Still worried about Hogan, Freo seem determined to get hold of pick 2 from Gold Coast and it concerns me It may be 2 and 5 for him.

1 hour ago, DeeSpencer said:

Taylor said on the road to the draft podcast (and I can't remember the exact words) that he was down on this draft but was starting to find about 30 he liked and had a few in the naughty corner. Might not be the top end quality or the back end depth but the 3 picks in the 2nd round should all be guys the recruiters like.

I'm also hoping the 2nd round is a good spot for those speed and skill types who don't quite crack the first round.

Ling, Richards and O'Brien are of the type, all likely in the 12-22 range. Petrucelle might get through to us.

3 minutes ago, Tram 74 said:

Still worried about Hogan, Freo seem determined to get hold of pick 2 from Gold Coast and it concerns me It may be 2 and 5 for him.

You been hit by a tram? 

Hope I’m wrong.

8 minutes ago, Tram 74 said:

Hope I’m wrong.

How many times does this stupid [censored] rumour have to be denied, by Hogan, his manager and the club?  Sheesh!

Forever sadly

Its highly unlikely gc would trade pick 2 any. Its even more unlikely eith less the 48hrs to go hogan would suddenly request a trade 

1 hour ago, Tram 74 said:

Hope I’m wrong.

If it makes you feel better, you are.

1 hour ago, Unleash Hell said:

Forever sadly

Its highly unlikely gc would trade pick 2 any. Its even more unlikely eith less the 48hrs to go hogan would suddenly request a trade 

And even less likely that the MFC would accept it. We are making a tilt for finals next year and won't want to be bringing in top 10 draft picks that will be at least a couple of seasons away from providing much in the way of benefits.

2 minutes ago, hardtack said:

And even less likely that the MFC would accept it. We are making a tilt for finals next year and won't want to be bringing in top 10 draft picks that will be at least a couple of seasons away from providing much in the way of benefits.

Yes, but 2 could be used to poach an experienced A grade player

16 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

Yes, but 2 could be used to poach an experienced A grade player

It is too late for that, all the trades over the next 2 days are all in the works by now, you cant get a A grade player without weeks of talks, lever took Months to swing, stars don't move or clubs don't trade them without a fight in a day

15 minutes ago, don't make me angry said:

It is too late for that, all the trades over the next 2 days are all in the works by now, you cant get a A grade player without weeks of talks, lever took Months to swing, stars don't move or clubs don't trade them without a fight in a day

It depends who we've kept under wraps for the last few weeks.

Part of feeling the Hogan trade may still be an option and I acknowledge it is still only a remote possibility is that Melbourne , Freo and Hogan May have known about this for some time. If so the targets for those picks may have already been identified.

1 hour ago, billyblanks29 said:

Good luck to him. Port play a hard, fast, contested style of football. Jimmy Toumpas comes to mind. Obviously with less fanfare. Has he been delisted by Port now?

Cheers billyb. I'm an avid collector of utterances that have or will only ever be spoken once by a single individual among many many billions over the entire course of human history back to the advent of language and through to our species' inevitable extinction.

12 minutes ago, A F said:

It depends who we've kept under wraps for the last few weeks.

Yeah that was lever no one else, that's done

17 minutes ago, don't make me angry said:

Yeah that was lever no one else, that's done

Lever wasn't kept under wraps because he wanted to move. I wouldn't mind betting that was leaked by either Lever's management or even Adelaide.

We're very good at keeping thing in house and it wouldn't surprise me if we had maintained contact on the DL with a contracted player.

We'll see. Maybe, maybe not.

Think of clubs that are more in draft pick rather than experienced player mode. Brown, Lynch, Smith

9 minutes ago, A F said:

Lever wasn't kept under wraps because he wanted to move. I wouldn't mind betting that was leaked by either Lever's management or even Adelaide.

We're very good at keeping thing in house and it wouldn't surprise me if we had maintained contact on the DL with a contracted player.

We'll see. Maybe, maybe not.

Still clubs don't let star go easily, you still need to deal with the club, there is no time left to swing s big fish

Offer North pick 2 or 5 for Browne, see if they have enough time to respond in 36 hours?

12 minutes ago, Tram 74 said:

Offer North pick 2 or 5 for Browne, see if they have enough time to respond in 36 hours?

Edited October 17, 20178 yr by Ethan Tremblay

In response to your original reply Same stuff you are ETthe tradebreaker.

6 minutes ago, Tram 74 said:

In response to your original reply Same stuff you are ETthe tradebreaker.

I thought a photo was more appropriate. 

We don’t have picks 2 or 5 and North wouldn’t give up Ben Brown for either one. 

Edited October 17, 20178 yr by Ethan Tremblay

37 minutes ago, Tram 74 said:

Offer North pick 2 or 5 for Browne, see if they have enough time to respond in 36 hours?

Assuming the secretary of the North Melbourne FC types at 90 wpm, it will take all of 36 seconds to draft an email saying, 'Thank you for considering the North Melbourne Football Club with your generous offer. We have given it our due consideration, but our internal research indicates that you don't currently hold the picks outlined in your proposal. In this respect, we will have to graciously decline at this point in time.  Kind regards, NMFC.'

Edited October 17, 20178 yr by Skuit

I assume you meant odd. I was replying to a previous poster who said we de didn’t have time for a trade, You offer a trade that gets their attention and it’s done. Try to keep up tradebreaker.

They are the picks we are about to receive for Hogan, see the earlier posts. You can do this in make believe.

Just now, Tram 74 said:

I assume you meant odd. I was replying to a previous poster who said we de didn’t have time for a trade, You offer a trade that gets their attention and it’s done. Try to keep up tradebreaker.

No need to be condescending. Either way, North would still laugh at that offer, therefore a trade wouldn’t happen.