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Mark Stevens now reporting Gaff to North is getting louder. Without stating how he came to reporting this I’m just going to assume he heard it from Tom Morris. 

1 hour ago, Mach5 said:

Sunny days ahead

Walters?

Or you mean Gaff is heading North?

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The strong clubs have built their lists first from the draft, then after a period of development, traded in players to fill specific roles (unless an absolute gun wants in). What are our specific needs? Obviously outside speed is one, so Gaff would fill that bill, but if Gaff and Norf have paid massive overs we would be silly to also pay massive overs. We need to look elsewhere. Fingers crossed we have other irons in the fire, and fingers, toes and eyes crossed if one of those irons is Josh Kelly.

58 minutes ago, McQueen said:

Hmmm...

Hall?

North think they have got him too. May as well give them the next 5 premiership trophies?


2 hours ago, Mach5 said:

Sunny days ahead

cryptic

Lynch I presume.. Hogan off to Freo - we get pick 5 and Brayshaw and ontrade 5 for Kelly...

sounds pretty simple to me.

2 hours ago, McQueen said:

Harmes has been terrific

I’d still have Gaff over ANB thanks.

I've just been walking thru big-footy rumours.

Its shaping the at other rumours have surfaced just in the last couple of weeks or so,,, like Gaff to Cats, and other clubs, etc. This seems to have come out, since around the time Gaff struck young Brayshaw...  under duress?

I wondering strongly, if WE made it official at that time, to the gaff camp, that we were out of the running, for Gaff.

 

I sense if that's the case, that we have changed our minds, and we have found a different suitor to our needs.

 

A left field one.  What chance Cyril ?

 
21 minutes ago, DV8 said:

I've just been walking thru big-footy rumours.

Its shaping the at other rumours have surfaced just in the last couple of weeks or so,,, like Gaff to Cats, and other clubs, etc. This seems to have come out, since around the time Gaff struck young Brayshaw...  under duress?

I wondering strongly, if WE made it official at that time, to the gaff camp, that we were out of the running, for Gaff.

 

I sense if that's the case, that we have changed our minds, and we have found a different suitor to our needs.

 

A left field one.  What chance Cyril ?

No chance


7 hours ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Mark Stevens now reporting Gaff to North is getting louder. Without stating how he came to reporting this I’m just going to assume he heard it from Tom Morris. 

If Gaff wants to come home for family reasons, then he would likely take the biggest offer, unless his preferred club, was in the ball park.

I am guessing if the 7 year offer at $1.2m by North is on, we may have just given up, as weren't even close. 

If we were at 6 x $800k for example, total $4.8m and North is $8.4m, he would be mad to turn up $3.6m approx, give or take. 

This is his big chance to set himself up for life. I wouldn't blame him for taking the money, most would and do.

I would guess we would be looking at other players now.

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Hogan is better than Lynch. Only way Hogan leaves is if he asks to leave. 

I don't know why we don't sit on what we got and make a move for J.Kelly at the end of next season.

8 hours ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

No mice running up a clock? 

Honestly just taking the [censored] with that one. I heard a month or 2 ago we were looking into Hall, but nothing since regarding him. I believe he is seen as a fallback option if we miss out on Gaff, which is unfortunately likely.

Watch this space: Jack Billings and Ed Langdon.

More so Billings...

would love to know what's going on with gaff

so much bs clock-bait rumours around free agents

i'm still quietly optimistic (for no particular reason)


1 hour ago, Dee tention said:

Watch this space: Jack Billings and Ed Langdon.

More so Billings...

I'm sorry but how would a poster on the gold coast have 'knowledge' of this. What kind of intel do you have?

2 minutes ago, Demon Disciple said:

I'm sorry but how would a poster on the gold coast have 'knowledge' of this. What kind of intel do you have?

None.  He said just a few days ago that Gaff would definitely be a Demon.

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2 hours ago, Dee tention said:

Watch this space: Jack Billings and Ed Langdon.

More so Billings...

You’re quickly running out of any cred YOU think you had.

2 hours ago, Petraccattack said:

None.  He said just a few days ago that Gaff would definitely be a Demon.

I'm still confident we will get Gaff. Jackson said a while ago we have room for one big fish. Why not Gaff? He must have watched us dismantle them on their home deck. He must be interested. Why would you want to go to North who are an overachieving nothing club? 

7 minutes ago, WERRIDEE said:

I'm still confident we will get Gaff. Jackson said a while ago we have room for one big fish. Why not Gaff? He must have watched us dismantle them on their home deck. He must be interested. Why would you want to go to North who are an overachieving nothing club? 

plenty more fish in the sea, werridee.  and some around Plenty, as well.


5 hours ago, WERRIDEE said:

I'm still confident we will get Gaff. Jackson said a while ago we have room for one big fish. Why not Gaff? He must have watched us dismantle them on their home deck. He must be interested. Why would you want to go to North who are an overachieving nothing club? 

I understand the dislike of North, but how can you call them underachieving in one breath, and then say he would be mad not to come to us in the next? Sure, we have a fabulous young list with a bright future, but we’ve done nothing for a long time. North finished 2 games behind us and have some exciting young players. If Gaff is offered $400,000 a year more by North, where do you reckon he is going?

3 hours ago, Tough Kent said:

I understand the dislike of North, but how can you call them underachieving in one breath, and then say he would be mad not to come to us in the next? Sure, we have a fabulous young list with a bright future, but we’ve done nothing for a long time. North finished 2 games behind us and have some exciting young players. If Gaff is offered $400,000 a year more by North, where do you reckon he is going?

They have an ordinary list and overachieved finishing 9th. They won't make the finals they should be a bottom of the ladder club even with Gaff. Gaff wants to play finals your guaranteed that with Melbourne not with North.

I'm really not sure why posters are so convinced Gaff is off to North.

Polec is about to go there on enormous money so I find it extremely difficult to believe North would pay another bucket-load to a similar outside running player? It really doesn't make any sense to me from a list management pov.

Not that it means much, but I happened to bump into Gaff last week playing golf at Camberwell. I had a chat to him and told him I hoped to see him running around in our colours next year, to which he responded; "I've got a bit to think about over the next few weeks."

My feeling is that we're still very much in the frame. My brother played school footy with him and has said he's a very honest kid who was a big dees fan growing up as most are aware. His father hasn't been well either which is obviously a massive factor in his decision.

Players go home to play at their club of choice sometimes even if it's for less money. Jeremy Howe for instance took less to go to Collingwood over the Gold Coast to play under Buckley who was his favourite player as a kid.

I'm still confident.

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1 hour ago, stevethemanjordan said:

I'm really not sure why posters are so convinced Gaff is off to North.

Polec is about to go there on enormous money so I find it extremely difficult to believe North would pay another bucket-load to a similar outside running player? It really doesn't make any sense to me from a list management pov.

Not that it means much, but I happened to bump into Gaff last week playing golf at Camberwell. I had a chat to him and told him I hoped to see him running around in our colours next year, to which he responded; "I've got a bit to think about over the next few weeks."

My feeling is that we're still very much in the frame. My brother played school footy with him and has said he's a very honest kid who was a big dees fan growing up as most are aware. His father hasn't been well either which is obviously a massive factor in his decision.

Players go home to play at their club of choice sometimes even if it's for less money. Jeremy Howe for instance took less to go to Collingwood over the Gold Coast to play under Buckley who was his favourite player as a kid.

I'm still confident.

He is clearly waiting until Eagles season is over.

If figures reported/mentioned are true, he would be sacrificing about $3m-$3.5m to play with us. Can't see that happening. 

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9 minutes ago, Redleg said:

He is clearly waiting until Eagles season is over.

If figures reported/mentioned are true, he would be sacrificing about $3m-$3.5m to play with us. Can't see that happening. 

Yeah nah.

I’d be okay with $900K a year for 4 years with the knowledge you’re probably going to play in Grand Finals.


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