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I don’t believe an offer has been tabled, but they have certainly been active for some time and I suspect will ramp up their intensity should Judd commence the year strongly. Warner is their clear priority.

Thought some might be interested to know that the West Coast Eagles have tabled a 6 year offer to Chad Warner which is front loaded with the early years at $2million per year. WCE are stacked with Draft picks in next year’s Draft, so expect it to happen.

I get given the list of the final rating of all Draftees by an AFL club the morning of the draft. This particular club didn’t have a selection on night one, in fact, weren’t particularly active in the Draft this year due to trading players in. They rated Jagga Smith the best player in the Draft. In fact, 6 of their 8 analysts who watch Coates league games, rated Smith 1. In their “aggregated” ratings list they had Smith 1, Ashcroft 2, Langford 3. They had Murphy Reid a lot higher than he went, Taj Hotton a bit higher, and Travaglia a bit lower than he went. They rated Xavier Lindsay right about where he got picked. They tried to get up the board to get Ollie Hannaford, but couldn’t do a deal. Interestingly, they classified Riak Andrew & Ricky Mentha as not Draftable.

I should also say he said the young boy Brown, is a ripper to train and will do whatever it takes!!

The concern recently from an assistant coach is whether Jefferson has that fierce competitive desire, and will do whatever it takes to be successful. He also shares the same concerns regarding Verrall & Adams. He said that Kenterfield has that quality in spades and if he doesn’t succeed, it won’t be for lack of fierce effort.

I can tell you, that very question of, “why do the players love Goody so much” is definitely included in the review.

I can see how people could interpret the content of his speech in a few different ways, and tbh, the content was the least of my concerns. If ever there was a time to not have a number of crownies before making the most important speech in his time at the Club, it was then. Might seem old fashioned, but I also believe it was the time to shave, to not go with the trendy 3 day growth. I’d be rather confident that Sam Mitchell, McRae & Fagan won’t be slurring their words during their speeches. Was the absolute occasion where he had to take the totally conservative & professional leader type approach, and unfortunately he didn’t.

No, not at all. The bargaining powers have changed significantly, and a month ago, Claz didn’t want to leave.

Hi Daz & Brendan. I can’t say too much except that right now, I think a deal gets done. When I announced this a month ago, I didn’t think it was possible because I couldn’t see Dees getting fair value from Cats. They’ll certainly have their work cut out taking on Bailey, Claz & Stengle. The stories I could tell re Bailey.

Just letting you all know that I was told today that the Caulfield facility will be announced very soon, perhaps over the next couple of days. I was told the MCC is a significant contributor and that the Board considers Pert’s work as exceptional. I wouldn’t post this if it wasn’t from a very credible source, so let’s hope we’re all celebrating soon.

I believe Clayton definitely wants to stay, and I believe he will. It’s just that clubs realise that Dees want to change the way they play, and they’re just probing to see what the situation is with Clayton & CP. Let’s be clear, there’s many, many more discussions had than there are trades done.

Let me say very clearly that the Dees are not shopping Clayton, but they have been asked if 2 first rounders would get it done, and I believe it wasn’t totally shut down / dismissed.

Sam Wicks from Swans to Gold Coast will probably happen.

Guys, I’m hearing that Clayton is not totally off the table. He’s gettable for the right offer.

I’m told the Bailey Smith to Geelong is done and he’s even been told he’ll get Number 2.