22 minutes ago, Yokozuna said:

No idea if it is going ahead or not, but I am surprised nothing has been said in the media (which is one of a few things, the suggested target and/or club shut it down so quickly it was not talked about enough to spark media interest OR we run a tight ship and nobody is speaking OR it was never on the cards) and I would unfortunately have to say the target I was told about is highly unlikely now, given the time left in the trade period.

I am of course hoping it is the point that nobody is speaking and we run a tight ship! Doubtful though.

Some of the other trade and contract signing news has also most likely hurt our chance of getting said player now!

But, let’s not give up hope of something happening before the deadline, whether it be this player or someone else.

 

Nobody heard about our pick swap yesterday until it happened so I’m hoping it’s just us running a tight ship...

42 minutes ago, Yokozuna said:

No idea if it is going ahead or not, but I am surprised nothing has been said in the media (which is one of a few things, the suggested target and/or club shut it down so quickly it was not talked about enough to spark media interest OR we run a tight ship and nobody is speaking OR it was never on the cards) and I would unfortunately have to say the target I was told about is highly unlikely now, given the time left in the trade period.

I am of course hoping it is the point that nobody is speaking and we run a tight ship! Doubtful though.

Some of the other trade and contract signing news has also most likely hurt our chance of getting said player now!

But, let’s not give up hope of something happening before the deadline, whether it be this player or someone else.

 

 

Papley... it might explain the pick 8 trade. And we have the cash as evidenced by the Elliot chase.  Double and he is what we need.

40 minutes ago, ArtificialWisdom said:

Honestly, even if nothing happens. This rumour has made this thread good fun in a really slow trade week

slow? we've made more moves than just about any side!

I think Papley’s asking price was $300k more a season that Elliott’s.

Edited October 16, 20196 yr by Ethan Tremblay

1 minute ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

I think Papley’s asking price was $300k more a season that Elliott’s.

Was Elliot 7 8 or 9 hundred K? Just asking for a friend

3 minutes ago, whatwhatsaywhat said:

slow? we've made more moves than just about any side!

Slow for the league. I've been happy with our trade period.

2 minutes ago, Uncle Fester said:

Was Elliot 7 8 or 9 hundred K? Just asking for a friend

Elliot I believe took about 500kish at the pies, possibly fractionally leas

Just now, AaronDaveyChipsAndGravey said:

Elliot I believe took about 500kish at the pies, possibly fractionally leas

OK. I must have misheard or misunderstood. I thought we offered a lot more.

Just now, Uncle Fester said:

OK. I must have misheard or misunderstood. I thought we offered a lot more.

Sorry, thought you asked how much he ended up taking at the pies. I dont think our $$ offer was ever mentioned however one can assume it was more than what he toom at the pies

1 hour ago, AaronDaveyChipsAndGravey said:

Elliot I believe took about 500kish at the pies, possibly fractionally leas

Pies got a discount there if he plays a couple of full and injury free years.

For the record based on the info available I'm sticking with my guess that the target is Gunston. Only other and less likely alternative is Jack Riewoldt IMO.

29 minutes ago, Fifty-5 said:

For the record based on the info available I'm sticking with my guess that the target is Gunston. Only other and less likely alternative is Jack Riewoldt IMO.

Gunston was the player that I settled on as well.

17 hours ago, titan_uranus said:

It's this.

Salary dumping.

He's fourth in line in their forward line (Cameron and Himmelberg are better than him, Finalyson is arguably as good), on a big salary and with dodgy knees. They want his salary off the books to help keep the rest of their stars.

I'll be frustrated if Patton turns into a star for Hawthorn, but I understand what GWS is doing.

 

This is exactly why I've been happy all along to split pick 3.
First rounders in general bring great value, but there is no guarantee you're getting the best player with a top 3 pick, or even that they'll end up being in your best 22. 

Draft for talent and character to give you best raw materials to work with, but development is where it's at.

You can tell us now @Yokozuna

Do we have to wait 53 minutes until 7.31pm @Yokozuna?

1 hour ago, Redbeard said:

Do we have to wait 53 minutes until 7.31pm @Yokozuna?

Ha ha ha. Sorry, been out and haven’t been glued to the trade radio like some ?

The players were from St. kilda, with Tim Membrey being their main one and Bruce second (once he flagged interest to move).

Once Bruce nominated the Bulldogs it made it harder of course, and once King re signed it made it even harder.

Some of you may not rate Membrey that high, and may not have been so excited by the prospect of him, but I rate him and would love someone who leads up to the ball and actually kicks straight for goal and has a pretty good record in the past few seasons.

Attack me at will if you thought I oversold him as a strong prospect we were after ?

1 minute ago, Yokozuna said:

Ha ha ha. Sorry, been out and haven’t been glued to the trade radio like some ?

The players were from St. kilda, with Tim Membrey being their main one and Bruce second (once he flagged interest to move).

Once Bruce nominated the Bulldogs it made it harder of course, and once King re signed it made it even harder.

Some of you may not rate Membrey that high, and may not have been so excited by the prospect of him, but I rate him and would love someone who leads up to the ball and actually kicks straight for goal and has a pretty good record in the past few seasons.

Attack me at will if you thought I oversold him as a strong prospect we were after ?

Thanks for that. It was a great little riddle to keep us going in an otherwise dull period!

Meh if all we missed out on was Membery I can live with that. 

12 minutes ago, Yokozuna said:

Ha ha ha. Sorry, been out and haven’t been glued to the trade radio like some ?

The players were from St. kilda, with Tim Membrey being their main one and Bruce second (once he flagged interest to move).

Once Bruce nominated the Bulldogs it made it harder of course, and once King re signed it made it even harder.

Some of you may not rate Membrey that high, and may not have been so excited by the prospect of him, but I rate him and would love someone who leads up to the ball and actually kicks straight for goal and has a pretty good record in the past few seasons.

Attack me at will if you thought I oversold him as a strong prospect we were after ?

 

On 10/9/2019 at 12:45 PM, Yokozuna said:

I would like it to be membrey or Bruce, as I know they always beat us, but it isn’t. 

As I said, you will be surprised!!

Interesting

1 minute ago, FireInTheBelly said:

 

Interesting

Yoko said in another post that the player had been mentioned and they'd said it wasn't them, just to throw us off the chase.

Just now, Good Lord George said:

Yoko said in another post that the player had been mentioned and they'd said it wasn't them, just to throw us off the chase.

Ok, apologies, must've missed that one.

I think having Tomlinson provides flexibility, as he can easily play as a tall forward and can take a grab.

Still think we are a bit light on for talls with the following:

Gawn - 208cm

Bradtke - 204cm

Preuss - 203cm

Petty - 197cm

O McDonald - 196cm

Weideman - 195cm

Lever - 195cm

T McDonald - 194cm

Tomlinson - 194cm

May - 193cm

I guess it depends how Petty, Weideman & too a lesser extent O McDonald come on next season.

If we can get more input from all 3 then we may be ok.

 

Thanks for the membreys, Yoko.  It was fun!

So no forwards brought in??? Let’s hope Macca can recapture is form injury free & Weiderman can go to the next level...we lost Garlett so who’s his replacement???

24 minutes ago, Jaded said:

Meh if all we missed out on was Membery I can live with that. 

I would have made a big play for Bruce myself but hey do we really need a tall target for not a big price? Someone who can actually take a contested grab and I believe can kick straight from a set shot more often than not.