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Even Venom Denham reckons we are a shot for him, with Howe going to GC17 as part of the deal. Get. It. DONE.

There's arguments for both players to have won the award, but it was all but unanimous - Hogan 49 votes from a possible 50. Highest ever polling in the award, I think?

Bring it on. I want Bennell at our club next season.

hoges sound more hammered than slobbo.

harley bennell.

I've come 180 on the idea of getting him. Would he be in our best 18? Absolutely. So other than it costing us $$ in the cap, there's no real 'cost' other than potentially slipping back a spot in the draft. Get him, I say.

Roos on 360 was pretty clear... "We need talent...Harley is clearly talented..." We simply must make a play for him and back our leaders and developers - Roos, Goodwin, McCarthy, Jones, Jetta etc - to be able to help him become a superstar. The idea of Bennell and Hogan - who presumably played together at colts level in WA - together is pretty compelling.

Carlton supporters super confident he's sliding thru to pick 1 in the psd.

Played more than 20 games three times in eight seasons. It ain't a good strike rate...

certainly not what roos indicated.

disagree bimbo. bennell is a step in the right direction as he's a bona fide jet who is proven at afl level to perform to incredible standards. i was ambivalent about garlett as he's not even close to the talent that bennell is. if we want to get better as a club we need to recruit some genuine a-graders. bennell is that.

if the players are rewarded with contracts from other clubs that offer to pay them a small fortune, then they deserve compo picks at the pointy end. i am very, very curious how the pies, for instance, are affording to pay treloar and kreuzer over a million a season, and can still afford to bring in aish, as has been rumoured. leuenberger going to the swans, isn't he? the whole think reeks. but, as chook says, the afl doesn't make mistakes - the public just misinterprets their magnanimous gestures.

agreed, it's sickening.

footy classified are saying multiple clubs are ruling themselves out of chasing him, and that it could be a firesale with him going for a third or fourth rounder and gc17 needing to pay a large chunk of his salary. GET. IT. DONE.

Exactly. We've made it clear we want an a grade mid. Harley is not quite that, and he has spots on him. But does he have all the capability of being a genuine star? Absolutely. Get the deal done. Our first rounder and Howe for Bennell and their 2016 second rounder.

Want, want, want.

The week before in the VFL, pretty sure Watts booted 5 and had 20 odd possessions. He was playing well enough to get selected, he just was such s youngster and skinny body who got mauled. And who is to say whether there was mental damage there or he already lacked intestinal fortitude...I suspect a combination of the both.

GC17 would probably be aggrieved at that suggestion but Dixon gets on the park as often as Mitch Clark. They'll want more than pick 23. Maybe Howe, 23 and future 2016 picks. Man if love it if we could squeeze a Bennell, Prestia or O'Meara out of them, as unlikely as it would seem to be.

did you say that before or after roos did in the press conference? pretty amazing prescience if before! happy for watts to go to be honest. i want to get better as a football club, and if his departure helps speed that up then i'm all for it.

error after error from gws trying to transition from defence to attack - we were finally, belatedly able to turn the ball over and bum rush it forward. gws' effective disposal going at barely 50%. umpiring going at about 33%.

salem has twice taken on blokes way, way bigger than him and beaten them. terrific stuff.

our skills are lamentable. our effort is there or thereabouts for a middle-ranked side, but our appalling skill level pushes us down to bottom handful in the competition.

means that schache will go #2, weitering #1, and carlisle is a chance of skating thru to blues as psd #1.

have advocated the recruiting of moore for four seasons now, not gonna stop now. perfect size for a modern mid, has got over his niggles, is a lovely dude, and supported us growing up. somewhat little known fact; was the dude who broke blease's leg at school.

has put on an absolute clinic at the gabba today. looks far from done.