Timothy Reddan-A'Blew

...and Lamb keeps including 'AJ' in his list of our 'young forwards coming on'.

I still don't. Is that all? Trac no off-field issues? Different type, maybe, but... Clarry not performing well? Not nominal-pick/salary-contribution badly! Will Dogs be stumping up JUH salary? I need more.

Sooooo much going on, I've not been able to keep track(!) Would someone remind me, please, why contracted-Petracca negotiations involve significant player/s or multiple high draft picks in return, and no salary contribution, but contracted-Oliver negotiations involve (at best) low draft picks in return and salary contribution?

That image: foreshadowing many jaw-dropping moments for the Dees!

Lamb on trade radio today specified that it was because our emerging backs had sufficiently progressed in 2025 that he was not needed. (This might also inform how we approach Aleer's availability...)

Keeping us grounded there, Numbers! 🤨

It'll also give us another 15 years of looking forward to a first bounce by 'Max'...

In the world of King, I look forward to Max handing the reign over to Max. Long may he reign!

On the other hand, @La Dee-vina Comedia, this!

Thanks, LDvC. It was Twomey that put it to Lamb in today's interview that he had the opportunity to be first, and the Heath deal arrived so soon after. Darn those Eagles and Saints scalliwags!

I vander vhy?

Hullo, Max Heath. Goodbye, this thread.

Noice! And evidently more comfortable up forward than other previous ruck experiments 😉 (Doing a number on the Bombers, @Ghostwriter - will he be your new fave?)

...and I believe that is history-making: the first trade in the new '2-years-out' trade system. A record forever Tim Lamb's.

Aleer (24yo) career game averages: 9.7 disposals, 3.7 marks, 1.8 tackles May career: 16.1, 5.4, 1.4 May at 24yo (6 seasons): 12.9, 4.5, 1.7

Wants out, or club no longer wants?

Time to repeat this? Lamb on Trade Radio 2 days ago: We have "told Christian that the likely outcome is he comes back to us".

How did I do?

It'll be interesting to hear Max's views on all this at some stage, he (apparently) having taking Clayton 'under his(*) wing' during the latter's difficult times. Surprise? Disappointment? Anger? Bemusement? You've got it all wrong, folks? (* For 'his', read 'his and his partner's and his family's')

Oooh! Getting close! I will be tempted to give him MBMH status, now vacated by former MBJMcV) if we get him, and various trackside-interviewed players nominate him during pre-season as the dark-horse, leaps-and-bounds improver.

That'd certainly rouse me! And hopefully him! As a ruse, however? Quite a risk! (D*** predictive text, eh, Cossie?)

You nearly got me with your OMac edit but... Yeah, nah.

Defs. Jackson: defector. Wagner: not a Bedford. McVee: defector. vs Hogan: personal journey. Bedford: Club encouragement. Oliver: Club 'encouragement'. Plus: Is Fremantle.

Yeah, he was MBCO from the week before the draft, eventually succeeded by MBJMcV. That's ending well...

So it's a 'twist' is it, Tom? Yep, that (at least) McKirdy and Ralph got it a coupla hours earlier. Twist, Tom, twist