SaberFang

Ten years, $1m, biggest contract in AFL history, would still be a bargain.

Now favourite for the Rising Star with the bookies. He needed a huge game after Cripps' blinder yesterday... boy did he deliver!

I like that he's become, apparently, a huge character around the club. Haven't heard a negative thing about him. I reckon the year off will serve him as well as it's served Hogan.

I reckon the key barometer that recruiters need to start identifying in potential draftees is players that: a) aren't intimidated by pressure b) apply immense pressure to opponents It's the way of modern footy and it's why we've gotten our drafting so, so wrong for so, so long.

Viney to Cripps will be the showdown of the century. And by showdown, I mean Viney burying Cripps' head into the turf for 120 minutes.

Been a lot of industry chatter this week after that damning non-effort vision from Cripps last week. One more blinder from Hogan and it's his.

Wouldn't even bother going after Wines. Would be a colossal waste of time devoting resources into prying a player with no interest in leaving their club, and I reckon we'd be spewing right now that Prestia turned us down after we chased him for so long.

There's little point considering hypotheticals that won't occur. He won't be cleared, if at all, until long after this year's trade period. After botching so many draft picks over the years, the last thing we need to do is start making risky gambles on what few commodities we have. Every trade must be nailed.

Do not go NEAR any players under a looming 2 year ban.

Out of Gawn, Garland and Howe, the 2 players we need to keep couldn't be more obvious. The way Howe's manager is trying play us is a disgrace and the club aren't having a bar of it. Gawn won't be going anywhere.

Somehow I don't see Roos rushing to reunite Yarran and Garlett.

Gee whiz, a chance to break two long-standing records next week. C'mon Dees!

Jack can be as unsociable as he likes. Don't care about giving away free kicks if it completely throws the opposition off their game.

Trade to GWS for two first rounders, on-trade one for Prestia, on-trade another for _________ and keep pick 4 for Parish?

Gary seemed to know more than he was letting on.

GWS are doing a very healthy job of getting multiple top 10 draft picks in their club every year AND retaining their best selections from years past. Of course, they're only in that position because of the extremity of their draft concessions in the first place. They can now lose depth players and get first rounders in return. No other team has that luxury.

The best teams need to build their core through the draft then recruit the missing pieces. We're still a few more drafts away from being in that position.

If he goes to North he's an idiot. They're going nowhere. I've heard Collingwood have offered him $200k more than GWS have, per year. GWS offered him the same deal as Shiel.

Best mates since they were kids. He re-signed with the Giants last year though.

Would be amusing if the truth revealed that both of them rated Toumpas higher than Wines.

It's most likely due to confidence in his body, especially after the injury concerns with his back, etc. He'd be rightly concerned about penetrating kicks and the risk it poses to his back. As long as he stays healthy the confidence will sort itself out.

Patty's manager Paul Connors flew into Adelaide today. He'll be meeting with Patrick either tonight or tomorrow. Make of that what you will but the timing is hard to ignore, to say the least.

No harm in just signing a simple 1 or 2 year contract extension with Adelaide and delay his free agency. It gives him a chance to just put it out of his head, focus on footy and see where the chips fall for both clubs in 12 months time. If he waits, I think he'll find Geelong fall in a heap and Adelaide actually contend within a year or two.

Would be ecstatic if this happened, not only to screw over Geelong for their laughable arrogance, but it would say a great deal about Dangerfield's character if he stayed true to his club after the events of the last month. I imagine he's going through a really difficult period at the moment, but after that match yesterday I reckon it'd be impossible to walk away. Rightly or wrongly, he would be derided by punters for walking out now.

Roos probably wouldn't come out and say that unless something was in the works. Who knows, maybe Prestia's all a sideshow?