Redleg

I'd answer you, but they take away my computer at night.

Yet blokes like Maxwell said he was sensational for them, especially one on one and would be greatly missed. What is the truth?

We might get one or two in the next few days.

Caddy gone to Cats. Done deal.

There can be no doubt that the journos read the boards. Emma Quayle alluded to it in her article and basically summed the Demonland feeling as a guage for the average MFC supporter.

As do the Pies. they need him off their books. Dogs have offered 27, we have 20 and may want to keep that. Swap with Martin still looks good for Pies who get their ruckman/forward. Otherwise if Gysberts goes that should be another second rounder as will Rivers/Moloney FA comp if they can do their deals. Maybe even Petterd and a late pick could do the deal. He has had good games against them.

Very interesting if true.

Think things will quieten down over the next 2 weeks, until the final couple of days of trading.

Me too. I wouldn't be commenting if I was him. BTW can we ask him if the Blues would like Cook.

Not to mention that he would be turning his back on a reunion with Neeld and Brown. In the last half of this season the Dogs were the worst team by a mile and with an ageing list. You are probably right, the Dogs are probably offering more bones at the kennel.

Yes if they agree. Moloney could do a Monfries.

We are clearly talking to a lot of players and hope to have a few good draft picks left at draft day. We have already added 4 players to our list and will probably upgrade 2 in Nicho and Evans. That is 6 added. Unless I am missing something at this stage we have only lost 2 in Jurrah and Green.. No one else has left or been traded, which still might occur. Therefore we need to move on 4 players at least. If we pick up another 2 players in trades and say 4 drafted in ND and 1 in PSD, we will need to move on at least another 11 players this month. That would be a turnover on the main list of 13 players. That is huge, but needed. I can see some trades for pick upgrades or 2 players swapped for 1 coming up.

I could see us having a few second round picks with Gys possibly going, also Martin and Morton are possibles and FA compo for Rivers/Moloney. Should be some run and spread players in second round.

BB, have you been smoking the banana skins?

Well if it is Wines or Toumpas we are in a great positon.

You do know we haven't got pick 3 anymore.

I meant that when you add more FA compo picks in, pick 26, still the same pick we use for JV, will slide and he becomes even cheaper.

Believe it or not JV's pick at 26 may end up in the 30's. Add Goddard Saints pick, Dees, Rivers/Moloney etc.

Classy young midfielders we can use in bucketloads. You asked how many you can play at once. Lets see, 3 at the bounce, 2 on the wings, 2 on the HFF, maybe 1 on the HBF, 3 on the bench. I make that 11 plus more needed for injuries and loss of form. Have we got say 15 good ones?

I thought I heard something when I was on Demonland earlier.

Couldn't disagree more. We need bucketloads of them.

Correct, we certainly need "spread or quick skilful" players now. Adding Dawes and Pedersen to Hoagan plus what we already have does seem to make us pretty top heavy. I wonder if we need both of them. We will gain picks for trades and FA's and we should really be trying to improve our spread and carry. Pick 4 could be an O'Rourke or Wines. We need to add to that.

Don't get me wrong I am very happy with players so far but I disagree on the massive unders bit for Hogan. 3 is a massive pick in this draft and the best available after GC gave pick 2 to GWS. I understand the side benefit but pick 3 to me is well worth a player who might slip next year, can't play for us next year and is taken then instead of say a Toumpas now. To add 13 for 20 even with Barry is overs in my view. The drop from 13 -20 will cost us possibly Kennedy or someone as good. Nevertheless we have a potential star in Viney, another in Hogan, an exciting kid and pick 20 to use on probably Dawes. So I suppose if we said we would have Viney, Hogan, Dawes and Barry for 3,13 & 26 we would be happy.

I can't I am addicted. Some of the rubbish defies belief, but it's great reading.

That is true.