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Great outcome for us. Grundy is an upgrade on that last ruck man who left for Freo and whom I've forgotten his name!. Get Grundy fit and away we go.

2 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

We lost on the Jackson trade, but at least we won big time on this one.

Absolute bargain for a top 5 AFL ruckman. 

 

No other club saw value in the deal... even to the extent they got into discussions/negotiations

Anyway let's hope it works

 

Greatest ruck pairing ever? Certainly in terms of Supercoach scores we are loading up

1 minute ago, Demonland said:

Would you prefer that he wore a filth jumper?

The way he has whinged all through this trade period I guess he would.


Just now, sisso said:

Greatest ruck pairing ever? Certainly in terms of Supercoach scores we are loading up

Can't think of a better ruck duo in the history of the game on paper

Max Gawn, the first champion demons player of my life time and the first or second for most of demonland I’d imagine, is now Mason Cox with worse gags and no sunglasses.

The big bearded fella was never going to last forever but it’s a sad day and we should all take a moment to reflect on that.

Welcome Brodie. If you’re coachable and willing to play a team brand of football you might be a handy pick up. If he still thinks it’s the Grundy show then he might be off to Tassie in a few years. 

3 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Would you prefer that he wore a filth jumper?

Will need to see him in our clash strip first 

 

GO GRAWNDY!!!! ❤️💙

Yes happy days. The Gawn-Grundy combo will be an experiment but it gives them options and even allows each to have a “managed” game through the year.  Ruckwork can be brutal on the body and we’d like to sustain big Maxy as long as possible.
 

At pick 27, it’s a good deal. Tim Lamb held firm.  He’s welcome back into the Demonland poker night.   Pies had already signed DEGOEY and Mcstay so had to move Grundy $$$ out.  


11 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

How many $$$$ is the question ????

Who cares, it'll be more than the pie's would like to become public knowledge

So what are we left with? 13 and….. then 2 firsts, 2 seconds and a third in the strong draft next year, when we have a f/s prospect to boot?

9 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

How many $$$$ is the question ????

Fox Footy: "Dees...will pick up the bulk of the remaining five years on his lucrative contract"


1 minute ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

Fox Footy: "Dees...will pick up the bulk of the remaining five years on his lucrative contract"

501k can also be seen to be the bulk of 1m

2 minutes ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

Fox Footy: "Dees...will pick up the bulk of the remaining five years on his lucrative contract"

I read a million a year with Collingwood covering 300k

Fantastic result of true

Pick 27 for Grundy on paper is a great trade. 

Still hard to picture how him and Gawn will work together without diminishing each others strengths, but at least the club is being creative here and has replaced a ruckman in Jackson immediately.

Worried how much his salary is going to cost us though!

Grundy deal crashed Big Footy ...


17 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

How many $$$$ is the question ????

I believe the pies are paying $300k of the $1mill a year... so nothing has changed on that front it seems. If we get him fit, paying $700k for an elite ruck is a bargain even at $750k.

2 minutes ago, Smokey said:

I read a million a year with Collingwood covering 300k

Fantastic result of true

That's not a great deal. It's the one every club rejected when it was floated over a month ago

 
Just now, Diamond_Jim said:

That's not a great deal. It's the one every club rejected when it was floated over a month ago

And you know that how?

The report of the trade mentions that Port Adelaide, GWS and Geelong were all interested but that Grundy dismissed each as he didn't want to leave Melbourne.


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