Whispering_Jack

AFL trades: Tom McDonald won’t be part of Ben Brown deal “He does have some interest from Essendon. Having said that, Adrian (Dodoro) has a lot of balls up in the air. I would think Tom sits (behind the other deals). Sometimes it just takes one deal, the Adam Saad or (Jeremy Cameron) deal and the dominoes start to fall”. Alex McDonald - Tom’s manager. Well, that explains a lot.

The trade period is becoming a time of rejection. Players and teams are rejecting each other even though, in some cases, they’re contractually bound together for another year or two or four. Clubs are rejecting offers from other clubs and, as a consequence, the days end with little achieved on the surface. We know that will change by 7.30 pm on Thursday evening but for now, we mostly wait as we always do on Essendon’s Adrian Dodoro. While a number of potential deals surrounding the Essendon Football Club remain in limbo and one — Orazio Fantasia’s move to Port Adelaide’s — may be about to fall apart, St Kilda seems to be pressing its claims as the competition’s home of choice to players on the move. Today’s big news was Jack Higgins’ request for a trade from Richmond to St Kilda. And apart from that ...

Jack Higgins has officially requested a trade and wants to join St Kilda.

The most likely outcome for Oscar is that one of the clubs will him as a delisted free agent.

I’ve now been told that it’s 7.30pm on Thursday.

Now Sam Edmund saying that Essendon has emerged as the latest potential suiter for the out of favour Melbourne forward, Tom McDonald. The Bombers have registered their interest and are canvassing their options to soften the blow of Joe Daniher's departure.

AFL Trade Radio reporting that Tom McDonald is not on Gold Coast's radar. Seems that he’s not on anyone’s radar at present and if so, we have to manage our list and our trading on the presumption that we keep him.

In the past they’ve turned off the fax machines at 2.00pm but who knows in 2020? The clubs still don’t know about list sizes and the salary cap limit going forward which is a bit of a surprise given that the (usually) loudest club Collingwood has the most at stake in that decision.

And, as day 3 of the trade period comes slowly to an end, here’s my summary of the activity:- * the only deal reported for the day involved the Demons. Melbourne has exchanged its third round pick (currently 53) and a future third round pick, for draft selection 43 (third round) and a future fourth. The rest was commentary and that is all folks.

So we don’t like Rohan and we’re not getting Martin. That’s a real laugh in (and unless you were around in the early 70s you simply won’t get this).

I understand that the Lions are planning to only use two picks at the draft. Their third selection overall would be a rookie upgrade. Hence they don’t need pick 43 and will use 53 for that purpose. No brainer from their POV and a win for both clubs.

Stunning trade done by the Demons ~ The Brisbane Lions trade Round 3 (43) and its Future Round 4 2021 Selection to Melbourne for its Round 3 (53) and a Future Round 3 2021 Selection. Brilliant (if only I could work out what it means. ?

Actually, there were a few errors in the article eg. in 1966, John Beckwith wasn't Melbourne's coach - Norm Smith was reinstated after being sacked in 1965 (missed one game) and remained coach until the end of 1967. Beckwith replaced him in 1968. As to that opening game of 1971, it was a massive start to the season and I still can't work out how we missed out in the end. It was a fall from grace only matched by 1965 when we were 8-0 in the year after Barassi left to coach Carlton (I've always maintained that if Barassi had stayed at the club we would have easily made the finals in 1965).

Agree - any future personal stuff will be deleted and other sanctions may also be applied. That applies anywhere on this site but on this thread ... please stick to the facts or fiction relating to rumours.

Persistence is the story of John Gallus. He did it tough in his younger days and, as a teenager from Drouin, he fought to gain a clearance to Melbourne but when the opportunity finally came, he couldn’t break into the reigning premiership in 1965. He eventually crossed over to Waverley VFA in 1966 and then played in the country before he was finally tempted to try again in 1971 at the age of 25. He made his debut in the opening round and kicked three goals in the team’s massive win against South Melbourne. This is his story ~ Almanac Footy: John Gallus – The journey through football

Jack Higgins seems to have been off the radar a little according to Tim Watson on SEN this morning: "What interests me most is why there aren't more clubs, and maybe there are, but why there are not more clubs that are really desperately keen to try and secure his services, like Melbourne." I saw him and an entourage of helpers training at a park near my place last summer and he was putting in a lot of hard yards to get fit after his brain surgery. It was quite an achievement for him to get back into senior footy when you have such a health scare. Question is whether it remains a concern for recruiters and whether someone’s willing to take a risk.

Stef Martin bound for the Western Bulldogs.

The second day of the trade period is an almost nothing day and, true to form, almost nothing happened. The biggest news of the day was that the only deal done was the trade of Kyle Hartigan from the Adelaide Crowd to Hawthorn for a future fourth round pick. In draft terms, that’s about the lowest level of currency you can get. That left the various commentators on AFL Trade Radio with plenty of time to discuss the futures of Jeremy Cameron, Josh Dunkley and Adam Treloar and some of lesser lights who are currently homeless, the sum total of such discussions amounting to almost nothing.

Former Demon, Blair Campbell, who played 12 games and kicked 23 goals from a half forward flank in 1969 has passed away. Campbell, who joined the club from Richmond, was credited with inventing the banana kick. He played the one season for the club and retired after injuring his knee but went on to a long career in Shield Cricket as a crafty wrist spinner who was also a handy late order batsman. Condolences to the family.

The Done Deals today - • West Coast acquires Zac Langdon in a trade. GWS receives the Eagles’ third-round pick • Gold Coast acquires Oleg Markov in a trade. Richmond receives the Suns’ 2021 third-round pick • GWS acquires Jesse Hogan in a trade. Fremantle receives the Eagles’ third-round pic

The other constraint he’s still working under is the fact that the AFL has yet to announce list sizes for 2021, yet the trade period opens tomorrow. This must be particularly frustrating to the various club recruiters and might prolong the time taken to finalize deals. For a club like Collingwood, which is clearly facing difficulties with salary cap issues this situation would be a nightmare.

Check out what’s happening on the political scene in the US ATM.

INDICATIVE DRAFT ORDER (before the start of the 2020 Trade Period) ROUND ONE 1. Adelaide 2. North Melbourne 3. Sydney 4. Hawthorn 5. Gold Coast 6. Essendon 7. Essendon 8. Carlton 9. Adelaide 10. Greater Western Sydney 11. North Melbourne 12. Fremantle 13. Geelong 14. Western Bulldogs 15. Geelong 16. Collingwood 17. St Kilda 18. Brisbane 19. Brisbane 20. Geelong 21. Richmond ROUND TWO 22. Adelaide 23. Hawthorn 24. Sydney 25. Melbourne 26. Gold Coast 27. North Melbourne 28. Port Adelaide 29. Carlton 30. Greater Western Sydney 31. Fremantle 32. Adelaide 33. West Coast 34. Port Adelaide 35. Richmond 36. Gold Coast 37. Geelong 38. Collingwood 39. Adelaide ROUND THREE 40. Western Bulldogs 41. Collingwood 42. Brisbane 43. Port Adelaide 44. Greater Western Sydney 45. Hawthorn 46. Hawthorn 47. Essendon 48. Hawthorn 49. Adelaide 50. Carlton 51. Greater Western Sydney 52. Melbourne 53. Western Bulldogs 54. West Coast 55. Adelaide 56. Port Adelaide 57. Sydney 58. Port Adelaide 59. West Coast 60. Richmond ROUND FOUR 61. Sydney 62. North Melbourne 63. St Kilda 64. Hawthorn 65. Adelaide 66. Essendon 67. Melbourne 68. Melbourne 69. Brisbane 70. North Melbourne 71. Hawthorn 72. Essendon 73. Greater Western Sydney 74. Collingwood 75. Gold Coast 76. St Kilda 77. Essendon 78. Richmond ROUND FIVE 79. Adelaide 80. North Melbourne 81. Sydney 82. Hawthorn 83. Gold Coast 84. Essendon 85. Brisbane 86. Carlton 87. Greater Western Sydney 88. Melbourne 89. Western Bulldogs 90. West Coast 91. Collingwood 92. St Kilda 93. Brisbane 94. Port Adelaide 95. Geelong 96. Richmond * Fremantle have a third selection in Round Six

Chris Doerre (Knightmare) on 11 underrated AFL Draft prospects 2020 gives some interesting insights on how he assessed potential draftees.