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Shocking outcome. Our haul is the minimum we should have received for Jackson let alone losing Bedford for essentially nothing. Pretty annoyed at this

I thought the trade period couldn't be going any worse. Then I saw a Josh Bruce thread

We're gonna get reamed by Freo here

Next year's draft is better

West Coast would have to be favorites to secure LJ now you would have thought. I can't see a way Freo meet our demands without trading out a talented youngster

The issue is next year when his current contract expires. Don't think I can stomach another season of speculation and distraction like we just had with Jackson

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Cornes doubling down on radio this morning. Calling yesterday's statement a lie. The only thing that's going to make this go away is Kozzie's signature unfortunately

Jordon was coming 4th in the best and fairest after Rd 16 and was probably heading for a top 6 finish if injury didn't strike him down. Sure, he's not a line breaking natural winger but he cracks in, defends brilliantly, hits targets and plays team first footy. And he's only 21. Thought he had a fine season.

Reports that Tarryn Thomas could be keen on a change of scenery. His skillset would compliment our midfield group perfectly

Can't see indiscretions by ex staff from a decade ago weighing on his decision that heavily. Could be wrong

Bring it home Clayton 🥇

Got on pretty good authority we've already had a chat to Stevie J. Being courted by a handful of Vic clubs.

All of the three you mentioned have either already requested a trade or are about to request one. If you're only concerned about next season than don't, there's no way we trade him. Just pray he doesn't stall negotiations and create a distraction for the team throughout 2023

I don't think anyone is concerned about this season, it's next when he's a free agent. If they don't handle it soon it will become a headline and chip away at team morale for 12 months like Jackson did.

Gonna need our leaders to rally around him and convince him we're the place to be. Trac, Brayshaw, Viney, Gawn. Losing Jackson hurts, losing Kozzie cannot happen.

If we lose kozzie our forward line would have as much X factor as Zac Dawson.

Where from?

I keep reading about our need for a key fwd, the truth is theres no A grade ones that are available unless you attempt to entice the likes of a McKay way over market value to leave. Do we really want that? We would have to pay McKay over 1 mill per year to force him out of Carlton. So we go to the draft and grab Cadman, he won't be ready straight away. The only solution I can think of that makes sense is including a promising ruck/fwd in the Jackson deal such as Oscar Allen or Lobb. Other than that our salary cap won't allow us to make a 6 figure play at a superstar key fwd.

He is very good mates with Kozzie as well, would want to make sure there is no go home factor before making the call. From a pure football perspective I love this, he would flourish in our system.

Can Kate Roffey and the club please get this sorted out? We will continue getting bent over on the MCG until we have a training ground that allows us to simulate game day on our home deck. Enough talk, more action

Gutted. Was like watching a slow motion car crash last night, lost all composure and method with ball in hand as soon as Brisbane increased their intensity. The positional needs were laid bare for everyone to see, a centre half forward and outside mids should be top of the wish list for Jason Taylor. Gameplan needs a real tweak. Let's continue to ply our trade in improving this team defence which is for the most part our biggest asset, but put a ton and I mean a TON of time into connection and forward craft. Look at a new forward coach, offensive co-ordinator... Freshen the ideas up. We have the talent to go again, burn up the track in the off season, make smart recruiting decisions and reconstruct ourselves for another assault at 14.

Coming off a shorter pre season, as well as injuries has taken it's toll. Still can't understate what a profound loss Darren Burgess is. I'm sure Griffith learnt a lot as his understudy but Burgess was a genius.

Wasn't sure where to post this but listening to the pure footy show with David King and Daniel Hoyne from champion data - they were talking about how since round 11 we have a points differential of -97 points in 4th quarters... Only West coast and north are worse. Says plenty about our ability to run out games

Our team defence slaughters them. We should and will go into this red hot favorites, petracca or not.