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For mine both these statements have merit. I’m in the need a player camp but I don’t see a world where Petracca comes back to us. If we accept 6 and 17 then we’ve blinked first by a wide margin. The club has to get a starting 18 player out of GC in any deal. Take the picks, dump the entire salary and get to work on next year’s trade and free agency period.

Whilst it’s always been highly unlikely what these guys say doesn’t change the dial.

Do you believe there’s any chance Humphrey leaves GC for us?

This is how I’m feeling about the whole situation we’re in.

That goes both ways. Offer us something decent so we don’t laugh in their faces next time we hold the whip hand.

The annoying thing is he very likely is good enough.

With our list and club where it is and with Tassie on the horizon there’s no world where we could risk losing Koz. The flow on effects are almost more damaging than the player himself.

Josh Jenkins has that sewn up.

Well my usual barista is my partner so it was just nice to get a coffee without be asked to do something. Trade news was the bonus. The fact he then turned out to be a Melbourne supporter really turned it into the BANG BANG BANG of coffee outings.

I’d love the club to say pick 12 or a solid player or it’s the PSD. I know we won’t do it but jeez it would feel good watching him run around for WC.

Just when you think you sound smart!

Jeepers, you sign guys like this as soon as possible. Imagine the next 2 years of media around Kozz if he hadn’t signed. As it is they’ll probably be saying he wants out.

I’ve been told that he’s 100% coming. I will say that this mail comes via a Barista who knows the family. On a tighter ship I’d keep this to myself as little more than hearsay but here on Demonland we roll this stuff around as Fact.

Possibly but Hardwick would surely have watched Petracca this year. I just don’t see him switching out the two and thinking he’s improved their chances. I’d take Humphrey over Petracca in 2026 everyday of the week.

Agreed but if you’re GC why do you let him go for Petracca when he’s contracted on low money for 3 more years? This is the bit that has the question marks around it and is the reason we’re even in the conversation to land him. It’s what’s in those question marks that makes this intriguing.

MFC in the Bailey Humphrey section

Yes but the other clubs do t have the Petracca Chips we do

We’ll have to agree to disagree on this. My theory on Humphrey is his manager is trying to get his client more dollars, likely by squeezing GC. My thoughts are he’d be needing some offers from outside clubs to make this happen. That’s where we knock him over and make us his next club. Either way it’s all a long shot.

I’m sorry but that makes even less sense. “We’ll give you more money but you have to commit to us before we tell you how much”

Personally I reckon his manager is angling for a contract bump for his young star. $800k is cheap on the open market and the number will likely come out soon enough.

Why would Humphrey nominate us before we show him the money? Makes no sense.

We’re simply not getting him for a million a year. It’ll be $1.5million x (“insert ruinous number of years here”) He’s exactly the player this club needs. This deal would change our club for the better overnight. I seriously don’t think that’s hyperbole although I’ve pumped a lot of caffeine today.

IF Humphrey nominates us and we start the bidding then we really should be able to get this deal done without cashing in all our chips. Give them Pick 23 this year. It’ll be the swindle of the century if we pull this off though.

Pick 3-6 in 2026 can’t be on the table. Next years draft is very important to us.

This is surely the salt being rubbed into the wound of a club that had its 2 biggest stars burn out in front of our eyes. The FD should be ropeable about this happening.