Demonstone

Ah yes, if only Goody knew something about footy, hey?

Terrible deal for Geelong. Henry is not worth anything like that.

Bruce will continue to wear number 17 at the Bulldogs.

A grandfather deal is pa for the course. It's a deal that pops.

Only if you're small minded (not saying you are, SD). Players change clubs. It's a fact of AFL life.

Not knowing whether to feel miserable or annoyed with RyanD's post, I'd call it sadire. (TM)

Has the Hunter become the hunted? I thought we didn't value the Hunt.

Speaking of which and veering wildly off topic, I have a question. Did Don Quixote call his donkey Oatey?

There's another term for all these delisted NQR's that posters are speculating about. It begins with "L" and ends in "istclogger".

I know there are some exceptions, but generally when a player has been let go by two clubs there are good reasons why that is the case. Not sure what the knock on Phillips is but I wouldn't be keen on picking him up based on his history.

If you ask @Rab D Nesbitt, it stands for Indigenous Guernsey.

There's no point trading just for the sake of trading. Ratugolea wouldn't make us any better. It's roughly the mid-point of the trade period. There have only been a few trades finalised at this point and I'd suggest we wait until it's over rather than jumping to hasty conclusions. Let's see what eventuates. The other point I would make is that, just because there has been no publicity, doesn't mean we're not taking "shots" at players we think may be attainable and who would improve our list.

Probably because he's a decidedly average player who wouldn't solve our forward issue.

Dave's not here, (bin) man.

You'd probably have to throw in a family sized meatlovers pizza to clinch the deal.

Tommo was originally a top ten draft selection, which is more fodder for those who think draft picks are over-rated and further evidence that there is no certainty with any player that is drafted at the pointy end.

Gold Coast fans will be salty?

Corbett clearly not rated highly by Gold Coast. A future fourth rounder? That's not even a packet of chips, it's the little crumby bits at the bottom of the bag.

Make sure you don't get the two mixed up. edit: Oh, snap!

Hawthorn parted ways with Ablett after he struggled with city life and wasn't keen on turning up for training. He played the following year at Myrtleford under the coaching of his Uncle Len before Geelong recruited him. Along the lines of the Daniher balls-up, Sydney also relinquished the rights to two Riverina products in Wayne Carey and John Longmire to North Melbourne for a packet of chips. To be fair, they were Samboy Barbecue, the king of chips.

I can't see Ben Brown being keen on Cornes beef with Lamb.

*sheesh* Should have picked that one up!

You're saying we should tell Freo that we will send him to the draft? It would be an empty threat. As if they'd buy a scenario where neither of the the clubs nor the player get what they want. We'll cut a deal with Freo (or West Coast, I don't care) and get the best result we can.

What's the irony? (genuine, polite enquiry)

We would then get nothing in return. SFA. Zilch. The statement we'd be making is "We're so dumb we're prepared to cut off our nose to spite our face".