GCDee

I am a little bit sheltered from Melbourne media these days but is the 6 6 6 rule still going ahead next year? If so this makes complete sense as center clearances will become more important than ever... If you win first possession & can get the ball to even numbers inside 50 weight of numbers will just mean you will score. The center clearance all starts with the ruck man... now Maxy cannot do it the entire game so imagine having Pruess coming in 30% ruck time rucking against some of the other teams second ruck men... we are talking Grigg, Boyd, Roughhead, Hawkins, Jenkins (off the top of my head). Not only would we win first hands on the ball 85-95% of the time with Maxy dominating the first ruck men we really should win at least 75% of clearances...

Yeah this is a bit different to the Wattsy one... we publicly hung him out to dry & showed we wanted him off our books.. Freo are chasing Jesse hard and have done so for 5 years. They will get laughed at if they expect us to pay any portion of his salary.

Freo will be... There is not a chance in hell he is moving there for less than 800K.

Problem with this is.... Yes that is more than likely is trade value however if GC hold onto him next year and finish in the bottom 3 again (more than likely) you know the AFL will guarantee a first round compo when he leaves during FA so they could get anything from pick 2-6 for him... They might make a stand here & get rid of a captain that doesn't want to be there & start building a decent culture however I know if I was GC I would hold off for a significantly better pick. I would be horrified if we gave up a top 10 pick for May in a straight swap.

I wouldn't say Watts, Motlop, McKenzie, Thomas & Rockliff are anywhere near the calibre of players you mentioned. One was kicked out of his club, one is the biggest down hill skier in the league, a B grade free agent and two players delisted..

In what world does one club land 4 of the top 10 "potential big name moves" in a single trade period... Why would GC want to trade with us for another top pick which will just leave in 2 years? Why would GWS trade one of their big name mids to a direct competitor when they are in their premiership window? (unless its for HUGE overs) I'm all for being proactive during trade period... But there is no chance in hell we (or any team) will land ALL of May, Gaff, Sheil & Martin. [censored] I dont even think you could assemble a trade period like that on AFL Evolution. Sorry mate its just not possible.

lol why not add Cripps, Mitchell & Kelly while we are at it?

Max has an amazing ability to read the ball & clunk contested Marks @ both ends of the ground. Imagine having Maxy play as the lose defender whilst still having a dominant ruck men in the middle. I actually quite like this idea.

The thing with the GC is they wont be wanting a pick for May... They need players to help stabilize their team (Eg Bernie for us 5 years ago) This I think will work in our favor as we have no picks to use... I'm sure the FD well determine who is indispensable IF we really wanted to get the deal done.

Yep today shows exactly why we need May.

Yeah.... sorry Jordy that was a ropeable effort today. Put him into some coaching role.

Pick 5 & 7 for Hogan would be about fair. Would absolutely hate to lose him however if he is just going to leave in FA anyway and we get a compo pick in the teens that's just [censored].

I would LOL so hard if all they end up with is Newman, Hall & Polec this trade period all on inflated contracts.

Polec will be on 750. No way hall leaves for 180.... more like 300-400 (average salary is now in the 4s I believe) Newman at 100ish sounds about right.

Nah not having a dig just laughing at the stupid "article"

Lol trade Hogan because Melbourne have too many key forwards, to then draft another key forward to improve our KPP stocks after the Hogan departure. Makes perfect sense. Was this article written by a 13 year old?

23 year old ruckman who was pick 15 in the ROOKIE DRAFT 3 years ago who didn't play 1 senior game this year. North dont really have a leg to stand on at the trade table. They will probably just get a pick upgrade. We have two third rounders this year.. something like pruess and norths 4th round for our 3rd.

I do mean Billy Stretch.... Not Hartung. Stretch was beginning to show something before he broke his toe this year.

1.2 mil for an outside runner is ludicrous... I can see exactly why he would go to norf. And why we would pull out at that figure. Would rather hedge our bets on Billy and hope he turns into something special. Cant blame the club or the player when that sort of offer is on the table. Absolutely reaks of desperation from norf. Especially considering they are paying well above market cost for Polec.

Jesse is a fantastic player. We will not trade him unless he requests a trade back to WA. If this does happen we would get 2 first rounders plus some I would imagine.

To be fair.... from 07 until the Roos era we were a complete rabble... anyone would beat us anywhere

Look at the positives.... this could be the making of a career for the Weed if he comes in. Its strange had little faith against the swans, feel very confident against WCE.

[censored] this thread. Shut it down before it gets ridiculous

You dont want us to win the flag?

I doubt we would want Hanners, great player however doesnt have the speed out outside spread we lack. Gaff is the one we are after. St Kilda will probably offer Hanners anything he wants just so someone will go there as they seem to miss out every year.