4 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Reminds me of Clayton Oliver. I think a late draft pick should get him across the line.

Craig Cameron coming up on Trade Radio. Let’s see if they’ve softened their stance.

49 minutes ago, The Jackson FIX said:

Hawks have the assets to trade for him and would make it happen.

What are those assets?

1 minute ago, The Taciturn Demon said:

What are those assets?

Pick 9 this year and two future first?!

Assume it’s if they pivot from Merret.

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3 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

He’s 0/1 and when Humphrey stays he’ll be 0/2 but hey it’s a

We asked him to push his case. The young man is doing this

1 minute ago, Colm said:

Pick 9 this year and two future first?!

They don’t need picks, they need Trac and will posture on Humphrey until the last moment they can no longer.

2 minutes ago, Dannyz said:

They don’t need picks, they need Trac and will posture on Humphrey until the last moment they can no longer.

Correct. You sell Bailey to another club and you jeopardise a trac deal.

2 minutes ago, Dannyz said:

They don’t need picks, they need Trac and will posture on Humphrey until the last moment they can no longer.

It feels like a last hour of the trade period who blinks first scenario.

I'll predict the final trade though.

Bailey Humphrey and pick 7

for

Christian Petracca and pick 24, 28, 42

essentially the players are a straight swap and we swap points picks for the high end pick.

we get a gun young player and a top 10 pick

they get Trac and their Academy guys

1 minute ago, Ted Lasso said:

It feels like a last hour of the trade period who blinks first scenario.

I'll predict the final trade though.

Bailey Humphrey and pick 7

for

Christian Petracca and pick 24, 28, 42

essentially the players are a straight swap and we swap points picks for the high end pick.

we get a gun young player and a top 10 pick

they get Trac and their Academy guys

What about white and Sinema?

1 minute ago, Demon Forever said:

What about white and Sinema?

they're going to go incredible late, or be rookies. we'll have late picks for them.

Sinema i doubt will get a bid at all, and if White does it'll be really late.

9 minutes ago, Demon Forever said:

We asked him to push his case. The young man is doing this

Is he? Is that not being reported in the media?

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29 minutes ago, Dannyz said:

Craig Cameron coming up on Trade Radio. Let’s see if they’ve softened their stance.

I would assume they will still be standing firm publicly. This one will be a late trade. We’ll either come away with two high picks and change, Bailey (and an exchange of picks high and low) or see you at Gosch’s on Day 1 Trac.

We may have to attach future picks to this deal in order to make it work.

Something like Trac, Pick 23 and Future Second for Humphrey and Pick 7 works, and still allows us to get White, Sinnema, Mihochek and Heath as well.

Otherwise I can also see a scenario where we don’t get pick 7 and this maybe becomes a later first round pick from either the suns or elsewhere, if they do end up splitting a pick.

3 minutes ago, Ted Lasso said:

It feels like a last hour of the trade period who blinks first scenario.

I'll predict the final trade though.

Bailey Humphrey and pick 7

for

Christian Petracca and pick 24, 28, 42

essentially the players are a straight swap and we swap points picks for the high end pick.

we get a gun young player and a top 10 pick

they get Trac and their Academy guys

If this happens... big IF ( that is Humpty Bear for Tracc) then thats pretty much how i see it too. ( or similar )

We do however need points ourselves. Pretty sure we'll cover that somehow.

13 minutes ago, The Taciturn Demon said:

What are those assets?

Top 10 pick this year, 1st rounder next year, 2nd rounder this year and next. Offload Cam McKenzie if necessary. More than enough to get it done if they want.

What they have in stock for the Merrett trade can just be shifted to GC for BH if they really wanted him.

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1 minute ago, Demonland said:

I would assume they will still be standing firm publicly. This one will be a late trade. We’ll either come away with two high picks and change, Bailey (and an exchange of picks high and low) or see you at Gosch’s on Day 1 Trac.

The stance is to protect their 'price' .This is brinkmanship... nothing else.

Tis horsehaggling 101

2 minutes ago, The Jackson FIX said:

Top 10 pick this year, 1st rounder next year, 2nd rounder this year and next. Offload Cam McKenzie if necessary. More than enough to get it done if they want.

What they have in stock for the Merrett trade can just be shifted to GC for BH if they really wanted him.

It’s not a thing, TJF. Gold Coast want Trac. Hawthorn don’t have Trac. I think it’s that simple.

If GC sell Humphrey to Hawthorn, we walk on the Trac deal. Then they go in to 2026 with no Humphrey and no Petracca - in a season they’re priming for a flag push. They have no motivation to deal with Hawthorn.

2 minutes ago, The Jackson FIX said:

Top 10 pick this year, 1st rounder next year, 2nd rounder this year and next. Offload Cam McKenzie if necessary. More than enough to get it done if they want.

What they have in stock for the Merrett trade can just be shifted to GC for BH if they really wanted him.

Gold Coast don’t need / want any of those things

They have the picks right now to get their drafting done

They want Trac, does Hawthorn have Trac?

The only way they may pivot, and it’s a bit may, is if they can trade Humphrey and get Curnow in exchange

You don’t get a player of Trac’s ilk to publicly commit to you, only to blow the deal by trading your one negotiating asset to a different club for something you don’t want

4 minutes ago, The Jackson FIX said:

Top 10 pick this year, 1st rounder next year, 2nd rounder this year and next. Offload Cam McKenzie if necessary. More than enough to get it done if they want.

What they have in stock for the Merrett trade can just be shifted to GC for BH if they really wanted him.

their pick might not be top 10 this year by the time it actually comes up.

but i mean any deal containing Christian Petracca is going to be better than any deal containing 2 draft picks and McKenzie.

Gold Coast are unique in the draft picks don't mean as much to them as other clubs.

Just now, Ted Lasso said:

their pick might not be top 10 this year by the time it actually comes up.

but i mean any deal containing Christian Petracca is going to be better than any deal containing 2 draft picks and McKenzie.

Gold Coast are unique in the draft picks don't mean as much to them as other clubs.

Correct

And who says Cam McKenzie even wants to go to Gold Coast? And why do they need him given the youthful talent they have coming out of their butts?

7 more days of this. There's no GiF that combines all the emotions and thoughts that will roll through my head and this thread in that time. It's triple, maybe even quadruple GiF time and I simply must check out and do some work today. For those that might try to roll out a multiple GiF post be very careful, there's a lot of very edgy people on here atm.

8 minutes ago, The Jackson FIX said:

More than enough

More than enough for a player they are absolutely adamant they want to retain?

I'd be a little bit surprised.

2 minutes ago, Very Jaded said:

And who says Cam McKenzie even wants to go to Gold Coast?

Fairly important point.

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As long as Bailey is pushing hard we are in with a big chance

The choice for Suns is Trac or Bailey. I reckon they will plump for Trac.

Of course all predicated on the assumption we will hold Trac to his contract. We can't fold in this regard.

we simply cannot miss the opportunity to obtain a player of Bailey's class. These opportunities are rare. don't botch this MFC

GC don’t want picks from this year - they don’t need them as they already have enough to bid on their academy players

We also have just as many future picks as the Hawks, and everyone in the league would bet our future picks would be worth more

Not sure where this myth that the Hawks have great draft capital is coming from - the only thing of worth they have is pick 8 (or whatever that is now), which again, the Suns won’t be interested in

Only us - or Carlton if Curnow becomes a possibility again - have an asset they want

Edited October 8, 2025Oct 8 by demoncat