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True, I think it's more likely for us to get first round pick than Clark but who knows. Worth asking the question.

Would be keen, are we more interested in young Macrae though?

I'm happy with Giants matching. It may cause a few delays but not only does it mean Geelong don't get a freebie, but it will bleed them of at least one and possibly two of their first round picks. Giants don't want to draft 7-8 kids in one hit so will try and pry a young talent like Parfitt out of the cats. If that fails, which I think it will, it will mean they have plenty of 1st and 2nd round picks and could be open to swapping one for a package deal we can offer. There have been a few permutations thrown around here, but a future 2nd, Preuss and Avb - or whatever is the latest mail is - could get us back into the first round.

I trust the dark knight

Haha, my apologies. By potato I mean I think they'll play like spuds next year. Don't get me wrong, if they take on all of T-Macs salary then I'll be expecting nothing but a token pick in return. But if they want us to contribute a significant amount then it slides back to giving us a more valuable pick in my opinion. My prediction is that they'll be in the lower half of the ladder and either a future second or third could wind up being fairly valuable. Having said that my preference would be for them to absorb his entire salary, giving us a token pick in return but giving us salary cap space to re-sign the likes of Oliver and Petracca to long term deals and potentially target a quality free agent like a Zach Merrett next season.

If McDonald goes to Essendon I would be hoping we push for a future second pick or the pick they get for fantasia (likely 28 or 34). I reckon they'll potato next season and could give us a pretty good chip next year. Outside of their early picks this year they only have 47 and 66. If we accept either of those I hope we are absolved of his entire salary.

Aidan Corr has joined the Kangas on a 5 year deal netting the Giants a 2nd round compensation pick, currently pick 30.

Zac Williams has joined the Blues on a 6 year deal estimated to be worth $800,000 per year. Giants received a first round compensation pick, currently pick 10.

Can someone please explain this quote from Dodoro for me that was in the age this afternoon. https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/joey-was-really-close-to-staying-bombers-ceo-20201030-p56a2l.html “I would like to thank Brisbane for their dealings in recent weeks. We feel we have reached a fair deal," he said. Why would they be dealing/negotiating with Brisbane? As a RFA wouldn't Brisbane just put forward an offer to Joe and his management to which the bombers then review and decide to match? Isn't that how its supposed to work? With my conspiracist googles on, it reads like they have been trying to engineer a first round compensation pick through what I can only imagine would be a form of either draft or trade tampering. I'll be keeping an eye out for a lop sided pick swap or some sort of transfer of player dirt cheap.

Our trade with North is looking much more even as they now have pick 11 with free agency compo. This will at least go out a minimum of 1 spot given the Bulldogs academy player likely to be taken at pick 1 or 2. We've essentially only given up a third rounder that we had no intention of using anyway to get Kozzie and a years development into him.

I was being facetious :) Nothings a given until he's signed on the bottom line but love the mail and looking promising, cheers for sharing ?

900% confidence?!

Haha, eggplants suck.

Joe Daniher officially a lion after agreeing to a 3 year deal. Bombers receive a 1st round compensation pick, currently pick 7.

Indeed. Smith to Geelong on a two year deal ($$$ not specified) Hawthorn receive a 3rd round compensation pick, currently pick 42. As a side note, our pick 47 has now slide out to pick 49 and this is before compensation is handed out for Williams, Corr and Daniher (if bombers don't match). This will change further with academy bids and may even come in slightly as 2nd and 3rd round picks get swallowed up in the process.

Good stuff rjay. From memory he got in a bit of trouble with betting on a game. Might be a bit of a simplistic view but perhaps Goodwin might be good mentor for him considering his indiscretions as well. Not to say that it's an ongoing issue.

Rumours of unprofessionalism and attitude problems, can't speak to the veracity of those claims but raising red flags for me.

Do it in real life.

Rory Atkins officially a Suns player after accepting a 5 year deal worth approximately $400,000 per year. Adelaide have been compensated with an end of 2nd round pick, currently pick 36. They've done well out of the compensation in my view.

With Geelong forming a dad's army with Higgins and Smith, maybe we can pry a quality young player out that may be starved of opportunity either this year or next. Maybe Clark? Would love for them to fall off a cliff with an ageing list and then lose their young talent in the process.

So we can confirm that at least one Tigers player has a brain then.

Does seem a bit ludicrous on its own, particularly when T-Mac is being talked about being a "salary dump" situation. However if you throw in a future 2nd from us, then GWS may deem it worthwhile. Could end up looking like T-Mac, Preuss and a pick between 19-36 for pick 13? - which will probably slide back to 15-16. Probably wishful thinking on my part but not outside the realms of possibility.

This is a strange one. Seemingly good player who played a lot of footy early and a former 1st round pick with another year to go on his contract. So why are Richmond happy to show him the door? Something seems a bit off about this.

We have a bit of a history of keeping tabs and recruiting players they were keen on in there draft year with the likes of Lever and Langdon as recent examples. I wonder/hope we have kept the lines open with the management of Butters and Georgiades for future years. Hard to see them leaving anytime soon though.

We can cross Xavier O'Halloran off the list with the AFL website reporting he has re-signed with the Giants for another 2 seasons.