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4 minutes ago, Lord Nev said:

Geez, tough offseason for Norf...

North should rightfully demand the number one pick for him. Anything less is a lose for them. The AFL need to do something here. First Jackson, now JHF. Murmurs about Pickett. The draft was meant to be a means to even the competition, not a nursery ground for homesick boys. North have every right to be pee’d off about this, the same with us and LJ. 

 

 

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2 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

Gotta change the contracts for first rounder draftees. The top kids get drafted to the struggling clubs and want to leave straight away. A number one pick leaving after one season is not good for the game. 

not much that can do unfortunately, he is still contracted

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3 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

Gotta change the contracts for first rounder draftees. The top kids get drafted to the struggling clubs and want to leave straight away. A number one pick leaving after one season is not good for the game. 

I agree!

can’t see them letting him go 

 

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2 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

judging from how unhappy jhf seems at north, i wonder if this could be the first time we simply see a player refuse to play for a year

Cam McCarthy sat out a year before moving from GWS to Freo

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5 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

judging from how unhappy jhf seems at north, i wonder if this could be the first time we simply see a player refuse to play for a year

It’s already happened a few years back. Can McCarthy at GWS requested a trade to Freo in his home state of WA. It was rejected. He then returned to WA and sat out for a year. The next year he requested trade again and GWS traded him to Freo for stuff all. 

Players hold too much power and it’s ruining the game.

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2 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

It’s already happened a few years back. Can McCarthy at GWS requested a trade to Freo in his home state of WA. It was rejected. He then returned to WA and sat out for a year. The next year he requested trade again and GWS traded him to Freo for stuff all. 

Players hold too much power and it’s ruining the game.

I reckon the Cam McCarthy trade is a cautionary tale for anyone thinking of going down that road. Looked a decent player early in his career but didn;t look the same at Freo. Sitting out the year was a bad idea i reckon

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17 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

these 1-3 year players tho...demanding trades after they've played less than 50 games! pfft...try less than 20!!

Ssh, we may be interested in Finn Callahan, who we looked at in his draft year, but he went far too early for us and he was a Dees supporter.

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Whether there's any truth to the rumours or not, I can't see Port prying Pickett (say that three times fast) away from us if they plan to land both JHF and Rioli this off season.

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4 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Ssh, we may be interested in Finn Callahan, who we looked at in his draft year, but he went far too early for us and he was a Dees supporter.

Is he a dees supporter? Interesting

I know they said he's best buds with Howes tho

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6 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Ssh, we may be interested in Finn Callahan, who we looked at in his draft year, but he went far too early for us and he was a Dees supporter.

Oooo, interesting, id like that move. but can't see how we get it done

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1 minute ago, adonski said:

Is he a dees supporter? Interesting

I know they said he's best buds with Howes tho

Probably no chance this year, unless we could add a player to Bedford and a good pick. Even that probably won’t get them interested, unless he could convince them he will leave next year.

 

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12 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Ssh, we may be interested in Finn Callahan, who we looked at in his draft year, but he went far too early for us and he was a Dees supporter.

If we're not we should be.  I know from a GWS point of view he was offered an extension beyond the standard 2 years he signed as a first round pick.  He hasn't signed that extension...

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1 minute ago, grazman said:

If we're not we should be.  I know from a GWS point of view he was offered an extension beyond the standard 2 years he signed as a first round pick.  He hasn't signed that extension...

I wonder what it would take to get them interested, if we could get him interested. Bedford is a small entree, before the main meal.

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7 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

Maybe we should help Port out and give them one of the first round draft picks we get for Jacko so they can package that up with their existing 1st pick to get JHF.    All we'd be looking for in return is Georgiades. 

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1 minute ago, Redleg said:

I wonder what it would take to get them interested, if we could get him interested. Bedford is a small entree, before the main meal.

We'll have more leverage next year when he's OOC.  I doubt he does a JHF and asks to be traded in-contract. 

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16 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Ssh, we may be interested in Finn Callahan, who we looked at in his draft year, but he went far too early for us and he was a Dees supporter.

I'm drooling at the thought of this. Was very impressive in his first game against us. Showed incredible poise and footy smarts way beyond his years. Can't see any chance this year with GWS likely losing Bruhn and Taranto but I hope we stick with it for '24. Would fit in perfectly on the wing. 

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25 minutes ago, Redleg said:

I wonder what it would take to get them interested, if we could get him interested. Bedford is a small entree, before the main meal.

Maybe GWS are offering Finn as a salary dump for pick 5….. I hear his base wage is backend and they are up to their ears in salary cap issues re signing Hogan. 

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