Redleg

Read my posts above.

This might upset a lot of people, but in my experience, very often fans hurt more than players at losses. Further, very often fans are more invested in their club, than some of the players.

That's not happening.

I don't think players give a rat's about that.

They were trying through the LJ trade to get Cadman. That hasn't worked. We are loading up reasonable picks in next year's draft, with more cap space as well. That will allow opportunities. You haven't answered, who would you have got, or should we have been able to get. Easy to criticize, but what are your suggestions? We could say they are idiots for not getting McKay, Cameron and Naughton. You can only get who is available at that time.

Maybe they thought BBB, Tom Mac, Fritta, JVR, Max, Weid, maybe Petty and now Bruce was enough for one year.

He is also that ruck depth for one year, behind, Max, Grundy and Weid.

We know the Lobb deal will happen, as Bruce has been let go in his last year in readiness for Lobb arriving.

Who? Bruce played at the end of this year, so what is the part completed knee recovery?

Tomlinson has 2 years at $500k and Bruce has 1 year. So we save the last year of Tomlinson at $500k for use in 24. We tried to get rid of Tomlinson with no takers. We now have in his last year by swapping him with Bruce. If Bruce plays the whole year at Casey, we are $500k better off in 2024.

But if we only take him for his last year, we save $500k on Tomlinson in 24. If we are looking at bringing in a good player that will help. In the meantime he is cover for 2 injured forwards and experience and big body to help a raw kid. For one year it is smart.

So hopefully we are just taking him on his last year and then assess at end of 23. I have no issue with that for one year, as we save a year on Tomlinson and get an experienced key forward for cover. Hopefully all working to a plan, to dump salary for next year's swoop on a player.

How many years does he have left on his contract and are we taking it over, or doing a new one?

This suggests 2 things to me, either BBB or Tom Mac or both, are more injured than we think, or Goody wants more big guys flying with BBB, Max, Fritta and Tom for the long bomb into the left forward pocket.

No.

They have more and will get even more, trading Lobb after the LJ deal is done, so we can't ask for anything else.

Cats get Ollie Henry.

Maybe it's now going to be 13, F 1st and North F 2nd and we give them the Bedford pick 43. That's unders for LJ, but that North F 2nd always has trade appeal on draft night. However that would leave us with only one pick inside 54, once Pies get 27, unless I am missing something. Unless as GWS have #3, #12, #15, #18, #19, #44, #61, #63. and will trade Hopper for Soldo and lets say Tiger's 31 pick and GWS who then won't need 31, can give us picks they probably won't use in 31 and 43 for Bedford. That at least would give us 2 x F1 and 2 x F2 for next year's draft. That would be good for next year.

Don' t forget the farm/property he will pick up.

Are you suggesting all of those farms, properties and businesses obtained by Cats players are outside the salary cap? Surely not. People just love Geelong.

So happy for the Cats.

Hopefully we are heavily into someone good for next year and if we also end up with a good draft haul next year as well, then things could get very exciting. If we happen to draft well, with our likely 2 picks this year, it can also be a big bonus to our off season. We are also adding an AA Ruckman this trade period.

But it's probably the best thing we need.

Fascinating behind the scenes conversation.

I think we are relying on a 2021 injury run, which would go a long way to us winning it again.