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It came about in a few different stages, but was basically completed as a result of the switch to full professionalism with the advent of the AFL in the early 90's. Prior to that, especially in the 70's and 80's when clubs were going broke, if a player was no longer any good, the clubs just...

This has already been covered in quite some detail in February and June and the Angus Brayshaw decision around concussion related retirement. As I said on my first post, in my second sentence, unless he waives all of his money next year they'll still be on the hook for it, though I'd imagine...

Good get for the Crows and Giants really. Cumming's good years in 2021 and 2022 were very good. But he struggled a bit with injury in 2024 and Kingsley changed his role a bit in 2023. As he was Unrestricted he was always going to attract a bit of a bidding war and drive his price up. Assuming...

As an addendum to this, it should also be noted that the Daniher Free Agency contract that the Lions signed him to doesn't fall under the so called "Frankin rule". Any time a team signs a Free Agent away from their original team, that new team is on the hook for the entire amount of the initial...

It's not a matter of should, that's part of the CBA agreement between the AFL and the AFLPA Retiring players contracts, in the event where a player before the contract expires, must still be paid in their entirety and count towards the teams cap unless 1 of 2 things happens 1 - A payout is...

I agree that I'd like to see a better return on our 1st rounders, and I'm hopeful that Konstanty extends and takes that next step with us. I wouldn't panic about our Academy to be honest. We have a massive Academy zone, with access to a few million people all up and down the coast, though I'm...

Showed some flashes, will probably flourish with more opportunity. My guess is a Future 2nd or something similar gets this one done.

Starcevich, Rayner, Lohmann, Morris, Fletcher, Answerth, Neale, Ashcroft, Bailey are all out of contract in the next 2 seasons, and all of them will attract serious pay rises while being targeted by other clubs. Daniher's money doesn't come out of the cap next year, because he wasn't medically...

Swans have ruled themselves out of any pursuit of Stringer.

I don't think this will be a particularly difficult trade. My guess is a pick in the 40's will get it done, or a future 3rd, or a bunch of later pick swaps. I wouldn't be surprised if it took a few days to work through, as some of those picks might need to be involved with other trades. But...

This is all just my opinion so take it with a grain of salt. Other than the attitude displayed in the Grand Final by most of the players, I think we have three core positional needs. That attitude issue is a problem that seemed to creep in around the time we built a 3 game lead at the top of the...

I don't really see why Geelong would be open to trading him and I suspect that the comment that he is gettable is from his perspective as he is probably disappointed about not being involved in finals. I would be surprised if he was gettable from the club's perspective, as he's a 23 year old...

SDK is exactly what we need. I would happily hand over our best 1st rounder and change for SDK

This is the same thing that happened last year with the compo picks, it's not a conspiracy to **** us over, for once the AFL is consistently applying a rule that they used before. It's still frustrating, but they are being consistent. No need for pitchforks at the moment. Clubs had lobbied to...

My guess is that Horse retires this week or next. I'm only guessing, and it's based purely on his post game interview and the look on his face as the game was running down to the inevitable failure in that final quarter and on field during the post game, but he looked broken, he looked like he...

With regards to drafting and trading, I'm interested to see the offseason some of our current players have and if they have the right desire to go to the next level. I really hope Sheldrick recovers from his injuries, he has that ball winning grunt we need. Same with Cleary, they've both shown...

I went to the gym after work and watched the 4th quarter of the 05 and 12 grand finals while I was on the bike, I'm knackered for sleep and emotionally ready for a nailbiter.

This is great advice. In addition, if you're not a book/tv distraction type of person, (some people aren't, myself included) yoga or other slow methodical stretching are also good physical things to get you out of your own head. Not that there's anything wrong with books and tv, but I know...

Another tough one to guess. I think Baker is one of those players who is underrated by opposition fans just because he doesn't do the sexy jobs. Similar to Rowbottom for the Swans. He's not an A grade, but he does the jobs that allow the A graders in a team to shine. Brayshaw, Serong, and Young...

I'm a bit surprised Carlton are happy to let him go because he seems like a solid player, and he plays in a position that Carlton need to improve, so getting rid of one of their better small forwards while holding onto other lesser players is a bit odd, but there could easily be more to this...

If he was to become a delisted free agent I hope the Swans would at least ask the question of him and discuss how we could rehab him as a player. For the following reasons Supposedly we had interest in him in his draft year, and only took McDonald because North took Phillips and we didn't...

The Lions are a really good team, and their fans deserve to be confident, just like Swans fans are confident, as both teams have shown extended stretches of high quality footy. My prediction is that we've come back into form at the right time of the season. We'll shut down Zorko and pressure...

Should be a good get for the Crows. With a Fantasy average of 61.5 and previous seasons averaging 88 and 90, I'll certainly be adding him to my watchlist for Fantasy 2025. Might be the sort of mid pricer who makes some early coin that is easy to upgrade to a premo. Might even become a premo...

I guess he could, that mechanism is certainly available to players. But considering how rarely it gets used it doesn't seem particularly realistic. I don't think the Swans would entertain such a threat this year if it meant taking a fair price while still contracted. If that were the case then...

My guess is that this doesn't happen this year unless the Dockers or the Eagles pay significant overs regardless of whether or not we win the flag or Warner asks for a trade this year. The Swans have history in holding players to their contracts unless they get what they want and Warner isn't...

Sorry mate I'm just popping in a guess in this thread so that I can come back to it later to see if I'm close or not. Obviously I think I'm close to right, because that's the guess that I'm making in this thread, but I don't have inside information and I don't really care either way. You could...

A pack of crisps will get this trade done. If Melbourne's snack machine is currently being serviced, a future 4th will also suffice