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1 hour ago, SFebes said:

Where his cricket plans on a whiteboard? If not it's unofficial!

The whiteboard is inside the secret draw on his massive desk.

 

So it seems pretty certain that Gaff will go to North, unless he comes to us, where some say he is already locked in, but then again he could stay at the Eagles and yet again he might not.

At least we know where he is going and can move on to the next player.

Not bad hey Andrew....

I suppose i can see why north are far better destination club then the dees.

 
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A quick snippet on 6PR this morning reported by Hagdorn - and this is paraphrasing...

West Coast now jockeying for position for a player from either Essendon or Melbourne ‘should’ they match the offer of either club to assist in a trade. What’s making it more difficult is that it’s also looking likely that Lycett will also depart.

No mention of North.

 

I have a feeling that Essendon moving Goddard on has something to do with this, hopefully we are still in the hunt? From memory reports had us as one of the first involved, would be disappointing to lose him at the final moment.


On 8/18/2018 at 10:57 PM, Ethan Tremblay said:

I’m not sure why posters feel the need to attempt to big note themselves by claiming inside information on player movements. Common sense would tell me it’s only August therefore there’s no way Gaff would have 100% committed to any club at this time. 

Posting in all capitals and using excessive exclamation marks doesn’t make it anymore credible either. 

Jake Lever was stitched up fairly early, as early as June or July last year.

 

8 minutes ago, SFebes said:

I have a feeling that Essendon moving Goddard on has something to do with this, hopefully we are still in the hunt? From memory reports had us as one of the first involved, would be disappointing to lose him at the final moment.

Having said this, I just remembered Essendon are into Dylan Shiel, so that may be why also.

11 minutes ago, McQueen said:

What’s making it more difficult is that it’s also looking likely that Lycett will also depart.

Would Lycett be worth a look as a backup  without giving up too much? Any talk of anyone that’s interested?

 
8 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

Would Lycett be worth a look as a backup  without giving up too much? Any talk of anyone that’s interested?

Geelong are interested.

41 minutes ago, SFebes said:

I have a feeling that Essendon moving Goddard on has something to do with this, hopefully we are still in the hunt? From memory reports had us as one of the first involved, would be disappointing to lose him at the final moment.

My mail says Will Setterfield will be a bomber next year, pending a deal being done. Massive bomber fan growing up, has already told GWS he wants to go to essendon.


58 minutes ago, McQueen said:

A quick snippet on 6PR this morning reported by Hagdorn - and this is paraphrasing...

West Coast now jockeying for position for a player from either Essendon or Melbourne ‘should’ they match the offer of either club to assist in a trade. What’s making it more difficult is that it’s also looking likely that Lycett will also depart.

No mention of North.

 

https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/gaff-to-melbourne-with-a-side-trade.1200555/

I am expecting Gaff to come to Melb. All the media noise regarding North is just that. they need to sell papers so create a narrative. North are the only ones in with a chance.... a week later - massive news, backflip, Dees in with a chance... etc

Gaff will go to a team with a good chance of a flag in the next 3-4 years

Ken Hinkley basically said on adelaide radio that Polec is heading to North, they must have a lot of cap space if they can afford Gaff as well.

1 hour ago, McQueen said:

A quick snippet on 6PR this morning reported by Hagdorn - and this is paraphrasing...

West Coast now jockeying for position for a player from either Essendon or Melbourne ‘should’ they match the offer of either club to assist in a trade. What’s making it more difficult is that it’s also looking likely that Lycett will also depart.

No mention of North.

 

It could depend on where they finish, clearly Gaff will get them band 1, so if they end up in the grand final they'll get pick 20/21, with other free agent moves. Whereas if they bomb out in straight sets this could be pick 16/17, if he wants to go to Essendon then trying to get pick 9/10 out of them and a player might be easily accepted. 

If he wanted to come to us then they'd have to decide if it's worth just taking a pick between 16-21 or trying to force a trade for players plus lower picks this year or a first rounder next year (which will be in that band anyway), might all depend on what their thoughts are around needing to fill his gap this draft or wait until the year after. 


6 minutes ago, Red and Blue realist said:

It could depend on where they finish, clearly Gaff will get them band 1, so if they end up in the grand final they'll get pick 20/21, with other free agent moves. Whereas if they bomb out in straight sets this could be pick 16/17, if he wants to go to Essendon then trying to get pick 9/10 out of them and a player might be easily accepted. 

If he wanted to come to us then they'd have to decide if it's worth just taking a pick between 16-21 or trying to force a trade for players plus lower picks this year or a first rounder next year (which will be in that band anyway), might all depend on what their thoughts are around needing to fill his gap this draft or wait until the year after. 

Who could (and would) we trade though?!

2 minutes ago, -Ⓥ- said:

Who could (and would) we trade though?!

Hogan???

12 minutes ago, -Ⓥ- said:

Who could (and would) we trade though?!

That's the line we'd be going back to West Coast with, we've got some fringe players, maybe Kent, JHK etc. plus a second rounder, or take the band 1 as it's as good as you'll get. Any contracted players would have to want to move themselves, so the idea of Hogan is just silly as we'd get more from Freo, or we'd be asking WC for Gaff plus a whole lot more 

2 hours ago, McQueen said:

A quick snippet on 6PR this morning reported by Hagdorn - and this is paraphrasing...

West Coast now jockeying for position for a player from either Essendon or Melbourne ‘should’ they match the offer of either club to assist in a trade. What’s making it more difficult is that it’s also looking likely that Lycett will also depart.

No mention of North.

 

Interesting concept.... so we wait until Gaff nominates his club and then WC can match and then if the nominated club still wants him you trade.

No thanks ....the only trade we would consider that WC would be interested in would probably be Weideman. Given that Gaff is an RFA it just doesn't make sense to trade a top 22 player and it's not as though they are queuing up at Casey. Stretch maybe.

Fascinating

PS: I did not realise that WC would then lose it's compensatory pick..... Which of course is not worth as much to a top club... (doubly fascinating)

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1 hour ago, whatwhatsaywhat said:

Lycett will be at Port next year 

take it too the bank, Ryder is 32 next year with achilles problems that will never go away.

#finished


28 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Interesting concept.... so we wait until Gaff nominates his club and then WC can match and then if the nominated club still wants him you trade.

No thanks ....the only trade we would consider that WC would be interested in would probably be Weideman. Given that Gaff is an RFA it just doesn't make sense to trade a top 22 player and it's not as though they are queuing up at Casey. Stretch maybe.

Fascinating

PS: I did not realise that WC would then lose it's compensatory pick..... Which of course is not worth as much to a top club... (doubly fascinating)

I think it might be Kent used as bait.

2 hours ago, McQueen said:

A quick snippet on 6PR this morning reported by Hagdorn - and this is paraphrasing...

West Coast now jockeying for position for a player from either Essendon or Melbourne ‘should’ they match the offer of either club to assist in a trade. What’s making it more difficult is that it’s also looking likely that Lycett will also depart.

No mention of North.

 

Isn’t a major part of the attraction that he comes free?

 
2 minutes ago, Born to Run said:

Would love to target Sheil. But we have no picks to offer.....

He is RFA next year, so I'm guessing if he has indicated leaving as a free agent, GWS would prefer to get more for him now than pick 15/16 next year. I would say he is worth 2 first round picks. 


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