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You can get away with having contested game players in your midfield, but it needs to be balanced. He may not need to change too much at another club.

Where does Pick 6, Jed Water and Jake Rogers land on the sphere of realism? I'd love BH but not sure we get that so trying to think of other options that would be good for us that aren't 26+ years of age.

Just looking at the human side, he's got 3 young kids - We were offering more security to him but GWS played hardball and now potentially he has nothing for 2026. That's why I feel sad for him

That's actually a lot of money in 2025

Any chance we change our minds if May is moved on?

Out of curiosity, for the draft enthusiasts amongst us, for comparative purposes, are there any other "weak" drafts from the past you recommend we check out?

Then we'll be up in arms about the draft, then the fixture, then pre-season supplementary drafts, then best 23s etc

Last post came out a bit meaner than intended, will try redeem it with the next few onya Spargs.

Agreed, that's why i said ignoring trade capital. Definitely have an ace up our sleeve there.

More like Spargone. Pick in the early 40s not bad considering output last few years. wonder if they'll use it or try bundle up to move up

Ignoring trade capital for a bit, As soon as a $ is floated, they can go to other clubs and say Melbourne are offering $X, what about you? no issue with a ballpark being given for now. Player agents would be able to give a relatively accurate guestimate to the players as well.

Always find these statements/interviews interesting. Are the responses just aimed to media/fans more so than a bargaining tool. Clearly each respective clubs knows where things stand from the discussions they have with each other. Don't get the public chess game sometimes.

Interesting focus on " the role our high-performance team played" -

Oliver doing the "dirty work" for Daicos and Co makes some sense for them though. But hardly replacing the steady heads of Pendles/Sidebottom long-term

yeh but the crux of if is you're suggesting he forgoes ~$3,500,000 to stay in Melbourne.

Only good thing about Butters maybe being available as a "Pre-agent" it might distract some people away from B Humphrey

Probably the wrong thread for it, but with the extra spot on the bench, wonder how many coaches will have an big fella there

If we sign this lad, cant write to post about him on the Dmnlnd.cm/frm

playing alongside the younger forwards will take pressure off them and as said before they might learn a thing or 2. We have a decent amount of young fellas (JvR, Jeffo, Kentfield) - will they all make it? TBC But this might help them, so a stop-gap option. Also having a good fwd will assist the mids find their groove.

Him and Melky can help teach the younger brigade on the field. Petty can go back. Low risk move

Whether it works or not, re-signing NAS and Windhager... adding TDK, Silvani, Aleer....going for Ryan etc On the face of it they definitely 'seem' more ambitious than a club who seemingly want to take a step backwards to move forward. I think its ultimately wont achieve much but at least theyre trying something.

Welcome that pick to Melbourne then?

Sad how its worked out, but much better seeing him in a GWS top than Geelong.

At least the Oliver thread can get back on Trac