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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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8 minutes ago, Tough Kent said:

Hawthorn clearly looking out for the future here and making a shrewd decision which will pay off long term. However, you can't replace a Sam Mitchell or a Luke Hodge. They are generational players.  

Yep, can't replace them with identical players, but one way or another they're leaving soon and better to replace them with two really talented kids than two speculative late draft picks.

 

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8 minutes ago, Dante said:

Read what I said Stuie, too many players for too long.

 

Ok, so you think they should keep Mitchell for one more year, miss out on O'Meara and possibly Tom Mitchell as well and then have nothing when he retires...

Good plan.

 

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Ok, so you think they should keep Mitchell for one more year, miss out on O'Meara and possibly Tom Mitchell as well and then have nothing when he retires...

Good plan.

 

So you think the plan all along, was for Clarkson to give Mitchell the shove and the pick they get from West Coast for him would be enough to satisfy both Sydney and Gold Coast? What a genius.

 

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So you think the plan all along, was for Clarkson to give Mitchell the shove and the pick they get from West Coast for him would be enough to satisfy both Sydney and Gold Coast? What a genius.

 

You really can't comprehend this situation can you?

 

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22 minutes ago, A F said:

What's happened to that rumour? Has it gained any legs? Lewis is a sniper, but I'd take him for a year or two and then as a coach.

I doubt they'd let both Mitchell and Lewis go in the one year.

Maybe it was one or the other?

Who knows.

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3 minutes ago, Fat Tony said:

I don't know how anyone can think this is good for Hawthorn. It looks like they will lose their best and fairest, who was on a low wage contract, for a low draft pick. And at a time while they are in the premiership window. It could well cost them a flag.

Because Mitchell was always likely to retire next year so they are able to bring O'Meara and Mitchell in.

Makes sense.

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4 minutes ago, A F said:

Interesting that Brad Crouch is being discussed by AFL.com.au as a possible swap for Gibbs. Would improve their midfield immediately. 

Carlton would be grinning at that. Especially at the age bracket.

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As much as I enjoy everyones conversation and discussion topics here, we haven't had anyone (Or I havent seen) anyone do some really nice Hans Christian Andersen work and engineer a story here about how it is advantageous to us Demons...

I'll start...I think Jordan Lewis will come to us in a similar deal.

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Because Mitchell was always likely to retire next year so they are able to bring O'Meara and Mitchell in.

Makes sense.

They should ship off a lesser player for a draft pick if they need the cap space. As I said, Hawthorn are in the premiership window and this makes them worse. The pick they get for Sam Mitchell won't be enough to help them get O'Meara and Tom Mitchell.

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This 'Trade Whisperer' account on Twitter is absolutely hilarious to follow. He bans everyone who questions his posts and has the maturity of an 8 year old. Don't know the validity of his claims and sources, but for what it's worth...

 

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12 minutes ago, olisik said:

What would Mahoney even be talking about with other clubs this week?

Surely he can't spend the whole of trade period discussion whether Hibberd goes for a 2016 or a 2017 second rounder.

Must be more brewing...

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17 minutes ago, The Sailing Demon said:

As much as I enjoy everyones conversation and discussion topics here, we haven't had anyone (Or I havent seen) anyone do some really nice Hans Christian Andersen work and engineer a story here about how it is advantageous to us Demons...

I'll start...I think Jordan Lewis will come to us in a similar deal.

That's already been rumoured, many pages back.

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1 minute ago, Abe said:

Weideman re-signs :)

Huh? That's not the news I just read...

 

Via the AFL trade updates page:

A SAM WEIDEMAN UPDATE

The young Melbourne key forward kicked two goals on debut against Hawthorn as the Demons came away with an upset win to have supporters excited. With Jesse Hogan having recommitted to the club until the end of 2019, Melbourne will have a couple of tall targets in attack over the next few years.

According to his manager Ben Williams, Weideman will target playing about 15 games next year. Last year's No. 9 pick needs to put on weight, but that has to be gradual so he doesn't break down. An iron deficiency also made it harder for him to become heavier.

 

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