The top ten trade and free agency stories for the next month or so are predicted in this article from Fox Sports and noticeably Melbourne is not included in the speculation. Possibly, someone forgot about Michael Hibberd but that could be because everyone seems to think that he's virtually a done deal. That deal will cost us a second round pick which leaves us with little currency given that pick 1 was traded to Gold Coast last year. And of course, nobody's talking about Jesse Hogan and Nat Fyfe -

Trade and Free Agency: The top 10 trade stories to look out for this October

Here are the top 10:-

• JAEGER O’MEARA

Possible Destinations: Essendon, St Kilda, Carlton, Hawthorn

Likelihood: 100%

• TRAVIS CLOKE

Possible Destinations: Western Bulldogs, Richmond, North Melbourne

Likelihood: 100%

• TOM ROCKLIFF

Possible Destinations: Adelaide, St Kilda

Likelihood: 50%

• BRENT HARVEY

Possible Destinations: Retirement

Likelihood: 50%

• DION PRESTIA

Possible Destinations: Richmond

Likelihood: 100%

• DAVID SWALLOW

Possible Destinations: North Melbourne

Likelihood: 25%

• BRETT DELEDIO

Possible Destinations: North Melbourne, Gold Coast

Likelihood: 10%

• TOM MITCHELL

Possible Destinations: Hawthorn, Carlton

Likelihood: 60%

• HAYDEN BALLANTYNE

Possible Destinations: West Coast, GWS Giants, Geelong

Likelihood: 80%

• CALEB MARCHBANK

Possible Destinations: Carlton, St Kilda, Essendon, Collingwood

Likelihood: 50%

Should Michael Barlow be included?

28 minutes ago, america de cali said:

Should Michael Barlow be included?

He is in this article AFL Trade Rumours: Vickery given a lifeline and North's revolutionary new strategy.

Also mentions the Jesse Hogan/Nat Fyfe switch, Tyrone Vickery to Hawthorn and Mitch Brown (Collingwood) to North Melbourne speculation.

Brent Harvey, possible destination retirement, likelihood 50%.  

Who writes this garbage, seriously?

9 minutes ago, Nasher said:

Brent Harvey, possible destination retirement, likelihood 50%.  

Who writes this garbage, seriously?

It is from the Fox stable after all. ?

It makes me wonder just how much change there will be to our list. If our only decent draft pick goes for Hibberd I don't see much value in picks in the 40's 50's etc. Unless we are bloody lucky.

24 minutes ago, Demon Head said:

He is in this article AFL Trade Rumours: Vickery given a lifeline and North's revolutionary new strategy.

Also mentions the Jesse Hogan/Nat Fyfe switch, Tyrone Vickery to Hawthorn and Mitch Brown (Collingwood) to North Melbourne speculation.

Sorry DH but I just couldn't take that article seriously:  No author.  Website has no 'Contact Us' info (that I could find).  It all looks dodgy to me. 

The Hogan/Fyfe stuff is just rubbish:  'FOMO' - dead giveaway that it is rubbish.

Edited September 3, 20168 yr by Lucifer's Hero

46 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

Sorry DH but I just couldn't take that article seriously:  No author.  Website has no 'Contact Us' info (that I could find).  It all looks dodgy to me. 

The Hogan/Fyfe stuff is just rubbish:  'FOMO' - dead giveaway that it is rubbish.

Sportingnews.com is a rubbish website.  

Edited September 4, 20168 yr by Ethan Tremblay

1 hour ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

It makes me wonder just how much change there will be to our list. If our only decent draft pick goes for Hibberd I don't see much value in picks in the 40's 50's etc. Unless we are bloody lucky.

Taylor has turned our late picks into wine recently.

1 hour ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

It makes me wonder just how much change there will be to our list. If our only decent draft pick goes for Hibberd I don't see much value in picks in the 40's 50's etc. Unless we are bloody lucky.

Hunt and the 2 Macs say hello for starters. 

40 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

Taylor has turned our late picks into wine recently.

 

9 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Hunt and the 2 Macs say hello for starters. 

Yes we have had some wins but I wouldn't be relying on consistent success from picks at that end of the draft

6 hours ago, Demon Head said:

He is in this article AFL Trade Rumours: Vickery given a lifeline and North's revolutionary new strategy.

Also mentions the Jesse Hogan/Nat Fyfe switch, Tyrone Vickery to Hawthorn and Mitch Brown (Collingwood) to North Melbourne speculation.

"In a serious case of FOMO there is a push from parties inside both Fremantle and Melbourne to get a Fyfe-for-Hogan trade done this year."

Huge if true, but its probably fantasy.

3 hours ago, Redleg said:

Hunt and the 2 Macs say hello for starters. 

And Nev, Billy Stretch, Dean Kent

 

 

I had to search the interweb to find out what FOMO meant. For anyone else who's wondering, I found this to be the most informative.

19 minutes ago, McQueen said:

I had to search the interweb to find out what FOMO meant. For anyone else who's wondering, I found this to be the most informative.

I'm 38 and also didn't have a clue, I don't hashtag anything, lol, or take selfies. I do have FB for footy stuff and family/friends that live interstate, having said that my 3 best mates don't have FB accounts.

 

Edited September 4, 20168 yr by Bombay Airconditioning

8 minutes ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

I'm 38 and also didn't have a clue, I don't hashtag anything, lol, or take selfies. I do have FB for footy stuff and family/friends that live interstate, having said that my 3 best mates don't have FB accounts.

You need a daughter interstate who is social media junkie, you soon learn so a 'meaningful' conversation via Facebook Messenger/Twitter/Text can take place

8 minutes ago, Satyriconhome said:

You need a daughter interstate who is social media junkie, you soon learn so a 'meaningful' conversation via Facebook Messenger/Twitter/Text can take place

My daughter is interstate, we FaceTime a lot. For me that's the biggest improvement in technology, that and Black Ops on-line team death match.

1 hour ago, Petraccattack said:

" In a serious case of FOMO there is a push from parties inside both Fremantle and Melbourne to get a Fyfe-for-Hogan trade done this year. "

Huge if true, but its probably fantasy.

Kind of makes sense if Fyfe wants out.  Only heavyweight trades need apply.

7 minutes ago, america de cali said:

Kind of makes sense if Fyfe wants out.  Only heavyweight trades need apply.

Why would a WA boy want to leave WA, would this mean if it happens that Hogan plays for 10 years at home in WA and Fyfe decides after 2 or 3 he wants to go back home to WA? that's a big win for us

5 minutes ago, Satyriconhome said:

Why would a WA boy want to leave WA, would this mean if it happens that Hogan plays for 10 years at home in WA and Fyfe decides after 2 or 3 he wants to go back home to WA? that's a big win for us

Don't know what wanderlust gets into the heads of particular footballers but my wife and her 2 sisters left WA at the first opportunity.

3 minutes ago, america de cali said:

Don't know what wanderlust gets into the heads of particular footballers but my wife and her 2 sisters left WA at the first opportunity.

I am also not a fan, been there a few times, also know Jesse prefers Melbourne lifestyle over Perth, whether that would change with a massive offer of money who knows? As for Fyfe, was it manager talk in the first interview? Fremantle will bounce back quickly, Fyfe was allowed by Lyon to do a lot of coaching when Freo were playing, couldn't see him letting a guy who was leaving do that

18 minutes ago, Satyriconhome said:

I am also not a fan, been there a few times, also know Jesse prefers Melbourne lifestyle over Perth, whether that would change with a massive offer of money who knows? As for Fyfe, was it manager talk in the first interview? Fremantle will bounce back quickly, Fyfe was allowed by Lyon to do a lot of coaching when Freo were playing, couldn't see him letting a guy who was leaving do that

Why aren't you a fan of WA Saty?

4 minutes ago, McQueen said:

Why aren't you a fan of WA Saty?

It just seemed so bland and contrived, also bloody hot during the summer and not a nice hot, prefer inner city Melbourne, being English and been to them all, order is Melb, Hobart, Darwin, Canberra (coz I lived there and got to know the place),  Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Sydney

1 minute ago, Satyriconhome said:

It just seemed so bland and contrived, also bloody hot during the summer and not a nice hot, prefer inner city Melbourne, being English and been to them all, order is Melb, Hobart, Darwin, Canberra (coz I lived there and got to know the place),  Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Sydney

It's improved out of sight over the last 10 -15 years. Perth itself did have a bad rep for being so boring and rightly so but that's changing.

The south-west of the state is awesome over the holiday period and significantly cooler as well.

Im a Victorian but get a bit [censored] off by people who don't live here laying the boots into WA. It's the biggest State in the country but layfolk just seem to base what it has on offer from an impression of Perth.

1 minute ago, McQueen said:

It's improved out of sight over the last 10 -15 years. Perth itself did have a bad rep for being so boring and rightly so but that's changing.

The south-west of the state is awesome over the holiday period and significantly cooler as well.

Im a Victorian but get a bit [censored] off by people who don't live here laying the boots into WA. It's the biggest State in the country but layfolk just seem to base what it has on offer from an impression of Perth.

I don't mind it for a holiday or a trip, been to Broome, Margaret River, home of Nev, Bunbury, Kalgoorlie (now that was a week)......and the exciting Port Hedland......yes it is the same for Canberra spent quite a while there, most people think it is a couple of monuments, Parliament House, it is much more than that.......from what I can gather Jesse Hogan does prefer Melbourne over Perth, could just be grass is greener, I don't think anybody at the moment knows whether he will go or stay...even him