PaulR

In retrospect Buckley referred to and was hesitant to get involved in solving the [censored] that Kings had to, and we’re seeing play out this trade period.

Not if the Hawks have traded away their F1 for 2026 to get Merritt…

What if not moving Clarry on last year was the board’s decision and not Lambs?

Good.

Some feel the need for a scapegoat, Lamb the easy target. I’d prefer to reflect on the players (Clarry, Trac, McVee and May), as well as their coach during the past couple of years (Goodwin) and the exec and board who signed off on it all and let it run… A well meaning mid-tier manager running contracts with the direction of the above seems too easy a target. Or it just that he’s the only one left at the club we can blame?

I like this. The MFC really need a win.

Is there any version of a GWS deal for Clarry that we wouldn’t accept, and therefore have him playing for us next year? Maybe we keep Clarry, hope he’s seen the light and works his butt off to redeem himself at the Dees in 2016 and beyond?

We got 16 more brownlow votes than we’d get from picks 6 & 7 for the first three plus years of their careers… No Humphrey no deal.

Are you the leak? Or maybe we’re closing in on a deal and he’s loath to sabotage it..?

I imagine Bailey has the weekend to make up his mind with Sunday night the deadline. He’d have our offer or best pitch and know he and GC need to publicly shut it down come Monday if GC going to then try do a picks deal with MFC. Fingers crossed.

I was thinking HF: Kozzie, Van Rooyen, Humpfrey FF: Fritsch, Heath, Mihochek

Given GC has been accruing picks through trade outs (i.e. Ainsworth) and MFC stating we want our heads turned, what picks would "turn our heads" without the Humpfrey option? I.e. Would pick 6 + 7 + GC F1 2026 incoming and just Trac going back turn our heads?

Gives GC more points to sweeten a picks deal if Humpfrey not happen, could do 6&7 without risking their academy kids...

And the meeting is in person between Bailey and MFC reps?

The rest of us…

For those proposing that Trac's value is diminished, in the 2025 Browlow voting he polled 16 votes in a return year from a horrific injury. At a new club, with the added incentive to prove himself again, he will be in prime vintage form, and with his conscientious approach to his fitness likely to perform at peak for at least 5 years. By contrast Humphrey polled 2 votes and while an emerging talent, is yet to hit the heights of Trac, if he ever will. In addition, both Trac and Humphrey play mid/forward, so if Trac joins GC with Humphrey still there they will both be competing for the same midfield time, given Rowel and Anderson are locks. A final point Cameron calling Hump an "impetuous" 21 year old is great, as anyone who's had 21 year old kids the last thing you want to do is tell them what to do, or not do, as it will automatically trigger their ODD (Opposition Defiance Disorder) and generate the opposite of your intented result.

Patience grasshopper

Sometimes you've got to burn it down to move forward...

Creates space to bring AMW back into the 23. Easy to move on.

The Dons (currently) refusing to trade Merritt to Hawks, adds credence to our claim that we wont trade Trac unless its clearly beneficial (i.e. Humphrey included). Would be a huge missed opportunity on multiple levels if the Suns messed up this deal for Trac in order to hold onto a player likely to leave anyway in a couple of years, and for less. Plus we're yet to hear from the AFL/Suns marketing department... 😂