5 hours ago, Clintosaurus said:

Guaranteed the media talk Curnow down so much he ends up at Geelong for a future first round pick, no more.

Curnow met with Dean Cox and other Sydney officials at the home of Dean Cox in Sydney very recently and the offer is Braeden Campbell, Hayden MacLean Sydney’s first round this year and next year.

30 minutes ago, Stiff Arm said:

Buddy?

Or maybe Peter Craven?

I am not following all this

Love it when @goodwindees pops up with the scoop!

Keep those tidbits coming!

3 minutes ago, goodwindees said:

Curnow met with Dean Cox and other Sydney officials at the home of Dean Cox in Sydney very recently and the offer is Braeden Campbell, Hayden MacLean Sydney’s first round this year and next year.

Sydney pulling their leg there. Campbell a pick 5 but these were his averages this year.

Haha what a terrible trade for Carlton

I’ll see that bid and give them Jefferson Kolt and our future first 😂

6 minutes ago, Demonland said:

That should be the last of the money they have left + Liam Ryan going there too. We definitely should be swooping on Flanders (especially) and Mckenzie now.

14 minutes ago, Demonland said:

That’s a shame. Wonder if we can match.

5 minutes ago, GawnOfTheDead said:

That’s a shame. Wonder if we can match.

He is very good friends with Nas. I feel the saints just had to slightly up their offer and he will take it.

13 minutes ago, KoltTheRam said:

That should be the last of the money they have left + Liam Ryan going there too. We definitely should be swooping on Flanders (especially) and Mckenzie now.

both flanders and mckenzie are under contract, with the former in his side's best 22 and signed up til he's an rfa at the end of 2027, and the latter on the fringes and under contract until the end of 2026

both of their clubs would, i'd expect, want a first round pick for either of them

are they worth what could be a top 5 pick in the 2026 draft, given that we don't have a 2025 selection to trade

Gosh I wish I could be in March of next year, know who our coaches are, and new players and moved players. Suspense killing me.

I feel like we won’t get a lot of decent players this year. Hopefully we move a few on that are dead wood.

28 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

both flanders and mckenzie are under contract, with the former in his side's best 22 and signed up til he's an rfa at the end of 2027, and the latter on the fringes and under contract until the end of 2026

both of their clubs would, i'd expect, want a first round pick for either of them

are they worth what could be a top 5 pick in the 2026 draft, given that we don't have a 2025 selection to trade

We should be going hard at Mckenzie. Class player and would be a great addition to Harvey, Lindsey, WIndsor, Riv and Koz for our future midfield.

Currently playing in the 2's even with WIll Day out. Josh Ward seems to have locked in the spot that they were both fighting for and no-one is aging our of that midfield anytime soon.

Hustwaite is another of there depth mids I would be keen on chasing.

11 minutes ago, Brenno said:

We should be going hard at Mckenzie. Class player and would be a great addition to Harvey, Lindsey, WIndsor, Riv and Koz for our future midfield.

Currently playing in the 2's even with WIll Day out. Josh Ward seems to have locked in the spot that they were both fighting for and no-one is aging our of that midfield anytime soon.

Hustwaite is another of there depth mids I would be keen on chasing.

McKenzie has scope but seeing Kolt, Billings and Laurie bash around the Box Hill midfield makes me less impressed with any of them.

12 months ago Ward was nowhere and now looks very handy, and McKenzie has some polish, but we aren’t picking him off for a 2nd rounder and a first is way too risky.

1 hour ago, whatwhat say what said:

both flanders and mckenzie are under contract, with the former in his side's best 22 and signed up til he's an rfa at the end of 2027, and the latter on the fringes and under contract until the end of 2026

both of their clubs would, i'd expect, want a first round pick for either of them

are they worth what could be a top 5 pick in the 2026 draft, given that we don't have a 2025 selection to trade

He has seemingly been on the outer for the Suns this year. has played games as the sub and I'm sure they have more academy players coming in as well. If the suns need picks to match I could imagine a bit of a pick swap taking place, maybe involving a team like north who want their Pick 6. Might be complex but could imagine we may give up 23 and a future first or second.

46 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

McKenzie has scope but seeing Kolt, Billings and Laurie bash around the Box Hill midfield makes me less impressed with any of them.

12 months ago Ward was nowhere and now looks very handy, and McKenzie has some polish, but we aren’t picking him off for a 2nd rounder and a first is way too risky.

I don't think we should judge a players value/ability from one game to be fair. Averages 25 disposals in the VFL and he has shown he can contribute and has poise at AFL level. I am personally surprised he isn't a regular in there 22 a I feel his ceiling is much higher than a few that are ahead of him.

As for the Cost. Getting the player to request the trade is the first/hard part. Destination clubs like Geelong worry about getting the players attention first and the cost second. Just look at the Bailey Smith trade. They knew they only had pick 17 but pushed for it anyway and ended up with a steal. Pies didn't have a first rounder last year and still ended up with Houston. Clubs can find a way if there ruthless and aggressive about player acquisition.

Even if we don't manage to land if this year we will be in a good position to try again next year when he is out of contract.

Blues now interested in Flanders too

Don’t worry Dees fans I’m sure Tim Lamb has another Hunter/Billings trade in the pipeline for us! 🤮

15 hours ago, goodwindees said:

Curnow met with Dean Cox and other Sydney officials at the home of Dean Cox in Sydney very recently and the offer is Braeden Campbell, Hayden MacLean Sydney’s first round this year and next year.

I hope Carlton laughed them out the room

31 minutes ago, Deez21 said:

I hope Carlton laughed them out the room

Maybe I am getting senile, but I don’t see that as a bad deal.

2 first round picks and 2 players who will be best 23 Blues.

Curnow 29 before next season, is 2 years older than McLean and 4 years older than Campbell.

Curnow can be flaky and put in poor games as we have seen. He has had injuries too.

Edited August 29Aug 29 by Redleg

50 minutes ago, demoncat said:

Blues now interested in Flanders too

Don’t worry Dees fans I’m sure Tim Lamb has another Hunter/Billings trade in the pipeline for us! 🤮

Flanders is a Hunter Billings...

23 minutes ago, Adam The God said:

Flanders is a Hunter Billings...

Mate surely not?

For one he’s far younger than those players and would add to our younger core

Two he’s actually getting games at the Suns and not on the verge of being delisted

And three he’s shown genuine quality as a mid and half back, particularly last year where he was very highly rated

Injuries and other players being preferred in those position has seen him have a down year, but he is nowhere near the camp of being a Hunter/Billings selection

15 hours ago, goodwindees said:

Curnow met with Dean Cox and other Sydney officials at the home of Dean Cox in Sydney very recently and the offer is Braeden Campbell, Hayden MacLean Sydney’s first round this year and next year.

I hope Carlton laughed them out the room

1 hour ago, Redleg said:

Maybe I am getting senile, but I don’t see that as a bad deal.

2 first round picks and 2 players who will be best 23 Blues.

Curnow 29 before next season, is 2 years older than McLean and 4 years older than Campbell.

Curnow can be flaky and put in poor games as we have seen. He has had injuries too.

Those picks will be worthless in the drafts Carlton need picks for F/S

McLean and Campbell are plodders

On 28/08/2025 at 06:14, dazzledavey36 said:

He wants to get out of Melbourne the city and away from the footy fish bowl.

Settling down in Casey could be just the ticket!

16 hours ago, goodwindees said:

Curnow met with Dean Cox and other Sydney officials at the home of Dean Cox in Sydney very recently and the offer is Braeden Campbell, Hayden MacLean Sydney’s first round this year and next year.

Genuinely insulting offer lmao.

1 hour ago, Adam The God said:

Flanders is a Hunter Billings...

the only way this could be true is if he cost us a pick in the trade that we weren't going to use that gc17 end up not using either

people act like the likes of billings and hunter cos us much...

jack billings for pick 49 (hugh boxshall; 10 games, out of contract end of 2026)

lachie hunter for pick 50 (tom anastasopoulos (0 games, recently extended for another year)

flanders would likely cost us our r1, 2026, at a minimum

We should get Flanders for his name alone.