ChaserJ

If they want us to send a pick back, I’d want the future 2nd from North to be added to package. At that point I’d add a future 3rd (2nd at a stretch) back to them. Failing Freo lifting a finger to get us a pick further up the order, that’s a deal that would work.

Yeah, I’m of the view that if we can’t get a pick inside 5 (accounting for Ashcroft bid) you can almost throw a blanket over the next 25. If Freo can’t do a deal that gives us a chance of getting that very high pick, then take 13 & two futures. Losing overall draft value to end up selecting with pick in the 6-10 range isn’t worth it this year in my opinion.

They wanted the future pick for their gun key forward in next year’s academy crop (Jed Walter). Expecting a bid will come well inside first round (& GCs capacity to walk their academy kids in the door without matching bids will wrap up this year).

Collingwood wanted a pick inside 25 for Grundy. With Brisbane acquiring 21 & 25 today, pick 27 will likely slide up to 25 after Brisbane match bids. No need to do any extra work to give Collingwood a better pick, we’ve effectively met the asking price.

We’ve now got a raft of 3rd rd picks to send back to help them with bid matching.

If it did happen to be Essendon’s 2nd, there’s our pick for Grundy.

High quality user by foot. Likes the physical stuff and was right up there in f50 tackles last year and good at winning the ball at stoppages. He and Tracc rotating between mid/fwd would be terrific. Alternatively could play out of defence for us too.

I’d be keen to see Thomas in. Feels like another that didn’t necessarily get the right support around him this year (with personal issues). Think he’d go well at Dees and have a couple of roles he could thrive in. Was tracking really well before this year.

That ‘22 pick would want to have been upgraded to a pick comfortably inside the first 10 for us to send a 2nd back the other way.

Thanks @Whispering_Jack. Would love to see Tsatas bolting up and down the wing for us. He probably sits just behind Cadman on my list of players I’d like to see drafted by Melbourne this period (Sheezel around the mark too).

The musical performers. They’ve been able to play a full 2 hour gig in the ‘short’ breaks.

I’m still trying to get my head around the Dogs pitch to Lobb. They’ve told him that they want him to be their no.1 forward target. I don’t get it.

Isn’t part of the issue here that apart from individual base remuneration and incentives, player contracts are standardised (agreed by AFL & AFLPA)? If these clauses allow termination (rather than provide financial incentive) the whole applecart gets turned over.

Thanks for sharing @chook fowler. Can you share whether the player was from Melbourne or were they from the Dogs?

Fagan did have an opportunity to provide comment: https://twitter.com/rustyjacko/status/1572564608954826752?s=20&t=-k9Rg1BQiwXtqrdZX7nVhQ

Surely you could trade for Bowes & his ‘expensive’ 2 years and then negotiate an extension which balances out the deal over a longer period?

That may have been the best champs game I’ve seen. The standard in that last quarter was very high.

Has looked very good. Moving up from the edge of the first round methinks:

And a finding would be made on balance of probabilities and the reliability of the accounts which would be assessed by the panel. There appears to be a sizeable number of accounts already provided as well as those yet to be ascertained, in order to make an informed assessment. On Hawthorn initiating the investigation, it was commissioned in response to the Cyril revelations earlier in the year. That should have been the end of Kennett then and there, but he’s still quietly transitioning out of the role.

Russell Jackson is one of the finest journalists in the country and broken some of the biggest stories in recent times. No question on his sources and veracity of his story. This is a shameful story and can only hope it leads to a positive inflection point for society at large. The depths that clubs have ‘allegedly’ plumbed to achieve success continue to shock.

Further to this, Alwyn Davey could go anywhere from 15 to 25, meaning that 22 could well go & Bombers might want some points to match the f/s bid. I would be quite happy with MFC bidding on Davey with p13/14, his pace & skill wouldn’t go astray in our fwd line.

One of three that came to mind when I heard that GC might be willing to trade out players that you wouldn’t expect to see on the block. Wouldn’t be surprised to see Flanders go as well. Joel Jeffrey the one I’d be keen on getting out (unlikely, especially now that Rankine is out).

Pies have delisted the Brown brothers and Liam McMahon. McMahon was a 2nd round pick on potential in 2020, 198cm forward with a good leap. Pies are very conscious of cap space, think McMahon would be a good rookie candidate to see if he can develop into a low cost fwd option.

Well, this thread got weird.

Hotton was very good again tonight. Should go in that 10-20 range, would love him at the Dees.