Trade Targets

[WERRIDEE 5,198]

Are we still going for Polec or is that off the table?

Merrett is there any substance in it?

We still after Ben.Brown and Isaac.Smith?

Who else are we after ? Tarrant, Hurley maybe?

[CHF 2,585]

Out of interest, who would be your preference out of Cameron, Brown and Wright?

[WERRIDEE 5,198]

1 minute ago, CHF said:

Out of interest, who would be your preference out of Cameron, Brown and Wright?

Brown Cameron's on too much and Wright hasn't shown anything.

[AaronDaveyChipsAndGravey 390]

4 minutes ago, CHF said:

Out of interest, who would be your preference out of Cameron, Brown and Wright?

Mihocheck and Gunston

[WERRIDEE 5,198]

1 minute ago, AaronDaveyChipsAndGravey said:

Mihocheck and Gunston

Both would be good but it wopuld have to be Gunston kicks more goals. Can't see Collingwood letting Mihocheck go.

[defuture15 836]

On 10/6/2020 at 1:38 PM, Turner said:

26 minutes ago, WERRIDEE said:

Are we still going for Polec or is that off the table?

Merrett is there any substance in it?

We still after Ben.Brown and Isaac.Smith?

Who else are we after ? Tarrant, Hurley maybe?

 

Would definitely look at Hurley as the linkman/swingman if possible 

Edited October 8, 2020 by defuture15

[Lord Travis 10,136]

Apparently Saints and Bombers are into Caldwell from GWS. I hope we throw our hat in the ring if he wants to come home to Vic. I’m a fan, got potential to be a well rounded midfielder.

[DubDee 20,325]

14 minutes ago, CHF said:

Out of interest, who would be your preference out of Cameron, Brown and Wright?

Cameron by a country mile

[deebug 1,754]

Cameron & Wright

[Dwight Schrute 16,714]

Would we go big for Jeremy Cameron? 

I think not only do we need a big forward, we need a big signing! need some way to sell some hope to members that 2021 is gunna be better. 

 

[ChaserJ 3,956]

14 minutes ago, Patches O’houlihan said:

Would we go big for Jeremy Cameron? 

I think not only do we need a big forward, we need a big signing! need some way to sell some hope to members that 2021 is gunna be better. 

 

Essendon probably thinking the same think at this point. I don’t know why we wouldn’t at least make a pitch.

[Mister Ed 269]

With all of the comings and goings in the football world, I would really like to hear a player of substance come out and say that Melbourne’s the club of his choice.

[DeeSpencer 23,051]

47 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

Apparently Saints and Bombers are into Caldwell from GWS. I hope we throw our hat in the ring if he wants to come home to Vic. I’m a fan, got potential to be a well rounded midfielder.

Talented but being a touch underwhelming for mine and it's a harder sell to crack our midfield than the teams chasing him. I think we'd have to trade someone out to show him a path to games (and to free up the cash and picks). Probably cost our earliest pick this year and more, I'd probably rather give JT a chance in the draft

[RedFox 393]

13 hours ago, Patches O’houlihan said:

Would we go big for Jeremy Cameron? 

I think not only do we need a big forward, we need a big signing! need some way to sell some hope to members that 2021 is gunna be better. 

 

Agree. If we can shed some TPP by moving on some players that in my opinion are surplus to our needs in Tmac and Brayshaw, we should go hard for Cameron. 

[drdrake 3,035]

33 minutes ago, RedFox said:

Agree. If we can shed some TPP by moving on some players that in my opinion are surplus to our needs in Tmac and Brayshaw, we should go hard for Cameron. 

I think there is no question that Brayshaw will be on the table if clubs ask about him.  Cameron is a good player, I doubt we are in the mix for him but who knows the Giants need to start worrying about losing young players that are early picks due to paying to much to keep players, they might be prepared to lose Cameron and keep 2-3 developing players instead of these kids looking elsewhere.

[Superunknown 3,307]

16 hours ago, AaronDaveyChipsAndGravey said:

Mihocheck and Gunston

Gunston has re-signed IIRC

[Half forward flank 1,022]

59 minutes ago, drdrake said:

I think there is no question that Brayshaw will be on the table if clubs ask about him.  Cameron is a good player, I doubt we are in the mix for him but who knows the Giants need to start worrying about losing young players that are early picks due to paying to much to keep players, they might be prepared to lose Cameron and keep 2-3 developing players instead of these kids looking elsewhere.

Agree on Brayshaw, not certain on cameron. I know he is a good player but would prefer someone with a bit more aggresion. That said would be happy to do that swap.

[Gawndog98 306]

16 hours ago, WERRIDEE said:

Both would be good but it wopuld have to be Gunston kicks more goals. Can't see Collingwood letting Mihocheck go.

Mihocek is out of contract so if Collingwood can't afford him which they can't unless they move on someone they can't just "not let him go" because he will just join another club that will give him a payday through the pre season draft and Collingwood get nothing. If we move on Preuss and Tmac we will have enough money for Cameron, that would be my play. Not keen on Ben Brown at all because he wouldn't fit well with Weid, both are immobile full forwards, we need a mobile CHF to go with Weid. If we can't get a Cameron or Gunston I'd be fine with backing in Tmac to slim down and take back that position. 

Edited October 9, 2020 by Gawndog98

[roy11 2,911]

SEN reporting Carlton are "keen" on De Goey and have room for one more big name after Williams and Saad.

What an efficient period that may be for them if they can get them all over the line. Although i am sure it would create some cap issues. 

Hopefully we can pull off another missing piece of the puzzle this period. 

Which teams below us on the ladder are you most worried about for 2021?

 

[RedFox 393]

4 minutes ago, roy11 said:

SEN reporting Carlton are "keen" on De Goey and have room for one more big name after Williams and Saad.

What an efficient period that may be for them if they can get them all over the line. Although i am sure it would create some cap issues. 

Hopefully we can pull off another missing piece of the puzzle this period. 

Which teams below us on the ladder are you most worried about for 2021?

 

Collingwood would rather [censored] in their hands and clap then allow De Goey to walk to the old enemy

[Lord Nev 13,511]

17 hours ago, WERRIDEE said:

Are we still going for Polec or is that off the table?

Merrett is there any substance in it?

We still after Ben.Brown and Isaac.Smith?

Who else are we after ? Tarrant, Hurley maybe?

Polec no go.

Nothing heard about Merrett.

Smith a very good chance to be a Demon. Brown a chance, but not a big one yet - Price is reasonable, but injuries a barrier.

Don't know we'll do much other than Smith tbh. We apparently just don't have the wriggle room atm.

[AaronDaveyChipsAndGravey 390]

1 hour ago, Superunknown said:

Gunston has re-signed IIRC

Hasnt committed to anything yet. IMO unlikely he leaves, but maybe YZE can put in a good word for him...

[AaronDaveyChipsAndGravey 390]

20 minutes ago, Lord Nev said:

Polec no go.

Nothing heard about Merrett.

Smith a very good chance to be a Demon. Brown a chance, but not a big one yet - Price is reasonable, but injuries a barrier.

Don't know we'll do much other than Smith tbh. We apparently just don't have the wriggle room atm.

If we're right at the edge of our cap, surely we're doing everything in our power to jettison some of the deadwood elsewhere? Just cannot see how this list recovers to even challenging for a decent finals position with the pieces we have now. Seems like extremely poor list management if we've backed ourselves into a spot where we cant even make finals with zero room to bring quality players in during the off season or even shed players that aren't required.

[Lord Nev 13,511]

10 minutes ago, AaronDaveyChipsAndGravey said:

If we're right at the edge of our cap, surely we're doing everything in our power to jettison some of the deadwood elsewhere? Just cannot see how this list recovers to even challenging for a decent finals position with the pieces we have now. Seems like extremely poor list management if we've backed ourselves into a spot where we cant even make finals with zero room to bring quality players in during the off season or even shed players that aren't required.

I don't know if we're right at the egde, don't know enough specifics, sorry! Just know we don't have the space for a big fish type of player currently. I mean, there could be a player that requests a trade out that we don't see coming, but as far as I've heard we're more looking at decent free agents atm rather than any particular big trade target. I only ever hear a few bits and pieces tho, so quite likely there's plenty going on I have absolutely no idea about, this time of year everything is a bit up in the air somewhat.

My opinion is that the feeling is the improvement will come more from off field things next year.

Edited October 9, 2020 by Lord Nev

[Wells 11 4,649]

35 minutes ago, Lord Nev said:

Polec no go.

Nothing heard about Merrett.

Smith a very good chance to be a Demon. Brown a chance, but not a big one yet - Price is reasonable, but injuries a barrier.

Don't know we'll do much other than Smith tbh. We apparently just don't have the wriggle room atm.

Disappointed re Polec. Do have any info re what blocked that move?  Was it the money he wanted, what North wanted in exchange or just a lack of interest on our part?