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So Essendon could trade Gumby to us for Moloney or just offer Moloney a contract which we wouldn't match ... hmmmm

October 19, 5pm - Close to Restricted Free Agency Offer and Unrestricted Free Agency Period. October 26, 2pm - End of Trade Period. Wonder when the compensation picks will be awarded - they'd have to be super-quick if the picks were to be tradable.

McLardy-Schwab-Neeld are welded together - whether they're the 3 musketeers, the 3 wise monkeys or the 3 stooges only time will tell.

Brett Maloney?

he's a terrible kick

There's all sorts of rumour and innuendo ... Initially it sounded like GC ND2 for MD1 Martin and MFC ND3 for MD2 Hogan. This gets us Hogan and Viney in the 2nd round. That article suggests GC have cooled on their part (if they were ever warm!). In that case if we were happy with ND3 for MD2 above then the new opportunity is effectively ND4 for MD1. Maybe we think the player available at MD1 is better than the player likely to be available at ND4. The deal still prerevents GWS from nominating Viney - we'd have to be sure that GC wouldn't nominate him either for the deal to hold up. As AoB pointed out that's in GWS interests at least as much as it is in ours. This trade is can't be assessed simpley on face value because of the Viney situation.

MM and Cloke leading Carlton to a flag would make Eddie's head explode.

Fine - you manage the expectations and I'll take action - situation normal for me ...

He's a dwarf marking forward - I'd be more interested in Shannon Byrnes.

Yep thanks Jack - the real MFC season runs from 1 October to 11 December.

Yes that's a good article thanks. Interesting that the lowest compensation is a 3rd round pick - that could be quite a good deal in some cases.

You probably reckoned Mitch Clark looked good in purple too.

thanks Einstein

and Jack Viney in the 2nd round. So it's really we give away 1 top 5 pick and one 2nd round pick this year to get 2 top 5 picks in next year's draft. Yep, works for me too.

Yes rpfc and I are conspiring to debunk your crackpot conspiracy theories.

I agree with Watts' described limitations - but players can improve in this area - although he didn't start from so far back, our recently retired Brad Green really improved in this area and became a courageous contested player, particularly in marking contests. In ground balls he also attacked the contest but didn't have the lateral movement or quick hands to extract himself from trouble that Watts has. I think at some stage Brad Green realised what was required to be the best player he could be - I admire that.

Nice one! And as an aside - we've got to get our own standalone 2nds team so we can't play our fringe players either.

Healy / Sheahan / McLean / Tanking conspiracy to get him sacked worked well.

Award the flag to Hawthorn and let's get into it already!

That's definitely a possibility there's only 82 points difference in For and Against which could easily be made up. The only fly in that ointment is that North might beat GWS by more than Freo beat us and end up 6th.

it'd have to be a good deal.

It goes for 3 weeks! It'll be madness. 3x madder than usual

No you don't - Sheedy is not risking Whitfield by nominating Viney - we'll take him at 3 if necessary.

I don't think you understand. We are going to take Jack Viney at whatever pick required - we need to give THAT pick to GWS - we need to offer them pick 3 and they won't nominate Jack Viney. Hogan, pick 4, pick 13, Viney - it's a big win for us and a big win for GWS who will have 1, 2 and 3 in the ND. It effectively means we're getting Hogan for a 2nd round pick.

Mark Neeld's doing a good job now?