mo64

We can't afford 3-4 years in the wilderness. Sydney have realised that their market is so fickle, that they have to remain competitive to be financially stable. They have done this by topping up, and snagged a premiership in the process. Our situation is more like Sydney's than Hawthorn.

Scoop, are you suggesting that we draft according to needs, rather than the old chestnut of "best available"? If so, I totally agree. And you were honest enough to admit that you're not in a position to nominate any particular players. Neither is Bailey, let alone most of the posters on this forum.

Spot on Jarka. Many on this forum actually believe that the only way for us to become a premiership contender is by bottoming out, and obtaining early draft picks. People are suggesting that we are following the Hawthorn model. This is a fallacy. Hawthorn were able to obtain so many early picks through astute trading, and any short term lack of success was underpinned by a strong financial position. This draft proved that clubs will not be so generous in giving up early picks in the future, and we aren't in a financial position were we can afford to remain uncompetitive.

Just keep using emoticons to substantiate your arguments. McNamee's plan was about trying to regenerate our finances by acquiring a marketable player like Brown. Which is exactly what Carlton did with Judd. Don't be naive to think that Carlton's motivation to get Judd was purely driven by on-field improvement. And I didn't say that Prismall and Warnock would generate sponsorship. If you can actually read, I said that players not wanting to come to our club would be detrimental in obtaining sponsorship. What's our selling point to potential new sponsors when players don't want to come to the club?

I thought you'd be too thick to understand. If you don't think that Chris Judd going to Carlton didn't attract more corporate sponsorship for the Blues, you are just a plain ignoramous. Why do you think that Paul McNamee was so keen to get Jonathon Brown?

Dementia has set it. Chris Judd to Carlton. Say no more.

When Chris Connolly comes out and says that Warnock and Prismall didn't want to come to the club, it's obvious that we seriously targeted these players, and what we offered were better deals than what Freo and Geelong ultimately accepted. Neil Balme also made that point that Geelong wasn't happy with what they got, but did the right thing by the kid. This suggests that we had a better offer, but Prismall wanted to go to Essendon. If you think that pick 35 for Prismall and pick 19 for Warnock are ridiculous trades, you've got no idea. But I've always thought that anyway.

Based on the comments I just heard from Chris Connolly and Neil Balme, Prismall didn't want to come to Melbourne.

Great selling point for much needed sponsors. The last time we finished bottom in 1997, we were able to attract Jeff White and almost got Peter Matera. Well done to the football department. :angry:

4 consecutive top 5 finishes in the b&f. Really inconsistent. :angry: Glad he's staying.

It shouldn't. Nobody knows whether the club gave Green their blessing to shop himself around on the proviso that Melbourne received adequate compensation. No club, other than the Swans, were prepared to give anything reasonable, hence he was happy to stay.

The same thing would have been said about Medhurst and Leon Davis 2 seasons ago. Malthouse has obviously got confidence in his ability to change this in a player.

Anthony Corrie from Brisbane to Collingwood for pick 93. Bargain.

Confirmed not rumour.

Rhys Shaw and pick 61 to Swans for pick 46 to Collingwood. Massive trade news. B)

Well obviously we do, otherwise we would have pulled out of discussions, as Richmond did. There is no benefit to us in assisting Freo to get a better deal from Carlton, by feigning interest in him.

Would the stench be from the empty travellers he left in the back seat?

Due to wear and tear, CHF's rarely play any decent footy past the age of 28. Here's a 25 yo injury prone CHF, who we'd be lucky to get 60 games out of. Not in Bailey's policy of getting players who will give us 8 seasons of service. Pass.

Reported somehwhere that he will earn a guaranteed $300k next year. Considering that Bell is on $250K, wouldn't be far off the mark. I'd say that we will definitely have to pay a large chunk of his salary.

Crap. So if Jack Watts came out and said that he didn't want to be drafted by Melbourne, you'd bow to his wishes and draft someone else? BTW, Adam Cooney said at the time that he didn't want to get drafted by the Dogs. The rest is history. Any potential draftee could cry "restraint of trade" based on what you are saying. The mediation process compromises the whole draft system.

Try SEN, not Essendon. We should do a deal with Freo and allow Green and Warnock to go into the PSD. We pick up Warnock and they can have Green.

If Essendon are prepared to give up pick 23 in a strong draft, for an unproven player coming off a knee reco, you can have him. I'd be p#ssed off if we gave up a top 20 pick for him. As for Lovett, he's damaged goods and there aren't teams bargaining for him, so I doubt that you'll get a 2nd round pick for him.

Agree. It's not as if his position at the club has become untenable, and he's walked out on the club. Either a suitable trade will be arranged, or he'll stay with the club.

They probably get car sick from all the driving around showing them our training facilities. B)

Free agency can work if players couldn't walk into the draft without the club receiving compensation. There would have to be an independent arbiter to assess the value of the player, and what compensation the club receives. Also, the salary cap would need to be changed so that it was a flat $amount, which includes marketing components. At the moment, some clubs are paying close to $1.5m more than others in TPP.