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Hopefully they are telling Pert and Goodwin to start looking around too

If we pay even a cent for Oliver to play elsewhere I'll be furious

Jhye Clark was drafted by Geelong to take over from Joel Selwood. Inside hard nut, two-way runner. I'd take either of the players drafted with their last two first round selections.

This makes me hate Trac even more. Doesn't like his behaviour but has no issue with the player, just the club? Makes no [censored] sense.

We absolutely need to find another top 15 pick in this draft

Go after Connor O'Sullivan. 19yo, 198cm defender, pick #11 in the 2023 draft. Currently he's not even the first reserve option at the Cats, SDK didn't play in the prelim, so O'Sullivan is a way down the pecking order. He can come to the Dees and learn from May and Lever, and would likely play next year. He'd be ready to go as our #1 defender when May is eventually done. Oliver -> O'Sullivan and Geelong's 2025 first.

Tuohy, Hawkins, Parfitt and their other delistings may have cleared up significant salary for next year. They also have a lot of other older players who will be coming off their deals and possibly retiring in the coming years. Deals can be structured to support the club, Smith and Oliver may have theirs front ended or back ended so the club can fit them in. Clubs can also just pay you more when they have a surplus at the end of the year. Say 5 players have a $100k performance bonus for making the All-Australian team but none of them make it. That's $500k the club could give to a player that year, and take it off a latter year of their contract. All legal and stuff clubs do.

How did it not leak earlier about Clarry at the Brownlow? He has to be the most watched player in the league in terms of off field behaviour, and there would easy be 1000 players, coaches, partners and media there. Surely someone would've said something earlier.

35, 53, future first, future second, future third. I'll take them all thanks Geelong. It's not enough but it'll have to do.

This is terrible advice. What if Warner wants to stay in Sydney next year? What if West Coast shoot up the ladder next year and become a desirable destination? What if Andrew Brayshaw wants to go back to Victoria at the end of next year, which would then potential give Freo new capital to trade for Warner? You can't hope on a "maybe" in the future when you have the opportunity to gain guaranteed talent now. Bolton should immediately make them a finals team in 2025, while Kozzy should make them genuinely scary. Imagine if we never went after May, Lever or Langdon because Jeremy Cameron was speculated to become available sometime.

A decent contract extension would help. He has one year to run with players like Smith going to eat up cap space. Offer him three years frontloaded with Brayshaw money.

SDK? Left out of their prelim team.

Tell Geelong to [censored] off unless they can find two first round picks, and/or a gun young player. If they can't, come back next year. Keep Clarry instead of trading him for cheap.

I have no idea of his coaching credentials but as a player and leader, ticks boxes.

Ashcroft will likely go at pick 2. Brisbane will need 2014 draft points to bid on him after discounting. Let's say their academy player Marshall slides and gets bid on at 30. That's another 432 points needed after discounting. 2446 points needed. Brisbane will have 1228 points prior to trade and free agency so they'll need to find another 1218 points just for those two players... possibly more if Marshall gets an earlier bid or if Richmond bids on Ashcroft at #1. I'm honestly not sure how they get this done without giving up a lot of their 2025 draft capital, or trading someone out this year. As an example, our picks 37, 45, 50 and 61 are worth 1238 points. That would cover it, but only if we were trading them for 2025 picks. I assume Dylan Robertson will leave and they might get some points back there but will still be a long way off...

I see comments like this a lot, but how many power forwards were available at the end of 2022? The talls that moved at the end of 2022 were Grundy, Schache, Weideman, Lobb, Frampton, McStay, Meek. There's hardly enough A grade or even B grade power forwards in the league around to have 1 at every club. The chances of picking one up in a trade are very slim. If we want to go with hindsight we would've been better off going after Karl Amon that year instead of trading for Hunter.

Grundy lots of touches no impact. Jordon showing what he is, a bland player who doesn't do things that to win or turn games.

Good player and good luck to him in whatever comes next, but from the perspective of our list management, this is a good result for the club and our fans. Another spot free for draftees or trade target.

Port are linked to Lukosius, Cumming and Perrymen. Currently they only hold picks 36 and 54 in the 2024 draft. Houston and Soldo have asked for trades but are no certainty to leave if they cant get it done. If we make a compelling offer, or if Lord firmly says he wants out, it may force Port's hand so they can get other deals done. Marshall, Lukosius and Georgiades is still a good set of tall forwards to have if they lose Lord.

Hore and Tomlinson are both out of contract.

I upgraded to Trident Open Air after 2018 with a big part of it being the GF guarantee, and I don't think I'll ever give it up because of the GF guarantee. Have heard too many horror stories of fans missing tickets.

He never actually said this. The journo is writing it but it's not what Scott said at his press conference. I hate Scott and his excuses as much as anyone but in this case he didn't use it as an excuse.

Let's compare some key stats Owies and Fritsch in 2024. I'll throw Kade Chandler in there too. Kade Chandler: 12.4 disposals, 3.1 marks, 0.8 goals, 4.1 tackles, 20.1 pressure acts Bayley Fritsch: 9.5 disposals, 3.4 marks, 1.8 goals, 1.2 tackles, 8.3 pressure acts Matt Owies: 8.7 disposals, 2.9 marks, 1.4 goals, 2.3 tackles, 12.1 pressure acts Owies is right in the middle. Less goals than Fritsch but more pressure. More goals than Chandler but far less pressure. I would keep Fritsch every day of the week and ignore Owies. Of all positions on the ground, I think that small forwards would have the highest strike rate of being immediately impactful at AFL level after being drafted. Use a pick rather than trading one for Owies.

I wonder if we could give Marchbank a chance, perhaps as a rookie. Alternatively, keep a spot open in the list for the SSP and invite him to train with us. If Tomlinson leaves and we don't trade for another established KPD, then we absolutely stuffed for depth in that position.

The last time I didn't watch a grand final was 2022. This year I might not even watch the prelims. Just no interest in any of the teams left.