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It solely depends on what the next club offers. Two things are factored into FA compensation. 1. The length and remuneration of the offered contract. 2. The age of the player. They previously factored in positions in best and fairest counts, however that factor was recently scraped. As an...

With the announcement of Wells, if we get Mayne, and Brown leaves. Best 22 B: Sinclair, Marsh, Ramsay HB: Howe, Reid, Maynard C: Wells, Treloar, Aish HF: Sidebottom, White, Elliott F: Fasolo, Moore, Mayne R: Grundy, Pendlebury, Adams I: Varcoe, Crisp, Scharenberg, De Goey Defence Obviously...

Agreed, when you hear it from a mate of the bloke who washes the windows at the Westpac centre who overheard Ed speaking to Hine, you can't take rumours seriously. You cant deny it when it's heard straight fro the horses mouth. In my case, I heard about this from a friend of the female involved.

Scodog10 Primetime Pricey I heard the exact same story about 6 weeks ago from a very reliable source. You don't make this type of thing up, so if three of us have heard the exact same story, with the same players involved, fair indication it has merit. From what I heard it happened in the...

You're not serious are you? You realise AFL listed players only get a 8-10 week off-season? Non finalists start pre-season start of November, with many of them returning to the club earlier to get a head start on the pre-season. Are you suggesting that all Collingwood players must delay and...

Some of you have no idea about football. Beams is just about our hardest defensive running midfielder. After an opposition clearance most of the time he is the fastest midfielder pushing back to help the defence. And the times he's not leading the way back its because he is picking himself up...

...moment doesn't look like developing into a gun of the competition, but rather potentially a good solid player in the 5-10 bracket ranking of a club. Keep in mind these are just my opinions, I could end up being completely wrong in 5 years time. *Waits for potential backlash of Aish and Kelly*

This is what I think the best 22 is: FB Williams, N.Brown, Toovey HB Seedsman, Keeffe, Reid C Sidebottom, Beams, Young HF Swan, J.White, Fasolo FF Goldsack/Kennedy, Cloke, Elliott FOL Grundy, Pendlebury, Ball INT O'Brien, Dywer, Adams, J.Thomas Things I want to see: -Fasolo to spend...

I tend to agree. Its amazing how much the game has changed over the past 7-8 years. Around 2005, most elite Key Position forwards and defenders were 191-193cm. Nowadays most Key Forwards are 195+cm. The likes of Cloke, Franklin, J Roo, Petrie, Tippett, Hawkins, Cameron and Clark are all...

Yeah I agree I can't see us saying we won't get a player of we think he'll be the bet choice at our pick 6 or 10. In that case it's a 3 pick upgrade

I lol'd as well. Assuming we have a gentleman's agreement with west coast, it is most definitely only a 2 pick upgrade. However as we clearly weren't planning to use pick 31 I'm quite happy with the trade.

I think GWS are asking for overs wanting to swap their pick 21 with our pick 11. Way to much of a discrepancy. Truth be told, I do think we win slightly if it was a straight swap with Shaw for Adams. I also think the club may have been aware of this, hence forming part of the reason why they...

I think you may be looking at it wrong. Instead of asking yourself how many highly rated junior key forwards dont work out, ask yourself how many who are not top picks work out. The following are arguably the ONLY PROVEN AFL quality key forwards in the league drafted since 1999 in no order...

No thats the compensation formula used when uncontracted players were lured to GC or GWS. The free agency compo depends of the age of the player and the size and length of their new contract.

I absolutely agree. As a 19/20 year old (turned 20 in June) in his 2nd season he finished 4th in the VFL goal kicking table with 45 goals in 19 games in a mid-range team. That's unbelievable development. I know there has been a bit of discussion on his height but I'm inclined to believe the...

Bit late, I know, but haven't had a chance to check this site for a while. The game is what I pretty much expected, with the players just doing their thing, waiting for the big stuff. A couple of things that caught my eye: Witts- looked really promising. Has great athleticism for someone of his...

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/localfooty/a-touch-of-frost/story-fn53khop-1226490428187 Nice little article on him. Some great success as a tall defender towards the end of the VFL season after an injury interrupted pre-season

Theres no denying that a drugs culture is rife in the AFL, but no more than in the general population. I know of many people who take illicit drugs while partying, and i've seen many AFL players who have appeared (appeared being the key word) to be on something while out on the town, Swan being...

I absolutely love Broomhead's highlights reel. Looks to be a fantastic decision maker with very good skills. Has speed and uses it, and very adept at winning his own ball. Moves the ball quickly too. Loved the part at 0:30 where he picks up a loose ball, shrugs off jake stringer who is 20kg...

He'll definitely be hoping for a better year from himself. If he continues this year's form into next year, there is no way he is worth the same as his previous contract. 2010 and 2011 were his career best years, set him up well for his 2 year contract. If he doesnt reach that kind of form...

I've been of the opinion that we should acquire at least 2 midfielders with our first 3 picks, with perhaps 1 KKP at most out of those first 3 picks. However, with the options listed above, I'm finding it very difficult to go past both Shaw and Clurey. Shaw is more of a need, with only Lynch...

So you think we wont make finals next year? highest form of compo in free agency is a pick immediately after your original 1st round pick. If we make top 4 next year, which is highly likely, the best we can expect for losing Thomas is a pick between 17 and 22.

Likely due to the fact that the beep test at the combine was conducted on a 30 degree day while the test at most, if not all, of the state screenings would have been done on a cooler day

O'Meara, Crouch, Anderson, Neade, Barry, Cameron would all have been top 50 picks so the draft is still slightly compromised. Also, on a side note, as mentioned previously, its well stated that Hine lists the draftees in order of preference and goes down the list as they are called out. I...

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likely has shrunk a few cm. Would still put Edwards at 165cm minimum

going by a picture of him with Kevin Sheedy, given Sheedy is 180cm, i'd say Elijah is 168-170cm. No way he is 160 judging by the photo

I cant see Sydney parting with a player worth pick 21, and even if they would, surely Adelaide would be interested in that player. And we'd be severely paying unders to Melbourne in that deal, and even if it did happen, Ray isnt worth pick 19, Melbourne should be able to get him with their pick 49

I also think we'll be looking to upgrade in the 1st round. I've been looking closely at the draft order and I think we'll have to part with at least 2 first rounders to upgrade with perhaps a swap of later round picks, no way will someone give us a higher pick if we just offer a first rounder...