Bailey Humphrey isn't off the trade table until the trade period ends or the Trac deal is announced without him.

Noone knows exactly what's going on behind the scenes and there are so many games being played at trade time

My suggestion to all Demonlanders would be to just enjoy the ride. It's exciting to be linked to such a talented player and if we pull it off Tim Lamb absolutely will deserve enormous credit.

2 minutes ago, Ted Lasso said:

Bailey Humphrey isn't off the trade table until the trade period ends or the Trac deal is announced without him.

Noone knows exactly what's going on behind the scenes and there are so many games being played at trade time

My suggestion to all Demonlanders would be to just enjoy the ride. It's exciting to be linked to such a talented player and if we pull it off Tim Lamb absolutely will deserve enormous credit.

Great post and don’t for a second think that the Lamb, King, the coaches and players wouldn’t be desperate to get such a quality player into the club. They’ll all be doing their piece. Bowey & Windsor leading the charge from our younger guys.

14 hours ago, gawnbeatsnerds said:

people saying 7 and 8 arent good have no clue i reckon..

this draft isnt as strong as others but 2 of the top 15 players in this draft would walk into our best 23 everyday of the week

True. But is that an observation of the draft, or of our list?

4 minutes ago, Dannyz said:

Great post and don’t for a second think that the Lamb, King, the coaches and players wouldn’t be desperate to get such a quality player into the club. They’ll all be doing their piece. Bowey & Windsor leading the charge from our younger guys.

I absolutely love the early commitment from Steven King and the club to take the pressure off Max, it's nice they're wheeling out other guys and letting the bloke who's carried the club from one crisis to another catch his breath

46 minutes ago, layzie said:

The media are all saying Bailey is off the table and they will hold him to his contract.

When should we start believing it?

15 minutes ago, Dannyz said:

Bowey & Windsor leading the charge from our younger guys.

Need more

14 minutes ago, mandeelorian said:

10000%

I completely understand the wishful thinking of many on here, especially with the unconfirmed reports (at least no reports in the media) that a meeting between Bailey and the Dees is happening today. But there has been very little coverage of any such meeting, and we all saw the storm that came from that private-eye-style photo of a walk around the Tan.

There’s simply no buzz or hype in the media, who we know are vultures and desperate to churn out a clickbait headline, about any meeting with between the Dees and Bailey.

I’m praying to the footy gods that we have a sniff, but I fear we’re hoping against hope.

Be prepared to be disappointed.

I mean I'm definitely one of the wishful thinkers. I've found myself just rejecting these stories and assuming he's on the table until it's finished.

But yeah, it is more unlikely than likely it seems.

20 minutes ago, Ted Lasso said:

My suggestion to all Demonlanders would be to just enjoy the ride. It's exciting to be linked to such a talented player and if we pull it off Tim Lamb absolutely will deserve enormous credit.

And if we dont pull it off, be happy the club is being aggressive and wont die wondering.

People can rightly criticise Lamb and the club for many things, but I personally am happy with the approach so far this off season.

Better to rip off the bandaid now and set ourselves up (by extracting as best deals we can possibly get) than see these two play out their contracts at melbourne and achieve nothing.

14 minutes ago, Ted Lasso said:

I absolutely love the early commitment from Steven King and the club to take the pressure off Max, it's nice they're wheeling out other guys and letting the bloke who's carried the club from one crisis to another catch his breath

Definitely agree but I think this one is a Max Level event. We should be at DEFCON MAX at the moment.

4 minutes ago, Ted Lasso said:

It's exciting to be linked to such a talented player…

Please tell me if I’m wrong, but the only hard evidence of a “link” so far is a blurry photo taken from a car.

3 minutes ago, Mel Bourne said:

Please tell me if I’m wrong, but the only hard evidence of a “link” so far is a blurry photo taken from a car.

What more do you want Man!!

1 minute ago, Mel Bourne said:

Please tell me if I’m wrong, but the only hard evidence of a “link” so far is a blurry photo taken from a car.

This is my point. GC and the Media keep telling us Bailey Humphrey is not on the trade table but people keep talking about meetings going on where we may or may not be getting a commitment by the end of the day.

If there was even any inkling of a "LINK", especially a huge LINK in the form of a meeting between the Dees and Bailey, the media would be all over it and not joining the Gold Coast in proclaiming that a trade is definitely off the table.

4 minutes ago, Mel Bourne said:

Please tell me if I’m wrong, but the only hard evidence of a “link” so far is a blurry photo taken from a car.

You’re wrong

Out of interest, is this alleged meeting taking place in Moe?

8 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Definitely agree but I think this one is a Max Level event. We should be at DEFCON MAX at the moment.

Max being wheeled out to every potential recruiting meeting until the end of days

1 minute ago, Deemented Are Go! said:

Out of interest, is this alleged meeting taking place in Moe?

i have no idea but if it is, i expect every melbourne fan down there waving their flags when they see him

Just now, Dannyz said:

You’re wrong

Where is the evidence? I love the intel from you and Demon Forever but the vultures in the media just are not circling and we know that they thrive on these things. If randoms truly have intel (not doubting you don't as you've been great in the past) are posting about these meetings on a forum why aren't the media getting wind of this. It just doesn't add up. I so want this to be true but the Morris and Edmunds and McClures of this world would be splashing whispers of these meetings all over their feeds if there was even a hint that they were going on and we've heard nothing.

Just now, mandeelorian said:

Where is the evidence? I love the intel from you and Demon Forever but the vultures in the media just are not circling and we know that they thrive on these things. If randoms truly have intel (not doubting you don't as you've been great in the past) are posting about these meetings on a forum why aren't the media getting wind of this. It just doesn't add up. I so want this to be true but the Morris and Edmunds and McClures of this world would be splashing whispers of these meetings all over their feeds if there was even a hint that they were going on and we've heard nothing.

I don’t profess to know about this meeting today but I do know we have been told the player would come to us if a trade could be brokered.

12 minutes ago, Mel Bourne said:

Please tell me if I’m wrong, but the only hard evidence of a “link” so far is a blurry photo taken from a car.

Him walking around the tan with Steven King and Nathan Jones and our list manager confirming the interest directly multiple times is pretty good.

5 minutes ago, Deemented Are Go! said:

Out of interest, is this alleged meeting taking place in Moe?

Have you seen him there today? 👀

Just now, Dannyz said:

  4 minutes ago, Mel Bourne said:

Please tell me if I’m wrong, but the only hard evidence of a “link” so far is a blurry photo taken from a car.

@Dannyz The operative term here is “hard evidence”.

You’re confusing your intel with public knowledge.

6 minutes ago, Deemented Are Go! said:

Out of interest, is this alleged meeting taking place in Moe?

Let’s all rock up in the Main Street of Moe waving our flags

6 minutes ago, mandeelorian said:

Where is the evidence? I love the intel from you and Demon Forever but the vultures in the media just are not circling and we know that they thrive on these things. If randoms truly have intel (not doubting you don't as you've been great in the past) are posting about these meetings on a forum why aren't the media getting wind of this. It just doesn't add up. I so want this to be true but the Morris and Edmunds and McClures of this world would be splashing whispers of these meetings all over their feeds if there was even a hint that they were going on and we've heard nothing.

You mean nobody in this thread sent them the DM to inform them?! 🤪😂 • The media doesn't always get hold of everything. Sometimes things happen without their knowledge. Secrets can be kept.

2 minutes ago, Mel Bourne said:

@Dannyz The operative term here is “hard evidence”.

You’re confusing your intel with public knowledge.

Correct but the signs are quite obvious.

I don’t think any of the contracted current crop have publicly declared they want to move to a certain club have they? The Merrett takes I saw was I’m working through things, not I want to be traded to hawthorn.