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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.

I believe last off-season he had two shoulder reconstructions. However, they needed to be done separately, which is why his recovery took the whole preseason. There's every chance that he went in for a clean-up. Very much doubt that he's had another reco without the club saying something; there's no way you can keep that secret.

Peter Matera 1997.

Dangerfield 2014.

Started slowly after a huge second half of 2018. Felt he found a bit of form when he started to play a more defensively through the midfield. He is a very, very good footballer and his consistency of effort is a great asset to the team.

I've rate him highly, which is why I'm very concerned that Collingwood would delist him or give him away for virtually nothing. Something's clearly not ok...

That's assuming that 750K is accurate...

Not sure it’s a game. This is very likely to be his last contract in the AFL. He may have a preference for Collingwood and is keen for them to match our offer - otherwise, for his own good, he’d need to take the best offer on the table.

I can understand when players pursue individual commercial opportunities, but this one is so transparently organised by the club to top-up his salary... bizarre that this is allowed.

Bernie Vince was openly shattered he was forced out of Adelaide. Went on to win a Best and Fairest.

Was a huge win to get through the season without injury or illness; hopefully he can build on that and enter the preseason with 100% confidence in his body. Would love to see him used up the ground where his disposal could cause a lot of damage.

Agreed. People are enthusiastic about Smith’s return and I don’t wanna rain on the parade... I just don’t think I’ve ever seen him play a good game in the firsts.

The hardest part with these trades is convincing a good player to want to go to a club like Gold Coast. We had Howe all set to head the the GC for pick 7, he then realised what he was in for and went to Collingwood for a fraction of the money. Adelaide are in the position of one of their best players (and possibly his brother) being willing to make the move up north.

Stories on Bennell seem to have run dry... last I read there were up to three clubs interested in him, one being Sydney and the other two unnamed. Anyone seen/heard read anything to add to this?

Not as disappointed in this as I thought I’d be. If we can come out of this trade period with only losing Frost from our 22, that’s not a bad result. A gain of Langdon, Elliot and Tomlinson will soften the blow.

I suppose the only thing missing from this left-field conspiracy theory is motive. Why on earth would anyone want to rig a B&F to ensure a tie? In fact, it would be in the club's benefit to not have a tie as you can bet that now both Gawn and Oliver will be receiving a little bonus in their contract for winning and Best and Fairest. Would be much cheaper to have one winner.