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Toumpas (along with Jack Watts) are two players you'd like with the ball in the middle looking up, and seeing Clarke, Hogan and Dawes streaming towards them... BANG... Big year for Jimmy in 2014.

I reckon we'll get a mid first round pick (pick 9)... which we'll trade to Tigers for Dusty.

This has got a way to run. He will end up somewhere. I'd not write us out totally yet... I mean would we take him with pick 2 in the PSD if available (i.e. for nothing)???

The other aspect of the deal to get Adams (or any non-free agent) is that we are dealing with the club as much as the player. If we offer the best deal to the GWS in terms of picks etc... then we are in the box seat. Especially given the GWS can then force Adams to us via the PSD. GWS won't want it's players to believe they can just walk to the club of their choice without GWS being adequately compensated.

Could Jordie ever grow into this..?

But the boys never recovered ...

Not a fan Deenox, as it would be another nail in the coffin of state leagues further marginalising their top level comp. And given the State leagues are the heart of developing all players that would seem to be an average move.

Such a shame, I hope he's happy. Best wishes Liam.

Get all three and we are ON FIRE in 2014!!! BANG! do it Roosy

Roos has history finding frustrated talent hiding on good teams lists (I.e. Kennedy), and trading it into the Swans for later picks. Makes me think he may not target the obvious (Martin, Adams) that many clubs will be fighting over, but focus on talented fringe mids unable to break into Quality midfields next year (but would easily improve ours)...

For some (ignorant) reason I'd assumed the connection to to internet in Yuendumu would be lousy. Evidently not. Well done Telstra.

Liam's journey over the past couple of years would have changed him, and ideally helped him make himself a better person. If that resulted in him deciding to try to resume his AFL career, then the MFC offering him a rookie spot seems a no brainer. Fans of Paul Newman in "The Hustler", know that character is built through adversity and tragedy, Liam has had both. And should he want it, we'd be mad not to embrace him.

Credit where it's due - Neeld made the right call on Jordan Gysberts.

The romantic in me longs for a better ending to this man's footy story, and I'd love to see his magic in the Red & Blue again... I know its a dream... Playing in defence in Alice at the moment http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2013/07/29/323302_ntnews.html

The bar is set pretty high on that one Deetective Try -

Peter Jackson "We need to return our focus on purely being a football club. Everything else will flow from that.”

Hey Daniel, I heard it was one man of 40+ at your club, a guy called "Ben", that is responsible for all your drug and behavioural issues and you falling out with the RFC... So simplistic and indicative of our need to blame someone other than ourselves for our failures.

We had the same debate about Ben Cousins when he was available, and he gave good qualtiy service to the Tigers for the time he was there. Contrary to the judgemental hysteria of some. As Willie Nelson is meant to have said "I think it is just terrible and disgusting how everyone has treated Lance Armstrong, especially after what he achieved, winning seven Tour de France races while on drugs. When I was on drugs, I couldn't even find my bike."

I don't know when it was decided that Richmond's "culture" was so much stronger then ours... This lets not take Dusty because "we're too weak", or he "should go to Swans or Geelong where the culture is strong" talk annoys me. Its the defeatist and self perpetuating mumblings of a losing culture. Round 1 2014 - Add Roos, Snr Assistant, Dusty, Hogan, Pick 2, etc... to our team and our "culture" might start to involve winning games of footy.

Caro scares them off with innuendo on one hand, while the Tiger president urges him to stay... Interesting negotiating tactics at Tigerland.

If thats what she is insinuating is his core issue, and saying it publicly, then her real intentions are to scare of any suitors for Martin so that he stays a Tiger. Gary Ablett Snr was a loose cannon with issues. God I wished he played for Melbourne. Bring it on!

Shhheeesh not enough ambition on this site. I say we trade them all our and get this line up B: Corey Enright (Geel), Scott Thompson (NM), Michael Johnson (Freo) HB: Jarrad McVeigh (Syd), Harry Taylor (Geel), Sam Mitchell (Haw) C: Ryan Griffen (WB), Joel Selwood (Geel), Scott Pendlebury (Coll) more to come...

Ben Cousins was INSTRUMENTAL in West Coasts PREMIERSHIP. I want a FLAG!

Has Luke Hodge potential, game winning talent... Shame if he squanders it. Roos and Kirk (midfield coach?) might take him on?

West Coast then?