Adam The God

I'm worried about our other wing and our lack of small forwards. I hope we can sort this during the draft.

I think this means Tomlinson will play wing next year and Tom McDonald (despite what I think should happen) will play back. I reckon we must be close to the cap once we offer Oliver and Petracca new deals, otherwise I would have thought Treloar for $600k a year would have been a no brainer for our midfield. If we go Merrett next year, there's no way we'd get him cheaper than $600k a year. I suspect we've got our eye on a player in the top 10 and will trade up on the night.

Western Bulldogs should be aiming for nothing but top 4. That makes things difficult for us unless Geelong or Port slip. Their midfield is as strong as ours now IMO.

The way I'm reading a lot of these deals is that Essendon, Collingwood and Geelong have been allowed to operate outside of the 7.30 deadline.

Would love Treloar. Just sayin'...

Taylor clearly likes 1 or 2 players that are likely to go early. Wouldn't be surprised if McCrae has been thrown out there as a bit of a bluff and maybe we're looking at someone like Perkins? Pure speculation on my part, but interesting times ahead.

As most of us said at the time...

Spoke too soon mate. Carlton just wasted everyone's time there.

I think he was at Fitzroy, then Melbourne, then North and then Brisbane.

I would assume we're now going to give 2 late first rounders for 1 top 10 pick...

Let's hope so.

I've shown quite good restrain in the last two hours. I've very much felt like having some funnies and creating a thread titled Welcome to Melbourne Zach Merrett, but AF's kept himself in line. Good boy.

We shouldn't ever hear this again. I'm sure we will, but it's simply not true.

How good does the MFC polo look? Impressive young man is Ben. Look forward to watching him run around in the red and blue.

I don't think we need any more evidence that Tom shouldn't be seen within 50 metres of the backline, so hopefully he finds a new home this afternoon.

[censored] Josh Mahoney! We've been bent over again! Why didn't this deal get done three weeks ago?

I'd pay $600k a year for Treloar. What a bloody bargain.

Yep, changes like the wind. And reckon who he supports definitely has a say in this.

I think Strategy and Analysis would go hand in hand in these tighter soft cap times.

This kid is a no brainer. Nothing is ever guaranteed in the drafting process, but he has what we lack and could be the perfect partner to Oliver and Petracca.

Here are the ABS Labour Stats until the end of September, before Victorian lockdown ended. Still way too high across the board, but the state by state unemployment rate is illuminating. ACT 3.8%, NT 4.8%, Victoria 6.7%, WA 6.7%, SA 7.1%, NSW 7.2%, TAS 7.6% and QLD 7.7%. https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/employment-and-unemployment/labour-force-australia/latest-release#:~:text=Back to top-,Key statistics,Participation rate decreased to 64.8%.

You'd think they'd release a couple earlier just to keep some interest up, but you're right. They did the same thing the last two years. Almost farcically so.

The Minsky double-century. We don't have to rely on foreigners to service our debts. We can sell domestically. Our external account has been in deficit since the mid 1970s. We're not concerned with a surplus on that account. The LNP Gutwein Government are looking at exporting renewable hydrogen. I'd suggest surplus renewable energy might become a major export. The two major parties at Fed level are so wedged on climate action that the community and consumers are screaming for renewable investment that will bring cheaper energy prices. Such a no brainer. So what does the SA LNP Government do yesterday? It places a tax on EV. Mindboggling. We could be a powerhouse in renewable energy, science and tech, but the two major parties are too conservative to move with the times. But as you say, the credit boom is going to end in tears very soon.

Alan Kohler's ABC Finance segment last night said the Vic economy had already caught up with NSW. A lot of this is credit driven, but so is the wider economy.

If it takes two second rounders to land Brown, who cares. We get an immediate best 22 player and I'd argue a better player than Cameron. The other thing about Brown is he's incredibly difficult to match up, because like Jackson, his reach is enormous. The King brothers and Daniher are similar threats for this reason. Brown improves us significantly.