Bring-Back-Powell

You want to avoid the stadium where we played out best footy at? I'd happily play a home game at Etihad if it means we'll play the style of footy that was on show in our great wins over St Kilda, Essendon and Bulldogs this year. If we're going to keep dishing out the garbage and complacent MCG efforts like we did against Freo, North and Collingwood, then I'm all for playing more games at Etihad.

Avoid North in Hobart. We've copped them there 2 years in a row.

He got 15 touches and a goal against us in that round 4 game.

Yeah we were a goal kicking machine in season 2000. We kicked 100 points or more in 17 of our 25 games.

The true definition of a goal kicking midfielder during his prime years of 1999-2004. 32 goals from 25 games ain't a bad effort for a midfielder (back in 2000). I think he kicked 7 goals combined in the 2000 prelim and grand final.

If all of Geelong, Port and Sydney low ball us with offers (pick 30 and beyond), then surely Watts stays?

Yes he was a horrid player, but I can recall there were a few excited Demonlanders to have he and Shannon Byrnes on board. As for the thread, I'm struggling to work out what it's doing on the Trade & Leverage Board. Infact I'm struggling to work out what it's doing on Demonland full stop.

Amazing how under performing players keep getting contracts.

I hate it when he kicks goals. 9 out of his 10 career goals have come in losses. Infact the only time he kicked a goal in a win was in that famous Hawthorn win of 2016.

And those same fans will be screaming for 2 top 5 picks for Lever.

Will we still have pay a portion of his salary, given he has 2 years left?

The Ox on SEN reckons Goodwin and/ or a certain assistant or development coaching staff wants him out while the recruiting and lost management department are desperate to retain him. He also thought it would be a massive mistake trading him.

Unless we can get a pick within 25 or a quality player in return, Watts has to stay with us. We'll probably have pay some of his contract to Port wouldn't we?

A poor man's Matt Jones.

I wouldn't be giving Viney the sole captaincy until they can prove his foot is 100%.

We're on the verge of finals and preliminary finals. We should be buying players not selling them. I don't want another Jeremy Howe success story going to Collingwood.

What's the record number of votes for a second year player? i have him finishing with 18.

The thing I like about VDB is he's really hard to tackle which is a great attribute to have at this level. He is also an excellent and strong over head mark inside 50. Plus he once turned a game on its head with 3 goals in a qtr when we were on track for a disastrous home loss to GC. Having said that, I'm far from convinced he'll make it.

If we traded Petracca for Lever and Lever ends up having the better career and we also retain our picks, then we'd win on that trade right?

AWESOME! Back to the rounds 1 to 7 days of not having a major sponsor on our jumper. Sarcasm intended.

Like most of the side he started the year well, but then tailed off a tad after we played Sydney.

On the Sunday footy show, Barrett supremely confident we'll get Lever but it's going to cost us big time and we're not just talking salary cap.

Didn't mind his season to be brutally honest. He got better as the season went on, while many others got worse.

You what?

One of the disappointment stories of 2017. The fact that in his 4th year at the club nobody has a clue on his best position would suggest to me that he's a failed top 10 draft pick.