1 minute ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Agree. We were keen on a 31yo for 3 years to fix our OBVIOUS GAP in the team. But now we will “build from within”.  
Bi-polar is my professional evaluation!  

But why do you  take what he says as gospel?  Good reasons why what he says publically may not be 100% true at this stage.

Wasn't it discussed elsewhere that Smith was enticing because he did not cost anything?

Makes sense if the eggs are in another basket with limited currency, but I don't have a lot of faith in Baker holding down the wing for a whole season and consistently contributing

 

Trading out.
Trump. 

Trading in. 
Biden - 4 year contract.  Risky contract length given age and declining performance.  Have young Harris in the squad and may be required to step up in 2 years. 

18 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Trading out.
Trump. 

Trading in. 
Biden - 4 year contract.  Risky contract length given age and declining performance.  Have young Harris in the squad and may be required to step up in 2 years. 

Shouldn't this be a trade Geelong should do

5 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Trading out.
Trump. 

Trading in. 
Biden - 4 year contract.  Risky contract length given age and declining performance.  Have young Harris in the squad and may be required to step up in 2 years. 

drumpf taking that one to court

8 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Whisper of us looking at Marley Williams, delisted by Kangas.  Anyone heard that? 

He wouldn't be a bad option. Still only 27 and has talent. Would rather we trade for Webster though.

6 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Trading out.
Trump. 

Trading in. 
Biden - 4 year contract.  Risky contract length given age and declining performance.  Have young Harris in the squad and may be required to step up in 2 years. 

This trade is far from certain and will go down to the wire. 

6 hours ago, drdrake said:

Shouldn't this be a trade Geelong should do

I love it. Actually Biden and Trump would be targets for the Cats.  

6 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

I love it. Actually Biden and Trump would be targets for the Cats.  

I lol’d at that one, kudos 

9 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Bi-polar is my professional evaluation!  

That's not what bipolar is.

If you're going to use a mental disorder as a slur, at least do your homework.

Fogharty from Geelong will be leaving them 

38 minutes ago, Demons11 said:

Fogharty from Geelong will be leaving them 

Out with the new, in with the old for Geelong

53 minutes ago, Roger Mellie said:

Out with the new, in with the old for Geelong

??seems that way 

@Lord Nevtrade period is pretty boring. Have you got anything for us?

Just now, Matt said:

@Lord Nevtrade period is pretty boring. Have you got anything for us?

Not yet mate, sorry! Seems pretty quiet atm. Apparently the plan was Brown and Smith as the main focus, then a few free agent forward line options, then focus on getting up the draft this year and next year.

Hoping for something more exciting, but no rumours at this stage.

4 minutes ago, Lord Nev said:

Not yet mate, sorry! Seems pretty quiet atm. Apparently the plan was Brown and Smith as the main focus, then a few free agent forward line options, then focus on getting up the draft this year and next year.

Hoping for something more exciting, but no rumours at this stage.

Do you have a take on whether or not we go after another outside mid?

Edited November 5, 20204 yr by Matt

3 minutes ago, Lord Nev said:

Not yet mate, sorry! Seems pretty quiet atm. Apparently the plan was Brown and Smith as the main focus, then a few free agent forward line options, then focus on getting up the draft this year and next year.

Hoping for something more exciting, but no rumours at this stage.

Yep the whole league seems pretty quiet at the moment except for some drama at pies and dogs and the bombers looking for some good news.

Cameron to play out .... but who cares. Pruess will get done late no doubt after this trade.

Pretty boring trade period by the looks of ir.

1 minute ago, Matt said:

Do you have a take on whether or not we go after another outside mid?

Personally I would have thought we'd have it high up the list, but going by Mahoney's comments yesterday it doesn't seem like the club feels the same way. Bit baffled by that tbh. Phillips might be a chance, but that's me guessing, not rumour etc. Pies have a bit going on obviously, and I still think they may consider TMac but are holding off for now with a few better options still potentially in play for them.

13 hours ago, bing181 said:

That's not what bipolar is.

If you're going to use a mental disorder as a slur, at least do your homework.

Bing on a footy unrelated topic. Are you still in Francais?  If so how are you holding up. How is it over there? Things are looking pretty tough virus wise. How's the riding going?

8 minutes ago, Lord Nev said:

Personally I would have thought we'd have it high up the list, but going by Mahoney's comments yesterday it doesn't seem like the club feels the same way. Bit baffled by that tbh. Phillips might be a chance, but that's me guessing, not rumour etc. Pies have a bit going on obviously, and I still think they may consider TMac but are holding off for now with a few better options still potentially in play for them.

I think now we've brought Brown in that bringing someone else in might be contingent on freeing up salary cap space ie. T Mac being traded.  I assume Phillips contract might be more than what we were offering Smith. 

The whole trade period is such a snoozefest. Every fan wants miracles, the clubs all want to sell high and buy low.

I still get sucked in every year, but there is never much movement between teams

Edited November 5, 20204 yr by BW511

They should reduced free agency period and trade week period to just be a week. Stop drawing the [censored] out and just get it done. If they want to drive excitement, then that's how to do it. When it's dragged out, we all tune out.

19 minutes ago, grazman said:

I think now we've brought Brown in that bringing someone else in might be contingent on freeing up salary cap space ie. T Mac being traded.  I assume Phillips contract might be more than what we were offering Smith. 

Yeah that makes sense for sure. Just have a sneaky feeling a few clubs are holding off on TMac while holding out hope on the Cameron situation. Once that domino falls I think the door opens a bit more for TMac, which then lines up what you're talking about there.

On 11/3/2020 at 11:42 AM, adonski said:

Club will be aggressive. We will have a future first round pick to trade out plus several picks we'll be able to package together which we receive from our departing players. I would be very, very surprised if Brown is the only best-22 addition we add this off season. 

We have more than a handful of younger players ready, willing and able to take the next step directly into the best 22 should our coaching and FD roles meet the required standards (ex-review by Pert).

27 minutes ago, BW511 said:

Every fan wants miracles, the clubs all want to sell high and buy low

This is an annual problem ... we have the recruits and younger players and must concentrate not on the supermarket shelf but instead, on widespread youthful development to the highest standard.