Matsuo Basho

The Suns aren’t giving up an opportunity to draft Lukosius or Rankine for picks 10 & 11. Not in a million years.

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Oh FFS. You think we’d be the only club after May next year? Try getting in line with about 10 others. We have a chance to get him now and he sounds keen to come to the Dees. You don’t baulk at that or try to get cute by naively thinking “we’ll just wait 12 months and get him for nothing.” Silly thinking.

Or Freo could finish last and Hogan’s foot could collapse again. We might get pick 1. Who knows.

*double facepalm* Not even going to bother correcting you.

SA boys Lukosius and Rankine set to go top 3. Pick 5 won’t get them to the Adelaide clubs.

Pick 5 will go out immediately for May.

I advocated this same deal a few days ago and reckon it sits about right. We get pick 5 and an upgraded first rounder (likely To be a pick between 5 - 10) in 2019. Freo get Hogan and stay in the first round of 2019, albeit at a later pick (14+). It’s a deal which puts the onus on Freo to back themselves to rise up the ladder with Hogan. I’d be happy with this trade.

Peter Bell is trolling media dupes harder than Sacha Baron Cohen at the moment. Pretty pointless though. Hasn’t fazed the MFC none.

In what way?

Finally a journo reporting fact. Not half-baked opinion.

I’m not seeing how that makes a difference B’bub? Whether they called Hogan or us first seems immaterial, at the end of the day they have to deal with us.

Here’s the reason for the hold up. Basically Peter Bell has dug heels in over Lachie Neale. This impasse has the potential to bog every other club down in the mud until the final day of trade week. Mahoney might have to consider issuing Freo a deadline. Monday 5pm or all Hogan talks end and the player remains a Demon. Looking increasingly like Bell needs to have some proper heat placed on him. https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/afl-trade-news-reason-behind-fremantlebrisbane-impasse-over-lachie-neale-revealed/news-story/95b3cc46c67d0b42e33c218d6b56afa4

“Wingard to either Hawks or Bulldogs.” What a genius. This rumour has only been around what, a month? Someone get Tommy Browne a Walkley, stat!

Tom Browne doesn’t strike me as your typical Rhodes Scholar. I could easily see a crafty little bugga like Peter Bell feeding him disinformation. And him swallowing it.

We didn’t shop him around OldDee. But it does take two to tango. Freo clearly came banging on our door hard with promises of gold, silver, frankincense and myrrh this time, so we’ve let them inside the security grille to cast an eye over their wares. I believe that’s all that’s happened here. Two willing traders, yes. But Freo definitely initiated it.

Happy with that. Reckon this moves Tyson closer out the door.

Dees fans want pick 5 & 6. Freo fans only want to give pick 5 & nothing else. What’s the bet it ends up being pick 5 & 13 and everyone ends up feeling like they’re taking their second favourite girl to the prom? That’s usually how life goes isn’t it ...

The Suns will not accept a pick over 10 for May. They have no incentive to. The AFL will ensure they receive Band1 compo for him next season if he goes. That’ll be a pick in the top 5 of next year’s draft. Like it or not pick 5 from Freo will come into play in our acquisition of May should this trade eventuate. He is in the top 5 fullbacks in the AFL. Wouldn’t be a single industry insider who would share your view that he’s not.

Who says they are prioritising Lobb over Hogan? All spin. They are desperate for Hogan but their hands are tied until the Neale impasse is broken.

Oh definitely. As we saw in the WC v Pies Grand Final the margin between loss and victory can be very slender between the top 4 sides. Has your Pies supporting friend heard that Sydney are now trying to poach their gun defender Tom Langdon? Miss out on May AND lose Langdon and suddenly things get difficult for the Pies in 2019!

Hogan will ONLY request a trade once a deal has been agreed between Melbourne and Fremantle. Which may or may not even happen. Melbourne has told him (and Freo) we will be holding him to the final year of his CONTRACT if we are not suitably recompensed in trade. Hogan will say nothing until this happens.

Tucker and Langdon are solid citizens in a 14th ranked team. At a Melbourne that has realistic top 4 claims they are battling it out with the ANBs and Hannans for a spot in the 22. Whether we rank Hogan the 3rd or 6th best current Melbourne player, these sorts of fringe players are steak knives in any mooted trade deal. It’s May and a decent first round pick. Or May and a Freo top 5 player. I wouldn’t entertain anything less than that.

Agree. Hogan is about the sixth most important player at Melbourne. A trade where Freo is trying to pull him off our list while still on contract should net us two players who would be in the best 12 of our 22. Or equivalent value in draft picks. Fringe players won’t cut it.