Ted Lasso

Adams is a ten year inside mid with no off field baggage, and less of a profile so much easier to get a deal done, cheaper and imo his best football isn't far behind Martin anyway, Martin looks maybe a little better than his is because of the quality of the richmond midfield, he is all attack and no defense.

He'd be a good pickup, but i'm not sure of handing over pick 2 for Selwood alone, i wonder if we could do 2 and a player for selwood and 8?

Nathan Jones is our heart and soul spiritual leader, he doesn't need to be captain to be a leader but i think his being our best player for the last few years and leading the way he has earns him the right to be our captain in 2014.

I really like Billings also, but Roos said the other day he thinks we have alot of flankers who can rotate through the midfield and not alot of genuine mids and that's a huge issue for us, so i think this will count against Billings.

From what i have seen of Aish i'd be more than happy just to take him, Sharenberg or Sheed ahead of Matrin, Yes Martin is a good option in terms of a much improved midfield in 2014, but he clearly has off field issues, he could cause issues from a cultural perspective. James Aish, Taylor Adams, Daniel Cross and Zak Jones to me is a very good result in terms of improving our midfield, the nucleus of a quality midfield is there, it requires time and development and depth, not a total rebuild.

It's possible, we would need Adams to declare we are the club he wants to come to and be able to sell pick 2 well to Richmond which wouldn't be hard

He is out of contract at the end of 2014, yes he will be a free agent at that time but a restricted free agent so we have the right to match any offer made for him, i am very confident that will Paul Roos in charge we will be able to keep him.

That's fine, as far as i am aware Cross qualifies as a delisted free agent and has no bearing on compensation anyway, his 28 touches, ten clearances game in the prelim will boost him and was ranked around pick 35 before that so it's not a stretch to think he would be around 25 if he has a good game in the grand final, maybe it's a couple of spots early, but well worth it in my opinion.

The thing that is sticking in my mind is the fact that this idea was already raised with the AFL when PJ met with them, they were aware we were asking for a priority pick, they could have said look i think it's not the best idea if you apply for it as the other clubs will be upset, if that was going to be a factor that's considered, the fact we have raised this with the AFL already and still put in the application for one can only be a good sign

I wonder how the little meeting in perth today is going?

If we lose Sylvia which to be honest i think we probably will unfortunately, we should get around pick 25 as compo, i'd use that on Jones, yes it's possibly pulling the trigger early but if you had to personify what our side needs, this guy does.

I didn't say he was suddenly running well, just that he looked to have a spring in his step, confidence can make slow players look quicker than they are, i think a big issue we have had in recent years is indecision, this can be fixed with confidence and understanding, Roos will bring both of those things to our list.

While the last few years have been horrible for everyone associated with our club, confidence has been destroyed on every level of the club, coaches have come and gone like a revolving door, i can't help but feel like we are turning a corner now, Paul Roos seems to have given the whole place a huge lift, just hearing about the reactions of office staff is amazing, the players already seem to love him and want to stay under him, a huge sign of this i noticed was during our final game against the bulldogs when Jack Trengove for the first time in two years ran as though he wasn't in concrete boots, just days after learning the players had met with Roos. I'm not saying for a second it's going to be an instant turnaround, but 2014 may well be a year when alot of opinions of players change, this is a group we have never seen well coached for any length of time, and a group we have never seen with sustained confidence. players people have put question marks over, Jack Trengove, Jack Watts, Jimmy Toumpas all undeniable talents that have not yet come on the way we would have liked, ( probably being abit rough having toumpas in there ) all may well improve very quickly finally not playing out of position, finally knowing their role and finally having confidence would be interested to hear other peoples thoughts on how big an impact this new found confidence might have on our club?

Trying to build a culture of playing for the jumper, playing for your teammates, self sacrifice to be successful and we're talking about recruiting a bloke who is looking at leaving a strong successful team who has invested alot of money on and off field as well as time into giving him the opportunity to be an elite player, just to chase dollars. Good player, maybe Roos could sort him out but i think we have other options open to us that would be more constructive from a cultural sense, David Swallow, Luke Shuey, Rory Sloane, Taylor Adams

I like it, only one thing i would change Martin to GWS Adams and pick 10 to MFC Pick 2 to Richmond GWS will have activated that pick 10 as trade bait, they will be resigned to losing Adams by now, so they will feel they're effectively losing two things they would lose anyway, and gaining a quality player RIchmond would be thrilled to get anything for Martin imo, given the two front runners for him are 1 and 2 in the draft and MFC get the player they're after and a very good pick to pass on to the crows maybe with a player and try and prize sloane out of them

i'd slot Jesse Hogan into Center half forward because he is a running machine, i feel he would add quite alot up the ground with the pace and big body he has Mitch Clark at Full forward because simply he is the best player we have for that position fitz and dawes sorta battle it out for the third tall position, dawes leadership probably gets him over the line howe and blease as half forwards, such different players, and both extremely dangerous when they're on, capable of taking a game away from the opposition Byrnes in the other pocket as he is a legitimate small forward, has the pace and smarts to sit at clark and dawes feet very well Dawes Clark Byrnes Blease Hogan Howe Toumpas Trengove Watts

after having a good think about it i think we'd be better off looking past Martin. He has undeniable on field ability and that's great but we are in the process of trying to effect a cultural change, he is very capable of hindering that, 600 k that he wants is alot of money, would much rather throw that at a taylor adams and or David Swallow, maybe abit less for them but you get my drift.

if we offer him 700 k a year for 3 years i reckon we'd be a good chance, seems he is clearly chasing dollars. Martin, Cross and Adams makes a serious improvement to our midfield.

Yeah, i think if i was coach, and looking at our list i am pretty happy that's not the case, i'd probably play him as a high half forward/ wingman, Clark Dawes and Hogan would be having wet dreams over Toumpas and Watts having the ball in their hands and passing it into them, both amazing users of the ball.

Don't think any of those trades are realistic, sorry buddy.

He will need to run much harder than he currently does to play that role well, but i agree, if Roos gets him able to run hard enough and he likes the role he would be extremely damaging on a win Richo style

Really interested to see where Roos plays Watts, has the assets to play many roles.

Thomas is a free agent Martin chooses us and walks to the pre season draft pick 2 to GWS for Adams and pick 10 the lure of coming home convinces Sloane to declare an interest in being traded for us, we have Pick 10 and they need top 10 picks it's a big ask but the thread title said best possible.

He is very talented and i'd back Roos to sort out the off field stuff, so i wouldn't be against a big dollars offer, just short term rather than long term ideally, i'd go with pick 2 to GWS for Adams and pick 10 and pick 10 for Martin, if our offer is the best then they can either talk that or he walks to the PSD with a huge price tag on his head.

I'd be pretty happy with Garland Frawley Clisby Grimes Mcdonald toumpas thomas Martin Sloane Sylvia Dawes Watts howe Hogan clark jolly viney cross adams trengove blease kent