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It's Tom Morris strong.

I'm all over the place this trade week.

The sci-fi geek in me would prefer that Tom Morris made his predictions using an unreliable gift of prescience that he received from a mutant spider bite rather than the reality of him making [censored] up.

I really hope the rumours (read made up story) about a Freo player involved in the trade is the surprise but I really doubt it considering they are being miserly with their picks and are going to be losing Neale

I have no idea what I want to happen today. I know what a talent Jesse is already at 23 and what he potentially could become. I also have a nagging concerns (perhaps my MFCSS) that he won't live up to that potential. I also respect his wanting to "go home" and if that's truly the case then that reason sits better with me then us pushing him out the door. If we lose him then I want to be compensated fairly but I also realise that sometimes you have to pay overs or get unders just to get the deal done and hopefully it works out in our favour when it all comes out in the wash. Having said that, we always seem to pay overs and get unders but I sort of like that we don't look like [censored] but would sometimes like us to be mongrels at trade time. Regarding May. I'm constantly going back and forth in my mind. Some days I want him and others I don't. He's older than Jesse but does fill a need but in a straight swap I'd rather keep Jesse. But then another club's name is thrown in the ring for May and that makes me want him more. Ideally I'd love 2 first rounders for Jesse and then use one for May and use the other in the draft but I'm resigned to the fact that that won't happen. My second wish is for a first rounder for May and another young Freo player but I'm also sure that won't happen. I guess I'll take the first rounder and pick 23. If Jesse has to leave I'm happier that he is going to Freo than to anyone else where I'm confident he won't do much damage in the short term in the bottom 4.

Done.

It's going to be a long 26.5 hours.

Yeah too close to Cale.

I made a general warning to all posters re: antagonizing, baiting, trolling etc. I gave you a private "friendly" warning regarding this. Consider this a public still friendly-but-cooling-a-la-Fremantle-to-Jesse-Hogan-in-your-humble-opinion warning.

2018 NAB AFLW DRAFT ORDER FIRST ROUND 1 Geelong 2 Geelong 3 Carlton 4 Fremantle 5 Collingwood 6 Melbourne 7 Geelong 8 Adelaide 9 Brisbane 10 Western Bulldogs 11 Collingwood 12 Greater Western Sydney SECOND ROUND 13 Collingwood 14 Geelong 15 Melbourne 16 Carlton – Abbie McKay (father-daughter selection) 17 Fremantle 18 Collingwood 19 Collingwood 20 Geelong 21 Carlton 22 Brisbane 23 Western Bulldogs 24 Geelong 25 North Melbourne THIRD ROUND 26 Western Bulldogs 27 Carlton 28 Fremantle 29 Collingwood – Sophie Alexander (compensation) 30 Adelaide 31 Melbourne 32 Collingwood 33 Brisbane 34 Western Bulldogs 35 Geelong 36 North Melbourne FOURTH ROUND 37 Adelaide 38 Carlton 39 Fremantle 40 Carlton 41 Adelaide 42 Carlton 43 Greater Western Sydney 44 Melbourne 45 Brisbane 46 Western Bulldogs 47 Geelong 48 Adelaide FIFTH ROUND 49 Carlton 50 Fremantle 51 Collingwood 52 Melbourne 53 Adelaide 54 Greater Western Sydney 55 North Melbourne 56 Brisbane 57 Geelong 58 North Melbourne SIXTH ROUND 59 Fremantle 60 Greater Western Sydney 61 Brisbane 62 Geelong 63 North Melbourne SEVENTH ROUND 64 Fremantle 65 Greater Western Sydney EIGHTH ROUND 66 Fremantle 67 Greater Western Sydney NINTH ROUND 68 Fremantle 69 Greater Western Sydney 70 Collingwood – Erica Fowler (compensation)

Colo-jazz-nee - I think.

That's not how I read the situation. It seems that May wants out at all costs prior to 2019 and will go to the Dees if the Hogan/Neale trade eventuates but if that trade falls over then he will play anywhere as long as it's in Melbourne (city) and not Gold Coast.

Friendly warning to all. Stop the antagonizing, stop the baiting, stop the accusations. If you have an issue use the report feature. Now please can we go back to waiting until 8:25pm Wednesday for the trade to drop, followed by the Demonland Podcast featuring the Peter Jackson interview and Trade Wrap Up Talk with @Grapeviney & @Nasher.

Welcome to every day since Round 7 2000.

No spoilers.

It was awesome.

Sorry ?

How? We do not have the currency in terms of draft picks to offer CGS particularly when it seems that it was only the acquisition of pick 5 holding the deal up. If we could get him for anything else we would have. We'll have to wait until the next trade period if we want May.