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i dont think youd be too alone with that deal. Cant see Giants handing up a gun, all work already done to develop into a ready to go mid only to start all over again !! big win for us. Seems very unlikely for mine

OD, its been a concern of mine for years that we've been overpaying quite a few. Some will always argue that " we have to pay someone" but i reckon some shrewd accountant types would have figured out a way of jigging things to pay players what they are worth and open up a huge warchest to BRIBE someone to come our way. i simply think in the past we've been a pretty dumb club.

Not anymore apparently !!

Ah 55 was wondering how many others saw the ploy. This is all a game. Gambits, dummy hands, zigs / zags and dare i say it...the odd Ruse or two !! lol

A lot of things are possible at this end of the season. Wouldnt surprise me at all if Fitzy was on the table.

Love to know whats actually been offered us for #2. its the first live pick for an upcoming gun of a mid. Youd think someone would value that rather highly. Still worse case scenario that same said gun will be ours !!

they can push all they like...they get no say in it..

cant see Ainters getting a band one for NDS.... too long in tooth for that. he might snare a band 2 on a really good day. Band 3 most likely. keep in mind compo is weighted to the NEW contract.. and that wont be trucks of bullion

I dunno...seems a number of SA guns struggle over here

Quite the improved player, especially from where some of us considered him to be at seasons start. I do however wonder just how and where he can break into the team.

I really have to pay more attention over the weekends..lol

and yet ..thats a possible way of actually GETTING Savage...FFS !!!!! No hijack at all...its a discussion of paths and methods....of same said SS

In order to get , you need to give. We are after mids, players who will figure in our best 22 week in week out. Fitzy isnt a best 22 and in all likely hood will find it hard to get a regular gig once the likes of Hogan , Clark, Dawes Howe . possibly his maximum value as of today is a trade...palatable to some ?? no...A reality....perhaps The thing is..Id rather Savage in our list than Fitzy. its not personal, its pragmatism

drafted 50 in 2009

after all the trading is finished. Any compo is reliant on us having a residual as to FA.

Pick 2 is worth whatever it is in the given market. Pointless comparing to players of other years or drafts.

My money would be on StKilda. They are only ever 5 mins from implosion. They're a funny lot.

Strangely Ruck ISN'T the most important position to fill. Many a team win WITHOUT a dominant Ruck. They do however win from clearances. Clark Jamar Gawn Fitzy even Spencil can stand the square yep...a number

Its about needs and timings. Yeah...lets warehouse all the tall timber.....who needs an engine in a car anyway. We can all stand back and admire the wonderful forest !! Personally id give up Spencil before Fitzy but important more focussed on getting some inside 50's happening on a regular basis.

my point is very simple...priority is mids. Fitzy isn't a priority. We have any number filling some of these roles. We haven next to none filling the mids list. We have a very shallow pool there

You know BBO....I really prefered your older avatar, not that it in anyway enticed me but I find that sugary effort of late quite disturbing on a site dedicated to Demons !!!

not when you dont even have a reasonable stock of 'average' midfielders !!! This isnt about collecting Footy cards, its not about having a 5th reserve tall etc, its about getting the bloody midfield into something approaching a better than VFL grade rabble and being competitive. If Fitzy is part of a deal , so be it

Funny how the SMFC took umbrage at what it saw as a ruthless attempt to snag a kid. They mustn't have mirrors in the Harbour City !!

and to think i only left this forum for one evening.......now look at it lol

Sharp work there Nasher