24 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

Already justifying why they “won’t go for Kosi even though he is gettable”

Sam Edmund 💩really thinks that Kozzzy is thinking about going west. “He’s good mates with Shai Bolton and they socialise together outside of footy.  Shai says hey mate, I’m going back home, why not join me.  So Kozzy loves the Melbourne Football Club but not Melbourne the city”.  FFS.  So they’ve all got Trac on 12-month waitlist to depart and for each year now there’s going to be three weeks at least of Kozzzy and Clarry rumours.  

Edited October 1, 2024Oct 1 by spirit of norm smith
FFS

Sam Edmund is kidding himself with the latest on Kozzy wanting to join Shai Bolton in WA

For a start, Shai has never come up to Darwin when Kozzy spends time with his little family. 

Swap Kozzie for Jackson 

6 hours ago, SthSea22 said:

Sam Edmund is kidding himself with the latest on Kozzy wanting to join Shai Bolton in WA

For a start, Shai has never come up to Darwin when Kozzy spends time with his little family. 

FWIW I was told that same story about a month ago by one of my freo mates who usually has good info. Story goes that they had caught up and Shai brought up Kozzie joining him at freo. Kozzie's management then contacted freo to gauge their interest but couldn't really commit because of their work on Baker and Warner. No actual trade request was ever put in but I wouldn't rule it out just yet. Don't think we'll trade him even if he does ask though.

Same guy also reckons that Freo's Switkowski was going to request a trade here (unrelated to Kozzie stuff) but the Trac stuff gave him cold feet. 

 

 

I once saw Eddie Betts jogging down the street in Darwin. I didn't immediately realise who it was, because he was running on uneven broken concrete next to the main road with all the exhaust fumes and you don't think about AFL players being so close to the equator anyway, but I gave him the old-mate nod and he gave back a knowing smile. My conclusion at the time, after I realised it was 'the' Eddie pounding the footpath, was that it definitely had something to do with Wade Derksen, but now when I think about it a bit more deeply it probably had something more to do with Pickett and Shai Bolten being mates. I was on a bicycle though, so who knows? 

8 hours ago, mmwd6 said:

FWIW I was told that same story about a month ago by one of my freo mates who usually has good info. Story goes that they had caught up and Shai brought up Kozzie joining him at freo. Kozzie's management then contacted freo to gauge their interest but couldn't really commit because of their work on Baker and Warner. No actual trade request was ever put in but I wouldn't rule it out just yet. Don't think we'll trade him even if he does ask though.

Same guy also reckons that Freo's Switkowski was going to request a trade here (unrelated to Kozzie stuff) but the Trac stuff gave him cold feet. 

 

 

How ironic that Petracca will end up as the cause of a year of missed trades. 
 

Houston and Switta could have helped his cause a significantly more than Tom Campbell and Wade Derksen - I wouldn’t have wanted pick 5 used but I’m sure there was other ways

Edited October 1, 2024Oct 1 by BW511

2 minutes ago, BW511 said:

How ironic that Petracca will end up as the cause of a year of missed trades. 
 

Houston and Switta could have helped his cause a significantly more than Tom Campbell and Wade Derksen

We can sit around and blame Trac for this…but it looks more and more likely he was drawing a line in the sand that needed to be drawn. It we want to point fingers it should probably be in the Oliver direction. And the fact we let managing him get so out of hand. 

5 minutes ago, Wells 11 said:

We can sit around and blame Trac for this…but it looks more and more likely he was drawing a line in the sand that needed to be drawn. It we want to point fingers it should probably be in the Oliver direction. And the fact we let managing him get so out of hand. 

From a football club perspective, Oliver was playing up and being bratty, however he was only doing what 80% of 26-27 year olds do every weekend. Sounds like he was led down the garden path by others or at least not alone.

What Trac did was a very different kettle of fish, he deliberately sabotaged a very large operation to suit himself. And I still think he’ll walk for 2026 anyway

Edited October 1, 2024Oct 1 by BW511

7 minutes ago, BW511 said:

From a football club perspective, Oliver was playing up and being bratty, however he was only doing what 80% of 26-27 year olds do every weekend. Sounds like he was led down the garden path by others or at least not alone.

What Trac did was a very different kettle of fish, he deliberately sabotaged a very large operation to suit himself. And I still think he’ll walk for 2026 anyway

I don’t know details but if the dees are looking to offload perhaps the best player I’ve seen since flower in the red and blue then  I’m pretty sure it wasn’t  “ what 80% of 26-7 year olds are doing” .  It may be a choice between trac and oliver… i don’t know. Honestly speculation is pointless. Just saying that pointing at Trac is easy and I think we’re all seeing now the issues he was pointing at have been running quite  deep. 

 

22 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

 

I feel like I've seen this exact phrasing like 8 times now.

1 hour ago, KozzyCan said:

I feel like I've seen this exact phrasing like 8 times now.

I know what I’d like to shut the door on: it’s not a Pickett trade. Edmund’s typing fingers maybe

22 hours ago, Demonland said:

 

This is terrible advice. What if Warner wants to stay in Sydney next year? What if West Coast shoot up the ladder next year and become a desirable destination? What if Andrew Brayshaw wants to go back to Victoria at the end of next year, which would then potential give Freo new capital to trade for Warner?

You can't hope on a "maybe" in the future when you have the opportunity to gain guaranteed talent now. Bolton should immediately make them a finals team in 2025, while Kozzy should make them genuinely scary.

Imagine if we never went after May, Lever or Langdon because Jeremy Cameron was speculated to become available sometime.

12 hours ago, mmwd6 said:

FWIW I was told that same story about a month ago by one of my freo mates who usually has good info. Story goes that they had caught up and Shai brought up Kozzie joining him at freo. Kozzie's management then contacted freo to gauge their interest but couldn't really commit because of their work on Baker and Warner. No actual trade request was ever put in but I wouldn't rule it out just yet. Don't think we'll trade him even if he does ask though.

Same guy also reckons that Freo's Switkowski was going to request a trade here (unrelated to Kozzie stuff) but the Trac stuff gave him cold feet. 

 

 

Media just making assumptions that Shai and Koz are close when they are not

More chance of Koz requesting a trade to GC as his brother in law is Ben Long

 

 

2 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

I’m on the ‘I don’t mind if we trade Oliver camp’ and yes S.Neale has caught my eye.

No way would I want to trade Pickett.
 

I think Trac will still try and leave next year and if he does I hope it’s a team like the Saints and not a big club like he wants. Pick 7 is a good starting point but I can’t think of many players I’d want from them that they’d be happy to let go for him.

1 hour ago, Superunknown said:

I know what I’d like to shut the door on: it’s not a Pickett trade. Edmund’s typing fingers maybe

As if anyone including Edmund has been shutting the door on this, they're the ones ramming it down our throats. 

18 minutes ago, Demongirl35 said:

 

I’m on the ‘I don’t mind if we trade Oliver camp’ and yes S.Neale has caught my eye.

No way would I want to trade Pickett.
 

I think Trac will still try and leave next year and if he does I hope it’s a team like the Saints and not a big club like he wants. Pick 7 is a good starting point but I can’t think of many players I’d want from them that they’d be happy to let go for him.

 

I'd take the Geelong deal if on table

If we fall even lower in 2025 then Trac will go hard for a trade

2025 is a make-or-break season for the FC

49 minutes ago, layzie said:

As if anyone including Edmund has been shutting the door on this, they're the ones ramming it down our throats. 

It’s more about ensuring he can’t type anything for a bit. Duct tape his gob too to prevent any distaction based article 

some time in a sensory deprivation tank might help but that implies he has some sense to be deprived of

41 minutes ago, SthSea22 said:

 

I'd take the Geelong deal if on table

If we fall even lower in 2025 then Trac will go hard for a trade

2025 is a make-or-break season for the FC

As would I. I think it’s time to move from Oliver. I think both club and himself would benefit from a fresh start from each other. 
I reckon Trac has eyes for Collingwood so all we can hope for they bomb out worse than us and have a few retire to make him think twice. Then again, after next season if he still doesn’t want to be here then move him on to a deal to ANY club that suits us. 
 

This trade and draft period is so important for this club to get it right. I would be firm on making Koz also stay another year if he opted out this year. 

Where is Kossies home? Feel like it’s anywhere except Melbourne. 

1 minute ago, SPC said:

Where is Kossies home? Feel like it’s anywhere except Melbourne. 

If you ask Freo fans it’s WA, if you ask port fans it’s SA and if you ask Melbourne fans it’s Darwin(he’d love to live there) haha

5 minutes ago, Demongirl35 said:

If you ask Freo fans it’s WA, if you ask port fans it’s SA and if you ask Melbourne fans it’s Darwin(he’d love to live there) haha

Kozzys home is absolutely in WA - Quairiding. 
 

It’s true that he is homesick and has some genuine reasons for wanting to be in Perth. 
 

it’s also true that he loves the club, coach and playing for Melbourne. 
 

11 minutes ago, Dannyz said:

Kozzys home is absolutely in WA - Quairiding. 
 

It’s true that he is homesick and has some genuine reasons for wanting to be in Perth. 
 

it’s also true that he loves the club, coach and playing for Melbourne. 
 

Yes I know it’s WA. Was just a joke.

Most of his time off he spends in Darwin which I would have thought would be spend in WA