Redleg

And also the May deal?

You think the Pies will just walk away next year with Dunn and Goldsack probably retired?

It was needed then. Today it probably wouldn’t have happened.

If Gaff is staying how do they get Tim Kelly or fit him into their cap. Could Dockers make a play for him? How would that affect other deals? Might make letting Neale go easier? Interesting 10 days ahead.

Have we got anyone yet? No, well we are f....d.

That is why I am not worried and have faith in the FD to get it done.

Starting to get the feeling that if Lobbe needs to get to the Dockers too, we may be looking at a pick and player for JH, with the pick to go to GC maybe for May and KK and maybe a lesser one coming back. That would mean we get 3 players for JH. That could be a possibility.

You mean a $1m a year player who doesn’t chase and will cost you 2 first round picks as stated by Port . Don’t think we lack that.

A poster Theo, on Tohill thread said you can have 3. If so, I hope we are into Tohill, or one of the others, if of course they are good enough or showing potential.

Got the answer Walker and Bradtke.

Are we out of the running for one of the Irish boys as a category B rookie? I know we have Bradtke as one. Do we have another one? Sad when we started this and one of the boys is the talented 198 cm Anton Tohill, son of Anthony, who played Reserves for us in the 80's.

Yep. I think they are all "keeps" for Swans. They do have a couple of blokes in the seconds who we may be looking at, or otherwise it will be a pick that we will hope to bundle and upgrade I think.

None of those 5 will be pushed out.

But Gaff has more hair.

I think the clowns are now in the ring.

Do you think we haven't already spoken to Freo, before we softened our stance on looking at a deal?

Good post. Also with those that are NQR that have left, the hope is to get 1 or 2 that are better than them, not just to replace them. That is always the aim of list changes.

Is it selling the farm to pay what others offer if it costs you nothing to get a top player? I understand there is a cap, but other clubs seem to manage or are true destination clubs.

And that is why they told him to look around and why, when we have no first round pick or experienced player wanting to go to GC, Cameron said the trade should be done early next week.

Interesting that we are now a destination club, but we don't seem able to take advantage of it and get a FA, well at least not so far.

Still don't think we have got a top FA yet.

That kid has serious talent. Wow!

They may laugh and he still may go. He also might not. It is obviously something that will be raised. I am sure a few scenarios will be raised before the deal is done. What does literally live in WA mean BTW?

Disagree, the arrival of Jesse would be bigger than the departure of Brayshaw. You sell it be saying Jesse wanted to come home, as did Brayshaw and who also wanted to play with his brother, something that would have come up every year, like the Jesse saga. Keeping 4 or 5 would also soothe the members as there are probably better players than Brayshaw available at that pick. We would need to trade the pick to Port for 9 and 10 and hope GC would take say 9 and a future pick as well, leaving us say 10 or use the pick and offer GC our first next year and something else as well.

Well for a start Angus has said we need to get him over to the Dees. We could then get Hamish, who has not played a game in his first year, to leave the Eagles and we could rookie him, saving Dad a flight every second week to see his sons play. Couldn't see the Eagles standing in his way. ATM he appears to be a WAFL player.