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Disturbing. Waiting the year for free agency is looking better and better in hindsight. Can say I wasn’t keen at the time, though we didn’t know how badly this year would start (and that Moore would come back and play so well for the pies making May less of a need for them).

Mitch Cleary is reporting 23 on track for captains run this morning. Team last week plus stretch and both wagners, minus may and sparrow

Agreed. They have been very good. I’m amazed Richmond are this close

Any footage?

Freo’s improvement is a surprise but otherwise this was predictable. North recruited very well. Collingwood were decimated (by north) and Brisbane not far behind. Carlton were weak last year and haven’t substantially improved. I suspect conference A will win both semi finals fairly comfortably when we get to that stage

Presumably they will be booted

Got a bit of a Viney look to him. Like it!

Exactly. Player managers like their players to get to the clubs they want to go to. Watch WCE get Kelly in with a minimum of fuss

Pick 5 and 11 for Hogan and pick 36 Freo then send 23 and 36 to GWS for Lobb

Would he want to go to a bottom 2/3 side...?

I re-watched the first quarter of the prelim this afternoon (first time since live) and Tyson was deplorable. He needs to go. He is an inside midfielder only. We have other depth in that area. There is no need to hang onto him and we could get a pick in the 30s back (as he’s still young and a decent inside mid). Get it done

Nothing less than picks 5 and 10 will be acceptable

By my calculations, Hogan is NOT a free agent at the end of next year. Can anyone confirm?

Zac Clarke as late pick or rookie could be a good backup for Gawn

Why not 10 and 20 for lever?

Next year is a superdraft. Must not trade that pick

If it's under control it shouldn't have any effect.

You can get quality without giving up quality. We aren't going to get lever for 10 and a pack of chips. Tyson is replaceable with Maynard who hardly played this year and looks like being a similar style of ball magnet. Yes, we need more midfielders but we are very strong inside and rather need outside class and speed (which Tyson does not provide). He's a good but limited player in an area where we are well served. Btw, belittling what is a reasonable suggestion reflects idiocy towards you, not me. Thinking that Tyson's deficiencies can be fixed easily adds a bit of delusion to that too.

The main point I'm trying to make though is that I think Tyson and 10 is a reasonable trade for Lever (and something small back) and that Adelaide should take it if Tyson can be exchanged for something reasonable. He'd be worth an early second round pick (late first at a stretch) I would have thought.

Carlton giving their second round pick to Adelaide would help but they traded it out last year. Gibbs is worth a lot though - he's only 28 and is in the top 50 players in the AFL. Adelaide could definitely use him

The contrasting form of Maynard and Tyson in the second half of the year has made Tyson very expendable. The best way to get Lever without giving up too much would be to get Tyson to another Vic team. Something like... Melb - out: Tyson, pick 10 in: Lever, pick 38 Adel - out: Lever, pick 18 in: Gibbs, pick 10 Carl - out: Gibbs, pick 38 in: Tyson, pick 18

It looks like GWS then traded 20 with 21 and 48 for 14 (Cam McCarthy) and 29 (Rory Lobb). They passed on 72. Both teams have done well out of it - such a strong draft

No chance it would be at skilled

Stretch is another South Australian who probably would have gone around 30