Trade Radio reporting that Melksham will be a done deal for our second round pick (hope we are getting something else in this deal). Also reporting that Ben Kennedy to the Dees will be a done deal, not mentioning any picks etc.

Cool i want to see someone in our colours by 4.45 as ive had a lot of coffee today...

just on trade radio Dodoro confirming that Melksham to melbourne for our 2nd round pick

Surely that's overs

Surely that's overs

Depends on how you look at it

Depends on how you look at it

I'm looking really hard - hopefully there's another string attached, as in we will get something similar to that for Toumpas

just on trade radio Dodoro confirming that Melksham to melbourne for our 2nd round pick

This just feels too much for me.

R we being ripped off or is it fair?

This just feels too much for me.

R we being ripped off or is it fair?

Paying full price when there's a 25% off sale next door

Hopefully it's not our original 2nd rounder

That is a [censored] disgrace. Surely not

Never got a decent trade from Scum since Ray Smith.

Only comfort I draw from Milkshake is the way Roos re- ignited Teddy Richards' career.

Trade Radio reporting that Melksham will be a done deal for our second round pick (hope we are getting something else in this deal). Also reporting that Ben Kennedy to the Dees will be a done deal, not mentioning any picks etc.

Edit: Ben*

There's that sinking feeling in the chest. A second rounder.

[censored] I hope Goody knows what he's doing.

where is the discount for wada risk?

If the club thought Melksham was only worth a third round pick, why would we be going after him? I would have thought we were replete with third round talent already.

Given the inside knowledge on Melksham that both Goodwin and McCartney have, I'll back them to make this deal good for us.

But they are not allowed to discuss game plans and they come to Mums' in different colored T-Shirts.

They switch ends of the table 4 times a roast.

We should have traded our second round pick from Port Adelaide (for Toumpas)! I agree it seems like overs to me!

Mahoney just confirmed 2nd round pick looks to be around the mark for Melksham.

If a second round pick is the going rate for Melksham, we should be demanding a mid first round pick for Howe.

I can't see how effectively swapping Melksham for Howe improves our list, particularly if the talk of a four year deal at $400K per is correct.

It sounds like overs to me, but only because his form the last two seasons stinks

Why trade for him when we could just take him in the PSD?

Why trade for him when we could just take him in the PSD?

Good question. I don't understand why we or anyone owe drugs inc any kind of professional courtesy when they have projectile shat over this competition for a couple of seasons now!

Why trade for him when we could just take him in the PSD?

Because there are other clubs that have psd picks before us.

Is he under contract at Ess?

Slightly overs, think we need to move on.

Getting the deal done early allows us to focus on other possibilities. Pick 23 will probably look like 25 or 26 by the time bid-matching and FA compensation picks are allocated, which is about the range the talent would have started to drop off. It's right in the range where clubs are dubious about the depth of the pool.

Because there are other clubs that have psd picks before us.

Is he under contract at Ess?

He's not under contract, and nobody else seems to be interested in him. This just doesn't make much sense to me.

Was passing a store just now, they had this on. Thought I heard Howe is definitely gone, didn't hear any more.

Slightly overs, think we need to move on.

Getting the deal done early allows us to focus on other possibilities. Pick 23 will probably look like 25 or 26 by the time bid-matching and FA compensation picks are allocated, which is about the range the talent would have started to drop off. It's right in the range where clubs are dubious about the depth of the pool.

The funny thing is a lot of us were unhappy giving up pick 23 for Frost.

The Roos mantra has always been that draft picks are speculative and it is often better to take a known commodity. Something our club did not do in the past...