27 minutes ago, BigBadBustling said:

In addition to the specific player we're talking about here?

They have been told to get creative. They know our fascination in Bailey. It's giving them a chance to see what else they can do. No one specifically

1 hour ago, adonski said:

I hope you've started to clean your desk out Lamby.

Absolutely appalling if we don't use Humph in our demands!

I suppose it's all up to Humphrey's if he wants to come to us, surely our financial package will entice him to come home and be with family.

Edited 7 hours ago7 hr by YesitwasaWin4theAges

3 minutes ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

I hope you've started to clean your desk out Lamby.

Absolutely appalling if we don't use Humph in our demands!

I suppose it's all up to Humphrey's if he wants to come to us, surely our financial package will entice him to come home and be with family.

Surely a deal can be struck to include him into the Tracc deal.

If you go back, Demon Forever said this was incorrect. Tom making up stories lol

So long as one of Humphrey or Walter are involved in the deal I’ll be happy.

If it’s for picks 6 & 7, whilst I’d come around to it, I’d still be wanting Lamb’s resignation because he would have failed in negotiating MFC’s best interests after declaring wanting a head turning offer (6 & 7 definitely ain’t head turning for a player of Trac’s ilk).

8 minutes ago, Demon Forever said:

They have been told to get creative. They know our fascination in Bailey. It's giving them a chance to see what else they can do. No one specifically

Is this new information from today’s meeting DF?

15 minutes ago, Demonland said:

It's an opinion not a statement of fact

20 minutes ago, Gawn's Beard said:

Too old for our list profile

touk is a year younger than petracca..

49 minutes ago, Demon Forever said:

Not even close to the Dees position. The guy is now searching and making stuff up. The conversations have not been that forthcoming between both parties. To say the dees want those picks is just a blatant lie

Agree, however, I suspect that this is the view Morris has been fed by GC. Given how MFC feel about Morris, I doubt they are feeding him much info. Morris never tells you which side of the negotiation is his source and how much is his spin. Patience, grasshoppers, all will be revealed by next Wednesday.

2 minutes ago, Nietaphart said:

Is this new information from today’s meeting DF?

No. Not much discussion to date eith GC

33 minutes ago, KoltTheRam said:

If we trade the brand for a few picks in a weak draft, I will probably do nothing because I’m a pretty calm and tame person, but I will be disapproving of it.

I would spend a couple of days stewing over whether to write a disapproving letter to the club and then do nothing. My auto renew membership.would continue as though nothing happened.

18 minutes ago, Nietaphart said:

Geez, is Max now on the Trade table.

No, but Touk is the same age as Trac. If we’re looking to build on our strong young core, H meets the age profile

From Ralph's

Melbourne could end up reaping Gold Coast’s No.7 and 8 draft picks for Christian Petracca this season but first will have to concede star half forward Bailey Humphrey is off limits.

Gold Coast and Melbourne are yet to have detailed talks about a trade for Petracca but it would now be a shock if he did not play for the Suns.

From Ralph's

Melbourne could end up reaping Gold Coast’s No.7 and 8 draft picks for Christian Petracca this season but first will have to concede star half forward Bailey Humphrey is off limits.

Gold Coast and Melbourne are yet to have detailed talks about a trade for Petracca but it would now be a shock if he did not play for the Suns.

Just now, Demon Forever said:

From Ralph's

Melbourne could end up reaping Gold Coast’s No.7 and 8 draft picks for Christian Petracca this season but first will have to concede star half forward Bailey Humphrey is off limits.

Gold Coast and Melbourne are yet to have detailed talks about a trade for Petracca but it would now be a shock if he did not play for the Suns.

Everything there is right. Yes we could get their picks, but our preference is to get BH. No in depth talks to date

I’m taking this as the GCS have tried to redirect the conversation away from Bailey to others on the list, but have told the club Roger’s is off the list well.

That’s is a question btw.

We need to stop consoling ourselves with the ‘two top 10 picks for a 30 year old myth.’

If it ends up being the two first rounders then we have to live with it and move on. But 2 top 10 picks in the 2025 draft is not the same as 2 top 10 picks last year, in 2023, 2022 or even 2021.

Notwithstanding that 7 & 8 becomes either 10 & 11 or 11 & 12, the draft is frighteningly shallow.

I’m no twomey but I do keep an interest in draft crops, and the only one this is comparable to in recentish years is 2020.

We would be victims of a robbery if that is how the trade unfolds, no point pretending otherwise.

Thanks @Demon Forever .

Sounds to me like a major barrier is Bailey being comfortable enough to request the trade publicly.

Any read on how likely it is that will change?

Just now, ChaserJ said:

Thanks @Demon Forever .

Sounds to me like a major barrier is Bailey being comfortable enough to request the trade publicly.

Any read on how likely it is that will change?

I haven't been advised but I can bet that dees would be so persistent if there weren't any indications he would come.

45 minutes ago, KoltTheRam said:

If we trade the brand for a few picks in a weak draft, I will probably do nothing because I’m a pretty calm and tame person, but I will be disapproving of it.

I’ll be severely mildly miffed for at least 24 hours

7 minutes ago, Roddog said:

We need to stop consoling ourselves with the ‘two top 10 picks for a 30 year old myth.’

If it ends up being the two first rounders then we have to live with it and move on. But 2 top 10 picks in the 2025 draft is not the same as 2 top 10 picks last year, in 2023, 2022 or even 2021.

Notwithstanding that 7 & 8 becomes either 10 & 11 or 11 & 12, the draft is frighteningly shallow.

I’m no twomey but I do keep an interest in draft crops, and the only one this is comparable to in recentish years is 2020.

We would be victims of a robbery if that is how the trade unfolds, no point pretending otherwise.

I think we are harsh on this draft crop honestly. Last year was exceptional, this year has 15-20 really good prospects and then it thins out hard

If we do get those 2 picks they’ll still be two really solid long term prospects

5 minutes ago, Roddog said:

I’m no twomey but I do keep an interest in draft crops, and the only one this is comparable to in recentish years is 2020.

A poor draft indeed. Thilthorpe at 2 but the rest of the top 10 are all extremely underwhelming players. Max Holmes at 20 is the clubhouse leader by quite some margin.

There’s barely half a dozen ‘decent’ AFL quality players in the whole draft. Thilthorpe, Holmes, Bowey, Gulden, McCreery and Neale.

56 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

I dont see any other players other then Humphrey that would suit our needs or equivalent to a satisfactory level.

Ben King would be interesting, somewhat surprised there’s not more talk of him given he’s a pre agent. But I suspect he holds out until his free agency.

Mac Andrew, Jed Walter, Ethan Read of course.

A wildcard - Will Graham is a beauty. Not for Tracc straight up but certainly as part of a deal.

2 minutes ago, Ted Lasso said:

I think we are harsh on this draft crop honestly. Last year was exceptional, this year has 15-20 really good prospects and then it thins out hard

If we do get those 2 picks they’ll still be two really solid long term prospects

Yes, but they’re good prospects in the same sense that the mid-late second rounders in last year’s draft were good prospects. They’re still not the calibre of drafted that picks in that range normally are

2 minutes ago, Ted Lasso said:

I think we are harsh on this draft crop honestly. Last year was exceptional, this year has 15-20 really good prospects and then it thins out hard

If we do get those 2 picks they’ll still be two really solid long term prospects

Yes, but they’re good prospects in the same sense that the mid-late second rounders in last year’s draft were good prospects. They’re still not the calibre of drafted that picks in that range normally are.

They could still turn into great AFL players, but so good a random kid plucked from pick 47. It’s just that the likelihood of drafting a future superstar in this draft is far lower than last year.

39 minutes ago, BDA said:

perhaps write a strongly worded letter of complaint to the MFC

To be completely honest I am probably too lazy to do that. I’ll likely just deal with it, and go to my traditional 6-8 games a year.

4 minutes ago, Ted Lasso said:

I think we are harsh on this draft crop honestly. Last year was exceptional, this year has 15-20 really good prospects and then it thins out hard

If we do get those 2 picks they’ll still be two really solid long term prospects

Last years crop was reported as being 5 deep only. After Langford the drop was reported as significant