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Can't remember which article but they mentioned GWS have doubts about his endurance and ability to cover the ground. Reads to me that they're trying to downplay his trade value. With Hately requesting a trade to the Crows today, I can't see them willingly including Caldwell or O'Halloran in any form of trade. We should be pushing for a second round pick in my opinion.

Is it worth talking about Parfitt? Doubtful that he will leave Geelong but still remains unsigned. Would add a point of difference to our midfield with his speed and would do so relatively cheaply.

Allegedly Goodwin thinks we're in a position to seriously contend for a flag so there is no way he trades out his best midfielder while in contract. And there is close to nothing I would accept for him either and hopefully the club views him the same. One of the few "untradeables" on our list. To even get our attention they would need to put up Walsh, a top 3 pick and more. Not happening.

Apart Petracca pre-covid and Pickett extending his base "rookie" contract I don't believe anyone else has re-signed throughout the year. Wouldn't surprise me if we await details from the AFL and AFLPA about list sizes and salary cap before making major re-signing announcements. Would love to get a contract in front of Rivers, Jackson, Petty, Fritsch, Sparrow and others but that's for another thread.

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Preuss is a 25yr old ready-to-go first string ruckman with multiple clubs interested and two years to go on his contract. Clubs want him, they'll have to pay up and make it appealing to us. If we want to become more ruthless as Goodwin said, then it can start at trade week.

Think it won't affect him getting another home but hopefully it reduces his new contract offer so crows get pick 20 instead of pick 2 as compensation.

Preuss + 47 for pick 22 would be a decent result.

Interesting idea, Saints could use another heavy hitter in the middle. I wonder if there is a talent in the mid to late first round of the draft that would see us happy to offload Brayshaw for a pick. Fair points from both of you. Particularly agree with the bolded xman. The good thing in our position is we have Brayshaw contracted for another two years so it would have to be a good deal in our eyes to let him go. Ultimately I don't think we'll land Merrett and the speculation consistently, like Hogan, seems to be Freo as the likely suitor. Haven't picked over their list in a while so not sure what could be on offer there. Personally I'd prefer to secure a mature guaranteed best 22 player but trades rarely involve player for player swaps.

I doubt it, with what Brayshaw has produced over the last 2 years we won't be getting a first rounder for him. His value currently probably lies in the second round in my view. Late first round at best. If Brayshaw = 2nd round pick then I can't see Essendon doing a deal for "2" X second rounders for Merrett, arguably their best player. Would you take say a Parish and 2nd rounder for either Oliver or Petracca? Despite all his potential and being played out of position, a club that identifies that isn't going to pay a premium for someone that they would argue can't crack centre bounce midfield time for our team. Our whip hands is that he is contracted for another 2 years so we won't be giving him away, but we always take a holistic approach to drafting and trading and a mutually beneficial outcome might see a deal done if it improves the balance of our team. Just my thoughts anyway.

Probably, hence the line "perhaps with later pick swaps." There could be a few permutations of a deal but say Brayshaw + Future first for Merrett and Future 2nd. Depending on ladder position could just mean sliding back in the draft by 10 spots or so.

I believe both Sydney and GWS have academy players this year which will require a certain amount of draft points. Can't see either of them giving up second or even third rounders, at least not in this years draft. If he goes north then future picks or fringe player is probably what the deal would be.

Would Brayshaw + future 1st for Merrett work? Perhaps with later pick swaps. I'm hesitant about losing Brayshaw but as others have already touched on Merrett would complement our mids better and would perform more consistently I feel. Can't see Essendon giving him up to be honest but a big bodied mid + first rounder might get them thinking.

Perhaps I'm wrong but I can't remember a single time a contract announcement has been done during the BnF. Doesn't seem like the appropriate forum to me, particularly with some players already shown the door and others most likely knowing they're up for trade. To me it doesn't seem very tactful.

Posted something similar a little while ago. I think the idea has merit.

I'm curious as to how we will approach player movement this offseason. We traded out of this years first round due to the compromised nature of it so I feel we will try to recruit players via trade and/or free agency. If we trade out both McDonalds as mooted, I can't imagine we will be keen on acquiring picks unless its used for players or possible investment in future picks. On the flip side to this, would Taylor and co feel confident in landing quality players at later picks given the reduced exposure may leave "round 1 quality" kids to slide? And if so, could that lead to small pick upgrades with clubs looking to trade down to accrue points? Factor in a possibly reduction in list sizes and, salary cap restraints and the number of academy/NGA selections, I think we may be presented with some unique opportunities.

Surprised that you've put Jordon in here mate, do you have some insight into this one? From memory you know him or his family and last I heard the club were happy with his progress. I would like to see him get at least another year to have a proper run at it in a somewhat "normal" season. That way he can actually get a chance to develop in a proper second tier system if he's not getting senior games.

Ah ok, seems footywire's contract status cannot be trusted then.

23 year old victorian kid taken at pick 20 in the 2015 draft, plays predominantly as an outside midfielder at the Suns with good disposal by foot. Has played 52 games and had a breakout year where he played 21 games and averaged 25 touches a game and came 5th in the Suns bnf (not saying much I know). Is now out of contract and seemingly out of favour this year. Could be potential red flags there but worth the thought I reckon. Could come cheap in terms of trade price and may compliment Langdon on the other wing as an outside accumulator, also a lefty.

Bloody well hope so, its the silly season already but if all the rumblings are to be believed (they shouldn't be) then in 2021 we are minus Viney, Brayshaw, Harmes and Sparrow. Barely a midfield left. Even if Brayshaw and Harmes requested a trade I would hope we would play hardball and hold them to their contracts unless something ridiculously overs came our way.

Not doubting it but where's this info coming from? And what's the story about the players sooking in up in Cairns? Edit: having a second read it's looking more like tongue in cheek.

I largely agree with this, I just hope we can be absolved of paying part of his contract which will enable us to be more aggressive at the trade table. If he unlocks a good deal for us or nets us a somewhat decent pick then I'm all for it.

With his salary I'm not sure many clubs would be keen without us contributing a significant portion. We will also be lacking significantly in KPF depth if he goes. We only really have Weideman in that roll at the moment and he is still relatively young and in need of further development. We then have; Jackson - A hybrid ruck/forward with consensus view that he will more likely play as an extra mid more the Key Position. Mitch Brown - Ageing journey man that's scraped together some games because of McDonalds form and injury to Jackson. Maybe retained as insurance for another year but quite possibly delisted Petty - I high hopes for this kid, looks promising but yet unproven with a year out from a debilitating groin injury. Queries as to whether he plays his footy forward or back. Does trading Tom improve our list and depth? Factor in his low trade value and likely high wage would have to remove him from the list, I don't think that leaves us in a better position overall. We certainly did Tom no favours by playing him as sole Key forward for the first few rounds with no support. I would have liked to see him combine more with Weideman throughout the year but alas not to be. If we are telling him to pack his bags with two years to go, I wonder what that does to the psyche of the playing group and culture of our club. Perhaps this is where we need to get ruthless to improve our list, but I can't help but feel this path is fraught with danger. In any case, if he does go I would hope that we acquire some Key Position players either through trade or draft as just one or two injuries to our talls would see us light on at either end of the ground. Interesting trade period coming up!

Just wanted to say I thought those Jumpers looked outstanding tonight. Good bit of nostalgia with that logo representing the Dee's of my childhood. Looking forward to my jumper arriving this week. We've put together some cracker jumpers recently including all the indigenous designs as well as the MFC insignia one. Think my new Covid lockdown hobby is to collect them all and frame them. Not sure my girlfriend will be happy when I put them up all over the house