22 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Surely we'd have to look at this for the Oliver pick?

I posted specifically about this in the Florent thread, but he was identified by Melbourne as a potential target of interest for us earlier in the year. No clue on whether that was enduring, fleeting, or more of a scenario based interest; but given we've publicly said we are after another midfielder if the right player is available, I wonder if we may turn out head towards him?

13 minutes ago, SthSea22 said:

Carlton knocked back the offer from the Swans. Do we swoop in an offer #7 for Florent?

No......

Will we bring in Jack Steele. . ? What does ETthetradewhisperer know? How does he know?

23 minutes ago, Demon4Life said:

I got called a troll for saying we met with him days ago lol

Yes, that was me and I apologise… however, in my defence, there’s still no mention of us making an approach, just that other clubs are showing interest; I’d love to see us take him.

Jesus he's not worth pick 7

Shocked Lamb has not gone for Taryn Thomas.

Might as well go another horrible pick, seems to be great at it.

Not a Dees rumour. But I think De Goey will be a saint kilda player by 7.30 tonight. Could be horribly wrong however.

Just now, KoltTheRam said:

Not a Dees rumour. But I think De Goey will be a saint kilda player by 7.30 tonight. Could be horribly wrong however.

de goey a Saint?

12:12 today Tracc will be a SUNS supporter and at 12:13 Oliver will be a GWS supporter.

15 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

No......

I’m a bit confused with this years trade period.

People are saying that picks even 7,8 are bad and comprised. If that’s the case, wouldn’t we use them for players like Florent or otherwise who are a known subsidy.

I’d happily get rid of Trac if we can get a few medium/top rated players (obviously won’t be getting a champion).

2 minutes ago, KoltTheRam said:

Not a Dees rumour. But I think De Goey will be a saint kilda player by 7.30 tonight. Could be horribly wrong however.

De Goey should retire, his body is made of glass. Hasn’t done anything in years.

Not worth the wasted space on a list.

1 minute ago, Coolx2 said:

12:12 today Tracc will be a SUNS supporter and at 12:13 Oliver will be a GWS supporter.

AWST, I take it? Trades can’t go through until 3.00PM AEDST today.

57 minutes ago, Random Task said:

Not a rumour, but I read today that GWS would delist Conor Stone and re-rookie him as they juggle their tight list spots with Oliver coming in and Aleer unexpectedly staying.

Now being petty isn't a sound list management strategy, but it would bring me some level of joy if we pinched him from them in the rookie draft.

Demon Stone? I like the sound of that.

Oli Florent is a jet! I'd love to get him if the price is right. Would Melbourne do a 3 way trade with Sydney and GWS?

GWS - Get Oliver

Sydney - Get a 3rd round pick from GWS

Melbourne - Get Florent

I doubt Sydney would take unders for Florent but it may get the deal for Curnow across the line with more picks.

Think I’d rather Florent over Steele if we had to choose one 🤔

6 hours ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Will we bring in Jack Steele. . ? What does ETthetradewhisperer know? How does he know?

Done deal. ET does it again. #Slamdunk. #ETthetradewhisperer. #100%strikerate. #Amazing.

11 hours ago, Random Task said:

Not a rumour, but I read today that GWS would delist Conor Stone and re-rookie him as they juggle their tight list spots with Oliver coming in and Aleer unexpectedly staying.

Now being petty isn't a sound list management strategy, but it would bring me some level of joy if we pinched him from them in the rookie draft.

my advice to the league which stops this silly loophole is if a player is still deemed a rookie, ie they have played under 10 games at the end of their draft contract, they can be shifted to the rookie list free of charge to continue their development, so we could feasibly have done so with adams but it means gunston isnt a rookie, and there is no actual danger of clubs poaching your player whilst theyre unsigned and getting redrafted.

it would allow talls and smalls in particular adequate time to develop and would return the rookie list to its actual namely purpose

11 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Florent finished 7th in Sydney’s best fairest in 2024 - Sydney’s best home and away season in years.

The guy can play and is an immaculate shot at goal on the run, a bit like Bowey.

We should be in the conversations.

would have been my choice over jiath

Rumour is; Tom Hawkins property in Geelong is on the market, and apparently he’s a great chance of coaching us.

Gees the Melbourne Cats is becoming a thing. Will we offer interests in golf courses rather than farms though?

16 hours ago, GawnOfTheDead said:

Rumour is; Tom Hawkins property in Geelong is on the market, and apparently he’s a great chance of coaching us.

This would be gold. He's done an amazing job of mentoring their young forwards and he's a brilliant exponent of forwardcraft.

9 hours ago, Norm Smith's Curse said:

Gees the Melbourne Cats is becoming a thing. Will we offer interests in golf courses rather than farms though?

All these cats coaches about to find out how much harder afl is when you dont get 400 mil of govt subsidies, can't give farms away to play players cheap and have to share a home ground.

1 hour ago, biggestred said:

All these cats coaches about to find out how much harder afl is when you dont get 400 mil of govt subsidies, can't give farms away to play players cheap and have to share a home ground.

May be 'critical mass' at the water cooler, though? Keep your ears to the ground, insiders!

On 18/10/2025 at 06:12, GawnOfTheDead said:

Rumour is; Tom Hawkins property in Geelong is on the market, and apparently he’s a great chance of coaching us.

1 day a week is what has been suggested

His property is not far from me and is definitely on the market.