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Precisely. & I can tell you the accuracy of most QS these days is poor to say the least, so I’d bank on this costing 2-3 times more than forecast.

Pretty pictures. Substance?

Yeah, the reason clubs in the Crom position do this is because we essentially have no choice in the matter.

Part of that has been lack of draft collateral. Remember we had Cerra on the hook before it emerged that only Carlton was willing to cough up enough to satisfy Freo. We also had Houston on the line until the Petracca situation & our key figures went & forked it. Earlier than expected placement of our first pick also complicated matters.

These deals can often be spruiked as the first deal to be done, but then drag on a day or 2, as one side (Crom in this case) hold to see if they need the pick 25 in another deal where they could maybe get pick 30 back & force us to accept it. While I’m hopeful, I’d be wary of counting our chickens.

Negative & defeatist in the extreme.

I imagine Pert’s review could in itself be reviewed.

Whatever you want to tell yourself. I know what I know.

Moved him on for a reason. Culture killer. End of.

Both Jewish AND non-Jewish... well, that settles it. Seriously, I had my doubts about Green having the nous for this position, even in a temporary capacity. This certainly doesn’t settle my nerves.

Rumours abound that Bomba Thompson pinched Kingsley’s wife then shipped him out so he didn’t have to deal with the fallout.

Goody is going to steal his wife?

We’ve just suffered through 2 years of Schache on the list. Assuming he costs the same as Tomlinson, we’d be silly not to.

CD wants to stay at the bulldogs and see out his 2 year contract (read: no interest elsewhere)

Not what the dictionary says. I mean it the way it is used colloquially in relation to footy - looks almost casual.

Funny, I got those vibes too. Laconic. I also have this fear for him. Could really struggle to weave his magic under more pressure at the next level & doesn’t appear to have the physicality to thrive.

Ok, Langford, Lalor or Reid, of those I expect may be available.

Not for my money.

I feel like North will want to trade back so they can take Trainor & not be ridiculed for taking him too early.

Maybe. I see a bit of Devon Smith & a bit of Scully. At least he’s not Smillie - looks like a 4th Cloke brother.

I’d say we have demonstrated an open “thanks for the memories and we wish you well” approach due to the outcome to get back our old pick being agreed some time ago, probably before anyone here was aware of ANB’s desire to head home to SA. For the Crom to then reneg on the deal would cause significant future distrust and poor faith (not just with us) and for little benefit.

He’s a winger. We have Langdon & Windsor. We need talls & prime movers.

Move up the order to what end? I think we’d be pretty happy with 5 unless we clearly think there is a Harley Reid type that is clearly better than others & I don’t think that’s the case (Lalor?). In such a deep draft I’d think 25 is a good pick to have. Unless you’re meaning 25, 38 & 45 for Brisbane or Essendon’s first?

Nice player but not what we need right now.

You tell me Sherlock.