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Steven May.

Yes, but hopefully with the right result in the end in both cases.

Maybe not though - Josh alerted the Bulldogs to some unprofessional behaviour in terms of preparation and commitment by other senior players who promised to deal with it, but haven't. He's obviously had enough and Essendon have provided the lure with the opportunity to play with his younger brother. Looking at the interview with his dad when we drafted Kyle they look like a family of straight shooters.

I think now we've brought Brown in that bringing someone else in might be contingent on freeing up salary cap space ie. T Mac being traded. I assume Phillips contract might be more than what we were offering Smith.

Not if you really want that player to go for Salary Cap room or perhaps cultural reasons.

You aren't going to match a bid if you don't want to keep the player at the club though. Clearly pick 23 and Dunstan for Crouch and say pick 85 is better than trying to do a trade with the Saints who aren't going to cough up a first rounder for Crouch.

Such is the way at AFL house. Not really a surprise after Crouch racked up a strike for drug possession.

Hence 90% - unless we plan on cloning him and getting 9 Ben Browns ?

90/10 isn't 900% it's 90% - just saying.

There's whispers around that his attitude is a problem... seems to fit with Lord Nev's mail that we did our due diligence and passed.

only Free Agency. Trade week doesn't actually start until Wednesday.

It's a tactic. Clearly the quiet talk where they asked him to explore his options to support his partner in QLD didn't work so well with him saying he was staying. So now they have to make it untenable for him by publicly announcing he isn't wanted.

They will have a massive hole in their TPP now with so many wanting out and need to pay someone - draftee's unlikely to resolve the issue for them, - I think they are well served for KPF even with Cameron leaving, but they may want some insurance there and down back with Corr going as well.

I stand to be corrected, but... the issue was two fold. Firstly Mitch Clark cut his grass and secondly how the club treated Stef when he came forward to complain about an issue. Very untidy and left a bad taste in his mouth.

Agree - and he can take over from Carlisle in organising their end of season trips!

Might also put paid to any interest that the Saints had in Brown - you couldn't imagine they'd be able to fit both he and Crouch into their salary cap after bringing in Hill and Zak Jones last year.

The B&F thing may have been blown out of proportion, I have a feeling if he was annoyed it wasn't so much about where he placed, but who placed above him... not speaking with any real insight - just a 'drive-by' observation.

From who? I haven't seen any evidence that he's uncoachable. I doubt that the coaches in 2017 (B&F), 2018 (runner up) and 2019 (=B&F) thought he was uncoachable.

Interesting that Collingwood have asked the question given how tight their TPP is. De Goey possibly De Gone?

Agree A F and I'm kinda splitting hairs I know, butDe Goey doesn't currently have a manager. His father is helping him with negotiations. While I can see Oliver's management doing what manager's do about trying to get the best deal for their client (and it's an unknown how serious said player's intentions are in terms of moving clubs) for De Goey it really is all about 'show me the money'. As Nathan Buckley said he doesn't have an issue with players testing the market and that it's almost a given in modern footy, but he expects De Goey to re-sign because he loves the club and the playing group. Whether that is true or not remains to be seen. Sign on at Collingwood with your mates and the club that has stuck by you or jump ship for extra $. There's no doubt he will be well-remunerated if he stays as will Clarrie. I have no doubt there's a lot of destabilising being done by rival clubs and managers that forces clubs to prioritise their TPP and makes fans nervous. As a fan all we can do is stay strong and have confidence that there's enough cultural pull (like there was with Jack Viney) to make players want to stay with the club to achieve success... if they don't - like the old saying goes the club is always bigger than the individual.

Lachie Hunter is one of the best wingmen in the competition and I thought he was very stiff to miss the 40 man AA squad. He certainly addresses one of the key areas (outside run) the club has identified along with a KPF. If Merrett isn't a chance of moving this year than Lachie Hunter is a more than adequate alternative. It's a very big IF the Bulldogs want to trade him and Beveridge has already poured cold water on that, but.... The Bulldogs hinted that they would trade aggressively to address list deficiencies (and arguably they could more easily find a replacement on the wing than conjure up another KPP). There's also rumours that due to the problems from earlier in the year that either Lachie goes or the Dogs may have some serious issues with the rest of the playing group. He's still under contract for two more years and apparently isn't keen to leave the kennel. If he's going to be traded then you need to convince him and his manager to come to the Dees, but at the same time ensuring that whatever the off-field issues have been addressed and don't destabilise our own playing group. Besides all that it would be how you could fit Hunter and a KPF (like a Ben Brown) into the salary cap and keep enough in kitty to avoid a raid on Clayton Oliver. Considering all that it seems a long shot, but one no doubt the club will at least consider. Playing wise at least he's an ideal fit for us.

FWIW, based on that article that's been syndicated across a number of other mast heads the Cripps rumour might have legs (though whether it happens this year or next, if at all is yet to be seen) - although with Carlton making a play for De Goey, it seems they seem to have a large amount of room in their TPP to accomodate Williams, Saad and an even bigger fish. I also accept according to some reputable posters that Oliver might not be happy ATM, but I agree with you 100% the two aren't linked. There's no way anyone at the club would even entertain a conversation about trading Clarrie.-

Sorry no idea, but given that most of the rumours are about the pair returning to Perth so that she can get extra support form her family I assume she is.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8649123/AFL-Carltons-Patrick-Cripps-girlfriend-suffers-OCD-vomits-meals-amid-COVID-lockdown.html

I notice in the clip playing ruck she handballed as the first option - i'd be encouraging that rather than getting her to kick - very much in the Scott Wynd school of development.