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His dad has cancer and there is no one left to look after his other siblings up in Brisbane. Im pretty sure Carlton let him go for family reasons and nothing else.

He sounded pee'd off to me. Whether thats from Howe back flipping to the Pies or whatever. I certainly hope we dont get reamed on this trade. We need a win this trade season. So far its been anything but.

Think of it as a 10 step process. Most of us will come around to acceptance soon enough. Right now we are in denial/grief/anger.

Melksham for pick 25. I wonder if Essendon will throw in a bottle of lube. We will need it.

He kinda already did. Club wont do a straight swap for Kennedy.

But why 4 years and why for such a decent pick? Was there any legitimate interest in him outside us?

The pick is a roll of a the dice, it always is. Thats not my concern. If it is indeed a 4 years contract - then that is an issue. That is a massive risk for a guy that hasnt been a solid contribute to a pretty average outfit for the last 2 years. This isnt even taking into account the whole wada fiasco. Could go either way, but at this stage, im not impressed at all.

Prestia is contracted. We arent giving up top pick. Until either Dion or either club says otherwise its all a dream (next year is a different story).

It would be one hell of a comeback if he could get back on the park and reach his initial form. He is coming from a long way back. 2 years is a hell of a lot of mileage to miss. I dont think he will be able to, but am more than happy to be wrong.

Lock it in. Will be at Dee's next year.

No 2 ways about it, we are heavily into him, Mahoney confirmed it. As soon as that contract is up, we will have a serious crack.

Slow, cant take a grab and gets out muscled by kids half his size. Thanks Chris, later.

No one on the list makes me rage more than him. His disposals actually fuel childrens nightmares. A matter of time before he is cut.

He is too busy wearing his designer t-shirts and getting his hair cut just right to worry about footy. That being said, could you imagine......

They are out in full force today. An upgrade to Matt Jones and Dean Terlich? Talk about aiming high!

Thank you, at least someone understands me... *sob*

Jeffy was out of favour cause he was being a rat bag, had nothing to do with his skill or ability. He also wasnt dropped to VFL and brought back like a yo-yo. Big difference.

I dont get it. The whole "he is better than Jones, Terlich etc" is utter crap. They are either out the door or will be playing for Casey for the remainder of their contracts. We are getting RID of these types of players and we bring in a guy that has been in and out of arguably Essendons weakest team for years. Enough of these fringe depth players. We simply cant afford to have them any longer. Goodwin has to get some benefit of the doubt, but its a baffling call to say the least.

He was looking sharp before he went down. A solid player when he is up and about.

Sad isnt it. While dont think his value is quite that low, its not going to be pretty. I honestly believe our drafting hoodoo's are behind us now. We simply can not afford to make such mistakes any longer.

We dodged a massive bullet with this one (cant say that much about our recent drafting, so ill take it). Those hammies are a massive, massive red flag. Has barely played VFL, let alone got on the park for AFL. I would be avoiding this like the plague.

According to a Port supporter on BF, he has only just moved into his new house. Id take this with several grains of salt.

Goodes and the Swannies looked cooked.

Wish Dawes would mark like that. Already an upgrade.

If we even contemplated giving anything but scraps for this joker, then we have seriously lost the plot. You know the guy is crap when Essendon supporters are wanting him out.