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Yeah I'm a bit confused about the Brayshaw rumours, I know his parents live in Melbourne but I'm pretty sure the extended family all lives in Perth and the Brayshaws aren't exactly mummies boys. Oldest ones in the military.My mate got back to me dazzledavey36 , he said he just heard the same thing, we are into Brayshaw hard. Nothing concrete about him wanting to leave, just him connecting the dots and assuming that its a possibility cause hes from Victoria.
Maybe Andrew Brayshaw's management (could it be the same as Gus'?) is doing the same to get Freo to pay up? He did say Freo are obsessed with getting Warner and Warner refused to sign an extension before the season with Sydney when they tried to get him re-signed, so there could potentially be a decent difference in what we will pay Brayshaw and what Freo can if they get Warner.Yeah I'm a bit confused about the Brayshaw rumours, I know his parents live in Melbourne but I'm pretty sure the extended family all lives in Perth and the Brayshaws aren't exactly mummies boys. Oldest ones in the military.
I thought the rumour going before his big deal was that Gus was being courted to head home to WA
Yeah I'd say this is likely, I'd say when guys are actually likely to move there's a heap of smoke around like Hogan/Jackson/Buddy etc. can't see why he'd leave Freo for us. Even if he did come to Melbourne he'd probably end up at Geelong, they're ****ing due to just pull another gun trade out and stay at the top for 5 more years.Maybe Andrew Brayshaw's management (could it be the same as Gus'?) is doing the same to get Freo to pay up? He did say Freo are obsessed with getting Warner and Warner refused to sign an extension before the season with Sydney when they tried to get him re-signed, so there could potentially be a decent difference in what we will pay Brayshaw and what Freo can if they get Warner.
Pretty much. I'm assuming we'll have a bit of cash to throw around. At least it sounds like we're trying to shake someone loose and targeting decent players. Will probably still end up with Lobb and an unknown Suns player.All these rumours just make me think we have a bit of cash to splash around with Gus retiring, Grundy leaving etc and are seeing if anyone will budge.
I don't see enough of Freo to have much of an opinion. I know Serong and Young are the talent in that midfield though. Obviously wouldn't want to pay way overs for him, but it does show that at least we are looking at bolstering our midfield. Which is a good thing. All we've been attached to is Rory Lobb, so t's at least good to see we are moving up a level from that!Andy Brayshaw, what a myth
He's an elite role player at best
Do NOT buy
Not sure id grade him that harshly, but sort of agree hes a bit overrated. He is basically the same player Gus was as a full time mid.Andy Brayshaw, what a myth
He's an elite role player at best
Do NOT buy
Guys ANB with top 5 pick energyNot sure id grade him that harshly, but sort of agree hes a bit overrated. He is basically the same player Gus was as a full time mid.
Wins contested ball better than ANB. Get the similarity from a work rate/personality/great teammate perspective.Guys ANB with top 5 pick energy
Love it mate..My mate got back to me dazzledavey36 , he said he just heard the same thing, we are into Brayshaw hard. Nothing concrete about him wanting to leave, just him connecting the dots and assuming that its a possibility cause hes from Victoria.
Oliver and our first for Brayshaw, send Danster inIf we replaced Oliver with Brayshaw id be wrapped, thats the only way I could justify getting him in and paying what we'd have to to get him.
I think Danster could haggle it down to a straight swap by using the "Oliver is only at 20% fitness" line that he has been all seasonOliver and our first for Brayshaw, send Danster in
Also AFL is just lame, every year people get excited over the trade period and every year there's like 1-2 interesting deals and then a bunch of crap being flipped.And the likelihood of that is basically non existent, Oliver aint going anywhere while Goody is in charge.![]()
Yeah, on the fence with this one. From what I've seen of him, Brayshaw is quality. Personally I'd rather we tried McVee in the midfield and maybe concentrated on sureing up the tall defender stocks or looking at promising players forward of centre. But we don't bring in a stack of quality ready made players often either. Our midfield depth as it stands is poor. Sparrow looks a bust, we want to play Trac and Koz more forward and McVee is dominating down back. Viney will be what? 32 next year? Oliver? Who knows? So chasing quality mids is also a priority.Brayshaw is a good player and you can never have enough of those but yeah I do not see him as a match winner or a list changer. Guess we have a lot of money to spend but geez let JT cook with high picks it looks like he nailed our two picks this year.