Redleg

I guess we would have hoped they would see out their contracts in reasonable form, but unfortunately that hasn't happened. The succession plan would be Petty, JVR, Jefferson and maybe another this draft/trade period. O'Sullivan looks one who could play both ends and already has some good size. He will be there at 5 if we want him.

Zorko might be retiring after the GF. That would give him freedom for a lot of accidental incidents. I would imagine he would go extremely hard at the smothering.

Sometimes the penny drops when you are near the end of your career.

Yep.

We will definitely get help for Max, what we don’t know atm is who. We know it has to be a mature body and a player who is prepared to play 2nd fiddle. It will be either a ruckman from another club, who might currently be 3rd in line, or a player from a lesser league, who will cope physically. If it’s someone in their early 20’s, they will have a chance of staying on with Verall and FW, if he is still with us, in years to come. So the decision is probably a player who will only be around a couple of years and we then draft another young ruckman, or a Matt Flynn type who can play a number of years. The best ruckman in the GF, is a former Casey player btw.

Maybe not, as value of money has decreased.

No way I would use Petty in the ruck with his foot problem history. Tom Mac looks cooked. We shouldn’t be destroying JVR and risking injury, he should concentrate on his forward craft.

Imo I would avoid Tasmanians. Its just too dangerous.

What flavour?

Thought he was going to WC.

6.3 and we would probably be playing tomorrow.

That is a little scary.

Does he want to be a farmer?

Five clubs pitched to JJ, so I don't think he would have accepted a nothing contract. Swans have cap space with Buddy, Hickey and a few others leaving.

I think he would if we got a very good offer.

Laurie will stay unless someone comes with a good offer, as we are probably turning over too many this year. If he is not a regular next year I would imagine he will look elsewhere.

We still need a backup ruck and maybe we go to state and country leagues for a player.

We get a compo pick.

I don't think there is such a pick. It's start of 2nd round or end of 2nd round, which would be about 44-45, after after pp's and matching. I think we are a chance of start of 2nd round, which could be about 22-23. Probably need good money and few years, already is younger than most FA's and a premiership player, which will help.

Another quiet weekend coming up.

Big call.

From being drafted, let alone how many more to be ready, if he is even good enough.

Won't ND 20 end up about 26-27? We either get that for a young Premiership player, who has walked through FA, or we get end of 2nd round, which will be about ND 45, unless I am badly miscalculating. Do you think 45 is fair compensation for JJ?

I think we will be after 11 without giving up 13. Any picks we have or get, from and including 13, will imo, be up for bundling in trade, to get higher picks than 11.

He is young and will get a reasonable contract, so he is not 3rd round. More likely beginning of 2nd round at worst.