Not sure that being best friends is a factor in draft choices Song, but I share your reflective pain.

sorry. two best friends who are both BEASTS/GUNS.

Albeit i actually believe in Toumpas as a player (have made that obvious round here), but now Toumpas wants to leave we got nothing that year except for wasted a wasted top 5 pick.

Spoke to Wines sister Maddie at a sports function and she was very adamant that he was gonna have a long career there. Ollie and the family are Port family through and through.

yup. jump off the Ollie train boys and girls. we really blew it.

Why our recruitment department wouldn't want two best friends (Viney and Wines) to be blowing up midfields on the MCG for the next 10 years, i will never know.

Well the news I just heard was that Ollie only wants a short term contract of 2 to 3 years. Does not want to be a long term Power player.

I reckon he'll be a Demon yet.

Well the news I just heard was that Ollie only wants a short term contract of 2 to 3 years. Does not want to be a long term Power player.

I reckon he'll be a Demon yet.

Tell him he's dreaming...

yup. jump off the Ollie train boys and girls. we really blew it.

Why our recruitment department wouldn't want two best friends (Viney and Wines) to be blowing up midfields on the MCG for the next 10 years, i will never know.

To make it even more bittersweet just saw in the AFL website that Melbourne are now willing to trade Toumpas to port for pick 29.. So probably be done in the end of the week..

Wines and Toumpas in the same team. Ironic but seriously disappointing.

Well the news I just heard was that Ollie only wants a short term contract of 2 to 3 years. Does not want to be a long term Power player.

I reckon he'll be a Demon yet.

Hawthorn are keeping tabs on Ollie and will be pushing hard again when his contract is up.

Fact

Hawthorn are keeping tabs on Ollie. Fact.

They won't be alone in that.

To make it even more bittersweet just saw in the AFL website that Melbourne are now willing to trade Toumpas to port for pick 29.. So probably be done in the end of the week..

Wines and Toumpas in the same team. Ironic but seriously disappointing.

Pick 29 to Dons for Melksham?

Pick 29 to Dons for Melksham?

I'd prefer the 3 way deal people have been talking about, means keeping higher second round pick

Geez for currency that low Roos, Goodwin and McCartney must be on some unity ticket about Toumpas. Seriously depressing stuff.

Hawthorn are keeping tabs on Ollie and will be pushing hard again when his contract is up.

Fact

What's that got to do with my response to your previous post?

Geez for currency that low Roos, Goodwin and McCartney must be on some unity ticket about Toumpas. Seriously depressing stuff.

love his effort and heart but in that case im confident im also in unity.

What's that got to do with my response to your previous post?

That Ollie will have to get through the big clubs first before he ever becomes a dee (which is highly unlikely)

The age say 3rd round pick for Toumpas. That's even more depressing. The pick 29 was looking like decent value.

That Ollie will have to get through the big clubs first before he ever becomes a dee (which is highly unlikely)

If he's reported to only want a short contract of 2 or 3 then I would like to think we'll be up around the mark by then.

sorry. two best friends who are both BEASTS/GUNS.

Albeit i actually believe in Toumpas as a player (have made that obvious round here), but now Toumpas wants to leave we got nothing that year except for wasted a wasted top 5 pick.

We got a pretty decent midfielder at pick 26...

And a half decent key forward in the mini-draft.

I'm liking how quiet it's gone on the Treloar front.

Could the Dees be a chance of snatching him away from the Pies?

Also, has there been any instances of a player not ending up at their club of choice aside from going into the draft?

I'm liking how quiet it's gone on the Treloar front.

Could the Dees be a chance of snatching him away from the Pies?

Also, has there been any instances of a player not ending up at their club of choice aside from going into the draft?

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The age say 3rd round pick for Toumpas. That's even more depressing. The pick 29 was looking like decent value.

What a shame, would have been daylight robbery to get him at pick 29

I am amazed that after 800 odd posts, D'Landers only just got onto the WADA issue.

We contributed to about 20,000 + posts on the drug saga over 2 years, then we forget to bring up the fact that the guy we are thinking of recruiting is one of the infamous 34.

That is assuming he is on the list of offenders.

Or what is the evidence he has given during the player interviews.

Personally I can't believe " The New Dee's" would get this past Jacko.

He after all is responsible ultimately.

Has anyone from D'Land have a real connection with the club and have asked the question?

That's Essendons plan, offload as meany players of the 34 as they can so other clubs will get involved if anything happens

I'd prefer the 3 way deal people have been talking about, means keeping higher second round pick

It would effectively be the same as the three way deal. We'd end up losing Toumpas and gaining Melksham and retaining all our current picks.

Mi don't want to lose the Toump. I still think he can become a good player. Pick 29 for him isn't great for us, it's actually very poor, I'd rather hold onto him for a few more years and if he doesn't make it cut him. 29 in a weak draft is poor.

We can get Kennedy for a third rounded from the filth, a second rounder is overs for him, they were poor this year and he couldn't get a game.

The age say 3rd round pick for Toumpas. That's even more depressing. The pick 29 was looking like decent value.

Just saw that in the paper. I find it hard to believe we'd except that. Pick 49 is way unders considering what he showed in a few games this year.

If the filth will be getting Pick 24 for Freeman, I'm confident we'll demand no less then 29 for Toump.

If he's reported to only want a short contract of 2 or 3 then I would like to think we'll be up around the mark by then.

Where has that been reported?

sorry. two best friends who are both BEASTS/GUNS.

Albeit i actually believe in Toumpas as a player (have made that obvious round here), but now Toumpas wants to leave we got nothing that year except for wasted a wasted top 5 pick.

Who says he wants to leave? Lots of player names get bandied around at this time of year. DOesn't mean its them that is driving it.....

So in a perfect world, it sounds like from this trade period we might be looking at something like:

Howe & Pick 6 to Gold Coast

Picks 3 & 35 (received from Fremantle for Bennell) back to Melbourne

Pick 35 to Collingwood for Kennedy

Grimes & Pick 45 to Richmond

Pick 31 back to Melbourne

Pick 31 to GWS

Bugg back to Melbourne

Toumpas to Port

Pick 29 to Melbourne

Pick 29 to Essendon

Melksham to Melbourne

We get Melksham, Bugg, Kennedy, Pick 3 (Darcy Parish) & hold onto Pick 25 (James Parsons or one of the McKay boys) in exchange for:

Howe, Grimes, Toumpas, Pick 6 & 45

Would be brilliant!