Tony Tea

Final offer? Straight out of the How to Haggle handbook.

I would have him, IF he cost nothing and is not clogging the list.

What Makes a Destination Club? Having a head of recruiting who was head of recruiting at another club.

He's going to Carlton. I heard it in the Herald Sun.

The GC list needs a good dose of Neeld.

Correct. They are not bad, they are evil.

It is this year's "I would love to be a one-club player."

KD went to Sydney.

If someone asked me "Source?" I'd reply "Simon Goodwin told me in the strictest confidence and made me swear to silence."

If Sydney have offered AvB 3 years and we have offered him 1 year he should go. Clearly the Swans rate him much higher than we do. The question is: why? What do the Swans see in AvB that we don't?

Who finished 13th this year?

He must be well regarded to have avoided the scythe cutting a swathe.

Time for Paul Simon in a Dees jumper.

Could it be that Vanders got a nudge at his end-of-season meeting? Is Melbourne clearing the decks for some serious trade action? I like Vanders, but I'm not sure how much I like him, since he is so often injured, and often goes missing in games. Without any related information I'd keep him for at least another year.

Brayshaw. Unlike Oliver, who does a lot of hard-to-see work in close, Brayshaw does the eyecatching stuff,.If Oliver further develops his own eyecatching work, - Look out, Brownlow. This is purely subjective on my part, but I reckon Brayshaw has a more conspicuous style of play than Oliver.

And there was the match against Carlton in 2014 when we were about to win and the commentator said "Pedersen to ice the game."

"Don't pick a fight with a (wo)man who buys ink by the barrel." ~~ Not Mark Twain

Especially since both games were at the Dome. Round 1 because of the Comm Games, but it was our home game. The second time was Carlton's home game. We should have played R1 at the Dome for a Carlton home game and the second one at the MCG for our home game.

Adios, Tom. Best of luck.

Dont you love the media? In the article it says "The Australian’s Greg Denham reported on Tuesday that Hogan has agreed to a blockbuster deal with the Dockers and will force the Demons into a trade this trade period." In Denham's article the closest he comes to saying that is "Should Hogan agree to return home, the Dockers will have to give up a first-round selection to Melbourne in return, which the Demons would have to on-trade to Gold Coast to secure May." Nothing about agreeing to a blockbuster deal. If Hogan had agreed Denham would most certainly have said so.

Hats off. Not Demon royalty, but certainly a reliable courtier. And we'll always have his big pack mark and his beautifully weighted pass to T-Mac in the last quarter in Perth in 2017.

Denham's article in the Oz is a paragon of opinion dressed up as fact. The only part that veers close to a a statement is prefaced with "it is understood" which is an old journalistic trick. Easy to deny - easy to say "told ya so". Appropriately Supernaut's "I Like it Both Ways" is a West Australian song. "It is understood Melbourne are prepared to consider sacrificing Hogan for May after their glaring deficiency in defence against West Coast in last Saturday’s 11-goal preliminary final defeat, even with top backman Jake Lever expected back early next season from a knee reconstruction." No way am I giving Hogan for ONLY Freo's pick 6 from Freo to ontrade for May.

You could be right. Goodwin may have liked what he saw at Casey, but not liked what he saw at Melbourne.

The Australian. "A bombshell is about to hit the lead-up to the AFL trade period with star Melbourne forward Jesse Hogan set to play with Fremantle next year if the Dockers are successful in their multimillion-dollar bid to lure the West Australian home."