Just now, Bates Mate said:

between what parties?

Bailey and Dees. Trying to get player manager on a video call also or in person to dependant on availability

7 minutes ago, Demon Forever said:

D Day tomorrow apparently. Meeting scheduled.

You mean Dee Day, Humphrey Dee Bear.

3 minutes ago, Demon Forever said:

D Day tomorrow apparently. Meeting scheduled.

What is your motivation for posting your information?

Pick 7 & 8 is not a ideal for us, it signals a full rebuild. Our midfield will be ultra thin in that case. We'd finish bottom 2 but I guess at least we'll have an early pick next year in the last year before Tasmania.

Humphrey (or retaining Petracca for that matter) provides more than just his playing contribution, he also provide a layer of protection for Langford, Windsor, Lindsay and Tholstrup.

been out this morning, just got back online

7 minutes ago, demoncat said:

People might disagree with me here but honestly ANB

Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for being compassionate when it comes to our players, but ANB left a massive playing and leadership void in our team, and we seemed more than happy to ship him off for a token second round pick

ANB walked straight into Adelaide’s best 23 and leadership group - he was clearly highly rated by them but we gave them an easy out

I don’t think we should be like Dodoro was for Essendon and be a nightmare club to deal, but I think we’ve been too willing to take unders or too happy to overpay just to get deals done under Lamb’s tenure

I think he needs to get this Trac deal exactly right or he should rightly be under the pump going into next year

By being fair traders, that helps in a situation like the Trac one. Gold Coast know we're not trying to screw them. We like win win trades.

Just now, daisycutter said:

been out this morning, just got back online

It's only Thursday Daisy... come back Monday... probably still nothing but you can at least enjoy the weekend 😉

1 minute ago, Slartibartfast said:

What is your motivation for posting your information?

To be informative. Jump to any other forum and it happens there. I have invested interest, I too am a passionate MFC supporter

12 minutes ago, Demon Forever said:

D Day tomorrow apparently. Meeting scheduled.

No photos will be found on the web for this meeting. Dollars and terms to be discussed which says to me they have some sort of indication that Bailey has interest.

I’ve got the nervous 💩’s

Edited Wednesday at 23:481 day by DoubleH

1 minute ago, Adam The God said:

By being fair traders, that helps in a situation like the Trac one. Gold Coast know we're not trying to screw them. We like win win trades.

I mean time will tell if it helps us, right? Because I’m not sure when else it’s helped us in the past (of course happy to be pointed to examples)

If Lamb can score Humphrey, or two very high picks, then that will be a win

But anything less won’t be accepted by Dees fans

Edited Wednesday at 23:481 day by demoncat

2 minutes ago, old55 said:

Pick 7 & 8 is not a ideal for us, it signals a full rebuild. Our midfield will be ultra thin in that case. We'd finish bottom 2 but I guess at least we'll have an early pick next year in the last year before Tasmania.

Humphrey (or retaining Petracca for that matter) provides more than just his playing contribution, he also provide a layer of protection for Langford, Windsor, Lindsay and Tholstrup.

Along with Viney, who now surely has to play a midfield role to usher these kids (Langford, Windsor, Lindsay and Kolt) through their 2nd and 3rd seasons. Sometimes you get an Oliver who has an immediate impact on contested situations, but most of the time, you'll need to develop their tanks and two way running, as well as core strength.

With Clarry out the door, even if Trac goes and we get Humphrey, it's a midfield that will struggle on the inside and potentially in transition until they get their tanks up IMO.

Edited Wednesday at 23:501 day by Adam The God

16 minutes ago, Bates Mate said:

this happens multiple times every year what is he talking about

I don't think Cameron gets out much, or reads the news/talks to anybody... ever.

Just now, Adam The God said:

By being fair traders, that helps in a situation like the Trac one. Gold Coast know we're not trying to screw them. We like win win trades.

And generally GC have been a good trading partner over the years. This probably the first time the stakes are so high.

It'll get done... not today, doubt the weekend.. but we'll get there. A deal thats pretty ok whilst not satisfying everyone but palatable to the club(s)

We can only see what is in play.. bound to be elements that are far move forward looking as well.

My view about trading is holistic...I.e. over all did we accomplish much of what we set goals for as opposed micro critiquing every trade.

Go US !!

1 minute ago, Demon Forever said:

To be informative. Jump to any other forum and it happens there. I have invested interest, I too am a passionate MFC supporter

Yeh, right. So you have sensitive inside information that you decide to share on a fan forum so that,what?

It doesn’t help the process but might hinder it if GC think someone at MFC is leaking. There’s no upside. People genuinely in the know don’t leak on a fan forum because they know their information supply dries up.

7 minutes ago, Slartibartfast said:

What is your motivation for posting your information?

Who cares?!

8 minutes ago, demoncat said:

People might disagree with me here but honestly ANB

Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for being compassionate when it comes to our players, but ANB left a massive playing and leadership void in our team, and we seemed more than happy to ship him off for a token second round pick

ANB walked straight into Adelaide’s best 23 and leadership group - he was clearly highly rated by them but we gave them an easy out

We worked out a deal with ANB 6 months before we traded him

The compassionate reasons were very very real, and ANB said he will go to either SA club. We enquired both with Port and Adelaide, and unfortunately neither wanted to pay a lot for him. In fact Port said no thanks.

He is an incredibly valuable player, I agree, but he gave us wonderful service, and he was desperate to get home.

It was the right thing to do, not just by him, but by the entire playing list who all loved and supported Nibbler's decision to go home

We were not happy to ship him off. We worked with him for almost a year to see if there were other options, and he was happy to explore them all before ultimately the decision was made that he would leave. And while he was working through his personal issues, he continued to give us top quality service on and off the field.

Kosi had come to us with compassionate reasons before too, and we would not so much as entertain a trade because we were confident we can work it out

We couldn't with Nibbler, and we got the best deal that we could given he was moving to 2 club state, with only 1 club showing any actual interest in him

I think Adelaide got a lot more than they expected from him

And as much as I love Nibbler, Trac is not on the same level being that he's a star player with 4 years remaining on a very good deal

Just now, Dee Boys said:

Who cares?!

It goes to credibility.

Just now, beelzebub said:

And generally GC have been a good trading partner over the years. This probably the first time the stakes are so high.

It'll get done... not today, doubt the weekend.. but we'll get there. A deal thats pretty ok whilst not satisfying everyone but palatable to the club(s)

We can only see what is in play.. bound to be elements that are far move forward looking as well.

My view about trading is holistic...I.e. over all did we accomplish much of what we set goals for as opposed micro critiquing every trade.

Go US !!

Just for my own thoughts? What was the trade we gave up for Steven May?

Just now, Slartibartfast said:

It goes to credibility.

Again. Read my posts, some not out in the media and some have hit the circus, Everything I have written is pre media release.

1 minute ago, old55 said:

Pick 7 & 8 is not a ideal for us, it signals a full rebuild. Our midfield will be ultra thin in that case. We'd finish bottom 2 but I guess at least we'll have an early pick next year in the last year before Tasmania.

Humphrey (or retaining Petracca for that matter) provides more than just his playing contribution, he also provide a layer of protection for Langford, Windsor, Lindsay and Tholstrup.

Our midfield won't be that thin. Gawn, Pickett, Viney, Langford, Lindsay, Windsor, Langdon, Culley, Rivers, Tholstrup is ok and we will likely pick up another midfielder in the draft. We might lose some ball winning with Oliver and Petracca going, but we get better kicking skill. With another player on the bench and more flexible players, I think we will likely see more midfield rotations next year.

Any midfield should be ok under Max.

Just now, Demon Forever said:

Again. Read my posts, some not out in the media and some have hit the circus, Everything I have written is pre media release.

Some claim that I am 0 from 1. But our interest in Flanders is proven. We didnt win that battle but I was still correct on the interest scale.

Many more points raised that only time will be the real judge of accuracy

Example: Bailey meeting with Dees even though Craig Cameron and Baileys manager said it was not happening. I advised the meeting was scheduled and 2 days later the photo came about.

Edited Wednesday at 23:561 day by Demon Forever

1 minute ago, Very Jaded said:

We worked out a deal with ANB 6 months before we traded him

The compassionate reasons were very very real, and ANB said he will go to either SA club. We enquired both with Port and Adelaide, and unfortunately neither wanted to pay a lot for him. In fact Port said no thanks.

He is an incredibly valuable player, I agree, but he gave us wonderful service, and he was desperate to get home.

It was the right thing to do, not just by him, but by the entire playing list who all loved and supported Nibbler's decision to go home

We were not happy to ship him off. We worked with him for almost a year to see if there were other options, and he was happy to explore them all before ultimately the decision was made that he would leave. And while he was working through his personal issues, he continued to give us top quality service on and off the field.

Kosi had come to us with compassionate reasons before too, and we would not so much as entertain a trade because we were confident we can work it out

We couldn't with Nibbler, and we got the best deal that we could given he was moving to 2 club state, with only 1 club showing any actual interest in him

I think Adelaide got a lot more than they expected from him

And as much as I love Nibbler, Trac is not on the same level being that he's a star player with 4 years remaining on a very good deal

Thanks for that info - I didn’t realise the extent to which we worked through that with ANB

As fans most of us can only base our opinions on the trade itself and any other reports in the media, as well as how they end up working out on field

I haven’t been impressed over the last few years, but also recognise a lot of that is to do with factors outside Lamb’s control, such as how the club is perceived

I just hope that this time more than ever we’re playing hard ball and trying to drive the best deal possible, and, again, are willing to walk away if the right deal isn’t there

3 minutes ago, Demon Forever said:

Just for my own thoughts? What was the trade we gave up for Steven May?

Dees gave pick 6

Dees got May and Kolojashnij

3 hours ago, Dannyz said:

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

They can send the picks to us for Trac though.

2 minutes ago, demoncat said:

Thanks for that info - I didn’t realise the extent to which we worked through that with ANB

As fans most of us can only base our opinions on the trade itself and any other reports in the media, as well as how they end up working out on field

I agree that we can only make judgements on what we know, and unfortunately if you are only privy to what is said in the media, you have every right to judge us as a hot garbage dumpster mess of a club

But media is not reality