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Pies is not a good fit for clarry in terms of pressure and expectation better to head to GWS and rebuild his career away from the limelight

We may or may not be posturing regarding Trac Ditto Suns with Humphrey Wouldn't be the first time players are traded after clubs categorically ruled it out a week earlier Time will tell

I agree in principal but it looks like Judd strung the club along all last year. He's not blameless either.

If we were able to reintegrate Trac last year after he tried to blow the place up then we are certainly able to do it this year

If a flag sooner rather than later is his preference then Gold Coast is a better option. But Brad is not considering the go home factor. And why shouldn’t he consider better pay now rather than later. Better pay and going home v a potential flag (they won their first final this year so far from the finished article). It’s hardly a clear cut choice like Johnson is implying

we have to hold our nerve and be prepared to hold trac to his contract I reckon Dimma wants Trac badly. If Bailey nominates us then the deal gets done imv

have you seen bailey humphrey play?

the other issue with Clarry's contract is his Behavorial issues were well known so at the least there should have been some good behaviour clauses to protect the club.

Ultimately, we have to be prepared to hold trac to his deal. And i'm not sure if the club are prepared to do this. if we show any indication that we will do the deal regardless we'll get screwed

We need a serious charm offensive and do our utmost to convince Humphrey to come to us. I really hope we are pulling out at the stops to make this happen. If he nominates us the deal is done. and i'm not fussed about whatever picked are given / swapped as part of the deal.

just watching the north sydney game sydney no slouches but north are brutalising them around the ball. if we're to win it we have to beat north but its very hard to see how we match them on the inside

This thread is getting heated Clarry still causing trouble for us

I don't think moving on clarry and may spells doom and gloom Trac wanting out is disappointing but we'll get some decent picks for him at worst we have a good crop of young players coming through so the rebuild/regeneration started a couple of years ago Plenty for King to work with but we have to nail picks. and ideally get another experienced player in this trade period

Is this your gut feel or based on intel? personally i find it hard to see GCS refusing pick 7

And I reckon he'll be a good influence around the club and the younger players.

He's a good option for a forward line lacking options. its 2 years on reasonable money so won't break the bank. As long as King fixes our method of delivery he should go ok. Gives JVR the opportunity to develop within having to take the no. 1 defender Welcome to Demonland and good luck Brody.

i think you're confusing him with Jeffo

Trac might have to come back to us. I think he can be reintegrated. He might be high maintenance, but he is professional. My worry is his missus. as has been discussed already she doesn't want to be in Melbourne for family reasons so we might have to settle for picks.

that would help

better off keeping Clarry

I'm not confident a casual stroll around the tan will be enough to convince Humphrey to push for a trade to us. The red carpet needs to be rolled out and a serious charm offensive is needed

Humphreys is A grade talent yet to reach his peak Trac is A grade talent who doesn't have many more years left at the top level, if in fact he can ever get back to that level post injury it'll be trac plus a decent pick for Humphreys i reckon

Flanders not coming and will be very difficult to prise Humphreys out. i think this might be what we have to settle for

Very disappointing that flanders chose saints over us but i guess thats where we are at the moment. good luck to him. ultimately out ability to rise up the ladder again will depend on our ability to draft in A grade talent. In all likelihood we won't be able to prise Humphreys from the suns so we should push for picks 6 and 7 for Trac and see what JT can find in the draft. they say its a weak draft but there have to be some quality kids with potential.