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17 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

I thought the same 

Hunt went for effectively “absolutely nothing in return” !!! 

Well he was a free agent? And we didnt offer much....

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    26 minutes ago, Colm said:

    If we are only using 2 picks I would think they will be very high picks. I expect us to be aggressive in trying to get our trading done early to give us the best possible chance of moving up the board. 
    I wonder if the JHF to Port has made it more urgent to get our deals done. I assume North will want at least one pick at the very pointing end of this years draft to be part of the deal. Given how difficult top 7 picks are to trade for JHF trade could make the market a lot more competitive. 

    I think we will use more than 2 picks.  

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    Would have preferred LJ stayed with us and we wouldn’t have had too go down the Grundy path. Sooooo what would happen if dockers and eagle’s cannot come up with a fair deal and LJ decides to come back to us, because he wants us too get a fair deal I hope, he’s got Kates phone number😁,can he do that or does he have to go thru the draft? Far fetched I know, has it happened in the past, I cannot recall it happening. Go Dees 

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    6 minutes ago, Demons11 said:

    I think we will use more than 2 picks.  

    Bedford, Hunt, Jackson, Rosman +/- Baker out.

    Grundy in. Chandler promoted? 

    That’s 2-3 main list spots as is. And 3 rookie spots.

    Baker, Hibberd and Melksham could all be redrafted as rookies rather than main listers so there’s plenty of flexibility to add more players or lose more players.

    I’d go to the draft with at least 2 main picks and a 3rd pick that we can use or not use depending on the strength of the draft

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    14 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    Summary anyone?

     

    Basically Freo could have worked with Port for a higher pick to suit us, but now Port need it to secure JHF.

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    18 minutes ago, Flemo56 said:

    Would have preferred LJ stayed with us and we wouldn’t have had too go down the Grundy path. Sooooo what would happen if dockers and eagle’s cannot come up with a fair deal and LJ decides to come back to us, because he wants us too get a fair deal I hope, he’s got Kates phone number😁,can he do that or does he have to go thru the draft? Far fetched I know, has it happened in the past, I cannot recall it happening. Go Dees 

    I’m assuming he can still sign a contract with us.

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    We might have to wait for the Bowes trade to get done.

    Geelong would probably to be keen to split pick 7, to facilitate Bruhn & Henry deals.

    Might be our best bet. 

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    Just as context the points value of #13, Norfs comp pick #20 and Freos future first is at least 3k in total. That’s assuming Freo win the GF (unlikely) so it’s possibly more.

    So we can make a play for just about any pick in the first round if that is what Freo end up offering us. But using all three picks for 1 player seems like a  huge gamble.  

    Much rather ( assuming we get the above picks for LJ), we try to use #13 and Freo’s F1 and make a play for  #5 from Adelaide or #4 from Essendon.  

    You feel like both clubs will need to bottom out some more and given the talent next year could end up with two early first rounders. 

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    1 hour ago, adonski said:

     

    Tom Browne stating the obvious

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    2 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

    I thought the same 

    Hunt went for effectively “absolutely nothing in return” !!! 

    It worse as Jones is 22 in February.

    5 years older than Hunt and he retired of his own volition, yet Carlton now get a higher pick than us for Hunt.

    We lose Hunt who played 40 games in the last two years and Carlton get more for a bloke who was retired for a year.

    It's an absolute joke.

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    6 minutes ago, Redleg said:

    It worse as Jones is 22 in February.

    5 years older than Hunt and he retired of his own volition, yet Carlton now get a higher pick than us for Hunt.

    We lose Hunt who played 40 games in the last two years and Carlton get more for a bloke who was retired for a year.

    It's an absolute joke.

    Almost as bad as Buddy and Frawley ...

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    8 minutes ago, old55 said:

    Almost as bad as Buddy and Frawley ...

    They got what the rules at the time prescribed.

    We might have got overs in true value and the Hawks unders in value, but that was the formula.

    Now we don't know how the decision is made.

    That said, do you agree with my point?

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    2 minutes ago, Redleg said:

    They got what the rules at the time prescribed.

    We might have got overs in true value and the Hawks unders in value, but that was the formula.

    Now we don't know how the decision is made.

    That said, do you agree with my point?

    Contracts probably similar, both 3rd round compo. Honestly this isn't the kind of thing that gets me worked up ...

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    Zaine Cordy going to the Saints.

    Wonder if Dogs will look at Tomlinson.

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    2 minutes ago, Redleg said:

    Zaine Cordy going to the Saints.

    Wonder if Dogs will look at Tomlinson.

    Don't think they'll need another backman after getting Liam Jones.

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    5 minutes ago, The Lobster Effect said:

    Don't think they'll need another backman after getting Liam Jones.

    They don't have much else.

    Probably only Keath, who has been injured a fair bit.

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    My old man just messaged me to say apparently Peter Wright has requested to be traded and that we're interested.

    Has anyone heard this or has the old fella gone off the deep end?

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    6 hours ago, Caligula's cohort said:

    Cornes isn't backing down on the Kozzie rumour (which he made up). He now believes Kozzie will move to an S.A team in 2023 saying what Lamb said yesterday was 'a lie'. 

    https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/teams/melbourne-demons/afl-trade-news-kysaiah-pickett-return-to-south-australia-port-adelaide-rumours-whispers-latest-tim-lamb-kane-cornes/news-story/ef90ed2fa81401f89995d95c03fbf764

    Just a way of him saving face, it buys him 12 months. He's a prat.

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    2 minutes ago, A F said:

    My old man just messaged me to say apparently Peter Wright has requested to be traded and that we're interested.

    Has anyone heard this or has the old fella gone off the deep end?

    Haven’t heard anything about this myself?

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    5 minutes ago, A F said:

    My old man just messaged me to say apparently Peter Wright has requested to be traded and that we're interested.

    Has anyone heard this or has the old fella gone off the deep end?

     

    1 minute ago, Demon Disciple said:

    Haven’t heard anything about this myself?

    It was a fake Mitch Cleary Twitter account - hoax 

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    5 minutes ago, A F said:

    My old man just messaged me to say apparently Peter Wright has requested to be traded and that we're interested.

    Has anyone heard this or has the old fella gone off the deep end?

    It’s a fake Twitter account rumour. 

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    6 minutes ago, A F said:

    My old man just messaged me to say apparently Peter Wright has requested to be traded and that we're interested.

    Has anyone heard this or has the old fella gone off the deep end?

    Oh boi. I wouldn’t be surprised. Essendon is an absolute [censored] show.

     

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    Can someone direct me to the laughing at Essendon page??

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    4 hours ago, A F said:

    My old man just messaged me to say apparently Peter Wright has requested to be traded and that we're interested.

    Has anyone heard this or has the old fella gone off the deep end?

     

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