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3 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

Hope Howe did not want to play forward at the pies...

 

Dunn to the pies?

They can take Garland too! 

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    40 minutes ago, Mickey said:

    Nothing to do with us, but N Brown is going to St Kilda. 3 KPD have left collingwood 

    Collingwood have really snookered themselves!  They will not get an AFL FA Compensation pick for N.Brown because they have brought in Wells as an FA so they offset.

    They only have a 2nd and 3rd round pick of any value.  Hard to see them getting better unless they trade out a very good player next week.

    And they are trying to bring in Will Hosken-Smith and recruit Father/Sons, C. Brown and Daicos.

    Buckley may have cooked his own goose in this trade period!

    2017: another bottom 8 year for them, along with Port, North, Lions, Richmond and probably 3 of Freo, Saints, Essendon, GCS, Geelong!

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    One of the biggest winners was Vickery, still baffled he's being paid 500k per season. Having your name out there (for a good or bad reason) seems to boost your price.

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    4 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    One of the biggest winners was Vickery, still baffled he's being paid 500k per season. 

    as I suspect he is !! :unsure:

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    1 hour ago, Ron Burgundy said:

    This thread is essentially the reality tv of sport.

    I realise much of it is probably total b.s. but I can't get enough of it.

     

    Like most years on this site.......... we always enjoy the pre-season until the reality hits

    Hopefully next year is different .............but

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    11 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

    Collingwood have really snookered themselves!  They will not get an AFL FA Compensation pick for N.Brown because they have brought in Wells as an FA so they offset.

    They only have a 2nd and 3rd round pick of any value.  Hard to see them getting better unless they trade out a very good player next week.

    And they are trying to bring in Will Hosken-Smith and recruit Father/Sons, C. Brown and Daicos.

    Buckley may have cooked his own goose in this trade period!

    2017: another bottom 8 year for them, along with Port, North, Lions, Richmond and probably 3 of Freo, Saints, Essendon, GCS, Geelong!

    As has been alluded to elsewhere, the Pies might be interested in Lynden Dunn or Colin Garland to assist with their issues in defence. They might want Heritier back too!

    However, by the look of it they have nothing to offer us. We've had enough of reject Collingwood players and they're not likely to give up third 2nd and 3rd round picks.

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    Many posters have expressed scepticism about the reliability of information from 'trusted sources'.  But usually in terms of 'is the source first/second-hand or an imaginary friend'.  Anyone care to speculate on how often real sources are deliberately spreading falsehoods on forums like this for some tactical reason?

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    5 minutes ago, Rolling Stone said:

    As has been alluded to elsewhere, the Pies might be interested in Lynden Dunn or Colin Garland to assist with their issues in defence. They might want Heritier back too!

    However, by the look of it they have nothing to offer us. We've had enough of reject Collingwood players and they're not likely to give up third 2nd and 3rd round picks.

    The can have Harry for free if they take his contract off our hands.

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    1 minute ago, sue said:

    Many posters have expressed scepticism about the reliability of information from 'trusted sources'.  But usually in terms of 'is the source first/second/hand or an imaginary friend'.  Anyone care to speculate on how often real sources are deliberately spreading falsehoods on forums like this for some tactical reason?

    Don't see the point. Those that need to know already do. 

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    1 minute ago, sue said:

    Many posters have expressed scepticism about the reliability of information from 'trusted sources'.  But usually in terms of 'is the source first/second-hand or an imaginary friend'.  Anyone care to speculate on how often real sources are deliberately spreading falsehoods on forums like this for some tactical reason?

    64% 

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    we need to try to get rockliff, hibberd and lewis deals done if we can. loosing a first draft pick next year is not a major concern, if we have a good year next year our first draft pick would probably be in the early 20's by the time the afl finishes giving out freebies to all and sundry.  Anyone you take in the draft is a possible future champ, but as our previous drafting experience has shown it is not something we have excelled at. Getting into the finals will make us a more attractive destination for out of contract players and just players wanting to leave GWS and other clubs, Hawthorne and Geelong have both done extremely well with limited draft pick by trading, that is what we need to to.  If we are successful and have greater depth then we are also likely to additional players who cannot get a game in our seniors who we will be able to trade for picks, etc.. I think those 3 players would add the grunt we need to set our team up for finals success.

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    7 minutes ago, Rolling Stone said:

    As has been alluded to elsewhere, the Pies might be interested in Lynden Dunn or Colin Garland to assist with their issues in defence. They might want Heritier back too!

    However, by the look of it they have nothing to offer us. We've had enough of reject Collingwood players and they're not likely to give up third 2nd and 3rd round picks.

     

    collingwood maybe willing to give us Howe in return for garland or dunn

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    Watch the Pies take Nathan Brown's twin Mitch as his replacement as a free agent.

    They've got three hours to do it.

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    3 minutes ago, AngryAtCasey said:

    Watch the Pies take Nathan Brown's twin Mitch as his replacement as a free agent.

    They've got three hours to do it.

    Dogs might do that,  with Hamling gone and Adams wanting to go. 

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    14 minutes ago, Vogon Poetry said:

    Really?  I think you do.

    I'm far from convinced Rockliff will become a Dee, but I also see no point publicly calling a poster a liar when I simply don't know their intentions.

    So I'll assume they believe what they say, but I also won't be invested in the information.

    Naturally, others can please themselves.

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    So Free Agency ends today?

    Looks like we aren't planning to take any free agents then I guess?

    Hasn't been a lot of movement in free agents this season.

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    We haven't spoken to Rockliff, this will be confirmed tomorrow. 

    Huge fibs starting from somewhere, but I guess that's what happens during trade period!

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    On 10/14/2016 at 6:25 PM, DominatrixTyson said:

    How the [censored] do you end up following players wives? I need to up my game.

    I assume that's a typo and you meant to write "Why", not "How".

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    3 minutes ago, dr.dee said:

    We haven't spoken to Rockliff, this will be confirmed tomorrow. 

    Huge fibs starting from somewhere, but I guess that's what happens during trade period!

    If that's true is it just Lewis and  Hibberd. 

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    36 minutes ago, Deecisive said:

    we need to try to get rockliff, hibberd and lewis deals done if we can. loosing a first draft pick next year is not a major concern, if we have a good year next year our first draft pick would probably be in the early 20's by the time the afl finishes giving out freebies to all and sundry.  Anyone you take in the draft is a possible future champ, but as our previous drafting experience has shown it is not something we have excelled at. Getting into the finals will make us a more attractive destination for out of contract players and just players wanting to leave GWS and other clubs, Hawthorne and Geelong have both done extremely well with limited draft pick by trading, that is what we need to to.  If we are successful and have greater depth then we are also likely to additional players who cannot get a game in our seniors who we will be able to trade for picks, etc.. I think those 3 players would add the grunt we need to set our team up for finals success.

    None of those guys should cost us a first round selection. Losing a first round pick is never ideal. I would be surprised if we given up one without getting something very significant back.

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    1 minute ago, Redleg said:

    If that's true is it just Lewis and  Hibberd. 

    That I can't confirm, but I would think so.

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    I think there is a difference between not even speaking to someone and having a deal for them fully laid out. 

    Some have got this very very very wrong. 

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    Back onto the alleged trade to land us Rockliff, what would it take for us to land this additional future 2nd round pick to make the trade work?

    Some talk of Nibbler wanting to go back to Adelaide  (the city). Would Nibbler + Pick 48 be enough to get a future 2nd round pick off Port? That would allow us to trade both our 2017 1st Round Pick and on-trade Port's 2017 2nd Rounder.

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