KozzyCan

So Oliver had a planned trip to the states with an overnight layover in Sydney that conveniently gave him the opportunity to jump on a boat with the Giants team in between? What luck! Think there was a bit happening behind the scenes.

It's a big swing. Never guaranteed to come off. Consolation prize is a cultural reset and some first rounders.

No one really believes this. We are offering to pay more than 50% of his contract to see the back of him. We are salary dumping to make a big play at Flanders and Humphrey.

Reckon Petracca wasn't the reason we had small crowds lol.

Grow up.

Totally agree, and allows the admin to be located in the same building as the players.

This is the ballsiest trade period I can remember from Melbourne.

Btw is Smith now officially president?

Plan B if Caufield somehow falls over sounds like there has been a decent setback.

Or. Adelaide are saving face by saying they didn't want him anyway.

Bit of a sidebar but isn't this reportedly the situation with Jackson?

They were probably keen to get him on the cheap which we weren't willing to compromise on last year. This year he could be a bargain.

Geelong were definitely courting him.

Other clubs can get involved.

Curnow would be how Carlton unlocks it.

Sounds like Flanders has picked the Saints.

Should really have traded him to the Crows at the end of 2023 if we're doing hindsight.

Unlucky, yes. Doesn't change that it was a known risk of giving out massive long term deals.

So you agree. Long term contracts are a big risk.

If he didn't ask Suns for the same thing then that just tells you Adelaide never appealed to him.

Maybe they just snore?

Injuries are a part of the sport though. Many careers have been derailed by injuries. Long term deals are buyer beware. The AFL is hardly punishing us, they gave us three years of relief.

Brayshaw deserves all the money in his contract and more but from the club's point of view it was a risk to give someone with injury history like that a long term deal, and it clearly backfired.

There was no real policy beforehand and the other players who had retired from concussions had very modest deals. Brayshaw's was a gamechanger.

We stupidly gave a guy with a long history of concussions a 6 year deal. The AFL gave us three years of relief for it but there has to be some level of consequence for risking these long term deals.