"The departure of AvB"

Did I miss something?

Edit - Looks like I did. Ignore me :)

Edited October 5, 20214 yr by deva5610

2 minutes ago, deva5610 said:

Did I miss something?

Clearly you did.  Vanders last week informed the club that he wishes to pursue his career elsewhere.

Smells like Dunstan.

Headline will read ‘Dunstan checks in’…..

 

18 hours ago, buck_nekkid said:

Headline will read ‘Dunstan checks in’…..

 

boom!

From today's session:

But the premiers haven’t finished their wheeling and dealing just yet.

“We’ll look at every opportunity to try to get as high as we can. We’re certainly having a little bit of look at some things,” Demons list manager Tim Lamb said on Continental Tyres AFL Trade Radio

“We've had a habit of trying to get back into the first round of the draft or improve our position in the draft and that was something we wanted to do again this year. By being back in the first round again that will give us five first-rounders over the last three years.

“We’d seen the impact at Hawthorn of a group of young players that come in together over a two- or three-year period and they can really grow together, their relationships become really strong, and they go on the journey together. So that was our real focus.”

 

That looks like another 'drafting cluster.'

The first cluster was under Roos over three drafts from 2013, when we took Salem, (Tyson), AVB, ANB, Stretch, Hunt, Harmes, Petracca, Brayshaw, Oliver, Weideman, when Roos' goal was to build the midfield first and have 10-12 on-ballers.  Some have moved on but they are our core players now in their prime.

The second cluster started 5 years later and is the one we are in now:  Jackson, Rivers, Pickett, Laurie, Bowey, x and y from this year's draft.

And a few choice picks in between:  Spargo, Petty, etc etc.

Edited October 8, 20214 yr by Premiers

Tim Lamb was interviewed earlier today on AFL Trade Exchange, as part of AFL Trade Radio. Worth a listen, IMO. Touches on Jackson, Oliver, Petracca, Dunstan and our general strategy and list build.

He also made reference to Todd Viney who put into place the some of the requirements which players who are recruited are expected to have, I think we have done well with our lower picks because we have used these requirements to weed out the wheat from the chaff.

Edited October 8, 20214 yr by durango

Sounds like nobody is worried about Jackson leaving and that we are working on an extension with his manager. 

I don't believe him when he says we've had no discussions about Jackson with Freo. I think we have. The discussions went something like this:

Bell: "Can we talk about Jackson?"

Lamb: *Hangs up phone*

As soon as I heard Jackson got an Mfc premiers tattoo,  I didn't think he'd hot foot it out the door to Freo

2 minutes ago, Roger Mellie said:

As soon as I heard Jackson got an Mfc premiers tattoo,  I didn't think he'd hot foot it out the door to Freo

Peter Bell has prepared a very attractive contract for Jackson with benefits such as tattoo removal vouchers & an impeccable dental plan 

Is there anywhere we can listen to this?

1 hour ago, Action Jackson said:

Is there anywhere we can listen to this?

afl exchange podcast on apple podcasts has it. first segment of todays ep

Check the start of the podcast for DAY10 ... Tim is very impressive from what I have seen to date not just in this trade period ... love that he acknowledges the contribution of Todd Viney and others https://www.afl.com.au/podcasts/afl-exchange

 

What a fantastic interview! Given the grand plan that went back to 2013/14, us humble supporters really should have had nothing to worry about! It’s an evidence based science, and as Tim said, our guys are clearly up there with the best! Go Dees!