600k-$700k it becomes a different story.

they gotta want to come and at this stage we are trying to sell players a rolls royce that everyone knows is a lada.


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I can't understand Hallahan wanting to go to gc17.

He won't be in their first, second or third midfield rotation.

Perhaps he is partial to their 4th.

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It would seem unfathomable to the public that Kennedy would be traded by Sydney

But, for reasons I wont go in to, I've just had conformation they're close.

We have a substantial offer on the table.

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We should have $$$$ to throw around, players want success but they want money more. We'd have a million in the cap just with Frawley and Clark walking out the door not to mention guys like Blease, Tapscott, Strauss who were no doubt on more money than they should've been, it's probably close to another million with those 3.

HL, Garlett and Frost plus our new draft picks will all probably wish to be paid.

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It would seem unfathomable to the public that Kennedy would be traded by Sydney

But, for reasons I wont go in to, I've just had conformation they're close.

We have a substantial offer on the table.

I'd love to get Kennedy but I'd feel less uneasy about it if it didn't cost us 2 AND 3.

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HL, Garlett and Frost plus our new draft picks will all probably wish to be paid.

Of course, HL will be on $400-$500k, Garlett and Frost shouldn't be on too much, $300k max, draft picks go on to rookie contracts. We should still have about 10% of our cap to play around with.

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It would seem unfathomable to the public that Kennedy would be traded by Sydney

But, for reasons I wont go in to, I've just had conformation they're close.

We have a substantial offer on the table.

Oh god here we go again

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Wow, so despite the mania of last nights thread, Joey Kennedy is still a rumour.

Partyboy, any idea (should the rumour be true) what we're offering... are we no longer in to Brayshaw?

EDIT: Let me add that I was an early sceptic last night.. alas, the persistence of this rumour engages me.

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