damienjr

Didn't we do the same with Jetta some years back?

Does Sturt fall into the same category as Bedford as being one of our academy picks. They are both Dandenong Stingrays boys.

Who said Josh asked for 6 & 5? Freo didn't have p5 at that stage. Obviously you have never done a negotiation course where rule #1 says you need to establish your goal and work out how you are going to achieve that goal. The "overs" and "unders" is just noise. There you have just had your first lesson.

I feel a sadness, an empty feeling. They give you such joy for the very short period they are with us. But oh the memories......Jessie, Liam and Mitch.

Thought pick 23 could have been used on Billings before we traded with St Kilda for p28.

God how many times you want to say this? We get it

These bunch of amateurs just got us to a preliminary final. you seem clueless in negotiation skills.

Totally agree

Its an interesting point you make. Obviously this has been discussed but I wonder if Suns would be interested in accepting our 2019 first pick along with pick 23 (Freo) and 32 (our first pick) for May and KK and we go to the draft with pick 5. As you say they have heaps of very high picks that can be slightly spread over 2 years.

Has the club re-signed Kennedy Harris?

Who said we have offered 5 to Suns?

Wonder if Harley Bennell could be the steak knives?

Wouldn't be surprised if that pick 5 goes directly to Adelaide for their pick 8 and 13. We then pass on pick 8 to Suns and go to the draft with pick 13. That would be a good result.

All Mahoney wants is to get May and KK to the club. If the Suns agree to pick 11, which they haven't, then he will accept Freo's offer. Otherwise the club is more than happy to keep Jessie. Who cares whether we have received unders and paid overs. Mahoney has achieved his objective like he has in previous years.

Is this something you know as fact or are you guessing like everyone else which means your opinion is no better or worse than the ones that you have chastised on this thread.

Agree. The AFL should introduce a minimum draft pick requirement based on the contract $$ amount and length of contract. So if Freo is offering Jessie $1.2m/yr over 4 years then that equates to a certain number of points that is converted into draft picks / players. Freo has to offer the minimum unless Melb agrees to something lower (in the case that Melb just want to offload Jessie at any price).

We could convert pick 5 into 8 and 13 from Adelaide and trade pick 8 to GC. It places Adelaide ahead of PA at pick 6

In this current circumstances would you do a straight swap with WC's Tom Barrass plus maybe extra picks. We move on and this solves our backline problems.

But they said its their final offer!

This is what happens when the CEO/Board get involved and take over negotiations from the FD. Didn't Paul McNamee do something similar?

Yes that gives them a chance of getting Rankine. I'd push for pick 8 and a 3rd rounder for May and KK

Then what do we give up for May and KK? Love to keep pick 5 or do we need to convert that pick 5 for 2 teen picks.

Huh? Sometimes you are hard to understand Bub.

Good thinking but we could turn pick 6 from Freo into 2 early teens and trade one of them for May and would be better off.

Do you know something? Are there whispers from inside about these two?