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Believe it or not, a young kid by the name of Benjamin Brown kicked 7 😅. Even spread after that.

You mention multiple players, may I ask if that's still the case or has it whittled down to just petracca now?

Without wanting to put too much of a dampener on his weekends performance, I just looked up the scores and his team demolished the opposition 23.12 - 153 to 0.1 - 1.

We beat these [censored] then our season from hell will still be superior to the that of the reigning premiers.

Goodbye pick 5 Hello pick 10? *I'm happy about this btw...

Has anyone got any energy left to complain about the team selections this week?

Hell no. What it would cost Geelong. I don't want him here.

If this draft is as even as they say, it might be a year to do the opposite of what we normally do and split our pick. Try and turn 6 into something like 9 and 15, if possible, and take multiple players. See if we can lure some depth talent with later picks. Kind of hope we are still in the race for Houston though. Would fill the void Brayshaw has left nicely. Cost of getting that done though might be too much.

It will be interesting to see what Smith gets valued at. I had always presumed it would take a mid-late first but perhaps not the case.

Indulging this possibility, I still fail to see how Geelong get it done. Geelong notoriously don't pay big money to star players as part of their salary cap management. Clayton is on 1 - 1.3 million per season for another 6 years. On top of that, Geelong as it stands will only have a mid to late first round pick and that's earmarked for Bailey Smith. Not sure what trade capital they expect to get it done. Unless we desperately want him out and pay 500k per year for 6 years and accept a future 1st or current 2nd round pick, just can't see it happening.

Silver medal for you

Twist in race for Port star, Pie weighs options, Tigers' bid to keep mid - https://www.afl.com.au/news/1195697 THE UNCERTAINTY facing Melbourne's off-season has thrown Dan Houston's move to the Dees into question, with other Victorian clubs expected to enter the race for the Port Adelaide star. Houston has eyed a return to Victoria, where he has a strong pull back home, in recent months, with Melbourne his fancied landing spot. Rival clubs expected the move to be all but locked in. However, the Demons' tumble down the ladder out of the finals race, coupled with list uncertainty on superstar midfielder Christian Petracca, has raised doubts over Houston's preference for the Dees. It is a significant twist that opens the door for other clubs to enter the conversation for Houston if he continues to pursue a move back to Victoria or could even see him end up remaining at Alberton Oval if no club is willing to offer considerable draft capital to make a trade happen. The Power have been targeting Greater Western Sydney's unrestricted free agent pair Harry Perryman and Isaac Cumming, even before Houston's Victorian intentions were clear. They would need strong draft return to part with Houston, who is contracted for four more years and enjoying career-best form over the past two seasons. Richmond (pick one), North Melbourne (two), St Kilda (five), Melbourne (six), Essendon (nine), Carlton (10), Hawthorn (11) and Geelong (15) are the Victorian clubs currently holding first-round picks, although the Hawks' selection will be the centrepiece of their offer to West Coast for Tom Barrass. – Callum Twomey

Alas wasn't my doing. I posted this in another Viney related thread and I presume an admin created this one and moved it here.

OOC in 2025 I believe. Wouldn't surprise me if we added 1 year to 2026 with KPI's to trigger one more to 2027.

Not sure if there was a specific thread re the North speculation so will pop some news here. On today's gettable episode they stated Jack is in talks to have a contract extension at the dees and won't leave melbourne. "He's melbourne through and through." Bloody oath he is.

Good to see more than one journalist turn up this week

We will miss him. From the outside looking in appears to be a genuine leader and hard worker. Seems like a top bloke off the field as well. Considering what he has given us, I hope we won't stand in his way of his desire to be closer to family. In regards to trade value, 2nd rounder seems reasonable. If tied into a Houston trade, I could see it being ANB plus f1st for Houston and f2nd.

Couldn't really tell you to be honest. I remember being impressed with him 2 years ago with his contested footy. Was injured for most of 2023. Havent watched much of Adelaide this year, maybe some SA dees/footy watchers could enlighten us about his deficiencies?

Wonder if Sam Berry would be worthy of consideration? Tacking machine that's been in and out of the Crows team a bit this year. Out of contract and Vic lad. Won't be a star but could really add to our midfield depth and shouldn't cost much.

Pretty sad state of affairs when a Tom Morris tweet generates 26 pages and 600+ posts of discussion and angst within 24 hours, yet the original thread on our generational skipper and one of our all time greats has a total of 2 pages and 46 posts in 14 years. Back to Max, what a legend and future hall of famer. It's been a privilege to watch his career and can only hope he has another few years yet in the tank. Agree with distrAction Jackson that he deserves a statue.

Demonland started a thread about this but it's hiding away in the other sports section. Jess Stenson just came 13th in the marathon not long ago. Bloody huge effort. Sister of Jack Trengove.

13th... bloody amazing effort.

That's what I hope for, but he's a damn good player and is contracted for another 3 years. Port aren't going to settle for chump change.

In before picket fence suggests Jefferson.

Sounds like we're trading for him and we're probably going to have to make peace with the fact it will cost us pick 6.