Adam The God

And if this is true, there you go. This is precisely what I'm talking about. This'll be interesting. It's not like West Coast can sell a fast turnaround. They're a basketcase.

Sure, I'd take Reid, but he's a Victorian and we're a Melbourne based team. Conversely, there's Curtin who is said to be a ripper, who is a local lad. If there's any doubt internally at WC about Reid's desire to return to Victoria, that may factor into decision making here. I'm entirely speculating here, but I think that's one of the reasons I think we started rumours of Reid not wanting to go west. It's limited leverage, but implants a concern / variable in the minds of WC recruiters that must be considered.

Because, as I wrote, it'll be pick 1, 2 or 3 next year in all probability. That means, there's nothing to fall back on with a poor season. I don't see that as a responsible list management strategy. I've been wrong before though...

Agree that it most likely stays with WC, but based on your analysis, I'd say the second most likely destination of pick 1 is us. I think you're right in saying North won't want to trade a F1 (1/2/3 in 2024) and I don't think they'll trade both 2 and 3 either, so their best offer will be 2 or 3 + 15. Whereas, our best offer could well be 6 + 11 + F1 (18 😉 ), and WC could still pick up Curtin at 6 with no go home factor, whilst getting another potentially good player with 11. If pick 1 is traded, I can only see us getting it.

My old man says watch this space on Darling, haha, so here comes Darling.

It's probably a moot point anyway isn't it, as we agree that Rivers won't be traded.

If they think they can get Curtin with 6, and they get Rivers for 'free', then yep. Curtin going at 6 is the only way I see us being able to tempt West Coast anyway, unless of course it was JVR and 6 + 11 or whatever.

I reckon 6 and Rivers would do the trick. But it won't happen.

Agreed, but the post I responded to made it sound like Petty wanted to go back to Adelaide. The only public information we have is that Goodwin spoke to him and he's happy to stay. We've also had posts on this thread claiming he has no desire to leave and is happy at Melbourne. There's no doubt he listened to Adelaide's huge offer, but that's it at this stage.

Has he?

Kicks to advantage every time too. At least some of his family are mad Melbourne.

Would 6 + 10 + 14 do it? That way we can keep 11 and get up with our F1 to nab O'Sullivan and finish with Reid, O'Sullivan and Darling. Dream scenario. Maybe too dreamy.

So do I. I really like JVRs progress, but if we could improve our broader list by trading him, it wouldn't be off the table for me. Particularly, if there's any hesitation in signing long term.

Problem is the game moves quickly and could just as equally be about bigger bodied, slower players that can win the contest in 2 years time. I generally like the look of Watson though, irrespective of height.

Yep, totally.

Wow. Surely, Adelaide are burning their reputation within the industry with this sort of nonsense.

So you'd still have Curtin ahead of O'Sullivan, mate?

Some might be overrating Harmes, but some are equally overrating Gresham, as is the compo pick for him. Gresham has not put together a consistent season as an AFL footballer.

Yeah, I'm sure we'll bring in at least one mid and tweak our system at contest if not.

What do you mean?

We rate him at either end of the ground, so he fills holes for us, but by the second half of the season, it was pretty clear we wanted him to play as our key forward. That's no doubt what Goody has talked about. Now, providing we don't have a lot fo injuries at the defensive end next season, Petty will play forward all year. That seems obvious to me.

Wouldn't we all rather Tom Morris?

It's disappointing all this. Petty was to be our key pillar for the next ten years. He's won a flag with us, we drafted him in the second round and have developed him very well. I guess Adelaide could say a similar thing of Lever, but this is a problem for us list management nevertheless. I hope we can change his mind and get him a KPF partner for 2025.

If we can't get Reid, I hope we get O'Sullivan and another.

I think it'd be even better if they got nowhere near another one for 32 years. That'd be nice. They'd drop a few supporters along the way in that instance.