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Probably the best place to put this... Paul Connors attended the Old Xav's Golf Day on Monday and was the after dinner guest speaker.  My Brother attended. He manages 88 players and was happ

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Absolute can not believe the news I've got this morning.  Brisbane and Melbourne have agreed on handshake that rockliff will come to Melbourne for Dunn. We will give our first rounder for next ye

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Hi fellow Dee's supporters, First post in many years. Was posting under another name previously but but forgot user name and password blah blah blah so set up a new one.  Anyway most of this

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1 minute ago, Redleg said:

They want his salary out of their cap, so that won't happen.

They don't need it out for a while yet whenever the date is will be the date they will settle.

Of course they could always persuade him to go elsewhere.

Where Essendrug is involved never expect a quick result.

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an interesting snapshot of a pub discussion on how the Hawks can land all of Vickery, O'Meara and Mitchell:

Vickery is free (yet they are still likely to come out losers)

O'Meara would likely be next years first round and a player (not necessarily a Hawk, e.g. Dunn could to GC, hawks give 2nd round to Melb with a possible swap of 3rd rounds)

Mitchell would be two first rounds this year (Hill trade) and perhaps some late picks or swapping picks; so that the Swans can have the required points for academy selections. 

 

Note this is just speculation, without consideration of any hawthorn players being included; what it does show (with some tweaking) however that the trades can be done 

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36 minutes ago, Grimes Times said:

why would we want him even if he was cheap

As I said, if he was cheap, which I would be looking at our 4th rounder, then I think he would be a good pick up, and would improve our list.  That said, if they wanted something higher than that, then he's not worth it.

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31 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

Thankfully it's not us leaking good players to other clubs this year.

Another step up next season and we might just attract a couple of real good ones in 12 months.

Who are the OOCs and FAs next year worth having a crack at?

That's what I want to know.

I'm sure we're saving and have an idea of some potential targets right when we're in the sweet spot and opposition players can genuinely see we're a club on the rise.

As soon as we finish 5-8 on the ladder, we're in business for big names.

Need to keep our under 23 core together though.

 

 

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5 minutes ago, stevethemanjordan said:

That's what I want to know.

I'm sure we're saving and have an idea of some potential targets right when we're in the sweet spot and opposition players can genuinely see we're a club on the rise.

As soon as we finish 5-8 on the ladder, we're in business for big names.

Need to keep our under 23 core together though.

 

 

Fyffe is one FA next year.

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1 minute ago, Die Hard Demon said:

Tom Mitchell requests trade.. nominates Hawks. FMD.

Looking forward to the many falcons he will deliver to Vickery next year.... Both by hand and foot!

My hatred for the Hawks has reached levels not seen since Chris Lewis and the West Coast days

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5 minutes ago, KrazyJay said:

Looking forward to the many falcons he will deliver to Vickery next year.... Both by hand and foot!

My hatred for the Hawks has reached levels not seen since Chris Lewis and the West Coast days

Jealousy is a curse, I would love this to be the Dees.

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Hard to see Hawthorn and Geelong ever dropping to the bottom half when they get to top up their lists with decent players year after year. 

They might have to trade for their targets, but once a player 'nominates' them, the gun is loaded and finger on the trigger. 

 

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33 minutes ago, TRIGON said:

Yes, he'd be a good pick-up to take over from their ageing champions.

Think OD meant he'd love the Dees to be hated in the same fashion as the Hawks - me too. Don't think Mitchell is a big loss in terms of a trade target. Won't thrive when S. Mitchell, Lewis and Hodge are gone and all the weight is on his shoulders. He has had Parker, Kennedy, Jack etc to work with at the Swans and will be exposed IMO.

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Clearly the AFL have got it right on equalization, as can be seen once again, by where players want to go.

Geelong, Hawthorn, Adelaide, Collingwood are 4 of the leading destinations for players.

We need these struggling clubs to survive and AFL head office has got it right.

 

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15 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Clearly the AFL have got it right on equalization, as can be seen once again, by where players want to go.

Geelong, Hawthorn, Adelaide, Collingwood are 4 of the leading destinations for players.

We need these struggling clubs to survive and AFL head office has got it right.

 

Agreed. With the Hawks not winning this years premiership, is there any word around on when they'll apply for a priority pick?

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