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It's cool, I got 3 fresh 'likes' on my Gorringe is the new Zac post.

Sweet bump, bros.

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Pick 6 and Howe should do it if he is keen to move. Otherwise, they risk losing him for nothing next year.

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Did anyone else get excited when this thread popped back up on the top...

Warning. Understand the credentials of a poster before deciding whether to read a thread or not. If it's Chook From Perth, open. Everyone else, don't bother unless the title has changed to "Player X requests trade to Melbourne"

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Pick 6 and Howe should do it if he is keen to move. Otherwise, they risk losing him for nothing next year.

No they don't, he's no free agent at all next year, simply out of contract, so if he wants to leave them it'll most likely be a trade.

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Did anyone else get excited when this thread popped back up on the top...

Yes..... Stupid me. Pick 6 & Howe would likely be enough, of course they'd want more but if they are convinced he'll look to leave regardless next year it's as reasonable a trade offer as they are likely to get IMO.

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No they don't, he's no free agent at all next year, simply out of contract, so if he wants to leave them it'll most likely be a trade.

If he doesn't sign next year, what leverage does the GCS club have? Very little.

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If he doesn't sign next year, what leverage does the GCS club have? Very little.

No way he leaves for "nothing" though

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We won't get him this year. GC are losing Dixon and Bennell, and will have ample early draft picks in a shallow draft. They haven't been linked to any big fish, so there's no need to offload Prestia before his contract expires. But if his manager puts off talks till the end of 2016, there's a fair chance he's considering coming to us.

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No way he leaves for "nothing" though

Fair enough. Let's change this to 'very little', potentially.

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I'd love to hear an update on his knee, a prognosis of some sort.


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Pick 6 and Howe should do it if he is keen to move. Otherwise, they risk losing him for nothing next year.

no we don't give up P-6.

we aren't well off enough, to give away our chances on elite kids from the draft at this stage. if we 'PASS' on another Stringer, or Wines, then I'm done with footy forever.

Prestia is contracted til next year, IF we cannot tempt a trade for him this season, then we wait til 2016.

O'Meara, we should be chasing, & looking for a trade deal for him as well... but we keep P-6. Trade players, Or a mix of players, plus our 2nd Rnd pick, OK... but don't pass up a Curnow, or such.

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no we don't give up P-6.

we aren't well off enough, to give away our chances on elite kids from the draft at this stage. if we 'PASS' on another Stringer, or Wines, then I'm done with footy forever.

Prestia is contracted til next year, IF we cannot tempt a trade for him this season, then we wait til 2016.

O'Meara, we should be chasing, & looking for a trade deal for him as well... but we keep P-6. Trade players, Or a mix of players, plus our 2nd Rnd pick,,, OK... but don't pass up a Curnow, or such.

All good in theory, but who do we have that WE would give up to get these players? Watts, Howe, Grimes? If so, then GC will laugh in our face.

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no we don't give up P-6.

we aren't well off enough, to give away our chances on elite kids from the draft at this stage. if we 'PASS' on another Stringer, or Wines, then I'm done with footy forever.

Prestia is contracted til next year, IF we cannot tempt a trade for him this season, then we wait til 2016.

O'Meara, we should be chasing, & looking for a trade deal for him as well... but we keep P-6. Trade players, Or a mix of players, plus our 2nd Rnd pick, OK... but don't pass up a Curnow, or such.

All good in theory, but who do we have that WE would give up to get these players? Watts, Howe, Grimes? If so, then GC will laugh in our face.

all good then, let them laugh... we can trade our 2015 Rnd 2 Pick, &/our 2016 1st Rnd pick, &/or 2nd Rnd Pick...

I'd look at a combo of picks (other than this years 1st Rnd Pick), plus players from a list of Dawes, Watts, Howe ;... I'd even trade Gawn in a direct swap for either Prestia or O'Meara. Gawn for Prestia, if that's what it takes.

But I strongly suggest, this year we keep & use, our 1st Rnd pick on Curnow &/or Weideman. That is, we take Curnow, or we swap picks with GWS for their Pick 9/10 (Dees P-6 + player y > GWS... GWS P-10 + player x > Demons).

IMO we need to get that Key Tall/Mid this year, to develop, to be a partner for Hogan; & just in case we are without Hogan for whatever reason, in coming years.

I expect it would take minimum of 2 years to develop a key tall, so now is the year to recruit that partner player.

In the meantime, we should be finding a mature player who can mark & crash packs, unlike Msr Dawes.

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Yeah trading a unknown kid for a young proven midfielder is a bad idea...

I try and understand you Dee luded, but [censored] me it's like Alice falling down the rabbit hole.

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all good then, let them laugh... we can trade our 2015 Rnd 2 Pick, &/our 2016 1st Rnd pick, &/or 2nd Rnd Pick...

I'd look at a combo of picks (other than this years 1st Rnd Pick), plus players from a list of Dawes, Watts, Howe ;... I'd even trade Gawn in a direct swap for either Prestia or O'Meara. Gawn for Prestia, if that's what it takes.

But I strongly suggest, this year we keep & use, our 1st Rnd pick on Curnow &/or Weideman. That is, we take Curnow, or we swap picks with GWS for their Pick 9/10 (Dees P-6 + player y > GWS... GWS P-10 + player x > Demons).

IMO we need to get that Key Tall/Mid this year, to develop, to be a partner for Hogan; & just in case we are without Hogan for whatever reason, in coming years.

I expect it would take minimum of 2 years to develop a key tall, so now is the year to recruit that partner player.

In the meantime, we should be finding a mature player who can mark & crash packs, unlike Msr Dawes.

You refuse to trade pick 6, but you'll happily trade Gawn, leaving us with only 1 ruckman on the list next year being Jake Spencer! Geez, i know which of the two i'd happily trade first.
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Would trade pick 6 for prestia in a new York minute! Forget any kids in this draft because they haven't proven a thing at AFL level. Prestia is a gun!

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no we don't give up P-6.

we aren't well off enough, to give away our chances on elite kids from the draft at this stage. if we 'PASS' on another Stringer, or Wines, then I'm done with footy forever.

Prestia is contracted til next year, IF we cannot tempt a trade for him this season, then we wait til 2016.

O'Meara, we should be chasing, & looking for a trade deal for him as well... but we keep P-6. Trade players, Or a mix of players, plus our 2nd Rnd pick, OK... but don't pass up a Curnow, or such.

You wouldn't give up pick 6 for Prestia? Reallllllly?

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