Adam The God

2 minutes ago, roy11 said:

I know we're all a bit biased, but is that a relative win/win trade no?

I think so. Trac is proven, Humphrey is growing.

6 minutes ago, Billy said:

What should happen, Humphrey to Melbourne & pick 8 (Humphrey an unproven star). Petracca & pick 24 back ( Petracca a proven superstar with 6 years of great football ahead)

What will happen Petracca & pick 7 & 8 in an average draft pool😢

We have the whip hand, we want a very good player & a first rounder or Trac comes back to see out his career at a brand new environment, something he pushed for.

Don’t buckle MFC, this is the first test for the new regime (all of the footy world is watching)

Trac is almost 30 and Humphrey is 21. A straight swap is completely fair.

7 minutes ago, Mouseymoo said:

Yeah we're all blinded by our Demon loyalty, but if you wanted to come home now and the choices were us - or wait one more year (maybe jag a flag) then come home to an awesome club that's in a window, what would you chose?

Honestly?

$$$

14 hours ago, Demonland said:

The media are pushing hard for us to take the picks.

Bailey Humphrey deal unlikely to happen IMHO

I wonder who's feeding this to the media? Who has contacts at the biggest management company in the country?

We need someone feeding the media a narrative that suits our needs not someone else's.

It's a story, not a post, but yeah.

2 hours ago, Demonland said:

This one is interesting too

Hence CACs comment earlier in the week when asked whether Humphrey had requested a trade: "not in so many words".

In other words, he hasn't pushed it hard enough since.

4 hours ago, Demongirl35 said:

Insta update….

One of his best mates

Come on, Jordy. Get him over the line. 🤣

4 hours ago, Very Jaded said:

Still hoping we get someone else to do the midfield coaching alongside Jones

Without Clarry and probably Trac, we will have a very young midfield who will need an experienced coach to guide them. Jones is one year into coaching. And the first year was not inspiring

Perhaps Teague could come as midfield and ball movement coach...

11 hours ago, Dee Boys said:

Wasn't cut out to be a senior coach, but by all reports he's one of the absolute best ball movement coaches in the game. Would be a great get and this link fills me with much more optimism than the one to Aaron Hamill.

There were rumours we were after Teague at the end of 2024 too.

1 hour ago, DeeSpencer said:

61 was the 3rd round swap from Brisbane we threw in to the Sharp trade last year. Now it’s off to Collingwood. It could’ve been 47.

47 might be in range of a useful pick and/or used with Oliver or Tracc to boost our return there as it has points value.

Instead, it’s gone

Except you don't know all the details...

Lamb mentioned the balance between going down the FA path or the trade path.

In order not to dilute our FA pick from Spargo (which could well be the pick we use in the Trac or Clarry deal), we may have had to pay a little extra as a trade.

Again though, we've got next to no information on any of this, so criticism is pretty rich, but I guess that's Demonland. People with next to no knowledge thinking they know better than people with all the facts.

35 minutes ago, NeveroddoreveN said:

Twinners! Greatest show ever!

Just now, Demonland said:

Haha, very Melbourne, high brow content. They may as well have a cheeseboard in the background.

4 hours ago, Very Jaded said:

I know many here won’t agree but I’m very broken hearted about this one

Clarry holds a special place in my heart and I am incredibly sad that he won’t finish his career in red and blue

He isn’t perfect, in fact he’s a mess, but he’s our mess and I will always support him

I hope he is happy and healthy

Love Totoro too.

11 minutes ago, bing181 said:

Surely, depends on who you pick? Langford certainly made a difference, and Lindsay could have as well with a full pre-season.

Also, there's the presumption that if we get 7 & 8, we use them. But another possibility is that we somehow use one/both of those picks to push even further up the draft.

Or for a late trade for ... god knows who.

No, it doesn't depend who you pick because we're losing two mature bodies around the ball.

We've been here before. You can't expect first year mids to compete with most midfields. They need protection to grow and that means mature bodies.

Humphrey is a maturing body that is ready for the midfield and won't get it at the Suns. Particularly with Trac in the team.

1 minute ago, The Taciturn Demon said:

Me too. If that's what it requires, do it.

I suspect getting a "very good" player at 6 and 7 will be extremely difficult. Getting one at 23 would be something else.

Although it's not ideal, I'd give our future 1st if it meant landing Humphrey. Kid will be a star and more than likely, better than whatever we land with a F1.

Besides, we need to be backing ourselves to get close to the 8 or in it next year. Humphrey helps us do that. Draft picks don't.

25 minutes ago, Mouseymoo said:

No you're thinking of Humpty. He was the one with the wall.

He was a happy clapper too, wasn't he?

18 minutes ago, mo64 said:

If we give up pick 24 as well, we are a laughing stock. That's essentially Trac and McVee for 2 kids in a supposedly weak draft for top end talent.

Tim Lamb strikes again.

Well, you're the one hyperventilating about it, all on the basis of Jay The Newsbreaker Clark. How about you let the draft period unfold more than a couple of days before you Eeyore yourself in the corner. And I'll just sit over here and happy clap, shall I?

The first two are much better players.

7 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

Backline at the Saints. He likely beats out Hamill for that role with us.

Backline - Rivers
Mids - Jones
Forwards - Chappy
Development - Whitford

Scarlo and Hawk as part time key back/key forward mentors.

Hopefully room for one more, either a senior assistant, or a VFL coach/development 2IC

Hamill is coming as well. Perhaps Hamill will be forward coach and Chaplin simply ball movement and strategy/senior assistant. Maybe, baby.

I didn't know Riv was at St Kilda. Maybe he can get on the blower to Cam Bruce too and we really get the band back together. (not going to happen, I know)

1 minute ago, waynewussell said:

Is it time to consider what 7 & 8 will get us in a trade for another player / with another club?

No. It's Humphrey time and it's nowhere near deadline day. Cool ya jets, Rusty. Lamb is here for the slaughter/fair deal. Trac for Humphrey.

The Deebrief bros are just trying to stay relevant. Demonland is where the action is.

13 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

We lost interest in Derksen either due to his contract, injury or the new coach simply not valuing him. He’s yet to find a new suitor. There’s no indication trade price was the issue.

I'm talking about last year. When GWS blocked his trade.

Just now, Lucifers Hero said:

But who told Sam? Only Clarry, his manager, King, Lamb and Richardson were at the meeting!

I bet it didn't come form the club. And I bet some mayo was applied because media reports are UP TO $700K.

Who doesn't care if they trash the club or if the club gets fair value.

No, I'm sure it came from Clarry's management, but we should have had a press release ready to go. Meeting is over, publish, please. It took us 2.5 hours to publish anything, so a vacuum that allowed rumours to undermine our potential to get anything back.

3 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Adam and just about anyone else.

Ps. I think I'm living a bit of rent free in your mind old boy as keep tagging and following me around in every thread.

That looks like me and you.