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Because the guy who was protecting him and who is no longer at the club was in charge of those decisions.

Oh dear..

It is hilarious this thread is still going.

I would not be trading our future first.

Okay. To absolutely clarify I have no issue with us taking onfuture firsts as part of a deal especially if the rest of the deal is good too.

Who cares if they get their academy players? They were always getting them. This is still a better deal for Petracca than we would have gotten from any other club.

14 and a future first is absolutely a bad deal. 7,8 and a future first is a totally different conversation.

Huh?

Yes.

So we get two first rounders and then pick up Kalani White and Sinema late, then we pick up another first rounder next year. Much Prefer that to two picks in the twenties which will get pushed back until the 30s or 40s and keeping a depressed asset when we desperately need to rejuvinate the list.

Given this year is a shallow draft we will basically get two picks at the higher end of it and ditch our second rounders for another first in a better draft next year. Not sure how people can't see that as a win.

That's a great deal for us.

You guys get sucked in by the media so easily.

Because Jamarra won't be playing anywhere if he doesn't find a home. Dogs will basically sack him and eat the final year of his contract. We would be on the hook for Oliver for years if we did the same.

Mate, EVERYONE knew this.

Meh

Two great players, huh?

He still had no business getting involved at that level even if it was the right move. The footy department need to be the ones to make that decision and then be held accountable for those decisions. We never stuck to our guns with Oliver. We gave him an ultimatum at the end of 2023 and he agreed to it and then immediately torched the club. But the club relented and had him playing in the first game of the year.

You're right of course. Neither will be playing at Melbourne in 2026.

It's a fine deal. It's a better offer than what Merrett and Curnow are getting offers for which says a lot.

He's gone mate

Get those picks right and the core of our list will be pretty well set up for a decade.

Ahh right sorry didn't understand what you meant.

The issue with frontloading is that if you give it to someone and their money drops off too much they might agitate to go elsewhere and get back on the bigger coin again.

So he's another Hunt. Fine by me.