demoncat

Bizarre from Adelaide Admit they need a gun inside midfielder but won’t pursue or pay up for the ones available?

Reports now coming out that Suns may be open to trading pick 6 with clubs looking to get up the draft order If Suns are only willing to offer pick 7 (and change), where does that leave us with Trac? No Melbourne supporter is going to accept that being the heart of the deal for him

I thought you were saying we’re not going to get Humphrey but would still want Trac’s salary off the books? We’d also be a long shot to bring in Butters or King Agree though - we’d clearly be offering a Humphrey a significant portion, if not most, of Trac’s current salary to get him to nominate us

But what good is getting his salary off the books if we have no one to spend it on?

If it’s his priority to get home to Vic, he’d be advised that his best bet would be to nominate us given the Trac trade No other club save for Carlton will have sufficient picks to satisfy GC, and GC don’t want picks and Carlton need picks for their F/S Maybe I’ve got my red and blue glasses on but IF he comes home this trade period I think he comes to us

I don’t know if King agrees with you

The Dees from the past few years? Definitely We’ve been push overs at the trade table to our own detriment But so far King and Guerra seem to be willing to make the tough decisions, and I’m hoping this is the case in any trade negotiations They know we’re far worse off next year with no Trac and only a couple of extra 18 year olds, and I imagine King won’t want to make any deal that makes us worse as a team

I’ll keep my goggles on then 🤣 But seriously those are [censored] picks in a [censored] draft and my sense from the recent Lamb interview is that we have no intention of trying to get back into it

Reckon about 1% of Dees fans will be happy if we only get picks for Trac IF Humphrey does request a trade Will be a terrible start for Guerra and King given the public stance around Petracca

While I do agree, the only thing that might be in our favour is that the Suns are in win now mode and a player like Trac could be the difference between them winning a flag in the next few years or not Yes Humphrey is going to be a star but he’s still a few years off his peak - are the Suns willing to lose out on Trac if we play hardball and say it’s Humphrey or no deal?

Glad we were able to get him across on a two year deal Welcome Brody! Reckon he’ll be a solid pick up who will help develop our young talls

Humphrey or hold him - not interested in picks in a weak draft

Would more than happily attach a pick to Trac if it meant getting Humphrey over the line We desperately need more established talent to come into the club and Humphrey is the perfect example of that - he’s shown his potential and looks ready to explode I’m usually in the camp of letting unhappy players go, but if we can’t get Humphrey and don’t have another big fish on the hook, I think we need to hold Trac otherwise we’re getting a raw deal and can just about lock in bottom four next year

Boooooooooo Desperately need to land Humphrey now or we’re going to look like [censored] at the end of the trade period I know there’s only a 1% chance but would we hold Trac if we can’t get Humphrey over the line? Pick 7 is worth nowhere near enough for him and can’t see the Suns parting with pick 6 too

Would

Nathan Jones I will never question your coaching credentials again if you pull this off

Credit where credit is due @Demon Forever That’s some good mail you’ve got there

Appreciate the goss @Demon Forever but not sure how that washes with Humphrey’s manager categorically shutting a trade down Understand it could be posturing etc but I wouldn’t think he’d meet with the club just days after that statement

True but it would have to be with any compensation they get from the Swans because Gold Coast aren’t interested in trading for him anymore

Pies have essentially no assets to give up as there’s no way Suns would accept their future picks given compromised drafts and Pies’ finals chances Blues do have currency but they need picks for their F/S - Dean this year and Walker the next - so I can’t imagine them wanting to front up too much We’re clearly the best placed with the Petracca trade and current and future picks available, as well as any more picks to come on from Clarry and McVee If he nominates us I reckon we get this done pretty easily Earn you paycheck Lamb!

Bailey can I interest you in a house and land package out in Cranbourne?

Anyway I hope King is preparing on our of best slide shows yet Need to get some quality back in with Trac and Clarry out the door

I’m guessing Trac’s not cooking him any spag bowl then?

Pleeeeeeeeeeeease 🐻