Ted Lasso

Believe in believe

IF the Bailey Humphrey trade happens, it's not going to become clear until very late in the trade period because it'll be off the back of the Suns caving and not wanting to miss out on Trac. it'll be a Wednesday thing. Until then, trust the process and enjoy the ride. We'll get a really good trade return no matter the makeup of it and Trac will be playing for the Suns.

Max and Max in the same team could provide us with some serious around the ground marking talent. If done right we wouldn't need to rob peter to pay paul with Max's marking, one manages the front half and one stays behind the ball in the hole.

Shows they're extremely confident the deal for Trac is going to get done

This is where i think the trade week fun and games makes everything go really confusing. BH upsetting his current employer by meeting with multiple prospective employers is a totally pointless exercise unless his current employer has expressed some openness privately to a move being at least possible. Otherwise this sort of thing just erodes trust with the player, the club and the manager and noone wants that. I am certain we asked for Bailey Humphrey and the Suns knew about his personal circumstances and gave their blessing for him to meet with us, they're driving a hardline on him, we are on Trac but i honestly believe this is all or mostly optics and posturing. I wouldn't fly to Melbourne and meet with prospective employers if there was zero chance of the job being possible, just wouldn't waste my time like that.

Him walking around the tan with Steven King and Nathan Jones and our list manager confirming the interest directly multiple times is pretty good.

I absolutely love the early commitment from Steven King and the club to take the pressure off Max, it's nice they're wheeling out other guys and letting the bloke who's carried the club from one crisis to another catch his breath

Bailey Humphrey isn't off the trade table until the trade period ends or the Trac deal is announced without him. Noone knows exactly what's going on behind the scenes and there are so many games being played at trade time My suggestion to all Demonlanders would be to just enjoy the ride. It's exciting to be linked to such a talented player and if we pull it off Tim Lamb absolutely will deserve enormous credit.

If I’m the suns I keep him because he helps you win a flag in that time even if he does eventually leave But if it’s the only way to land petracca and he really wants out , you at least consider it

Because the suns have almost no incentive to trade BH full stop but maybe the only tiny chance is if it was the only way to get petracca and he were desperate to go. I think we’re a tiny chance and everyone else is zero

Imagine if the Suns pulled out of the race because they couldn't afford him like the Saints did with Alir haha

Contracted player. time to dig in. we want one of Sam Taylor or Finn Callaghan and 2 first round picks or he's coming back to the Demons.

We need an eeyore reaction!

Lets maybe wait til the trade is finalised before we find the nearest cliff and jump off?

Not sure what else we can really hope for. we're selling two of our best ever players, no matter what the trade return is it'll probably feel a little bit underwhelming.

Geez he reminds me of Big boy McEvoy as a player.

The Suns list boss this morning on trade radio mentioned they were open to spreading his deal out over 5 years if that suits their TTP better, Ultimately we all just want to see a good trade for the MFC and i am certain that's what's going to happen be it with Draft picks, players or a combination of the two i think there is little doubt Trac will be at the Suns and the Dees will get something they can sell as a win in return.

Josh Lindsay and Xavier Taylor? who do you like around that mark Dazzle?

Huh? Petracca is a contracted Melbourne player which means we set the asking price. You can debate what that is, or should be but beyond that it’s pretty clear cut.

And… He’s a contracted player. The suns desperately want him hence their willingness to take on the entire contract The suns are open to extending his offer to 5 years so they’re not worried about his age of footy quality And they’re willing to negotiate a trade with us. These are pretty big points that help us

Rapt with this! another new set of eyes and a Melbourne person as well

Straight swap for Clarence?

I get that aspect, but i mean we have chased him for a couple of years and when he was finally ready to make the call we've ducked out at the last minute. the Alir thing is worse given the money he's missing out on as a result.

It's no different to what we've done with Wade Derksen. we've been chasing him for 2 years only to pull out last minute.