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This is a fantastic get for the club - there's no other way this can be viewed. Great athlete (speed, endurance), great footy brain (finds plenty of the ball) and is at the perfect age, with a proven track record at senior level (top five last two Best and Fairest). Langdon on one wing, compliments Tomlinson on the other. Two very different players with complimentary skill-sets we've brought in for the price of a second pick and some cash.

Very good player- but I feel whatever we bid, they’ll match.

A bird in the hand... Langdon wants to come to us. I've seen or heard no indication whatsoever that King wants to come to Melbourne.

Or even just an original joke about him. It's all predictable, repetitive and boring.

StKilda are in a tight spot as they've offered him a massive contract (cash and years) and he's contracted to Fremantle. With that said, I would have thought pick 6 (with perhaps a swap of later picks was fair enough).

Sure did... if you think pick 6 and pick 19 hold the same value.

I think the Saints need to take care of this year's shopping list before they look to King. They need picks and cash to cover Hill, Jones, Ryder, etc. Something's gotta give.

That’d be going to Fremantle for Langdon I’d say. Perhaps on trading the Frost pick..? I have no idea what that might be, but Frost for Bruce sounds close to the mark.

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Really rate him and would be happy to pass the Elliot contract over to him. Next year’s second round pick..?

Same reason Poet Adelaide were so attractive two years ago... didn’t make any difference on-field.

I think we bid for Tom Green and make no secret about it. If GWS want Green and a top pick, they'll try to trade to get ahead of us. If they don't, they can either lose a pick or lose Green.

Very good 2018. Confidence was completely shot 2019. Hopefully a big preseason and 2020.

Sad irony that the player we brought in to replace James Frawley after Hawthorn took him, will now be taken by Hawthorn, looking for a replacement for Frawley

I’m pinning my hopes to a fully fit Mitch Hannan 2020 or even seeing how Lockhart develops with an afl preseason under his belt. If Butler came cheap, yes- but I’m not really seeing him as the player many on here see.

Yep- I think he’s an absolute steal! The common belief for some time is that he’ll go for our second; I’ll take that any day of the week.

Again, you’re countering my claims of exaggeration with more exaggeration. Agree to disagree.

Didn’t say they were great, said people exaggerate how poor they are. ‘Embarrassment’ and ‘deterrent’ back up my point. They certainly didn’t deter May and Lever who were courted by many clubs. Would the players even spend 1/10th of their time at Gosch’s Paddock?

Not for a couple of years though. Should be a great facility, but Elliot won’t see much of it. My point was that Brisbane now appears to be a very attractive club for players for many reasons - just not their facilities. We also tend to exaggerate how bad our facilities at AAMI are. They’re very good, just not exclusively ours.

Disappointed but by no means devastated. Good player, but plays more as a marking small forward rather than a quick, dashing, down at your heals small. Definitely would have improved our team, but didn’t directly address our inside 50 issues.

Z Jones is being massively overrated here; very limited player. Pointless having speed if you don’t have the awareness. Runs himself into trouble/pressure far too often.

Brisbane have some of the worst facilities in the league. They, like us, have been trying to get their own home base for years. It's on the cards, but hasn't happened yet. If he selects Brisbane, it's definitely not 'facilities' that won him over.

This will be the last big contract of his career- he would be negligent not to.

Exactly. No point getting emotionally invested in anything during trade time- it either changes by the hour or was never true to begin with. It’s basically the bachelor. Enjoy the drama and conjecture of it all!

Well... he's toured our facilities too. You'd think that a decent contract offer, flight, accommodation and a free meal; what does he have to lose by having a look around.