Lord Nev

6 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Looks like this one may not get done.

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.

1 minute ago, poita said:

Poor decision to keep persisting with him as a permanent forward once Brown came to the club.

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

Just now, Jaded No More said:

Except that clubs that need points already have then, and this is meant to be a shallow draft. 

Besides we can't trade pick 27, how do we get the Grundy deal done without it? 

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

1 minute ago, Jaded No More said:

How do we get the Grundy deal done then?

And who would take picks 13 and 27 for pick 6?

Technically 13 and 27 is worth more points than 6.

1 minute ago, JimmyGadson said:

..people have no idea what the ramifications would be if we'd dug our heels in any longer.

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.

1 minute ago, inanunda said:

The Jackson trade points wise works out to be pick 2.

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

1 minute ago, dazzledavey36 said:

I would hope so.

Right now my emotion is disappointed purely the fact that everything Tim Lamb had said from a stern and honest point of view is the opposite to what has happened. 

Probably why there's a sense of anger and frustration with Melbourne supporters it seem reading social media.

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...

Just now, dazzledavey36 said:

Tim Lamb has really confused me with this.

Don't talk a big talk if you can't back it up Tim..

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.

Just now, CYB said:

I thought the AFL wouldn’t let you trade Futures in more than 1 round?

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

1 minute ago, BDA said:

We got the best deal we could in the circumstances. Best to move on with our other business.

We have a reputation for being fair to deal with. It's the right policy. Except when it comes to Freo. The next time we deal with them, and we have the leverage, we should screw them to the boards.

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

6 minutes ago, Matt said:

So what pick(s) can we offer for Grundy? 27?

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

Just now, Supreme_Demon said:

A pretty disappointing result after asking for an AFL draft pick in the top 10 and a first round pick.

We should have received a better result from the Dockers for Luke Jackson.

I feel we have been screwed over.

I think we should be asking for a full explanation from Tim Lamb and the rest of the MFC list management staff as we definitely didn't get a fair trade from Fremantle for a extremely talented individual who is a Premiership player and a 2021 Norwich Rising Star Award Winner.

Just not good enough in my opinion.

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

2 minutes ago, DubDee said:

So it could work out as Pick 13, 12 and 30 (next year) for Bedford and 44 and 67

Next years draft is meant to be excellent so 12 and 30 should be able to be packages to get into top 10

Not too bad, considering

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

5 minutes ago, Stiff Arm said:

Come on buddy, eyes on the ball

Move on

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.

1 minute ago, Stiff Arm said:

Straw man comment. Not unexpected

1 minute ago, Stiff Arm said:

And yet ANB was in ours

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

1 minute ago, Lucifers Hero said:

Thank you.

I doubt their will be a 'demise' per se.  Just that success isn't always linear and they will need to educate/assimilate quite a few new players in their game plan, rolls, ball movement etc so it most likely a slide for just a year.

They have great midfield guns and Mundy's experience was huge in the mid-field.  Fyfe is injured more often than not so not sure who will be the mature steadying force in the midfield for them.

It was interesting that they were on a long winning streak and then when Fyfe came in they started to lose.  While there were other reasons I think he upset a winning formula and they never quite found a home for him.  Lack of maturity in the team to adjust?

Just not sure they are mature enough or settled enough to absorb the changes to their best 22/25.

Time will tell

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.