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I think they are spent, mate...

Give GC their pick back? I don't think so...

ND7 is essntially ND6 with ND6 in GCs hands - they will have to use that for points I assume.

Yeah, but who cares? If we make decisions based on things that 'might' happen in the future - we won't make a decision. Besides, we can trade 2017 First rounder plus any number of players. I don't think it will be an issue - the bigger issue is getting Prestia to want to leave and for him to nominate us.

What's his name? I am assuming it is a playing role, not interning at the Dees Shop or doing IT for the website...

Seems like? Perhaps they want more of an assurance than 'seems like'... They have one particular player in mind for that pick and the last bloke these guys singled out from a long way out was Angus Brayshaw. I am excited about who they have targeted.

Mate, it is our pick from 2016. The AFL hasn't stipulated it properly because they don't know what they are doing - but it is our pick.

I am simply whelmed. I'm in the Goldilocks Zone of Whelming.

When is a top ten pick different to other top 10 picks? When they are in the top 3. And we have that pick. I will back ourselves to stay above BL, Carl, and Ess at least...

We can include them - Petracca hasn't played a game at AFL level either - I am still going to include him. Including Kent and Salem as midfielders is fine, but your judgement is noted...

My bad, LH.

Bastinac is rumoured to be going to the Lions for ND17 and Bewick... We are dealing with Essendon here - I was surprised they settled so early with us on ND25 for Melksham. This haggling stuff is a two way street and while I would put any club to the sword and pick up someone in the PSD - maybe the player doesn't like that answer and maybe he says to his new coach 'well, I would like to stay rather than risk it.' In the end - I am sorry to say - the difference between ND25 and ND29 is infinitesimal.

Excuse me? I don't think he was handled poorly. He didn't set the forward line on fire and Roos tried to salvage something for him back. He played his best games back but makes mistakes and you can't have a HBF that makes mistakes - they are there to kick it so McDonald does that less. So, yeah, I don't fell let down by the club...

Well, it's a misguided point for the reasons already stated. We couldn't have played this game of trade chicken - we didn't want to keep him! Let's get the pitchforks out for when we lose a Beams calibre player.

Telling the truth isn't the problem - the truth being the truth is the problem. Best way to become a destination club? Win footy games.

I'm all for the tactic - we are doing an abridged version - where we get in known commodities over the speculative players in late picks - having said that - it can turn badly quickly when you don't replenish your list with young players and, yes, I am aware that 'big clubs are taking all the players!1!' but are they? And who did the big clubs get this week. Are they the club changing A graders? Dangerfield is. But no-one else is.

So a Bird in the hand is worth the two players we have got? Seriously, though, not getting Craig Bird is the deemotivator? Really? If you are looking for C grade HBFs - Jake Melksham is already there.

How accurate is your mail?

Such as?

You can be aggressive as you want - but if you cannot convince players of note to come - they will not come. Which player that changed clubs should we have acquired and why? Where should we have focussed our aggression?

He was sub 12 times in 25 games... If you look at Time On Ground % - Toumpas averaged 72% compared to Kennedy's 59% in 2015. Kennedy hasn't averaged more than 59% TOG in his three years. In his 3 full games last year he had 15, 12, and 15 touches. Not prolific but they would play different roles these two - similar but different.

There are endless picks. If we trade away all our picks - there will be more - enough to fill our list - that's why clubs have multiple 'passes' at the end. GWS had about 6 'passes' a couple years ago.

Hopefully that is the last absolute balls up with high picks...

We have Hogan and McDonald. Why reach for talls?

Yeah, you always do that for good players... I have no doubt that we saw his value to GC as a boon - but we really didn't see him as a player to keep and that is how Collingwood got him at market value... This isn't the disaster you are spruiking that it is...