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Gee whiz, calm down fella.. probably worth using punctuation too, I'm out of breath. To my mind Melksham is a definite upgrade on Howe. Keenedy v Toumpas will play out, but Kennedy fills a need that Toumpas couldn't provide (speed). Plus, by virtue of Trengove and Petracca 'joining' in next year.. I would say our list has definitely improved.

I think Melksham and Kennedy are both deliberately targeting more speed. If Bugg comes in I will be interested in where they play him, he's a pretty handy kick so it wouldn't surprise to see him go through the back line. Agree we need help for Jess, but Walker aint the answer. Dixon would've been juicy!

Toumpas is worth a sh!tload more than pick 50!

I can't believe that is true, surely not

Where exactly are you getting that information from?

That just looked like classic Thomas theatrics to me, I'm glad Melksham gave it to him.

Speculation that we're talking to Goldie about securing a pick, so would the idea maybe be then to package up 6 & 8 and switch it for 3 - thereby locking away Parish? Wouldn't mind it either way frankly.

Because Dixon and Hogan that's why... Holy moses that'd be amazing.

One of these threads gets bumped as a result and I almost jump out of my seat in excitement?

For pages and pages. Foolishly I keep coming on here thinking someone is going to talk about what is being said on Trade Radio.

So apparently Collingwood are moving further away, and now this: AFL 24/7 ‏@AFLTrade 1h1 hour ago Richmond are officially out of the race for GWS' Adam Treloar.. St Kilda now slowly entering the race. #AFL #AFLTrade You would hope we're right in to this as well, if St Kilda get him I will be filthy!!

He was excellent to start the year, but yeah a little hesitant too.

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http://footyprophet.com/class-of-2012-ben-kennedy/ Ben Kennedy is another in the recent influx of ball-winning small midfielder/forwards, and it is probably his size, along with Collingwood’s seemingly endless supply of similar players, that has result in him seeing limited senior gametime so far. With the ‘Pies midfield seeing a significant reshuffle over the off-season however, Kennedy is in a prime position to push for more first team action. Despite playing in Collingwood’s 2014 opener against the Dockers, Kennedy failed to make a best 22 berth consistently his last year. In actual fact he made only 7 more appearances, of which in 4 he wore the green vest, leaving him with a less than inspiring average of 44.5 points. A closer look tells a different story however. In the three games that Kennedy started he averaged 74 points, including an 82 against the Suns which got him featured in our Eyecatcher series. This is mirrored when including sub-affected games and looking at his points per minute stat – he scores 0.74 on average. This consistency was also very evident at VFL level. Kennedy was regularly in the Collingwood VFL best, and finished the season with a very impressive average score of 105.25 points at that level. Particularly of note was his 7 game 100+ streak including back to back 140+ scores against Box Hill and Footscray, and also the fact that his weekly score didn’t dip below 70 for the entire year. His preference for boot over handball, and high percentage of uncontested possessions, further ticked the fantasy boxes. This kind of form is certainly more indicative of his junior form in which he averaged 26.2 disposals (number one at the Championships), kicked 9 goals in 5 games, and saw him score fantasy points at a rate of 1.15ppm – more than Jaeger O’Meara, Lachie Whitfield and Jack Macrae. It’s also more indicative of the player that Melbourne considered using their pick 4 for instead of ultimately opting for Jimmy Toumpas. Kennedy has pace and agility in bucketloads and combined with his powerful kick it makes him the ideal player to burst from packs and deliver the ball inside 50. He did this to fine effect at the U-18 Championships, where he finished as the number one midfielder for score involvements, and also kicked the highest number of goals among midfielders. Part of the reason why Kennedy could not take his junior form to the senior level was the compartment syndrome he suffered in his calf muscles. The debilitating condition meant he struggled to run out games, especially when moving from the short format junior game to the longer senior ones. After having successful surgery in the off season last year, and with another full pre-season, those issues should be a distant memory and this year he will be well primed. I would expect Kennedy to push players such as Jarryd Blair, Josh Thomas and Sam Dwyer for a first team place in a high half forward role, and if he does he could easily average in the 75-80 range. If he looks like getting some time in the middle, however, then he could prove to be a real bolter.

Hasn't really had much of a run of it by the sound of things: http://www.aflplayerratings.com.au/Ratings/Player/117240/Ben-KENNEDY Sounds like he was saddled with the sub a lot, then dropped the next week. Smashes it in VFL then brought up to sub then dropped the next week. Don't really know how the poor fella is supposed to develop any confidence at AFL level. VFL performances definitely read a lot better than Toumpas's.

Just a terrific comment!!

Where the hell has this trade Tyson junk come from? No way in hell are we interested in trading Tyson.

I will be very disappointed if we lose Toumpas and Howe and we get back Kennedy and Melksham.. people are actually happy with that? Really? He's a 'nervous nelly' now, but what happens when one day he looks around and everyone around him is smaller/younger than him. You lose that nervousness in close. I would hate to see Toumpas start killing it at Port and all we got was a third round and the above two. I'm not adverse to trading him, but a fire sale is not required.

It's been said so regularly on here that we all seem to accept it as fact, yet does JKH's appearance in the sprint tomorrow perhaps suggest that he is actually a lot quicker then we have all been led to believe?

Barrett was just saying on AFL.com that offers have dried up... not worth quite as much as he thought our Jeremy!

I didn't read it as him having a dig either. I'm happy for him, he gave us all he could and now he's getting rewards. If I didn't want the Hawks to go down this weekend I'd be cheering for him.

Except he can kick too. I would rookie him.

Definitely not Gawn...

Ooo, that's tough. He must've been within a beesdick of a Rising Star nomination in the last round.

Very curious to learn the answer to this question.. if it was me, I'd rookie him.