Mick

That is exactly what I believe will get Chris Judd in the Red 'n Blue next year.... Restoring the pride and position of a once great club!!!

I kind of agree, but that could potentially be Carlton's pitch too though couldn't it?

Don't be surprised if we miss out on Judd if we take Rance with our first pick

As much as I have tried not to get caught up in the JUDD to the Demons hysteria, I woke up this morning solely focused on

how important todays meeting with the great man potentialy is.

Woke up this morning feeling sick?...You're lucky, I hardly slept!!! I was imagining whether the panel was lying awake as well.

I'm so happy we've got Bailey and Craig Cameron in the meeting today...they seem like two very capable people who I'm confident will be able to sell the footballing side of things. I'm a bit nervous about Gardner and Harris selling the off-field vision but hopefully they have a good story today and they can nail it.

I know some people are nervous about giving away too much to get Judd but I honestly think this is our chance to set us on the road to becoming a power house club again. Keeping early draft picks and taking the conservative route is what we've already been doing for many years and it hasn't delivered us a premiership...so it really can be seen as nothing more than a failure. Judd will put us back on the map, especially when coupled with Bails.

Go Dees!

If McLean wanted out, there will be 15 clubs making enquiries.

He will be in line for the captaincy, if not next year, then certainly the year after.

Richmond are desperate to get some quality onto their list. They should realise though that they haven't got anything we want.

Besides, I can't see us talking to anyone but Judd right now. He is priority number 1, 2 and 3.

In terms of "not talking to anyone but Judd" i think you've missed the point. The whole topic is around getting Judd and that would be the ONLY reason we would be discussing trading McLean with anyone. Richmond potentially do have something we want as well...pick 2 if that was going to be the key to getting Judd.

So even though I hope it doesn't happen and don't think it will happen it is completely tied to getting Judd to Melbourne so wouldn't be completely out of the question.

Or maybe Robbo and our 2nd round pick, for the Dogs 1st round pick. Just some ideas (and don't forget that it is being seen as a shallow draft)

No chance!! Dogs would not give up pick 5 in a deal for Robbo even with our second round pick

The Bulldogs player I'd be interested in is Dale Morris. He'd be a good inclusion to our backline.

I'd be hesitant to trade Robbo because I think he is too important to our structure at the moment and we don't have enough other forwards ready to take over. If Neita went down with injury next year it would really expose us.

But if we could do a straight swap for Morris that would be a huge win for our club. He's a very good player who rarely gets beaten, can play on talls and smalls and is only 24. He would be a fantastic addition to our backline. Unfortunately I think the Dogs know how good a player he is and he'd probably be untouchable. Other than that I really don't think players like McMahon, Giansiracusa are what we need so I think we'd be more likely to trade for picks with them if it went ahead. Their second round pick (which would be around the 20 mark) would be about right.

and please dont pass over lachie henderson if we managed to get 2 top 10 picks...

I've heard his name mentioned a few times but haven't seen him play. Can you give us a bit of a run down if you've seen a lot of him? Is there a current player you could liken him to in the AFL?