Mickey

There's talk of their priority pick if it's a mid first rounder

It is only getting worse as more details come out. According to this article, Collective Minds were ditched early in the season, which led to some wins, before Pyke brought them back the week before the Alice Springs game... https://www.canberratimes.com.au/sport/afl/crows-camp-crisis-pyke-ignored-players-wishes-with-collective-mind-20180827-p5003j.html

Only 22 as well. If we keep developing talent like Harmes, we will be scary good in the next couple years

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/andrew-gaff-is-weighing-up-his-future-with-his-decision-believed-to-be-a-race-in-two/news-story/c6798872b1c8cfbc62deeed88e0f0e3b Jay Clark also saying it is a choice between North and WC. He says Essendon are not pursuing Gaff, while Melbourne and St Kilda are not confident of getting him

Andrew Brayshaw not holding a grudge https://coupler.foxsports.com.au/api/v1/article/amp/afl/im-not-going-to-hold-a-grudge-fremantle-young-gun-andrew-brayshaw-forgives-west-coast-star-andrew-gaff/news-story/5b07c86ede27b1166d449bc8dd0877e2?__twitter_impression=true

I've heard from a good source that Andrew, Andrew, Hamish, Gus, Elvis and Nessie had all played a round of lawn bowls last week...

DL and Redleg beat me to it. I wonder if Gaff will chat to Angus when he is in Perth next week? And I wonder if Gus will go over early

http://m.afl.com.au/news/2018-08-07/podcast-emotional-angus-on-brother-gaff-hit The podcast is embedded

He was [censored] off, no doubt about it. But let's also remember that this is 2 days after the incident, and emotions are still running very high. Gus also spoke about how hard it is to be in Melbourne when the rest of his family is on Perth (except Will, who is in Afghanistan). I get the feeling, once he has spoken to both Andrew and Hamish, his parents and Gaff himself, and a bit of time has passed, then he may be willing to forgive

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/more-news/mark-brayshaw-father-of-fremantles-andrew-wants-footy-fans-to-forgive-eagle-andrew-gaff/news-story/e46d545b61c645c9fe0be0a0a4daa9f1 Good article. The Brayshaw's seem like great people

AFL asking 8-12.

Adam Simpson just legit said "As much as it might have looked intentional, knowing Gaffy, it might not have been.” Seriously...

Going to be a bit awkward for him tomorrow, considering he's team mates with Hamish Brayshaw...

I would suggest that I'm not being short-sighted, but that you are being wildly unrealistic. There are any number of well disciplined players that can go up there to show then how it's done. Our longest serving captain and future 300 gamer won't be it.

Zac Jones is as far from a leader as you get. Absolute knucklehead. Jones isn't one to drag a club out of a whole like that. He had PJ and Roosey to back him up. They need a Hodge or Callan ward type.

Would they get a top 10 pick, or a pick after their first, which may fall as high as 17. I agree that a sneaky trade won't work. Either they match and trade (in which case we are pooped), or they let him go. Personally, I think he'll re-sign with them.

Jay Clark has repeated the rumour that we are into Aaron Hall. Not sure if he got it from here or not.

I'm all for Dahlhaus. Hard at it, quick. Not sure he will leave the digs though.

Sorry, what I meant was that I thought he wasn't a rookie anymore. Who did we put on the main list at the draft last year?

I thought T Smith was elevated to the main list

What do people think about trying to get Dalhaus in as a FA? Hes quick, tough and a good tackler. The Bulldogs CEO said tonight that discussions are ongoing but they aren't any closer to closing the gap.

Thanks Wise. Saw the article but couldn't access.

Given the supposed AFL sign off it's more likely any leak came from there

And this from The Age "He is understood to have beaten a field of internal candidates that included Demons football manager Josh Mahoney, chief financial officer David Chippindall and commercial operations manager George De Crespigny."

http://m.melbournefc.com.au/news/2018-06-14/melbourne-announce-gary-pert-as-next-ceo Official word