Redleg

Other way round. They call out the player's name and wait for a club to bid in draft order. If there is a bid, the father/son club then agrees to use its next normal pick or the club that bids has him. End of story. If no one bids at all you can take him with your last pick in the draft. Process for the 3 F/S players should take about 5 minutes all up. The interesting feature could be which player goes first.

Don't forget they would still need $1m of salary cap room for the next 4-5 years, which they haven't got. Oh that's right, all his family and friends could work for Visy.

I could have been anything too, unfortunately I was nothing.

Will be pretty disappointing if the Premier lands the biggest fish in the off season. May have to pay some chips to get him but they will find a way. Probably throw in a burger.

The Swans do have a habit of getting deals done. Maybe a good young ex victorian has said to them he would be happy to be traded back home. They trade him and get a good pick. They trade a few others like Jesse White and get a couple of more picks. They then offer to swap their earlier picks for Crows later picks ( Swans first for Crows second etc ) all the way through the draft and give the top pick they get for the youngster. That sort of deal will get it done.

Fear not, the animals are still on the farm. The Tippett scenario is nothing new.

Lions have said they will move on Beamer if they miss out on Tippett. Beamer might be at the Lions very soon.

Agree.

They do that all the time.

Where do I sign?

"Tippett announced on Saturday he wanted to become a Swan, signing a four-year deal with the premiers." Herald Sun Saturday. That can't be right because anything he signs is invalid unless he can get to the club. I would imagine another journo has got it wrong. At best a handshake of "if you can get me I will come on those terms."

Incorrect. John Reid who drew his contract and the Crows say that is untrue. There is no deal in place and he is like any other player. His management have not denied this.

On another note I wonder how if at all this impacts GC and possibly nomionating JV. I would have thought that the Crows would be keen to do a deal with GC over Swans, ( better picks and more young players ). If they tell GC to hang onto pick 2 and they will try and get him to GC that may be good for us.

Sorry DC didn't see your post before I posted.

What are you talking about? He is like any player out of contract. He has got an offer and named a club he wants to go to. If there is no deal he nominates his price and goes into the PSD and the first club in draft order that wants to pay his price gets him. That's how it has been for years.

Far worse.

Disagree. The way I read it is that the AFL will add your players gained and deduct your players lost points and if you are in debit, you get a pick to best represent that total. I could only see you getting more than 1 pick, if for example you lost 2 star players to high offers and you gained no one.

Your point was probably agreed with in an article today, where GC said they didn't want to take Tippet in the PSD, as it could rebound on them in the coming years, when their young players come out of contract. Clearly they are aware of repercussions for an aggressive stance.

Have to agree. The alternative is a player swap. It appears Giles will stay with GWS. Martin's value will then increase for Pies who are looking for a mobile ruckman who can spell forward. Maybe a swap of Martin for Dawes. Again any more than that and you are paying overs. We will get a compo pick for our loss of FA's, possibly at the end of the first round but probably in the second round and that could be part of a deal for Dawes. As far as I am concerned 3,4 & 13 are off limits for Dawes. Those picks are reserved for real talent not just a big body.

Oh well if facebook says it, that's it then.

Haven't had fish and chips for a while.

Don't know.

Not me. I want him going to the GC for pick 2.

You would be pretty happy with that result, with JV later as well. Then picks coming in for Rivers/Moloney/Bate and player swaps as well.

Other than the nickname "rabbit", nothing much.