Lord Nev

Why's that mate? Heard something? The trade embargo is on now, so even though clubs are talking through deals nothing can be actually done until 3pm.

They didn't. It was about that time that Weid started playing much more ruck.

I hear ya, just making a call on the comparative worth based on the points system.

Technically 13 and 27 is worth more points than 6.

This is really important IMO. We've got this done before the really busy part of the trade period. I think we have more coming, but even if we don't we've given ourselves plenty of time to make more opportunities.

There's no way of saying that without knowing what next year's picks will be.

Yeah for sure. definitely feels like that right now. I'm just holding fire til we see what happens. We've got this done 'early' in terms of the rush of the last few days, and things change so I wouldn't be surprised if something has come up in the meantime and we're getting on with business.

Real Tanner Bruhn vibes...

Something else will bob up now I reckon, perhaps something we haven't expected much. We get deals done like this when we have something else to get on with I reckon.

Freo have North's future 2nd, so it's all good.

Reckon we preemptively screwed them with the Hogan deal...

Freo's future 2nd? Would they take the gamble that would be higher than 27 this year?

The end result is all that matters, so let's just wait and see the whole picture.

44 is GWS' pick, so it's the above picks for Jackson, Bedford and 67.

Fair enough mate. For mine, I think they're better without Acres. Take this for what it's worth as I didn't watch every Freo game this year, but I felt like their attacking game style made them vulnerable on turnover and Acres is an absolute butcher from what I've seen. Logue and Lobb are harder to replace, so bringing in Jackson, Sharp and Corbett is a gamble somewhat and I reckon that combined with how their young core of Darcy, Brayshaw, Young and Serong develop next year; those will be the main factors in terms of their playing group. Longmuir's development as a coach will be important too. Freo are a hard one to pick I reckon, they could be pretty different next year in all aspects.

It's almost like the premiership winning AFL coaches understand the game better than Demonlanders...

Yeah absolutely a fair call. Given the age of their key talent it wouldn't be a shock to see them have a down year before bouncing back.