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And when GC say "no, be grateful you're getting Humphrey" what then?

If we get Humphrey for Petracca we need to sign and run. It's a great deal for both clubs. We're not getting a Humphrey any other way and GC aren't getting a Petracca for him when he inevitably leaves at the end of his contract. We just need to sell it to Humphrey and "it's gonna take money, a whole lot of spending money"

Don't get greedy

It's Humphrey for Petracca or we keep Petracca. He's a sooky prima-donna but he's a pro. No doubt he'll be back for the RedBull camp in Europe in ripping shape for the pre-season. I wouldn't take 6 + 7 + Ainsworth in a deal unless our ambition is to end up 17th next year and enjoy pick 2 in next year's draft. Go full @WERRIDEE and select a starting, bench and depth midfield for 2026 without Petracca, Oliver and without a proper replacement. It's fugly!

Wow, what a coincidence! Petracca's media mouthpiece responds with face saving BS the day after MFC announce that HE has asked for a trade. FFS, if it's a "genuine 50/50" decision from Petracca's point of view then it's absolutely not up to him, it's up to MFC and who can provide the better deal. Now I'm starting to get unhappy with him.

I don't think you understood my post.

Clubs very rarely go straight there. WC negotiate in good faith first and offer pick 19, Judd has a decision to make but probably still wants to go to Freo but now there's a real bid that Freo need to at least match, if they don't and Judd holds firm and so does MFC ... well there's the PSD and WC tried their best but were forced to go there.

WC just received draft assistance end of first round pick 19 afl.com.auEagles 'take responsibility for previous decisions' as AF...The AFL has revealed the assistance package handed to West CoastHello Judd!

It's not often that the PSD cards fall perfectly, we should be leveraging the threat all the way to pulling the trigger.

I'm still good with my original idea - 6 + Flanders for Petracca + 23. Adelaide give us 14 +41 + F1 for Petracca and we hand that on to GC with 23 for 6 + Flanders. 14 + 23 + 41 is more a lot more points than 6 and they get Adelaide's F1 for Flanders. Pretty straightforward.

Absolutely horrible

Freo will offer 38, we should counter with 11 for McVee + 23 or PSD, Freo will up to 29, we should run the click right down like you say.

Hot flash: King or Butters aren't coming to MFC. We need to trade for solid talent like Flanders and draft for stars, lucky we've got JT who can do that.

There's no evidence our salary cap is tight.

Honestly, neither of us would have any real idea ...

A grade 24yos only move for 7 figures these days. $900k for Flanders is fine if he delivers 2024 form.

Perryman reported to move for $900k x 6 years last year, it costs to acquire talent.

Perryman reported to move for $990k x 6 years last year, it costs to acquire talent.

If Flanders chooses us then we don't need to match the picks price.

I agree, I don’t think that contract offer is over the top. I'd match it and let the King vs Lyon factor sway him. Once he chooses us we're in a negotiation with the Suns.

Love your work Jaded but GC and Adelaide are a lot closer to success than Melbourne. I'll be surprised if GC doesn't win at least one flag in the next 5 years and Petracca plus Rankine in that Adelaide team probably means at least GF this year. Hawthorn should have a fair amount of salary cap space. 8 & F2 if they take all of Petracca's salary, 8 & F1 if we have to pay some. I'd imagine we would have floated similar deals to them and said "forget the Merrett drama, this deal is on the table now".

Best time of the year outside us winning the flag.

Wait ... what! Max is up for trade? Surely not!

I recall seeing a post on Instagram from the club a little while ago asking players to nominate their next prospect from the young players and 3 or 4 out of not many nominated Mentha so there's some hope. They're hard to find, we tried unsuccessful to trade up for the Wizard and we legitimately warned Essendon we'd nominate Kako which encouraged them to trade their first to us last year.

I agree, a small forward should be at the top of our wish list with Kozzy moving to more midfield. Which one do you think we should get this trade period?