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The bit I'm surprised isn't compared more is Baker and Smith - surely there is a big gap between them, and there likely will be, but all the narrative at the moment is crazy

It happens every year though, the only difference is we might have thought there was less chance of dilution this year due to the (lack of) quality of free agents. Aren't we all happy the action has started? 😅

Nah, that would be then set up for 9 + F1 with something strong like Richmond's F2 and other swaps. Bolton being in contract pushes up the asking price, but we should be holding our ground because we know our picks are desirable.

The scenario that would make sense to me is we have multiple targets next year, not just Warner. But I'd prefer we took a first round pick this year.

The Eagles haven't committed to extending him past 2025 when his contract runs out, so when AFL mortality kicks in it probably changes attitudes.

Would be interesting if it's being orchestrated this way, i.e. keep Petracca by saying we'll address a key issue - Oliver.

In what world is Baker worth more than 13??

The point values are still whacky, but 13 for 36, maybe with another shuffle. 13 as the centrepiece for Baker still makes no sense, especially for West Coast's position. In isolation I think he's a great pick up for them as he'll be a leader, but that price is terrible. We'll just have to wait...

And if my auntie had nuts she'd be my uncle.

This has been debunked so many times it's not funny any more

Agreed, it's actually been fairly breathtaking how quickly people have turned against Cox, I personally think he's quite pivotal to our best defence when he's fit. Add to that he's a decent option to swing forward and that's a pretty good weapon to have.

Why has trade value got anything to do whether it's crap reporting or not? It literally says it's rating players for their performances over the home and away season, excluding any with less than 5 games, i.e. rating based on this year only. It's not talking about value, just how they went this...

I'm big on his talent, and he often cops a lot for his laconic approach, but he did have a shocker of a year.

I got one today as well regarding increases, hardly surprising if for no reason other than inflation eats into margins.

Solid Melbourne FC media work https://www.afl.com.au/news/1202679/kozzy-pickett-and-the-city-star-dee-fashions-a-home-away-from-home

Man it would be an awfully nice side benefit wouldn't it?

At least they won a premiership, but gee how would it feel to be a Melbourne fan right now? This has got to top the go home trio for Brissy.

You'd be losing some money then. BigGrandma.com, ".com.au" and even ".sucks" are available. Convenient.

Is it bad I 100% focused on what was on your taskbar, your desktop and your favourites? Little window into your life.

To be fair, asking him to cancel out Briggs who is AFL experienced and rather decent is asking for a bit of a miracle. We want Reidy to compete and not get pantsed, with the key benefit feeding up Jackson more up forward. But agreed would love to see Jackson hit some form.

I don't disagree with a lot of that, I'd be wanting the team to ignore the outs and focus on what they can do. The reality is the only team we've beaten away this year that isn't in the bottom 6 right now is Sydney by 1 point. Clearly they haven't had the greatest run since then, and they had...

The pile on towards Darcy is pretty next level, and I think a lot of is driven by the media narrative (cue the high salary, over investment in rucks, etc.). Darcy can be a weapon for us, and a point of difference with Jackson. It's pretty clear we won't see his best this year, and I hope he's...

I also want us to turn it around and show the previous form we had, it is quite the ask all things considered though. At the end of the day I'm quite ok if it's Carlton that screws up and gets us in there though.

Was gonna say the same, the unknown and mystery around a player can be more tempting than reality - just look at Brodie. Undoubtedly the selectors have got it wrong sometimes but that's the reality when you make decisions - you don't get them all right. Would love to see Reidy given a go, even...

Testing times

Personally I disagree, I thought it should have been called. But I don't see it much differently to the one Pies avoided against North Melbourne, so swings and roundabouts.

To be fair you made a few out there propositions and then didn't provide any backing for them. Would love to see why you think our forward pressure is elite as others asked. Lukosius certainly has talent, but what makes you think it's all coaching that means he hasn't come on?

It was whacked hey, kept saying quarter over and then started counting for "ELT" but looked like it was the actual time left

The little shenanigans with old McDonald running over the mark were great considering the North game, would only be sweeter if it happened to Carlton

Bingo, knew there was another one.