Adam The God

So pretty much what I mooted might happen. Righto. ;)

Tom's brother Ed is at St Kilda. They don't have another brother... they have a sister.

Each to their own, mate. I'm not on the auto delist Baker train, but I don't want us to rely on him to hold down a wing spot next year.

Not sure about that...

Sure, but I'd argue Brown and a winger (or two) are absolute musts for us this off season. Vanders, ANB, Brayshaw or Baker on a wing next year means we're stuffed.

Glad Carlton are paying him so much. How ridiculous if true. If Carlton aren't really in the finals race next year, I can see Cripps leaving. He'll be 26 next year and has never been remotely near a finals campaign.

It's already been reported a few times that we offered Phillips a deal at the same time or roughly the same time as Smith. It's matter of what we have to get the deal done, given Phillips has a year to run on his contract, which was not the case with Smith.

The old Wobbly fella will be unhappy about this.

I reckon Richo and Mahoney will both report to Green and the board. This acknowledges Mahoney's good work as a list manager but adds more accountability to Richo, so there's less Goodwin/Mahoney groupthink. Pure speculation, but it'll be interesting to see if this is where it lands.

Hi Tom. We've been proposing that for a while on Demonland.

For me, this is almost a purely list profile decision and cultural. He has experience and despite it mostly being in losing teams, he may be able to provide a better half forward option than Melksham, if he lays tackles. Let's wait and see.

The amount of pelicans I've seen hanging out in close proximity without a mask in the last 24 hours says we'll have a third wave very soon if we're not careful. I hope we get some crowds next year, but you can hardly devise a business plan for a football club around next year around crowds. I reckon you've got to work with the strong likelihood that there'll be no crowds and any gate receipts will be a bonus. But, I guess we'll see.

Lloyd is still an Essendon agent, pumping up Daniher's value.

That probably discounts us then. We'd need him to play forward. We're already going to have a number of mids playing as forwards, we probably don't need to add another. If Higgins was prepared to play forward only, I'd take him.

You'll be alright.

Well, maybe that's the go, mate. Gus to Freo for a pick that suits for Treloar. But gee, we'd wanna know his hamstrings aren't shot and that his speed hasn't diminished. And that's before we even get onto thinking about his contract. This would have to be carried significantly Collingwood for more than just a single year. ie they'd have to be willing to pay a portion of his salary for multiple years.

Does Picket dislike Viney?

Well done, Hibbo. A one year deal is a sensible move. I reckon he's got one more quality season left and then we'll have to reassess.

I think Fritsch has to play this connection role next year and Melksham plays elsewhere. Either off half back or in the 2s as depth.

I think this is the key barrier to some movement happening this off season, our lack of trade currency. If we can find suitors for the likes of the McDonalds, that'll enable us to get some of these deals done, otherwise it'll be an interesting time.

If I was Treloar, I wouldn't be interested in Hawthorn. I'd be trying to get to Richmond (if that bridge hasn't been burnt) or even Carlton.

If he comes cheaply, he'd be handy. Pushes Isaac Smith to the wing and Brodie off half back.

I agree, but it's a tough one. Because none of us know about our cap realities, we certainly need to pay Brown, Smith will be on a small contract and then we need to address our small forward problem, but that might be cheap too. Oliver and Petracca's looming extensions are probably the likely stumbling blocks though.

I'd certainly do that.

To quote the great Waylon Smithers, 'you don't have to tell me, sir'. Viney should be playing majority forward, with midfield bursts and being involved in forwardline stoppages. If we want to offer Oliver and Petracca extensions, I can't see how we fit Treloar's likely wages in.