DubDee

This is the most boring trade week ever only consolation is the Bombers being in complete disarray.

I agree WB. Media saying the Cats are the winners of the Kelly trade due to two first rounders and 24. but to me getting Kelly and not giving up a pick in top 13 is a steal. Assuming WC finish top 4 it will be 14, 16, 24 for Kelly. I would do that for sure. chance are one of those 3 picks will be a good player and most likely not nearly as good as Kelly Pointy end draft picks are more likely to provide the gun players or at least top 10. I would certainly not swap pick 3 for 14 and 17

Yep they are doing a great job at not winning the flag

800K for Papley?? North still think they have the list to win a flag and are still topping up. Hilarious! papley hasnt even put in any 45-50 goal seasons. ave 15 touches this year and 2.8 tackles. I don't get it.

Never really heard of him. 192 cms utility. could be good back up for Tomlinson on the wing and cover down back with frosty going. 24yo and 66 games so should be hitting his prime. might be worth a punt

A good player. Not worth near a top 10 pick though

Out of interest would you take pick 22 for Salem?

Thinking about it more I'd be rapt if we got him for pick 22. he finished 5th in their BnF this year and 4th last year. he is one of their best young players about to hit his prime. trying to think of a rough equivalent from our list. maybe Salem or Harmes. would we be happy with pick 22 for one of these guys? probably those two are better than Langdon but you get my point. Freo will rate Ed highly so we should be prepared for that.

omg im sooo embarrassed now you are trying to hard to fuel outrage

he is fairly quick but have you seen him kick? poor skills and not great decision making either. no point adding speed without kicking skills imo

Bit disappointed but not that much as he'll do a hammy in Feb almost guaranteed. if i was him and was wanting to make a move I would chose interstate not 100 metres away. he is a fan favourite so if he screws pies over he will want to be interstate hopefully we made the pies pay him a higher contract to push someone else out!

how hilarious are Dodoros comments regarding Daniher?? We won't be letting him go? Like clubs have a say when a big name decides to leave these days. Joe has pizzed them off good and proper and now Goddard is saying Joe didn't do his rehab well enough what an arrogant, weak, juvenile club.

GWS had 21 players play 18+ games so they weren't that riddled. their top 10 are arguably the best quality in the comp so no disgrace there. Tomlinson will be a good player but no star. points-wise he is rated 11-12th for the season so i imagine he was around there for the BnF

one extra year is probably not enough to tempt him away unless the coin is a lot higher. if Lions or us offer 4 years he would go for sure. but that is a risky move

Bruce?

Is Ology still a thing??

Ed finished 5th in the BnF behind 4 very good players. I’m very excited about this bloke hopefully becoming a Demon soon!!

if reports are correct about 500K I am very happy the club have managed to tempt him to us without selling the farm. Almost impossible to trade a good quality AFL regular for less than 500. remember Dawes on 500K per year 5 years ago? oh dear

If Elliot stays he will have to take a fair bit less money. Players on big contracts at Collingwood: Grundy (huge), Pendelbury, De geoy, Treloar, Beams, Adams, Sidebottom, D Moore. Even Howe and Cox, Crisp would be good coin Compare that to us: Gawn, May, Lever, T Mac. a few will be needing big contracts soon in Clarry, Gus, Trac etc there is no way the pies can pay Elliot what we can even with Tomlinson and Ed coming

He was asked about the best leaders at the club and named Viney then pointed out one of his qualities. He sets the standard off field with training and committment. He sets the standard on-field with attack on the footy, playing for each other and the will to win. Some of the most important leaderships traits imo. he is not a perfect leader however and I agree he has work to do in the areas you mention. It can be hard to do that when you are under packs so he certainly needs a lot of help especially from the def/fwd lines to set us up. It is fine to criticise but the criticism of him has been over the top imo - not saying by you but in general. calling for him to be dropped from the LG etc. he puts in 100% and would do anything for us to be successful He has earnt respect and I get my back up when supporters don't seem to show him the due respect

so in a team desperately lacking leadership, one of our best two leaders is tradable? I know he had a poor year but he will be back next year and with hopefully some runners in the team to dish off to he will not be caught as often

I think Frost wants to go to a team where is guaranteed first team football. We do not rate him as a guaranteed starter after 4 years at the club - he has struggled to hold down a spot in a mostly average team. Hawks need key defenders and will give him more money and a longer contract you would imagine so it makes sense for him to move. We need a consistent defence that can play a system and not turn the ball over. With Lever, May, Jetta, Hore and Salem we have a good core group. we just need to add some youth to the HF line. I personally have no problem with him leaving. The media will pump up the hawks and the trade like they did with us last year - saying we are favourites for the flag. a crazy notion when we just made the finals.

Many on here don't rate Viney's leadership qualities so it is good to hear from someone that would actually know thanks for posting DD

Trac took steps fwd this year no doubt. For me he needs to regain his confidence bordering on arrogance he seemed to have in his junior days. Learn when to let loose and show his flair and dominance he is already impossible to tackle and a fantastic mark. Great long kick. He is close

Will be interesting to see where Ed finishes in the BnF on Saturday. Stats wise he should be top 5, maybe even top 3. hopefully that doesnt hurt our trade position. I would be delighted to get him for pick 22 23yo, 70 games, about to hit his peak. took 131 marks this year, 2nd in uncontested possessions behind Hill. Can't wait to hopefully get him!