Lord Nev

Wonder if Meek comes into calculations at all?

Weid out a solution: Dees-Dons trade could set off dominoes Melbourne key forward Sam Weideman is poised to move to Essendon for a pick that will enter discussions to try to finalise the Luke Jackson to Fremantle trade and have a cascading effect on a range of other deals. As the trade period enters its final days the Demons and Bombers are close to a deal over the former top-10 draft pick for a future third-round selection. The Bombers have had success in teasing out the best in another unfulfilled top-10 talent in Peter Wright, after he won this year’s club best and fairest two years after a trade from the Gold Coast for a fourth-round pick. The Dons will hope for a similar result with Weideman, 25. With a draft pick also likely to come in for Toby Bedford moving to GWS – the Giants’ initial offer of pick 44 has been rejected – the Demons will have scope to find a solution to the Jackson deal. The Dockers have offered pick 13 and their future first-round selection to the Demons. Melbourne want something more for the premiership player, who was pick 3 in the draft three years ago, given the Dockers’ future first-round pick is only forecast to be another selection in the teens. Freo will be inclined to add a future second-round pick to the two first-round picks if they get a selection back from Melbourne, such as Essendon’s future third they receive for Weideman, or the Bedford pick.

Everyone's been busy talking about Tomlinson for Bruce, what if we ended up doing Tomlinson for Hunter...? Just a thought.

I'm not against it as an idea at all, particularly with Jackson, Daw and Mitch Brown gone as well, I'm just saying it's not necessarily 'cheap' given it's the same money as Tomlinson. If we were able to sign him to a 2 year deal where the 2nd year was say $150-200k then it's worthwhile, but I don't see the point in 1 year at 500k tbh.

It's not low cost though, he's apparently on 500k.

Yes, I'm sure he was just lying for absolutely no reason.

Lamb said Tomlinson is an AFL player and should be playing AFL so they were happy to help find him a team where that was more guaranteed. Not sure on 'well stocked defensively'. I don't think we have any other depth 'key defenders' really. Smith isn't one, Turner might become one but at the moment he's more intercept type IMO. In saying that, I'm not totally against Bruce to add forward depth, but would rather trade someone like Harmes and get a pick back as well. Tommo and Bruce are both on the same money, so doesn't help the cap space.

I got caught out by it at first too, was a bit muddled.

No, that was Lobb, the quote got confused.

Tim Lamb said Howes was close to debuting before getting injured.

A player we "don't require" that played 8 games? (Bruce played 5)

If WC end up with 8 and 12, do things get a bit more spicy here?

Barring injury, JVR and Howes will be in and around the 22 next year IMO.

Didn't hear it myself, but pretty sure it came from a caller and Cal Twomey said something along the lines of 'have heard it, haven't been able to confirm it'.

That would be a pretty good reason why we wouldn't do that trade IMO.

Maybe, but we also have list depth to make up - Jackson, Daw and Mitch Brown all gone. Grundy in, but seemingly no replacements for the others yet. *This is if the rumour has any weight of course.

At least we know he'd kick a bag in intraclubs...

Not starting a thread for it, and missed it myself - but apparently someone called in to Trade Radio and said Josh Bruce has done a medical at the Dees and is expecting to be an MFC player next year. Not sure what level of nuff involved.

No argument Petty>Tommo. Think it'll just come down to the balance between the loss in defence vs the gain in attack.

If we're going on amount of games, then Tomlinson is a better back than Petty is a forward. For mine, Tommo isn't and wouldn't have to be as good as Petty in the backline, we have May, Lever, Salem, Bowey, Hibberd, Rivers etc all around him so he just has to play the role well enough and those guys can provide the top quality. Aside from the reach he has, I think Petty going forward gives us better pressure and intensity inside 50 as well, and that will actually help the backline. All that adds up to absolutely worth trying in my book.

IG is apparently "Australia’s number one trading platform" so kinda makes sense...

Just waiting for Mach5 to call for Pert's head over this...

Melbourne is being urged to accept Fremantle’s best offer of pick 13 and a future first-round pick for Luke Jackson and get on with the business of securing Brodie Grundy. Fremantle has made clear its best offer of those two first-round picks will not improve as it attempts to hold its line and still secure the brilliant hybrid ruckman Jackson. West Coast has publicly stated it is still in the race for Jackson as it moves towards splitting its No. 2 pick for the Power’s No. 8 selection and a future first-round pick but all roads point to Jackson arriving at Fremantle. Fremantle’s view is that very few players are worth more than two first-round picks without a rival handing back a second or third-round selection. (Not the whole article)