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As has been pointed out by numerous posters, no we didn’t. Getting tiresome now.

A 30 year old on huge coin that no one except the Suns want to touch, that Petracca?

The Pies traded a 28 year old 2 x All Australian and B&F winner for … pick 27.

No we didn't.

Yes we do. He doesn't want to be at the Dees, he's asked for a trade and nominated a club, and we want his enormous salary off our books.

Like Geelong you mean? The Geelong who have an ex-defender as their forwards coach? How people can continue to insist that assistant coaches should only coach the position they played is mind-boggling.

If the Suns lose 7 & 8 for Petracca, they'll need picks. Though that's not the point. If Humphrey wants out and then nominates the Hawks, the Suns and Hawks will have to thrash out a deal. Which will be picks.

Johnson is a Key Forward who can pinch hit in the ruck. Campbell and Heath are both out and out rucks.

The one incentive is that he's making it pretty clear that he wants to come home at some point. Do they squeeze a couple of years of potentially great footy out of him and then trade him with a weaker hand when he's OOC, or do they bite the bullet now? (Still think it's very unlikely myself, but worth throwing the kitchen sink at.)

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.

I'm not sure why people are assuming that "come back to Victoria" means "come to Melbourne FC". Hawthorn are in this and are going hard - and would be an attractive proposition to Humphrey given where they're at.

Whatever happens, we are not replacing a superstar here.

Interested in Rory Atkins as a development coach apparently. Per Tom Morris.

Has to play a part in this, though I would imagine there's a way of leaving them with enough points.

It wasn't for you, and yes, your ears aren't letting you down!

"The overall philosophy will be to try and improve our list ... We'll look at every avenue we can, whether that be free agency, trade and then obviously that flows into the draft."

He hasn't said "we have no interest in this draft" either. He's said that the draft is compromised by father son/academy picks. Unlike Oliver, Lamb and co. pick their words very very carefully, and they're not saying anything that might come back and bite them. Edit: See Youngblood's post above.

Why do people keep saying this? We've never said that. Head scratcher.

Agreed, but "good" is doing a lot of work there.

Sure, but the idea that we hold all the cards here is difficult to justify. On overall balance, I'd say that the Suns are in a (much?) stronger position than us. Also: the contract is meaningless once a player commits to leave. It might help get a first rounder instead of a second rounder, but doesn't provide any leverage in terms of whether or not the trade goes ahead. After all, this is the Bailey Humphrey thread and everyone posting here does so on the premise that if Humphrey nominates Melbourne the deal will get done, contracted or not. And re the 5-year contract, I haven't seen that reported in the media. The Petracca camp proposed it to Adelaide as a kind of "go away" counter-offer because he didn't want to go there, but GC?

It's called the AFL Trade Period for a reason. The clue is in the title. No-one is being bought or sold here. You analogy only works if (for starters) your TV has a say in who buys it.

What, the logic that: a) Petracca will be 30 next year, most of his footy is behind him. Dangerfield was 26 when he was traded to Geelong, Chris Judd was 24 when he went to Carlton. b) Petracca is on a MASSIVE salary that the Suns will have to take on. He would be highest paid player at GC. c) Petracca wants out d) We want Petracca out (forget all the public posturing) e) Petracca has nominated the Suns f) there are no other potential suitors. None of the above plays in our favour. Quite the reverse.

Speaking of OMac, got himself a 1 year extension. Getting the band back together over in Freo.

Mea Culpa, could have worded that better. Or better still, not posted at all. Apologies, and thanks for the measured response and clarification.

Fair enough trade, but great that we pushed it through so quickly. No-nonsense Lamb, do the deal and move on.