Recruiting AFL Trade & Free Agency X - Club has elected not to fill list spot - Davey returning from injury?

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[Mr Mojo Risin]

Maybe our pitch to Bowes could have gone like:

Mahoney: "Do you like the limelight? Do you want to be in amongst the drama and excitement of footy in Melbourne?"

Bowes: "Yeah, I love excitement"

Mahoney: "Well then, Geelong might win flags, but no one really bats an eye-lid or cares. They also cannot guarantee you they'll win or that you'll play games. But at Essendon, we can guarantee non-stop press coverage and drama. You'll be on camera at every training session and not only will we give you a truck load more cash, you'll be selected whether you deserve to be or not, whether you defend or not"

Bowes: "That does sound pretty exciting..."

 

[footyfanatic111]

Tommy playing it up for shits and gigs

 

[Red Black and Blue]

Tommy playing it up for shits and gigs

Update: I have no ****ing idea.

 

[Petrify]

Tommy playing it up for shits and gigs

This says literally nothing at all lmao

 

[carnthedons]

Bowes decides at 2pm apparently

choice of anyone but us i assume

Daylight savings time?

Some relative no name playing it out like LBJ’s “The Decision”. This really is a terrible time of the footy year isn’t it.

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

This says literally nothing at all lmao

Exactly, at least attach the photo of the "photo finish". Who has the biggest nose? Mitchell, Scott or Scott?

 

[BuffDog]

it must be so easy to be a sports journalist these days.

Could/might/not sure/potentially/maybe

 

[andleanback]

Tommy playing it up for shits and gigs

Photo finish

 

[quotemokc]

Surely Geelong don't have cap space to take on Bowes

 

[naraku]

Would think Bowes preference would go
Geelong, Hawthorne, Essendon.

Really hope I am wrong but I don't see us get nominated.

 

[dank420_]

Surely Geelong don't have cap space to take on Bowes

Might not stop him from nominating though. He can freely do that and hope the cats work it out, which they probably will, but maybe not? So him nominating might not be the eventual destination.

 

[DapperDon]

Aint nobody choosing this shithole of a joint

 

[faible]

Aint nobody choosing this shithole of a joint

The floors are still spongey.

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

Might not stop him from nominating though. He can freely do that and hope the cats work it out, which they probably will, but maybe not? So him nominating might not be the eventual destination.

Yep, you'd also think all three clubs have signaled to Gold Coast how they'd get a trade done and depending on what comes back, may have factored into the Suns telling Bowes of their preference.

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

The floors are still spongey.

Did we lose our stability as a club at the time of installation of the spongy floors?

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

5 minutes late with no news. Can we de-list him before he even chooses?

 

[DonsRule]

Tommy playing it up for shits and gigs

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

So if we have to split him in thirds, can we take his legs?

 

[DonsRule]

Surely Geelong don't have cap space to take on Bowes

I guess with Geelong it is he willing to do something like 4 years at $500K and be in a ewll run club success and so on

 

[Lance Uppercut]

So if we have to split him in thirds, can we take his legs?

no, we will take the pick, Geelong can have the player, and Hawthorne can take on the salary

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

no, we will take the pick, Geelong can have the player, and Hawthorne can take on the salary

I'm going off the gospel of Tom Browne about snaring Bowes, but I like this better.

 

[MarkJohnson#1]

I imagine Bowes is going to hold a press conference announcing where he will be taking his talents, LeBron James to Miami-style..?

 

[dank420_]

I’m hearing Bowes has quit because it’s just too hard to make a decision.

 

[Don Won]

I'm hearing that club due diligence has turned up a link to St Augustine's in Cairns.

 

[Don Won]

Cal saying geelong.

Damn it, I was just starting to become so invested in his future. I just couldn’t help imagining how good he could have been with us. Bursting though packs, dodging weaving, selling candy. I saw his career going from nothing to something special in a few short years. It was magic. Oh, pick 7 - why did Bowes have to kill our dreams.