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Don't see it happening. Humphrey will only request a trade if one is likely to get done.

Honestly, once Gold Coast doubled down late last week I just couldn't see any way for them to backflip without doing massive damage to their reputation going forward. No one would ever believe them going forward if they said a player wouldn't be traded. Players who are looking to get out in future would be even more emboldened to do so. It might come back to bite them with Humphrey in a couple of years when they get a token pick for him but it's an 'execute one to teach a thousand' approach.

This thread is genuinely insane.

Fantasy land.

Carlton would have worked last year if McKay was open to the move.

Everything else aside I am enjoying Demonland advocating for Humphrey to do all the things I've seen Petracca get heavily criticised for.

Is the MRC a bit of a rabble?

I still think this is in play but GC being so adamant does nothing for them if they backflip. No one will ever believe them again.

Funny how Petracca has basically avoided saying anything publicly and is just letting the process play out.

He still seemed pretty chuffed with the decision a week ago.

Tim Lamb said in an interview last week that we deliberately looked to get out of this draft. Would be weird if all we did this offseason was get back into it.

If he nominates us I think it gets done. We will pay a bit extra to make the suns feel good about it.

This is already a significant move from where it was before the weekend.

We will definitely add later picks to start with then will probably throw in a first rounder with something else coming back out way imo.

Well the thing is if he doesn't get the money it just goes to someone else on our list. That's how the salary floor works. You do generally have to pay extra to get outside talent over the line. Especially when we have very little else to offer. It's probably overs at this point in his career but the talent is there. I'd absolutely take the punt.

Who else are we gonna pay?

Reckon Hawks just want to disrupt a potential trade with us so they can go for Humphrey next year.

Oliver and Steele would both be cheap as. Very strange.

I think it's pretty fair tbh.

They had to cap dump a few years back and gave the cats a pick for the privilege.

Except we're getting a first rounder back in my scenario.

As perspective, last year we traded this year's first and pretty much all our second and third rounders to get Lindsay. A lot of people said it was overs at the time. I reckon we don't regret that deal.

~10 and 11

Outside of Mitch Clark has there ever been a player nominate one club before back flipping and joining another?