PaulRB

They've gotta clear 750K for next year if Tippet comes in... Love a Sale

Except we'll get a shittier pick for him.

There would be opportunities if the Pies were forced into a fire sale to gather picks and clear cap space to get Tippet. Could be some bargains on offer.

GWS lost nothing to get scully. Sure they overpaid in terms of his salary, but they lost no picks... The AFL gave us the compo not GWS. Be curious who they will be targeting this year re out of contract players they can nab..?

Gold Coast's best result would be to extract some deal from MFC prior to not bidding for JV. Viewed from that perspective these media articles are just part of the "argie-bargy" of that discussion. Level heads at both clubs will see Jack at the Dee for second round pick.

The recruitment period consists of FA, trades and draft. We have cash and draft picks, and the glamour clubs are blowing their budgets on the first day. We'll do ok out of this recruitment period, even if FA part is a flop.

Good draft picks have currency in the Trade period if we want to use them to get mature players. All clubs need a blend of young and old, and FA only delivers the old...

I think Bombers and Blues who seem to be looking to stock up with Goddard and maybe Tippet will be exposed to raids by us on other (under paid) players in their squads. Arrogance and a bloated sense of entitlement always lead to an over extension (a.k.a Brissie a couple of years back with Fev). We just need to keep our powder dry for the moment.

If there is a weakening of the poorer performing clubs the AFL will simply have to up the compo... Be interesting how they do it once the full FA period can be viewed in a months time.

They are rumours Picket! i.e. not real, speculations... Best save your righteous bewilderment for when the deals are actually done.

Farren Ray makes Cale look big boned and Jack Watts a terrier. Deck chairs shifting...

Can also put pressure on/ open opportunities for trades when players (not able to use FA) are being squeezed by incoming FA I.e. Wellingham (Cloke deal) and Gumbleton (Goddard deal)...

I suspect the Dons are keen if the Goddard deal falls through. Can Essendon afford to pay big to both Beamer and Goddard?

Agree. We need to recruit so as of next year we can play the structures and game style we'll be playing in 3 years. If that means some short term stop gap solutions while we work to develop a younger alternative then thats what we need t do. The recruitment period The Free Agency phase - is generally only going to deliver us player with a "lifespan" of the next 2-3 years and ready to go in 2013. Low risk, moderate reward and moderate price (no picks but lots of cash) The Trade period - would ideally deliver us players with "lifespan" of 5-7 years and ready to go in 2013. Low risk, good reward but high price (i.e lose high picks and lots of cash). The Draft - will provide us with players with a lifespan of 10+ years but unlikely to be ready/prime for a couple of years... High risk, high reward with moderate price (high picks). Getting the balance right between these three elements of the recruitment period is key to our prospects in 2013 and more importantly our prospects of pulling together a premiership winning team in the next decade.

Unfortunately culture is not created in a season. The Swans have been nurturing and developing theirs for almost two decades, and as some players said after the GF they owe part of their success to those previous Swans players who nurtured and inoculated them in the Swans culture (i.e. Kirk, Kelly etc...). Unfortunately the culture building process at MFC will take time. However, Neeld, Craig, the Jacks, Jones , Clark all seem to be committed to crafting it well and with the right values to generate success in Sept...

I thought it was a very mature and respectful way to put their loss in perspective and acknowledge the real loss of others.

It think people are confusing FA (i.e Cloke) with players wanting to shift clubs via a trade (i. Wellingham). In the former case (FA) the player has power to negotiate their way to the club of their choice, and their previous club has to suck it up and accept the compo from the AFL, in the later case the player's current club has the power to determine where the player goes via the trade system even if the player is not so happy on the destination (unless they want to try their hand in the draft). Talk of deals where Caddy goes to X club and Wellingham to Y club are only done when their current club agrees to those deals, prior to that it is just argy bargy by players and their managers to try and get the player to their preferred club.

A mighty Morton comes good. Good omen?

Every Auction needs a couple of bidders to up the price. We can say to GC and the other Vic clubs we'd take Caddy for Pick 13 (if GC play ball on JV). This would mean for Caddy to go elsewhere that the club would need to offer GC batter than Pick 13. GC get a good deal for a so so player.

He's off to support his 15 yr old son Jake with his footy. Might be one to watch for 2016 F/S.

SO if we picked up Hogan in the mini-draft he would spend 2013 training with MFC and playing for Casey?

Four wins and many losses + proud young men = hunger Go hard boys.

huh!? "Have we learned nothing? Obviously not." does that mean we've learnt a lot? I suspect your condescending swipe should have read "Have we learned nothing anything? Obviously not." Much better. proceed.

Poor peripheral vision (aka Kozi) would prefer hogan, gumby, etc... And Rass, just because we don't agree with doesn't mean we are suckers. We just don't agree that Tippett is worth pursuing.