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Perplexed that Baker was re-signed to be honest and not Lockhart. Bloke is trending towards Jake Spencer.

Chandler headlines group of re-signings

That grand final was the biggest choke of all time by a team. Geelong had only lost 1 game that year leading into the grand final. Please let that not be us next year..

*13 premierships

I'm a huge wrap for Zac Taylor. There's a bit of Zac Merrett about him. Classy outside mid who racks up the footy with ease. Sam Butle is another as well should be around this range.

He's come through our Bushies system since school boys days. His under 16 yearr was very impressive also which shot him in recruiters eyes. From Shepparton and was an absolute gun soccer player. To the point where he was with one of the Melbourne development squads and actually had to choose between football and soccer. He's a powerful and strong athlete bit like Petracca with his low gravity strength in being able to brush off opponents. There'll be other names around this pick that will be highly considered. Names like Matthew Roberts, Josh Sinn, Jacob Van Rooyen, Joe Amiss etc. Some serious talent will slep through to our pick.

I must admit I'm a big wrap for this pick. Not only now but dating back to his draft year in 2013. At the time we had just signed up Paul Roos as coach and I remember he made mentioned that he wanted to bring in some strong contested players through the trade period and draft as he believed that ypu build from the contest out. At our pick 9 my two desired options were Luke Dunstan and Nathan Freeman. I remember watching his under 18's championships for SA and he reminded me so much of Ollie Wines. He was also captain of SA and I thought he was simply the perfect fit for what we desperately needed at the time. Even when he first started at St Kilda there was talk already that he was a future captain in waiting. To see Tim Lamb say, and I quote "cultural fit" into our side excites me even more. He was a contested midfield beast who was already playing senior footy for his SANFL club at the time and he had the body frame to slot straight into our midfield. Come draft night I was deeply disappointed we had overlooked him and Freeman (who I thought was a Luke Shuey clone) and instead chose some kid called Christian Salem. Fast forward 8 years and Christian Salem would now be rated top 5 in that draft and has become one of the games best half backs going around. What amazing humble pie I've eaten over the past few years!! To be honest I don't think Luke Dunstan is coming over here to fill in numbers for Casey. I genuinely think under our strong culture and leadership he could emulate the same pathway as what Jarryd Lyons has at Brisbane. The same criticism of Lyons was exactly what Dunstan is copping now. Slow, can't kick, and has no outside game. Dunstan is a big time accumulator who's had the horrid luck of playing at a club where they've had zero finals success, and a poor losing culture with no leadership. Also taking into account he was playing under a coach who's already been sacked in the AFL system before. Dunstan wants to feel valued like he said in an interview few weeks back and he's coming to a club where our mantra of "Just be us" has made our players being able to express themselves on the footy field and also off field. Simon Goodwin drives this culture alongside Max Gawn extremely hard I can personally see Dunstan thriving amongst this culture. He'll certainly have a chip on his shoulder to prove the doubters wrong.

Interesting article here. https://amp.theage.com.au/sport/afl/premiers-swoop-pick-swap-puts-melbourne-back-in-draft-20211006-p58xu3.html?__twitter_impression=true The Demons have particular players in mind for pick 17, but believe there is next to no chance that their highly athletic key position next generation academy prospect Mac Andrew will be available at that selection because he will be picked in the top 10 and clubs can no longer match bids for academy players inside the draft’s top 20.

Also said few weeks back that that Sydney were going to chase Tom Barrass and low and behold this gets announced today..

I already have my eyes set on Josh Rachele from the Murray Bushrangers with this pick Small forward/midfielder with A ton of X factor about him. Think of a Toby Greene/Alan Didak

Any other players we may potentially look at this trade period or is this us done?

I'm calling it.. a steal! Another feather in the cap to @goodwindees 👏

Bizarre that people are questioning this and again not surprised that it's the same individuals as usual. Same list management who's done this strategic for a number of years are also the same ones who have just built a premiership team by doing this. Some will never be satisfied.

Welcome Luke!

Wow!

I'm guessing now we'll need to fill this position now? Be interesting to see what candidates will be available.

I hope for the sake of his career he goes to the Crows. He'll get far better opportunities there then he will here. This is what happens when you win a flag. You'll lose fringe players who are just right on the cusp to lower clubs. We were just lucky that we had pretty much zero injuries to Pickett, Spargo and ANB.

2 year deal according to Sam Edmund on SEN.

According to the Hun Kade Chandler met with the Crows last week.

Even if he doesn't get through, you called it first yesterday before any media got wind of it. Keep posting the good stuff.

Someone make @goodwindees into a bronze statue please.