Very Jaded

Dear Tom

Here is the thing tho, GC have made Trac promises. They’re a lot more committed to him than Curnow or any other big name player If they stuff this trade up, not only is it a red flag for any potential players looking to go there, it makes them look like absolute fools Hawks and Pies would need to involve multiple clubs. It’s a much harder deal then a “here’s Trac and here’s Bailey”.

I am not sure it matters what other clubs are offering Humphrey when we are the only club offering Trac in return

Oh so suddenly there's family issues Dimma is sympathetic too... the narrative is changing

And bringing quality back in Getting rid of quality players, regardless of their issues, is very easy

To be fair there’s a story about clubs approaching Nick Daicos This is prime hunting season for nuffies masquerading as journalists

The gleeful told you so’s are pretty pathetic too but not unexpected He is a legend of this club and we don’t win a flag without him He’s immature and he has a lot of challenges, something that nobody here has denied either His reaction after his meeting with King and again today is the reaction of someone with limited impulse control, and big emotions that they don’t know how to handle. It is heartbreaking to see his career at our club ending this way, because it does a massive disservice to his achievements and everything our club gave him over the journey

Steven King

Oh Clarry 😬

I keep telling you Tim Lamb is useless

For a guy who’s always coming in runner up, I reckon you would be silly to give away more than a second round pick This is my audition tape for Trade Radio

Obviously it's us GC said no to Humphrey, so we told the Pies straight swap Trac for Naicos, and we will throw in May and Oliver

How dare you dismiss master negotiator and list manager to the stars Josh Jenkins!

I would throw in May

Collingwood

Judd and our 2nd round pick (23?) for Freo's 12 Or both Freo and Judd can eat dirt Freo are in a win now mode, and the chances of them nabbing a player capable of playing Judd's role and making an immediate impact with pick 12 in this year's draft, is next to zero

Oh well thank god Josh Jenkins is now negotiating the deal.

Trac never asked for a trade to Collingwood, or anyone else for that matter, because nothing got further than a chat. Big difference when you go visit the club, talk to the coach/list manager, and then declare your desire to move there. It means that you've got an offer on the table, and a commitment from the club that they'll do what they can to facilitate a trade. Of course it doesn't mean a trade happens, but it's far more likely to happen when things progress this far and public commitments are made

Comparing Judd to any of the above players is laughable Nobody wants the players to run the show, especially when said players have achieved SFA

It's not that simple tho, because Hawks have even less to give GC If he's desperate to move NOW, then he also has to be realistic about going to a club that has something on offer to entice GC In the same way that Trac is contracted, and is trying to get to a club with assets to make it happen, instead of say trying to get to Collingwood because it's his dream Humphrey has time on his hands. He is young. He can push his case now, and next year, and GC can keep saying no, and eventually he's out of contract as he enters his prime and he tells GC to jump, because they've blocked him from going home for 3 years It all comes down to how driven and motivated he is to get back to Victoria

I'm doing fine

Clarry mate PLEASE you cannot end up at the Filth

You don’t court a player like Trac and make him commitments to the point where he nominates you as his preferred club, if you’re not serious about getting a deal done. GC would have gone into the meeting with Trac knowing our bottom line, and pick 6 and 17 is not it.

Well that's obviously because he's not being asked to play as a lock down defender Nobody has ever said that. Please show me what makes Freo a destination club... is it their smashing success of winning flags or is it their long history of taking star players and ruining their careers?