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Footy is a funny thing, before Jones went on his Bluey spree of three in a row, he was very close to moving to Essendon. Very close.

No, see my post above.

No, I agree with you. It reminds me of those losers who thought last year that Paul Roos was a chance to coach us. What a bunch a of unrealistic no-hopers - why even waste phone money calling people like that? Everyone knows that you should only pick the fruit you know you can get...

Who is the coach at the minute?

Yes, but that is idiotic reasoning; Luke Hodge would not have played a game from October to March. That's 5 months! Get a game you hack!

We got it, buddy. We are now aware what this means:

They will opt to do that on Thursday at 2pm. They haven't opted into anything until then.

Oh boy... We are going to need a bigger boat...

And people also get hung up on steak knives - "Pick 3 fair enough but do we have to give Pick 23?" I'm sorry but we are not in a position to turn down trades if clubs want our second round picks or perennially crocked solid citizens - we need some quality players and we need them now. I don't think this is an existential question but we have got to make the most of the three off seasons with Roos giving the spiel.

What if Lever becomes a star of the game? What will you say then. History will judge this trade if it eventuates, we won't know the sum of it and all we will be doing is what we are doing in this thread - baring our neurosis concerning an aspect of the game we get all too often wrong.

They better get this right. That's the guts of my opinion. I want to get better and we are rumoured to be moving on two blokes with feet issues on good coin who played a total of 2 games last season. I understand the desire to get some output for your outlay. But clubs are funny things, they drive and thrive on emotion and just because you were apart of the failed times, doesn't mean you can't be apart of the success. This smacks me as a cog in a larger plan or they really like this Lever kid who might be there around ND12. They better get this right.

Away from the computer to receive my jumper for winning the flag with my team up here and come back to this? Jeez... Makes me feel ill. Trengove running around with Dusty with Jake King watching on? I just threw up in my mouth. This better work. I know good culture - this hurts, they better Get.This. Right.

Effectively, he is at the club now. Surely 2015 and 2016 should be him developing a body to deal with the rigours of modern footy. I really hope we don't see much of him in the next two years.

It wasn't even Moneyball when Neeld did what he did. Neeld brought in players from other clubs aho, as you say, were of a different quality than the ones that Roos has been able to get. Dawes, Clark, Pedersen, Byrnes, Gillies and Rodan. Tyson, Vince, Cross, Garlett, Michie, Riley, and Lumumba. It is not Moneyball, it is just recruitment. One being far better at it than the other. Frankly, as someone who knows baseball, those that relate Moneyball to what happens in the AFL are kidding themselves.

Time waits for no man (or woman), ManDee. But I understand the desire...

I hear you, ManDee. It goes so quickly...

If only one could, ManDee. If only one could...

Frost might be headed for the PSD if he is up for it.

Maybe the answer is in the line before the question...

If I were the Bulldogs - I wouldn't do that deal. Even if the Saints offered 1 for 4 and 7 I wouldn't do it as a Bulldog List Manager.

I am intrigued by this Lever kid as a midfielder. Could be another Bontempelli... If Saints go tall, it will be moot I would say but I am keen to get the two best mids in...

As a Knight of Demonland, I have bequeathed you as contrary and will remain as such until another Knight relieves you, or Nasher tells me to quit it...

The clubs don't research players through other clubs websites... Really can't believe I had to write that.

Take that bloke at 83 or in the Rookie Draft then... No-one else is picking up this fairy tale of yours. You just like being contrary. Garlett is a proven AFL performer. And has 5+ years left if Roos can screw his head on properly.