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Would also love to somehow steal Caldwell from the bombers and for them to miss out on Dunkley

Pick 31 for Ben Brown Pick 26, 33, 50 for Bulldogs pick 14 and future 4th Parma, chips and pint at the pub. Should be a good day.

Intriguing if true that we haven't offered any of our second rounders. Our next picks are 43 and 50 and we don't have a future second to offer either.

Appears destined to stay at Collingwood, after Hawthorn described a move for his signature as "unlikely" earlier this week. There had been murmurs of interest from Melbourne, but the Demons have since focused their attentions elsewhere. Phillips is contracted at the Pies for next season, but would ideally like to return to a wing position after being played as a high half-forward throughout much of the past year. – Riley Beveridge From AFL website

I have no idea why but I like the kid and want him to make it.

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It's interesting, Mahoney is usually efficient in getting these deals done and we're rarely involved in player trades on the last day that I can recall. Have we got something else brewing, be it player or pick upgrade that's stifling the deal? Or is it just North playing hardball...

Well, Kane is just plane wrong there. Indicative draft order from AFL website still has Cats holding 13, 15 and 20. That may well blow out on draft night with Academy bids but as there are no more free agency compensation picks being handed out so the order of the picks won't change until then.

Sorry playing catch up here. *A three-way trade between Brisbane, North Melbourne and Western Bulldogs has taken place North Melbourne received - Lachie Young and a 4th round pick (70) Brisbane received - a 4th round pick (63) Western Bulldogs received - Stefan Martin *Trade between Carlton and Geelong Carlton received - Lachlan Fogarty and pick a 2nd round pick (38) Geelong received - a 2nd round pick (30) and 4th round pick (50) *Trade between Brisbane and Geelong Brisbane received - Nakia Cockatoo Geelong received - Future 3rd selection (tied to Melbourne) *Trade between Carlton and Essendon Carlton received - Adam Saad and a 3rd round pick (48) and a 4th round pick (78) Essendon received - a 1st round pick (8) and 5th round pick (87) *Trade between Port Adelaide and Sydney Port Adelaide received - Aliir Aliir Sydney received - future 2nd round selection *Trade between Geelong and North Melbourne Geelong received - Shaun Higgins North received - 2nd round pick (30)

It's a fair point, my random thoughts are that they don't own the stadium, they're a tenant. That there would/should be a set percentage of seats allocated to reserve seating and general admission. Every other afl ground that I'm aware of in the afl have a dedicated cheersquad section behind one of the goals. And maybe I'm naive in my way of thinking but general sportsmanship and courtesy to visiting teams?

I reckon you're overthinking it. Just because it sounds like an amazing deal doesn't mean its too good to be true. We've done our due diligence with a medical and are going in with eyes wide open. And if he doesn't work out, we won't have paid the earth for him in either trade currency or salary. Can't see the downside to be honest.

Gold Coast can automatically list any player in their Academy without using any picks. Part of their ridiculously generous draft concessions. So they won't be trading out early picks for points.

Not disagreeing necessarily, I wouldn't mind having him on a cheap short term contract. But the way Jason Taylor talked about Pickett last year as a rare small forward with special ability and our lack of public interest leads me to think we aren't considering him. Also have to question why he's on the outer at saints who play a small forward line and have been actively recruiting in that area. Probably on the outer for a reason. And the bulldogs have been interested in a small forward for years, and were linked to him at one stage this trade period, have distanced themselves while recruiting Hannan instead. Who knows, maybe this one will get done quietly as a surprise late trade for a nothing pick. I will be neither excited or disappointed.

He's the type of player we need, I just don't know if he's good enough for us to be interested.

So close!

Only hazarding a guess here but I'm pretty sure it's fine if the pick was traded in a previous year. Last year when we did a pick swap for Langdon sending them pick 22? Later when we were trying to organise a pick swap to move 8 to 10 with freo, we were blocked from receiving the same pick 22 that we traded, instead involving I think it was Adelaide receiving 28 and Carltons future 4th. But since the bulldogs traded that pick 33 to Adelaide last year, I don't think there is anything preventing them receiving it this year. Can't confirm though.

My guess is the trade will be Hannan + 68 for a future 3rd pick. 68 should come into the 50's and provide the doggies with more points this year for their academy selection while a future 3rd gives us trading flexibility as replacing that future 3rd round pick we traded to the lions allows us to trade our future first if we so wish.

As per AFL website article the Giants are demanding a mid first round pick from the Bombers for Caldwell after being selected at pick 11 and putting two years worth of development into him. Perhaps I have a degree of shadenfreude when it comes to Essendon but this is music to my ears. Their behaviour and demands when it comes to the trade period is bordering on ludicrous and has done for years, its nice to see some pressure applied back to them.

Wait, what space am I supposed to be watching? ?

Sure, I understand the financial incentive for Geelong. Just wish they could allow a larger portion of seating for opposition fans. Probably wouldn't bother me if we didn't play down there pretty much every year. Wonder what the ground experience would be like with 99% crown dominance. Or vice versa. Guess our Adelaide and Perth fans would know. After thought question. Is there some sort of rules or legislation that demands some grounds have general admission seats? They have members, why don't they make every seat reserved or a variant of and prevent any opposition fan from getting in?

Flip Preuss (who we have no real intention of playing in our starting 22) for a trade profit and get a cheap back up option for a nothing pick or as a DFA while saving some cap space in the process. Sounds good on my end.

Of the games I've watched on TV down there I remember seeing our faithful attendees shunted to the flank halfway back into the stands. Looked like they only let approximately 100 members in while Geelong fans occupy everywhere else including behind both goals. Surely this needs to change, it's a bad look and reflects poorly on Geelong in my opinion.

Just for [censored] and giggles. Pick 26 + 43 = Pick 16 on points value. Pick 26 + 43 + Preuss = GWS Pick 10 - Values Preuss @ pick 49 Pick 26 + 43 + Preuss = GWS Pick 13* - Values Preuss @ pick 64 *Assuming GWS get pick 13 for Cameron

Pretty sure there's a drug for that as well

Cheers mate, you're a legend ? Any word on if we're trying to get back into the first round this year?