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I do think the conversation is mute, as I expect him to re-sign with the eagles at some point. However he can use free agency as leverage to get the best contract possible, most likely West Coast will be offering it anyways. If West Coast are prepared to match it and he’s happy to stay, it won’t...

I stated earlier in this thread, Carlton may want to preserve the optics of them getting the 3rd best player. While also not paying such a premium for a player “inferior” to Ashcroft, who we will get for cents in the dollar comparatively. Marshall I think will go earlier than 30 though, strike...

My understanding of Restricted Free Agency is even if a club matches the contract, the player doesn’t have to sign the contract with the original club. Matching simply removes the Free Agency mechanism, they can still seek a trade or head to the draft as an uncontracted player.

Just playing this scenario out. If it actually gets to us officially lodging a Free Agent request for Allen, it’s doesn’t come down to what West Coast would prefer out of keeping Allen and top 5 pick, at this point Allen is out the door, with the contract value not being an issue. The equation...

I just can’t see Darcy moving,well in the short term atleast. I especially don’t see us being able to out price them. Bont, JUH, English and Naughton would all be around that 1mil/year then a few players like Treloar, Lobb, Dale and Richards (recent form. Warrants a decent contract) would be on...

Like others, I’m confident that Richmond won’t bid. Yes Adelaide have in the past with JUH, but I saw that more about shining a light on the Next Gen academies, which lead to significant changes with Mac Andrews. North have form and seem the most likely going off everyone else's opinion. Maybe...

What Richmond are doing is completely acceptable. Not as if they’ve push the player out for nothing, to tank their performance. They’ve been well rewarded and make sense with the Tassie team on the horizon. It’s the system that makes the teams have to bottom out to have access to the elite...

Throwing in a swap of Future 3rds could end up being quite beneficial to us, the Dees are clearly backing themselves in to bounce back. In saying that pick 49 doesn’t seem too bad for Sharp. It may make pick 66 surplus to our list space though, and doubt we get anything meaningful if we’re...

Think that trade just went through with an uplift of 86% Picks 42, 43 and 45 have historically has been in the sweet spot for matching, generally due to list spot restrictions That pick (now 32) will be handy come the start of the draft, when list spot restriction do not apply, can see us...

That makes over 2400 points if we have 7 list spots available. Having 32 and 34 are solid picks to trade at the start of the draft, will easily see a tidy little profit made there as well I’d imagine. Any worries about trading our future pick, we will be basically turning picks 20, our R3 and...

While everyone is of the opinion that is crazy money for Owies, and rightfully so. Having a look at the bigger picture, you can gain a bit of an understanding about his managers approach. Carlton paid Martin 650k/year back in 2019 and are currently paying Zac Williams 900k/year, to basically...

Protecting Morris development has to be factored in with potential changes to the forward line. Going in with Hipwood/Logan as our keys still doesn’t solve the 2nd ruck issue either. While it won’t matter as much against the lower teams, versing a GWS they’ll likely be going against Taylor and...

We wont be pushing anyone out the door to make a deal happen. Any suggestions of Bailey, Lohman, Morris etc just wont happen, and honestly don’t think anyone will be shaking them free in any negotiations after this year. Your board suggestion 2 x 1st is as unlikely as us getting him for a F3...

Like for like I’d agree that Joe would be the hardest to replace, he has a very rare skill set. It’s definitely not plan A, but I think we could potentially work around it somewhat. Oscar / Fort forward could combine for 30+ goals, and make our F50 stoppage more effective, having the small pick...

Remember a bit of the carry on about us passing on the Pendlebury clone that is Matthew Johnson.

Stating the obvious here, but Joe would be the second hardest player to replace on our list, with Andrew the only player I’d have ahead of him in list importance. There’s no obvious replacement for him out there either. I wouldn’t be against Lynch but that’s a huge risk on that money, everyone...

This is a point that a lot of people are forgetting, as much as the Swans in this situation are getting the benefit so are the teams that trade up. This potential advantage is available to the highest bidder, with the lower team naturally advantages by the allocated picks. Let’s not forget...

Our trading over that early period was very strategical, we targeted very good players in Neale and Charlie who were both behind Fyfe and Betts and viewed in their shadows somewhat. Both were also under contract at the time, which arguable raised their trade cost to us, but also limited interest...

2023 Draft, First premiership player - Logan Morris 2022 Draft, Equal First premiership player - Ashcroft / Fletcher 2021 Draft, Equal Second premiership player Wilmot / Lohmann Impressive young group to be a part of a premiership winning team, with a Norm Smith medalist and another polling...

Just flicking through the stats for the first time this morning Their “3 headed monster” which was touted as their biggest advantage combined for 59d, 7clr, 2g. With our 3 big combining for 86d, 18clr 1g, that was an absolute flogging from the get go. Grundy vs Fort, I’m a little suprised at...

Unbelievable game, with an awesome result, absolute privilege to have seen it live!!! I was truly of the believe that our best was the best in the league, and only us, if we lapsed would beat us. Really felt like the whole team clicked today without any passenger at all. Hipwood probably our...

While a few other realistic names could be added to the potential Norm Smith medalist, those predictions sum up the game reasonable well. Their “big 3” is the real concern, with Warner and Heeney equal top of the predictions, while we have had 8 different player thrown up, showing a more even...

The uncertainty I’m eluding to is we haven’t actually seen a trade period under these changes. While we can theorize about “the best way” to approach the changes, clubs will all have varying approaches. Until we can assess what actually works, it’s largely uncertainty IMO

I wouldn’t be too concerned at all with acquiring enough points for Ashcroft and Marshall. Previous years its been a pretty easy task for list managers to achieve, especially regarding downgrading picks. There seems to be a bit of talent on the move already, we will be able to leverage our...

A mate is a priority member of the Swans. He got the text message Saturday morning regarding adequate funds needing to be available, the same as us this morning. The funds were deducted from his account around 5pm, so I’d be expecting something similar for us tonight

2436, was enough to move up 2 spots and finish 8th overall

Haha, was a strategic pickup. Made the decision while needing to trade Sexton and Fisher. I already had Heeeney, Flanders, Zorko, Caldwell and Moore, so I decided to double down on forwards not just for backup but to loop the best score. Wasn’t sold on Daniher or McKay, Rankine too damaging to...

2482 for the week, having Daniels seems like the big win. Hopefully another slight rise in the rankings. Out of trades though, so next week might be interesting.

I can’t complain too much, as a lot of things have gone right for me this year. However keeping Salem has been one of my biggest mistakes of the year, if not the biggest. The decision to keep him over Stewart after their bye, while justifying the extra ~100k for his DPP has probably cost me a...

2416 for the week and up 2 spots to 16th overall. Slow crawl to the top ten, however running out of time. I need some type of carnage over the next two rounds to make the jump up (while avoiding it myself.) As I still have a trade, have a decent F7 in Miers / Daniels and Salem floating between D/M.