buck_nekkid

Any news emerging or just tumbleweeds? the Mac brothers will get a complex the way this trade week is playing out! No suitors....

We can let them know we are doing them a favour as we have TMac on the books already....

If we can exchange Preuss for Brown that is a massive win! We got Preuss for dog biscuits from North, and if we can now change that for Brown (plus or minus a small amount) you would seriously have to see that as a great play by MFC.

Maybe the Hannan price was offset to support such a swap? We took a future 3rd rounder, not touching this year’s picks of the dogs for their NGA play.

I heard a rumour there was a trade period underway. .... no evidence of it actually happening....

We have tried everyone else!

No news in the main channels about OMac. Also ANB was named before the period and now all is quiet. No interest, or just not interesting??

The guy used to be the elite runner at the club. Can mark and field kick. Can defend and attack. I would trim him back down and give him a wing. If he wants to own it, it would be the Tomlinson role we tried to fill last year.

So he would be DFA? Worth at least a conversation

Hogan for 55, just for reference...

How about bombers send first to us, future first to doggies. We send Hannan and a second rounder to Doggies. Doggies send Dunkley to bombers? A few scrappy back pick exchanges between bombers and doggies to increase points.

I would love to see that pick passed through to North to bring in Sideshow. Imagine that- a straight swap of Preuss for Sidey? Astute!

I reckon they have gone into complete rebuild mode. Brown won’t be there in 2051 when their next premiership window is open, so moving him on is ok. The way it has happened (split with the club) is poor business as it lowers his market value.

BEN BROWN The key forward has elected Melbourne as his preferred club after Essendon expressed interest. The Demons are not willing to part with pick No.25, however, which could make a quick deal difficult. Told he was surplus to requirements at North, reducing the possibility of a prime draft pick in return. (AFL.com.au)

Suggest there is two things always in play: strategic list improvement and opportunistic list improvement. Brown was opportunistic and we swooped, Smith was strategic, but we got beaten. Would think we are looking for a small forward and outside midfielder/winger as strategic needs, but we will only take them if they improve our list (compared to what we have) and don’t destroy the salary cap. If they think Oscar will be better than Phillips at 1/2 the price, then we don't need to act. If someone is available cheap, then we have a go like we did with Brown. I like the idea of moving up if we can, but am more and more happy with the Kozzie pick last year. Mahoney may simply be waiting for opportunities to present themselves (even a Treloar) rather than trying to pick off a player (like the druggies are with Dunkley).

Matt Rondell thinks it might be a ‘good fit’. I can think the moon is made of cheese - doesn't make it real. Not even a rumour, simply some old hack having an ‘opinion’ of what could be a good fit. Pies are in so much trouble right now, they have so much to sort out that a play for T-Mac would be well down the list of things to do.

Look forward to yelling ‘Sideshow’! As he takes a mark and nails the goal from 50 many times at the ‘G!!!

700k for 3 years? I’d take that to lie in the sun and get my groin rubbed. our kossie pickup looks awesome now. All these additional picks will mean that our pick swap moves back, and back, and back..... last year was fairly clear, this year the top 10 could have 2 or more additional picks added

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I really want Geelong to do an Adelaide and PLUMMET. Higgins, Smith and Cameron dont deal with the issues that saw them kick 2 goals to 8 in the second half of the granny. I thank Dr Evil for sharing insight, even if things changed. Looks like they came late and hard so what may have been virtually decided was upset at the 11th hour. Phillips anyone? Or stick with sauce????

The Dockers obviously think he is surplus to needs. Not a good look 2 years after getting him from us, on the back of 5 years of begging and tempting him. at his best, Jesse is an absolute jet. Should be commanding Jeremy Cameron Type interest. Yet the bulldogs who need a forward are into Mason Cox instead? Rated behind dodgy hips Daniher? Must be something really stinky. I do wish him good fortune, but he has gone backwards fast.

Not on that salary, but otherwise yes. The ongoing cost is the issue.

Then it makes less sense for Geelong, and no sense for anyone else. Suspect we are looking for a role player to assist the team, rather than unearthing the next Dusty or Trac with this pick. He has plenty to prove - that he is up to AFL Standard and worth more than hawks were valuing him at.

Another lifestyle move? Don’t these guys know that it’s only a 10 minute drive to the Collingwood children’s farm from AAMI park?

I would put TMAC back to CHB after getting him fit, and brining brown up front. OMac surplus to needs. Goal to Goal line of May, TMAC MAX, Weidemann, Brown. Would almost be the best in the business.