buck_nekkid

So, how about: We land Tomlinson as a F/A We land Langdon with 20 We split the pick 2/3 with GWS, they get a gun plus Green. We get 2 teen picks plus a player. We take 2 small forwards in the draft with the picks. Chandler is moved back to understudy Nev. Take a spekky selection with the third and last pick that we have to make at about 40. Close the books and hit the rookie draft or PSD.

Shouldn’t all this be in a new thread? Something about free agents, rumours, riddles or something?

I hope the team have a clear strategy that will not mean we get suckered at the last moment, but clearly plan out the scenarios and deliver best value.

Its on daylight savings time. We are always an hour ahead of ourselves.

Essendon were the ‘best of the worst’ and deserved what they got. GWS were ugly and mean around the contest, and the doggies couldn’t take it, or shake it. Lions showed (like us in the Prelim) that excited kids don’t beat hardened men when it counts. pies have easier path to Granny. Richmond, Eagles and Pies showing class. Cats showing a bit of age. Without Danger and Kelly, they bat pretty thin.

This relies on the belief that the CEO oversees the coaching stuff. Suggest it is Mahoney, as head of football. The CEO would probably get pantsed for interfering too directly in the FD. I would imagine that the board would have been asking for a clear plan of how to get back on track, and a review of what went wrong this year. When the roundabout stops, Mahoney is the one who has to take blame or credit for what happens next.

Dear Mr Langdon, Please please PLEASE choose us, so we can feel like we are relevant. When you get here, we will bag the [censored] out of you and call you a potato or somesuch. But please don’t let that stop you. We really need good news around here, there are so many sad sack types that want a saviour. Do you have sandals? PS. Can you do a wee wee in Jessie’s kit bag on your way out? It will be good for some laughs when he thinks it is Fyfie!

Who is this Major Changes fellow? Does he run the military style pre-season camp? Bravo I say, Major, off you go!

Melodrama central! i know nothing, but if we don’t start with a ‘Sky is falling’ point of view, then maybe North, who need a new assistant, figured Jade to be the best available and made him an offer? After 8 years at one club, it would also make sense to be exposed to other systems as you work toward your own senior gig.

Big spread in the hun re players on the move ‘whispers’. Zero mention of Dees players. You would think if they wanted out, or were on the way out, there would at least be a ‘whisper’...

Sparrow, Jordon and Nitzer are all young players, if I remember they were ‘bottom age’. I suppose we had an expectation that our list would be strong and healthy, and would take us forward this year. I suspect they were being smart and topping up for 2020, without expectation that any of these kids would even get a look in in 2019. It didnt quite go that way, and we were forced to play about 40 players from the list. In a normal year, chandler, sparrow and so many others would have been only developing their craft at Casey. I would prefer no ‘Rising stars’ and instead have a solid list that delivers a flag. If we still think these guys are high quality, we could easily split this pick. The deals being touted here with GWS could be very good for us, especially if it brings a list-improving (not clogging) player.

Can you get us pick 7 or better? Otherwise, let the young man have a pre-season and lets see what he can produce.

Yeah. I’m looking at the ridiculous nature of the whole thing. I am resigned to us having zero input into what happens, so we have to roll with it. The fact is that shifting from 2-3 has a bigger impact than any other move, and the size of that move is that of a second rounder. I am not taking it personally, just looking at the AFL-ness of the whole thing....

We lose about 500 points if we are forced to move down from 2-3. That is a second rounder. If they get 2, we should get 21 behind our 20! (Won’t happen....)

Hi Peter Bell!

It was a comment on the bottom of an article on Ah Chee. Can’t seem to locate it again. I hope the head of agreement is true (and at least we are back on topic....). If I can find it, I will post a link.....

Hmm.. back on topic.... Ed has come out and said ‘Victoria, not necessarily Demons’....

The article says he is one we should NOT take...

I think we should leave him to the doggies. I think we have a better option in Petty, just needs development. There is a difference between making enquiries (due diligence) and actually getting the cheque book out. The first is smart, the second is stupid! If it was for a 4th rounder or a pick swap in the third round, then no biggie. The Crows will want a 2nd, for sure.

Could we do something seriously crazy like split 2/3 for 4 second rounders - then use these for the trades we are linked to? Or even one first rounder and 2 second rounders? We are holding real currency, and if we trade it out for lower picks then our highest pick is what we can trade for Langdon, etc?

They can feel what they like. ATM, how many of these ‘young guns’ are even earning (deserving of) the AFL minimum? Prove that you are worth it, I say. If we have to bring in expensive talent to make them look good, it should come out of their pockets. If they are good enough, we dont have to pay overs to get talent in.

Thanks Drunkn, and all the best to Dec with thanks for making his blood sweat and tears Red and Blue ones. Appreciated the insight from the family perspective. Go well.

Saw this. Start of the parade?

Fishing trip. Throw out the bait and see what bites. We can assess the offers and go from there- see how badly others want to move up. we have no fs or academy players we want to split a high draft pick for, so we could look for player plus pick, or picks. Going on points system, we could get Langdon plus Freo first rounder and change. We have quite well with these approaches before - moving up or down to get what we want - so hopefully we can make the most of it again

So there has not been one credible source for this. Not one newspaper line or ‘rumour’. Suggest this is tail chasing as self soothing butt hole licking.