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He's an upgrade on the Weid. We might get a year or 2 decent service while JVR is establishing himself. cover for BB and TMac both of home are injury prone as they get older. Granted, we don't know if he'll get back to his 2021 form given his knee injury but this is low cost, best available option play. There's not much downside in my view.

Thought I heard Lamb say the club would facilitate a trade if the opportunity arose. We’re well stocked defensively and would likely free up some cap so it makes sense from an MFC perspective I reckon.

Don't understand the hostility. We're swapping out a player we don't require for someone that will bolster our KPF stocks. It's a low cost depth play. Not much downside and you never know, he might kick 20-25 goals for us next season

This episode highlights the danger of letting players run down their contracts. You end up relying on good faith negotiations with the likes of Peter bellend. We have no leverage. It’ll be 13 and their f1.

that ship has sailed. he's going home

They had Cerra as well. He would have been included in the deal for sure

In all honesty what leverage do we have? Hope Peter Bellend does the right the thing and pays fair compensation? Good luck with that

It’ll be 13 and their future first. Can’t see how freo trade into the top 10. if we end up with Grundy, 13 and a f1 in exchange for Jackson and 2 round pick I think on balance that’s an ok outcome. In terms of freo and Peter bellend I’ll be joyfully death riding freo first rounder. I can’t think of anything more satisfying that watching them tank next year. I won’t be surprised if they miss finals and we end up with a top 10 pick anyways.

If he's such a terrible leader why did Collingwood give him a 7 year deal on $1m per year. Rendell is just denigrating Grundy because he wants to leave his beloved pies. Very transparent

Hard to go past the MacLeod Groome trade. An absolute shocker

Agent Jayden on the case. Good lad

This trade stinks to high heavens. The suns are a joke and the cats are taking the pizz. The AFL had to take a look at the books at the cattery. Very suspect

He’s been doing a good job overall so well worth the extension. I had my doubts a few years ago. The handball happy game plan just wasn’t working. He corrected mid season and us got to a prelim. Since then the performance of the team has been very good. No shame losing out to the crows the last 2 years. Looks to have the pieces in place this year for a red hot cracks And he obviously has a great relationship with the players

Whitfield is an excellent player. Good disposal. Just what we need. If he is genuinely gettable I’d prefer him over Grundy.

Phew! I was worried when I saw this thread bob up again.

WC Pick 2 and their second rounder is about right. freo are hopeless. LJ needs to know we’re not going to be dicked around by them and be prepared to play for West Coast because Peter Bellend is a numptie

Looks like Luke is going to do the right by us. Fair play. The deal with west coast should be straight forward. Hopefully they don’t start playing silly buggers. Just get it done.

The doggies have had a soft run. they've beaten GWS, Freo, Port and the Hawks who are all siting in the bottom 6. They've been beaten by North and Geelong We'll beat them handy I reckon.

Essendon are hilarious For those that don't know, it been 6,556 days since they won a final

Surely the board have received positive vibes from the state government otherwise why persist with the MCG precinct. If we get knocked back there will be a lot of egg on the faces of our board members. Like others i just want to know where we stand. Will the government come through for us or not. I don't understand why it needs to take so long. Give us an answer, one way or the other, so we can move on with other plans

Pointless fake trade Straight swap Schache for the Weid

Makes sense. Bundle up picks we're not using anyway for 27 which we send to the pies for Grundy. No messing about from the MFC. Just getting it done. Freo should take note.

You would think West Coast would like nothing more than to gazump Freo in this deal. Freo are amatuers. All year to prepare for the trade and it looks like they have sat on their hands

I don’t get the feeling freo are being serious. We should ask for a player. Serong or Young perhaps

I dislike him cos he ducks a lot. ducked to win a free kick against us in the granny which he scored from. I just don't like the guy or his baggage