Jaded No More

He also has my blessing to talk about other clubs 😂

Well at least Tom Morris is serving our club for once, saying we won’t trade him unless it’s a good deal. I was half expecting him to tell us that Trac hates the club again and is desperate to leave. Thanks Tom you [censored]

Anna is Eddie Betts’ wife. No relation to Phil or Tom.

Honestly, I think Trac’s issues are far bigger than one player. He and his entourage do not like our club. I know people will come here and dispute this and say he loves the club and the players, but his head has been turned. He looks down on us and thinks he’s better than what we have to offer him at this point in his career. So frankly speaking, if his entire issue is our club doing what they thought best for the wellbeing of a champion player, he can enjoy the Barossa. And he might be awfully disappointed to find out that ours is hardly the only club that panders to troubled stars. Maybe next time he’s cooking burgers with Dangerfield for a Coles ad he can have a chat to him about Bailey Smith.

Unfortunately I think so. However you never know what magic King can bring

I think we need to make something very clear, WE are not the ones pushing this. Petracca and his extended entourage are. King would rather keep him. But you can’t keep walking back thru a door you keep wanting to slam shut behind you. If Trac is STILL not happy after we replaced nearly the entire management team of the club, then he never will be, and you can’t drag along a $1.3mil child kicking and screaming. He is within his rights to want a fresh start, and we are within our rights to want one too, without players whose heart is no longer with us. That doesn’t mean we accept whatever rubbish deal we get given.

14 in this draft may as well be 40. No. Thank. You. Top 8-10 pick plus a good quality player. Adelaide needs to get creative or they need to take a hike. They also need to take on his entire salary.

Of course not but it’s also not something fans have any point worrying about. We have list managers and accountants to work out that stuff. Trust that if we can chase Houston, inquired about Curnow and are chatting with Flanders that money is not a problem.

Trac is contracted. We hold all the cards. If Adelaide don’t play ball they can enjoy having a mediocre midfield for many years to come.

Unfortunately we aren’t Geelong. We can’t attract quality players to our club with land parcels and Cotton On tshirts. We have to overpay to get good established players.

But he’s so committed to our club?!!!

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Even if we don’t end up actually doing it, I absolutely hope we threaten to walk Judd to the PSD. If nothing else but to make him and his manager sweat, the way they made us sweat. The second round garbage pick we will end up getting back from Freo is not going to aid us nor hold up any other trades for us. Happy to do the deal on the last day of trade period after making it clear that we want to deal with West Coast and not Freo.

He famously covered his swastika tattoo with a rising sun tattoo. So he’s on something and should be in something. Like a padded cell.

Kane Cornes is someone I personally would love to punch in the nuts

Demonland: May and Clarry are a terrible distraction and bad for culture Also Demonland: we should chase Bobby Hill and JUH

Please explain what does a 34 year old mediocre one dimensional ruckman bring to a team who already has Campbell and that other old guy who plays ruck and is kinda good at it. Won like 8 AA jackets and stuff. You might know him. And for the love of god don’t tell me we can make him a key position forward. The man had a total of 3 goals and 4 marks inside 50 this year. And just to prove I’m not a total hater, he took a whopping 14 marks inside 50 last year for a grand total of 6 goals. I would rather burn my eyes with acid than watch Cox in a Melbourne jumper.

And West Coast doesn’t? Come on now, West Coast has objectively the worst list in the AFL, and no chance in hell of getting any quality senior players to come to them. They would absolutely love someone like McVee, and McQualter was a big fan when he was at the Dees. Freo undoubtedly wants him. They love our sloppy seconds.

Not bending over backwards for a poor return in a poor draft, not giving Freo yet another quality player for under market value, and showing our players that we won’t let them run the show whenever they please. If pick 11 (which will be like pick 18) is on offer then fine take it and say bye amicably. If Freo try to lowball us I’m playing hard ball and telling them we are fine to send Judd to the PSD to fight it out. Generally I’m a big advocate for playing nice with these trade scenarios, as you gain more by being easy to deal with than being a nightmare like Essendon. However there comes a point where you need to draw a line in the sand. Freo have continually come for our players and tried lowballing us in trades. They can frankly eat dirt at this point.

Will WCE take a proven kid for free in a PSD that is sure to be totally weak given the National Draft is meant to be shallow and compromised, given their lack of talent and McQualter’s intimate knowledge of Judd? Yeah I reckon that’s a safe bet 😂

I know McQualter is a fan so undoubtedly the Eagles would be keen on him. Even pick 11 in this compromised draft is not a trade I’m salivating over. So if Freo offer a second rounder I’m playing hard ball and telling Judd we will walk him to the draft. I would however trade everything we get for Trac plus McVee plus future picks to get Jackson back. A girl can dream! 😂

The whole thing stinks Even if it’s true that he and Lily separated, it doesn’t explain waiting for 12 odd months to sign a contract you were given and had amended multiple times. Lots of excuses re: role, waiting for a new coach, but IMO Freo and his WA manager were in his ear all year and finally got what they wanted. And if anyone says “home sick” I’ll remind you Judd is not from Perth, and WA has two teams. Funny how he isn’t requesting a trade to the wooden spooners isn’t it?

At his request is what I believe

He’d want to be sure a deal can be done. Wouldn’t want to walk back thru the door two years in a row, would he now? It’s gonna be interesting to see the reactions on here if he formally requests a trade @Demonland you’re gonna need a bigger server 🫠

I’ve been here long enough to know which posters have serious problems and tend to pick on female posters. It’s very obvious. You don’t think the post referring to it being a “gal thing” to feel betrayed by a player is misogynistic? It’s fine not to agree, but the absolute garbage that Ghosty cops compared to others who post information and rumours, is very very obvious. I love everyone who comes here with info. Hell I’m here for the riddler at trade time. But if one poster gets so much vitriol thrown at them, and the only difference between said poster and others is her gender, then I think it’s fair to say that there is a level of misogyny going on. Especially when said poster contributes so positively not only to Demonland but the club itself! As one of the first and few female posters on here, it’s very disheartening to see some of the rubbish written towards her.