RickyBobby

Jeff Farmer's departure for me, he was an excitement machine at the dees and a player I always loved watching play... in hindsight this departure was made somewhat easier to swallow due to the fact he didn't reach the heights he did with us when he went to Freo... Same with the Woewodin deal. Whilst not a departure the re-ocurring injuries to Stinga and Schwarz in the 90s that kept them from becoming competition elite were pretty devastating.

Really excited about getting Tapscott to the club, was hoping we picked him at 11 but glad he slipped through to 18. Exactly the type of player we need across half forward, tough, imposing, and a massive kick.

Did a search on youtube for 'Max Gawn' and got this? WTF? Is this who we drafted, looks tall enough to be, what is he doing? Haha Anyway anyone got a link to footage of him playing football?

Do we have any picks in the rookie draft? if so which ones? We're obliged to take Newton and Meesen aren't we?

yeah taking the [censored]... Seriously though, Thoughts?

Should we pick him up in the PSD?

Is it possible to delist McNamara and then re-draft him with our first selection in the rookie draft? Not sure what the rules are there around rookie'ing someone who's already been on a senior list? As he was taken as a bottom aged player he is still quite young, i'd rather keep Tom Mac on the list than use pick 34 but if it's possible to have both then why not! There is bound to be a long term injury *touchwood* to someone throughout the season which would give Mcnamara his place back on the senior list if form warrants it.

Count me in, happy to make up the numbers and play a pinch hitting role off the bench up forward or in defence. Cheers.

"Can't remember this much action on the 1st day of trading. Still a bit to come. Our focus is keeping/improving picks, with an eye to the PSD" - Cameron Schwab on Twitter. I like our approach, just sitting back quietly trying to lure someone into the PSD.

I thought he handled himself ok in that interview and didn't take any low blows at the club on his way out unlike Robbo who can't seem to keep his mouth shut. He didn't want to be at the club, that's fine, we moved him on and were compensated fairly. Time will tell who has the last laugh!

There's two sides to this yes we could miss out on draft picks should we win a couple more but imagine how sweeter it will be should we win a flag knowing we never lowered our colours and tanked like a Carlton. Go Dees!

The eagles didn't want to do the Judd deal either but had no choice. The draft pick and Bell offer was just an example. The point is that snaring a young ready made (and let's be honest the go home factor is as good a reason as any to identify a potential trade target) could potentially put the whole rebuild process for us forward a year.

What are the chances of the dees getting in his ear and trying to lure him back to Vic with a big offer. Would love for us to aggresively chase a player like Dangerfield in the trade period. Pick 16 or whatever it is we end up with and Daniel Bell would be a good win for us IMO, they got Scotty Thompson off us in what would have been similar circumstances. Any other young guns we could be targetting that would slot into our top 22 and fill an immediate gap? I realize this is highly unlikely but imagine getting picks 1 and 2 and someone ready made like Dangerfield.

Bit broke this week but bumped my donation up to $25 - DN122888

We have a gameplan?