demoncat

Mate where has this come from? There has been no confirmation of his timeline from the club as far as I’m aware, other than that they’re confident the injury won’t impact his career long term Suggesting he won’t play for half a season is pure speculation - he could just as easily be ready to play round one if he can complete the post-Christmas part of the preseason

Forward comes out of contract / requests trade = Melbourne must have interest 🙄 There’s no way we’re bringing in Gunston when we’re already likely to have Fritsch, McAdam and Smith as medium tall options and Melksham potentially coming in late in the year

Hawks reportedly offered Brockman, pick 4 and their future first for pick 1 which was knocked back by West Coast

A bargaining tactic? Surely they’d offer pick 3 and a couple of other selections if that would get them pick 1 Having said that, if I was them I’d just take picks 2 and 3 and get the best two available, so maybe there’s some truth in what he’s saying 🤷‍♂️

Might have been a good get a couple of years ago when we were rumoured to have interest, but surely not now given his age and the McAdam trade Bizarre for him to be requesting a move back after only one year, will be curious to see whether the Hawks will take him back 🤔

Still not convinced we can get pick 1 with 6, 11 and a future first Surely we’d at least need to get our hands on pick 2 or 3 from the Roos while retaining pick 11? But then how do we get pick 2 or 3 without giving up 11? I’ll leave this one to Lamby…

Haven’t done the maths but probably similar value to the pick 27 we paid for him? Currently leaves us with 6, 11, 41 and 46 for this year, with our own future picks, Sydney’s future second and Dogs future third A bit to play out yet…

Surely 6, 11 and a future first wouldn’t get it done for pick 1? And I’m not sure how I feel about packaging them up for anything less than that, i.e. pick 2 or 3 Will be very curious how this plays out…

Trusting the process 🤞👀

You’d have to think it’s part of a larger plan involving pick 11? Definitely overs from a points perspective to jump only three places…

https://x.com/caltwomey/status/1711956943135523288?s=46&t=uC9z4AjzfWvj5kf1WQ6J6g Pick 11 incoming … but not without losing 14, 27 and 35

Thanks @adonski - sounds perfect for our second or third pick

Looks like they have since edited it to future third: https://www.afl.com.au/news/1051386/western-bulldogs-secure-pick-no4-from-gold-coast-suns-in-first-trade/amp “The Suns have also traded their future third-round pick to the Dogs as part of the deal.”

Just a note that the Suns traded their future third round pick to the Dogs, not their first Otherwise the Dogs would have done ridiculously well 😅

FA getting more generous with each year…

Gives the Suns time to strike a deal for the other two picks

Surely we’ll be after one of those two picks? 5, 10 and 13 would be a strong draft hand…

More info from Tom Morris: https://x.com/tommorris32/status/1711162070253933027?s=46&t=uC9z4AjzfWvj5kf1WQ6J6g

Totally forgot they were from the same draft - Judd every day of the week then 😅

Flynn is an established ruck who would have been a good get but is more suited to the first ruck role Fullarton hasn’t had as much exposure at AFL level but is more suited to the second ruck / ruck-forward role that we need So overall I’d say he’s a better fit and has a lot of scope for development

Weitering was taken pick 1 in Clarry’s draft - definitely not the best player… 👀 The other two are though!

Any sense of how it has been received by McKay and Carlton? As intriguing as it sounds it seems like a bit of a Hail Mary from the outside looking in!

IF there’s any truth to this there’s no way the Blues wouldn’t be asking for 5, 13 and a future first at a minimum Surely there’s no way this gets done from either side… right? 👀

In all seriousness he would be a huge get (literally) But what are the actual chances he would move? Signed until 2029 if I’m correct and at a club that’s going to be playing finals for the foreseeable future Appreciate the intel though 🙌

Lock in McKay spraying snaps from 20m out in the Red and Blue 😤