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In fairness to him he pretty said this was a done deal on Monday and that we would be paying 200k of his contract.

Kidding yourself

Josh Bruce won't be going anywhere. His manager has already come out today and said that Bruce will be playing at the doggies next year and may look at even playing as a defender. There will be NO out of the blue recruitment of key forwards. Schache will join the dees which has been well reported in the media for the past 2 days now.

Cheers Sandra Sully

Go well Weids. I'm probably more disappointed in losing Weideman then I was with Jackson. I think as supporters we've been far more emotionally invested with Weids. We've all wanted him to make it but at times been extremely frustrated with his on field performance. I think a fresh start will do him well and he's been super gracious his whole career especially this year and last year. All the best.

How is it a downgrade? Both similar player really. You could even say Schache has been more productive at AFL level then Weideman.

Looks like this one may not get done.

Yes, I compared them to the 2013 of Melbourne when we just gave away all our senior players. If O'Meara and Mitchell leave then I have them for the wooden spoon.

Like he has with Weideman?

Completely forgot about him.. Really hope we've got the list spot ready to go because all talks seems to lead that we may be able to get him outside the top 40. Rate him highly and adds exactly what we're lacking.

Ok, so you actually don't know do you... All good, was just asking a curious question 👍

Well done to @goodwindeeswho was actually the very first that mentioned this rumour completely out of the blue on here.

He was rules out for the season at that point..?

Nah

Remember at draft camp 2012 when he told Mark Neeld and our recruiting team that we were so [censored] he doesn't want us to pick him.. How times changed. Welcome Brodie! Reckon there was a period there where I genuinely thought he was going to be the next Dean Cox and his career was on the incline towards that. I reckon the contract will be a huge burden off his shoulders and he'll want to prove his worth. Anyone know about his current injury concern? And yes, well done Tim Lamb for actually standing firm.. so worried we were going to trade down to pick 16 but happy we just stood our ground. We had too.

Done!

Yes

In fairness I would say Schache has shown more at AFL level then Weid has and even at junior level Schache was more advanced then Weid. Kicked 24 goals off 14 games back in 2018. Either way, I understand your point but I think it's on point in terms of replacing 1 for 1.

If we're losing Weideman then we need some form of forward tall depth.

Yep. After hearing his press conference I'm pretty dirty on him especially after being one of his big supporters on here against people who were having a crack. The fact that he made his decision up so quickly at the mid year break leaves me with an incredibly sour taste in my mouth. On top of getting reamed on the trade deal it's certainly a real bitter feeling. I wish him zero success with Freo.

This sounds pretty horrific doesn't it.........

Losing Kozzie would give me the same feeling when Jeff Farmer left for Freo. Absolutely gutted. We'd be compensated well you'd think but just have to hope we can build a culture that he can see fit long term.

Hawthorn potentially losing Gunston, Mitchell and now O'Meara just reeks of Melbourne of 2013 when we completely gutted our senior heads.

Mate our list management process so far hasn't exactly filled many supporters with great confidence so far. Everything Tim Lamb stated at the start of trade period has gone the complete opposite. So apologies if many are confused by the direction all of a sudden. Still 2 days to go and still confidence we'll add some experienced depth so far. I would hope.