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4 minutes ago, ben russell said:

So sounds like we will end up doing the following;

OUT: Hogan, one of picks 46 or 54

IN: May, KK, one of picks 18, 23 or 30

Fingers crossed it's pick 54 out and pick 18 in.

 

Who's got pick 53, and how do we get our hands on that little gem???

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    4 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

    This whole trade period has become a farce!! 

    Deliberately holding back announcing deals for Foxtel is ludicrous.  Not one deal of significance has gone thru.  Pending:

    • Shiel
    • Wingard
    • Scully
    • Lobb
    • Kelly
    • Beams
    • Neale
    • Hogan
    • May

    That is a lot to get done in a few hours.

    Wouldn't be surprised if they start filming at Noon to make sure the paperwork is done in time.  Then edit it down to a few hours to make it 'interesting and to look 'live' but delay putting it to air. 

    While I'm doubtful the AFL would think this is a rating event worth boosting, if they did do that, I expect it would be simpler for them to announce an extra x hours for the paperwork.  Keeping to their rules is not a feature of the AFL.   

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    3 minutes ago, FireInTheBelly said:

    Who's got pick 53, and how do we get our hands on that little gem???

    Hawthorn.

    We only need that pick when there is a McDonald available at that pick anyway ?

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    1 hour ago, sue said:

    No, my remark about ExitTheDragon was a suggestion not planned action on my part.  But interesting that you assume my little joke was directed at you and not the general fugazi.

    After all, ETD/Stuie is all about ETD/Stuie 

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    " Port Adelaide – which hold picks 6 and 10 – and Adelaide (8 and 13) were both working on ways...to acquire pick five".

    https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/no-5-is-alive-as-sa-clubs-try-to-claim-local-talent-20181016-p50a10.html

    So who will end up holding pick 5:  Lions, Freo, Demons, Suns, Port, Crows? 

     

    I wouldn't put it past Freo to trade Neale for #5 + something (mooted to be a Coll 1st round pick for Beams), then cash in #5 with Crows/Power or keep it for themselves. 

    Freo can't lose:  Get Hogan on the cheap by offering a lower round 1 pick from the SA club (plus something) or take the SA picks to the draft. 

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    56 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    I had a pint last week at my local, it was quite refreshing. 

     

    I feel like we have the same local. 

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    3 hours ago, Leoncelli_36 said:

    So you reckon Mahoney's big coup for the trade period was Preuss (A VFL ruckman) and KK (a bloke who has played little football in several seasons). If that is all that we were in to, then we are sitting on our hands. Seeing hawthorn once again top up their list with QUALITY and Geelong adding Gary Rohan and Luke Dalhaus, makes me concerned about sides who finished around us doing more than we are o improve their lists. I fear that many hear just think AFL success is a natural progression and that we have the list to succeed because we made it to a Prelim and next year we will be better. If you dont continually improve your list, you are treading water or going backwards.

    What we have built thus far will hold us in good stead. However, there has been a departure of depth at the MFC and at this stage, as it sits right now, today, the 16th of October, we have landed one player...Braydon Preuss. Mahoney surely wasn't talking about him when he made comments last week. 

    Keep in mind, though, that Hawthorn and the Cats have aging lists, all they've done is supplement their here and now deficiencies, while the Demoon List, apart from Jones and Lewis, is young and full of promise. I understand that Mahoney and his crew saw that what we need is a ready made back up for Gawn, another classy, tough proven backman and another running defender. Why would he need to tinker more?

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    29 minutes ago, Pates said:

    I think his point is that loyalty on both ends doesn’t exist as much as it once did. If we are happy to shop players around as pieces of commodities isn’t it fair that the players do the same when they may get the best value for themselves?

    I get the point!  However I am damn annoyed with Hogan’s attitude to the club who gave him so much.

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    2 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

    " Port Adelaide – which hold picks 6 and 10 – and Adelaide (8 and 13) were both working on ways...to acquire pick five".

    https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/no-5-is-alive-as-sa-clubs-try-to-claim-local-talent-20181016-p50a10.html

    So who will end up holding pick 5:  Lions, Freo, Demons, Suns? 

     

    I wouldn't put it past Freo to trade Neale for #5 + something (mooted to be a Coll 1st round pick for Beams), then cash in #5 with Crows/Power or keep it for themselves. 

    Freo can't lose:  Get Hogan on the cheap by offering later round 1 picks from the SA club or take the SA picks to the draft. 

    And we could get completely shafted. It may be a better idea to keep Hogan for 2019 and go after the flag...

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    1 hour ago, EnterTheDragon said:

    Fremantle is transacting a number of deals. Most/all footy dept heads will be in Melbourne tomorrow.

    Yes i know that

    bell came a day early

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    Only 27  hours to go....only...lol

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    Just now, SFebes said:

    Hogan will be at Freo next year, nothing surer now IMO....

    why? what happened?

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    Stay staunch .We said picks 5 and 6  and lets maintain that type of stance .Whatever we do dont let us again be out  negotiated  .We paid overs for Levers ,lets not get unders for Jesse .Tomorrow is the day.  Mahoney dont let me down again..

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    2 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

    why? what happened?

    Just another poster expressing his guess as fact.

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    2 minutes ago, sue said:

    Just another poster expressing his guess as fact.

    He literally said 'in my opinion' tho

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    1 minute ago, adonski said:

    He literally said 'in my opinion' tho

    True, I apologise.  

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    1 minute ago, beelzebub said:

    Only 27  hours to go....only...lol

    Bewdy Newk. Another day like today and yesterday and the day before that and so on. I'm starting to grow tired of the alerts from the  AFL. Eagerly open the story hoping it could be all done and dusted only to find it's about Knackers McSpackers who hasn't played for 14 months due to a boil lancing gone wrong, leaving Gold Coast for Port Adelaide or someone for pick 98. Oh the humanity.

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    8 minutes ago, sue said:

    Just another poster expressing his guess as fact.

    Is it fact it was a guess

    Or just a guess in fact

    If in fact a fact 

    I guess the guess is fact

    But if in fact a guess then the guess is pretty fact !!

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    Neale deal wil be done, Hogan will be done and May will be a Dee.  

    Port will be involved in these deals and we will be getting pick 6 and not 5.  Not sure what the sweeteners are

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    1 minute ago, Demons11 said:

    Neale deal wil be done, Hogan will be done and May will be a Dee.  

    Port will be involved in these deals and we will be getting pick 6 and not 5.  Not sure what the sweeteners are

    Perhaps I was just anticipating this post earlier.

     

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    Just now, Demons11 said:

    Neale deal wil be done, Hogan will be done and May will be a Dee.  

    Port will be involved in these deals and we will be getting pick 6 and not 5.  Not sure what the sweeteners are

    I like Apple pie...or peach cobbler. Can we have either of those.... I'm just going to sit over there >>>>>> wake me please....when the Pie comes. Cheers

    ( Oh...with cream ;) )

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