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After the Jackson saga last year I don’t have much faith Kozzie will be sticking round. He already has a new contract offer from dees in front of him for a while now, if he hasn’t signed yet it’s unlikely he will. Only question is when do dees start blooding a replacement rather than putting more games into another teams player as of 2024.

The new 23rd man now Bedford is gone. Or will that be 24th now the bench might get got extended 😀 Hopefully he can get a few more chances this coming year.

We are in mix but how much improvement is left in our mid and back, to win another the difference will need to come up fwd.

At least they are making it known, nothing worse than when the player says what the recruiters want to hear then turns round a year or 2 later. I think north would like a redo of last years draft if Francis was up front.

Hunter is an upgrade to Jordan on the wing, so long as he is over his mental issues. Have to assume that’s accounted for in what we trade for him and his contract

Well it’s something the clubs agree to as part of the trade, it probably won’t ever be publicly confirmed what the exact terms are by either club so you won’t ever see something offical one way or the other. Up to you who you want to believe in the media as it will be speculated about to no end and certainly some would have legit sources. All we have officially is Pies saying they would pay upto 300k per year prior to the trade period but who know what stings came with that and if we used that as just a starting point.

Think it’s front loaded but over the whole contract, ie 350 year one and 150 by year 5

Tomorrow at 8pm if the deal falls over

I’d call there bluff, it only hurts pies more to try keep him

Pies were always in a tough spot when they already committed to other players they have no choice but to trade Grundy, plus they only have dees as an option now. If dees walked away from this I dunno what happen as they would probably be in breach of the cap

Not great not bad, we got everything they have picks wise from Freo so unless they trade more players for picks that was it. We could always try combining them in to pick 2 with WC but I assumed freo already tried.

To everyone bagging Ratugolea I’ll just say you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take, and we haven’t fired a shot this trade period

So Ratugolea has requested a trade to port, how were we not at the front the queue. Another missed opportunity to fix the key fwds.

Lucky for us they know wc will take him if such a thing happened so they have to deal if they want him

So north get pick 2 from wc for Francis, have to wonder what port can give wc in return. Maybe they turn that into Jackson

I think we want a pick inside 10 plus 13 or a future first, 2 picks in the teens regardless of what else they combine it with doesn’t help, maybe they should get bower and get pick 7 from GC then combine with pick 13 and everyone would be happy

Ultimate test of worth is what Freo is going to pay Jackson, so far as what has been speculated on there respective contracts Jackson’s deal is for more. So we should be expecting Freo to match the Taranto deal and then some

We would do well if we could get pick 2 from wc for Jackson and be done

Got to feel gutted for north, as much as they annoyed me on field over the years they don’t deserve this. With us loosing Jackson and them Francis, and us maybe Pickett next year you have to seriously wonder why you would bother risking top picks on SA and WA players going forward. Jackson couldn’t have asked for a better culture than what he had in his time, Understudy to Gawn, Grand final, rising star. What more could u ask for.

Sad to see bedford go but can’t blame him, he’s going to make us look stupid for not giving him more game time and persisting with the likes of anb and spargo all year despite there indifferent form, double so if this continues next year and kozzie doesn’t resign.

Going to need him if we have an inkling kozzie might go

Can’t believe how many people are still hanging onto a few good games he played 4 years ago now. He’s had so many opportunities to cement a spot and failed at every turn so much so Melksham had to come in and play the role. Safe to say even Goodwin who is the last to give up on any player has also run out of patience. I think the club would be more than happy to use his spot on the list to bring in another kid via the draft if anyone showed any interest in taking him off our hands.

Doubt we get anything in return for Tomlinson meaning we would need to trade for Francis, I’d expect Essendon as usual will ask for overs probably our first round pick.

Looks like Gunstan is a no go, media spoke with him today and only mentioned he would either stay or goto the lions for a change of scenery

By all reports this years is quite a weak draft particularly the first round, next year is expected to be quite strong