demoncat

Going to go early here and say that IF Humphrey does request a trade and IF we find out beforehand from Demon Forever’s mate at the BBQ - this will be one of the greatest threads in DL history 🤣 Whatever happens from here, it’s been an honour scouring social media posts and crashing out with you all 🫡

That’s true - he’s probably more in the De Goey mould than Petracca The type of player who isn’t likely to get 30+ each week but could get 20 and have maximum impact with each disposal, whether it’s goals or score assists or territory etc God I hope he comes to us 🤣

Yes - reported by Tom Morris and others that he has personal/family issues and wants to come home

The idea is that Humphrey will eventually become a midfielder, and is actually very similar to Trac in terms of how his career is progressing

If he wants to come home so badly that even his friends are going in to bat for him on socials, why doesn’t he formally request a trade already? This is the best opportunity to get home that he’ll have until his contract is up - are we really so unappealing that he’d rather stay miserable at the Suns? 🤣 Come on Bailey!

Who do you like at 7 and 8 (in a hypothetical Trac trade)? Is taking Taylor there a reach?

That’s true And don’t get me wrong - 7 and 8 is a good deal for Trac and I have no doubt JT would pick two high quality players at that range I just wish we could finally get a big fish over the line and it’s frustrating that we seem to have a golden opportunity here to do so, but we can’t convince a guy who obviously wants to come home to push to get out

Well there goes any chance of getting Humphrey We’re clearly not willing to play hardball over Petracca which is incredibly disappointing

I think it’s over (if it ever really began) 😢 Going to spend my weekend watching highlight reels of players tipped to go in the top 15 of the draft 🤣

Paging @Demon Forever

Apologies I should have been more specific, I more so meant him formally requesting a trade (rather than just mentioning his openness to going home) Thanks though

Appreciate the intel again Is the expectation from our side that Humphrey publicly requesting a trade will allow us to get the deal done?

This is so true Picks 7 and 8 are really a strong draft hand from a points perspective And I have no idea how the Suns would make up those points for their bids if they traded both to us I honestly think trading Humphrey to us is their best bet - they get a big name player to elevate their list while not sacrificing their ability to bring in their highly rated academy players They could even try and trade 7 or 8 to another club who is willing to overpay for one of the selections Maybe I’ve got my red and blue goggles on but this honestly seems like a win win if Suns can put their ego aside and be willing to part with Humphrey

Very sad I think that while most of us can understand why this is happening, it doesn’t make it any easier Genuinely hope Clarry goes well at both GWS and in his personal life Now get as much of his contract off the books as possible Dees

@Demon Forever I’m going to need you to come out and refute Jay Clark’s post that we’re targeting 7 and 8 (and not Humphrey) 😭

Reckon us cooling on Derksen suggests we’re not in the market for a KPD

Just listening now and I’m shocked he even bothered showing up 🤣 has said absolutely nothing Not that I blame him mind you

Thanks for that info - I didn’t realise the extent to which we worked through that with ANB As fans most of us can only base our opinions on the trade itself and any other reports in the media, as well as how they end up working out on field I haven’t been impressed over the last few years, but also recognise a lot of that is to do with factors outside Lamb’s control, such as how the club is perceived I just hope that this time more than ever we’re playing hard ball and trying to drive the best deal possible, and, again, are willing to walk away if the right deal isn’t there

I mean time will tell if it helps us, right? Because I’m not sure when else it’s helped us in the past (of course happy to be pointed to examples) If Lamb can score Humphrey, or two very high picks, then that will be a win But anything less won’t be accepted by Dees fans

People might disagree with me here but honestly ANB Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for being compassionate when it comes to our players, but ANB left a massive playing and leadership void in our team, and we seemed more than happy to ship him off for a token second round pick ANB walked straight into Adelaide’s best 23 and leadership group - he was clearly highly rated by them but we gave them an easy out I don’t think we should be like Dodoro was for Essendon and be a nightmare club to deal, but I think we’ve been too willing to take unders or too happy to overpay just to get deals done under Lamb’s tenure I think he needs to get this Trac deal exactly right or he should rightly be under the pump going into next year

Is that intel or just reading the tea leaves? FWIW I agree that’s been our public stance, but honestly Lamb’s record over the last few years has me worried

Do you have a sense on how hard ball Lamb is willing to play? From the outside looking in I think we need to be genuine in our resolve that Trac will come back to the Dees unless we get a great deal To me the only great deals are GC’s picks 7 and 8, or Humphrey I feel like the Humphrey trade is in the palm of our hands but we need to be going all out to get him to request a trade, as well as be serious about Trac not being traded unless our demands are met