GCDee

I forgive the Eagles for giving us the belting of a life time in the prelim now this has pretty much certainly netted us 2 low first rounders. Weirdly I kind of would want Jesse to see some success (after we win a flag) at a new club and he wont be getting that under Ross the boss.

Which values Trealoar at 2701 points somewhere between pick 1 & 2... I think where this trade is skewed is Collingwood expected to jump into the 8 the year after landing him which would have pushed one of those picks to 11+

sounds fair to me

Exactly like Lever for us last year. Either a trade gets made or he nominates for the draft.

I really think we see an opportunity to really balance our list & push for a flag in the near future if we move on Hogan now. We probably know he is leaving next contract and don't see the need to hang onto him for one last year. Mahoney can't let it seem like he is blowing his load at the opportunity moving on Hogan gives us. If we make it look like its his decision and we are losing a key contracted player then in theory he holds more value. Just my opinion however

IF we did the deal for pick 5 only there will be pitch forks outside of AAMI park. Mahoney said yesterday that they believe his value is up there with the largest trade values ever. I would prefer just to hold onto him until next year where the minimum value we would get then is is a low first rounder then. I think worst case is we get pick 5 & 2019 first with maybe a later pick swap.

They will also have over 2 mil tied up between Polec & Gaff in salary cap space. They over achieved massively this year & really began to get found out in the later part of the year. I think Brisbane & Essendon will surpass them this year & they will finish in the 10-13 range again.

Hard to turn down all of that cash... But I hope he is happy with never being a premiership player.

Sadly I agree... I love hunt and the x factor he brings. But my God he can butcher the ball. Wouldn't mind testing him as a forward for a season though. I remember him v the hawks a few years ago get thrown in there after half time and really added something.

Dont forget big Preussy

This is actually VERY interesting... considering Mahoney went on record saying we had cap space for 1 or 2 big names earlier in the year. Possibly we have a big arrival we do not know about just yet? Edit: Typo

That tells me he is gone but WCE might just be in the mix???? I hope that's not the case because let's be honest we will get a [censored] load more from Freo than WCE

Not if they are the CHF of our footy club we all clearly love.

The reality is we were in the conversation with Hogan on our books. Let's say for arguments sake we were willing to part with 900k for Gaff. Now we have freed up 850K on our books along with our reported cap space to land 1 or 2 big name players I could see us front loading the [censored] out of a contract to gaff to get him over the line for "free" It appears media outlets have him going to Norf however we might be a bit late to the punch here.

Sorry mate. Should have been more clear... IN THE SMOKING AREA OF A NIGHT CLUB.

Yep I think you're bang on with carlton or the druggies. Saints seem to have an abundance of the Tyson type and would be crazy to bring him in unless they are losing some of their current inside mids. Cleary if we can get him to carlton maybe we can trade one of our thirds plus Tyson for a 2nd and a 4th of carlton's. There he would be playing bulk midfield inside mid minutes along side cripps and I think he will flourish.

I came down to Melbourne for the Hawks game and my brother told me he saw Jesse in a night club lighting a dart the weekend prior. Players clearly aren't chained to the club outside of their commitments but maybe he just doesnt quite have what it takes to be great? I can't imagine the likes to Jones, Viney & Lewis approving of this recovery/prep into a new game of footy.

If there is one thing carlton love its GWS rejects... Tyson & Frost get it done? Haha

If I was the bombers I would be going hard for Tyson. They need inside mids and he would complement their midfield group very well

I want this guy in the red and blue so bad next year. He will stop at nothing (bar clubbing someone in the face) to experience what he missed out on at the weekend. I think deep down he knows this wont happen at Norf especially if he himself takes 10% of the entire teams salary cap.

Feels a bit that way. Dont feel too sad about this. Time for us to get max value and move on

Best of luck Jesse. I think he will struggle for 1-2 years at freo and then will boom into an absolute star. I think he was always going to go home at some stage. Strange that he got through all of the [censored] to jump ship now... His head clearly isnt in the right space in melbourne and fingers crossed he can maximize his potential in WA.

Applaud him... he tried to stick it out.. went to the [censored] and back and saw a chance to cash in.

I cant really see the notion of a tough draw now we finished 4th. I'd love to play WCE, Collingwood, Tigers, Hawks or Geelong twice. Especially WCE, feels like it's been years since we have played them at home.

You can only beat who is put in front of you. The draw is really hard to predict if it will be strong or weak going into a season. Who would have thought playing adelaide twice would have been a good thing after last year?