Roger Mellie

Only that he'd been approached. They didn't say whether he'd accepted or declined. I hope he's still thinking about it.

I heard on the radio yesterday (SEN) that Hamill declined our interest and is leaving football altogether.

This ^ and this ^ - for those that haven't seen Humphrey play - thanks AoB. He's not far off hitting his straps, which will be well served as a starting mid at the Dees v a pecking order mid at GCS.

Cameron doesn't appear to have softened his stance. Jeez it was torture listening to it until he came on.

We may have lost interest in a trade for the Derk if we can pick him up as a DFA or we may have lost interest because we have a higher priority for a small defender (thanks Judd) etc.

Fair enough! I did actually check the history but didn't look beyond the silverware (5th) as a placing.

IMO, it's quite something at age 21. For comparison, Petracca's first placing in the B & F came at age 23, where he came 5th.

He came 4th in their B & F this year - not exactly nothing!

Thought the same

Love that they're doing the hard sell with the boat trip on the harbour. Greater WESTERN Sydney is nowhere near the harbour!

Barrett has been dead against any compensation for FAs.

I'd be over the moon if we landed Humphrey

Oliver's trip to Sydney was a planned holiday, according to Jake Niall @ the Age. Despite the headline-grabbing 'Oliver jets to Sydney after star midfileder told to seek new club,' they then state in the article it was a planned trip.

FWIW, I don't have Edmond in the Morris 'basket'. I guess we'll find out if he added mayo or not.

Sounds like the media framing the narrative to me. King organises a meeting with Clarry (as he will with all players) to outline his (and the team's) role, expectations. This is as per DannyZ. Media gets a hold of it and Edmond spices it up by saying Clarry's been 'summoned' and giving a negative spin. Morris then chimes in and runs with the sky is falling in for Clarry. It might be worth waiting for the real story before stepping into my MFCSS onesie.

Speaking of 'hypotheticals,' if Russell Robbo has an AFL standard kid (no idea if he has kids), is said kid eligible for Tas and Dee's or just Tas?

I agree with most of what you're saying except this. Excluding Grundy from your list, the rest were very clearly attempts at cheap depth. I don't blame Lamb for recruiting these players with sweet FA salary cap and late picks/FA availability. His instructions would have been to fill these holes on the list with minimum wage players. Not sure how else he goes about it. You're not going to get a Curnow with a third/forth-rounder on $200K. You could try and draft for one but they won't be ready to fill said hole as was needed. What I don't get is the contract lengths. It's totally [censored] us and why we were forced into the need for cheap depth - Viney, Langdon, Clarry, Petracca, Gawn

Not for the clubs with Northern Academies. They need the points to complete their draft-rorting extravaganza. I expect most clubs will be trying to trade picks with them and/or into next year.

There's about 200kms distance between Gold Coast and Noosa. It's about the same distance from Melbourne to Colac. Where would you rather be?

No it doesn't. I expect Jones will be retained (under contract) with two new assistants coming in.

Low possession full back continuing his development this year. He's starting to take the next step with turning defence into attack. He needs to back himself and use his excellent speed.

Has that rare combo of a huge tank and speed. To my eye, he buzzes around ineffectually without having a real crack. It gives me the [censored].