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Houston is a gun and would be worth a first rounder at minimum on the trade market But I personally don’t want to give up our first pick this year unless it is very late That’s why I’m glad we’re into Cumming - while not as highly rated he is a similar positional player who would cost us nothing as he is a FA Plus at 25 he’d fit our age profile nicely

Regardless of whether or not the rumour is legitimate, you’d be negligent not ask the question of any good key forward, especially one who might have a connection to your club I reckon a lot will depend on a) what pick we end up with and b) how confident we are in players like Rivers becoming regular midfielders You’d be loathe to pass up an opportunity to draft a top midfielder with a top 10 pick, but it would be easier to pass on say pick 12-14 if it got you an established player, not least one in a position we’ve been in need of for years And if Rivers continues to show his wares as a midfielder, our need for another midfielder might decrease Time will tell

Paging @goodwindees

He’d be a great get but the reports state that he’s keen to stay at West Coast and that it’s actually him and his management who have raised the prospect of an extension I’d be shocked if they didn’t come to an agreement by the end of the year or early next year Having said that we’d be negligent not to throw a big offer his way to at least make him think about it!

Hawks have reportedly offered Josh Battle a six year deal We’re still interested but no reported offer from us yet

Ned Moyle has re-signed with Suns for four more years And the search for our post-Gawn ruck continues…

Speaking of Butters - he could be a bit of a watch in the next year or two depending on how Port fare and what happens to Ken Was reportedly not committed until Ken re-signed last year given their closeness - if their season comes undone and Ken gets given the boot, do we come hard? Contracted until 2026 at this stage

One of the DeeBrief lads said the same thing… You’d be silly not to throw everything at him if it was the case, especially with our lack of reliable goal kickers, but with him over 30 I wonder where it would fit in to our trade and draft strategy Are we still win now or do we have an eye to the future? Our performance over the rest of the season will probably answer that

I missed the whole ‘North taking him with pick 3’ fiasco so I have no idea how good he was meant to be or where he otherwise would have been taken But surely anyone taken at that pick must have something to work with? Especially if he’s in the right environment and has the right mentality

My understanding is: 1. the investigation is still ongoing and not even the club or the AFL (and thus the media) have access to any information until Sports Integrity Australia publishes a finding 2. he is only contracted until the end of this year, so he will no longer be on the list regardless of whether the investigation is still ongoing Mods - please delete if this violates the editorial policy

A good pick up and offers a point of difference from the rest of our tall forwards at Casey JT also has a great hit rate with recruits from WA so I’ll back him in, plus it doesn’t hurt that he’s friends with Kolt And to people thinking we were going to find a bonafide midfielder who could play genuine minutes this year - you’re dreaming We’ll be bringing in LDU for that 😉

Conveniently forgetting that we kicked 2.12 across the second and third qtrs - delusional…

Jeez Chris Scott is a piece of work - in what world was Holmes the best player on the ground? I almost forgot how much I hated the Cats before this weekend’s game - won’t be making that mistake again for the rest of the season!

And a goal to boot!

HUGE grab McAdam!

No, no and no IF we were to go after him the time would have been at the end of 2022 when he had just come off a strong year at Freo In hindsight that may have been a better choice than pursuing Grundy, but even then there were doubts about his competitiveness and ability to perform consistently He’s now two years older and hasn’t done his credentials any favours since crossing over to the Dogs Unfortunate for us because in an ideal world he’s exactly the type of player we’re in need of…

A big yes from me - he’d be a top four mid at our club from day one and would add enormously to our 25 and under brigade We’ve also lost significant midfield depth with the retirement of Gus and departure of Jordon and Harmes - and with Viney in the back end of his career there would be a clear role for him long term We couldn’t match the best offer of a club like the Saints, but if he’s looking for a consistent role in a successful team in Victoria, there’s not many other clubs that would be more attractive

Bumping this thread in light of the growing noise that Bailey will be leaving the Doggies at the end of the year: https://www.sen.com.au/news/2024/04/12/bulldogs-ceos-frank-admission-on-smith-contract-talks/ https://www.sen.com.au/news/2024/04/15/two-key-dogs-expected-to-stay-but-club-none-the-wiser-on-bailey-smith/ Would you want the Dees to go after him? 12 months ago I would have been a hard no, but with Gus retiring we’ve been exposed for midfield depth and despite some flaws Bailey is still a top end player who will be coming into the prime of his career and would add to our 18-25 age group of players

A disappointing loss but not an unforeseen one given it was our third game in two weeks and we were coming up against a Premiership contender desperate to make a statement My question for you all is how much of the loss can be attributed to being physically exhausted after our Adelaide road trip vs the systemic problems that were identified around us consistently losing inside 50s, contested possessions and time in fwd half in our last few games? In other words, would simply having fresher legs allowed us to better employ the ‘Red and Blueprint’ binman has been discussing? Or were those statistical losses in our previous games a canary in the coal mine that pointed to larger issues and suggested we were playing in a way that wasn’t sustainable? Look forward to the discussion and go Dees 🔴🔵

Thanks @goodwindees If I’m not being too greedy, do you have any info on where Max Holmes is at with his contract situation? He’s felt like the one that got away from us ever since 2020… Appreciate the info as always 🫡

A very good player and one I’m glad we’re linked to But if I had to pick one player for us to chase this off season it’s Max Holmes He’s an absolute jet and just the type of player who would compliment our existing team Just a shame the Cats beat us to the punch when we wanted to draft him in 2020 😭

Very much looking forward to the pod this week after what was one of our best wins since the 21 GF 🏆 I’m sure this is something that @binman will touch on in his stats file, but I’d love to hear some more discussion about how we set up in this game to score more from turnover and D50 transition To me this game perfectly reflected what Daniel Hoyne said in the clips from last week’s pod - that we’re prepared to wear some bumps early in the season (losing clearance, contested poss, inside 50s etc.) to improve our transition, ball movement and efficiency in F50 And I think we perfectly saw the risk reward element of that style of play - letting Port dominate possession and have more shots on goal, but putting ourselves in a far stronger position to score on the rebound (one stat we did win was rebound 50s) While it will take some getting used to, I think this is a necessary aspect we need to add to our game in order to take that next step (hopefully) come September - but I would love to hear what you all think Go Dees 🔴🔵

Marty Horse sub?

Well Petty better come in and kick six if that’s the case… seems one step forward two steps back with selection these days, although the TMac inclusion looks genius in hindsight, so who knows 🤷‍♂️

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