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[Old Campaigner]

Does this mean that Jake Kelly is going to get a contract?

Is there anyone else who can (kinda) lock down a small forward? Wouldn't surprise me if he gets another year.

 

[FootyGuru]

Petracca to Essendon

At least this is a direction, chips in and go and get one of the best players in the comp to play alongside Merrett.

I’d rather see a clear direction rather than finish 11th and recruit some more b/c graders who only add to selection drama and not raising the ceiling.

We either need to go bring in an a grader or trade a few b graders for picks.

If Harry McKay is in the petracca deal could we persuade him to come to the bombers

 

[FootyGuru]

Would anyone consider Harry McKay

10

Harry Mckay

Age

26

Ht

200cm

Wt

106kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.9

3star

K

7.5

3star

HB

2.4

2star

M

5.5

5star

T

1.6

4star

G

1.4

5star

D

6.6

1star

K

4.6

2star

HB

2.0

1star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.4

2star

G

1.4

5star

D

8.8

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

2.0

2star

M

4.4

4star

T

0.8

3star

G

2.0

5star

to Essendon

Petracca to Carlton for McKay and steak knives

Essendon first and 2mp to Melbourne

 

[Rick Ross]

Lame old joke for todays delistings-

What do you call a car that goes over a cliff with Hind, Wang and Baldwin (plus Hepp in the boot) in it?

 

[jdstorm]

The quality in mature age prospects in the afl is as good as it's ever been currently so I think that rings true.

I hate academies. Ruin the concept of equalization through the draft.

Yeah they are opposing ideas.

Given northern states have to have them it’s only fair that everyone has them.

 

[Schnitzengruben]

Carlton's midfield with Cripps, Petracca, Hollands....meanwhile we've got meatsacks like Parish running around. FML

 

[Call Me Cake]

Carlton's midfield with Cripps, Petracca, Hollands....meanwhile we've got meatsacks like Parish running around. FML

Hollands is ass

 

[Saintsone]

Would anyone consider Harry McKay to Essendon

Petracca to Carlton for McKay and steak knives

Essendon first and 2mp to Melbourne

If Rosa could pull this of he is a freqk

 

[Rick Ross]

Is there anyone else who can (kinda) lock down a small forward? Wouldn't surprise me if he gets another year.

I think we have 6 more years of a number 1 draft pick playing lock down small defender.

 

[ghostdog]

Petracca to Essendon

You've just landed right?

 

[coastalpipeline]

I recognize the wisdom of "don't cut too deep too quickly", but I think we could very easily cut Kelly, Laverde, Menzies, Shiel this off season (together with the Goldy and Heppell retirements) and see an instant list improvement, and the only real impact re: leadership/experience would be the loss of Hepp and Shiel. The time is right for both to go so I think it is a happy position.

The likes of Langford, Stringer, Parish, etc. that others are touting are not in the same league as those above in terms of dead-weighting the 23. All can and have been match-winners when in form, injury free, and surrounded by the right structure/team mates to carry their deficiencies. Maybe we move them on at the end of 2025 but I'd hold fire this year.

8-point plan for off-season should be:
1) For the draft, best burst-style power mid available at 8. Per most early draft-watcher rankings, looks like there will be a few likely types around the mark for us which is a nice change.
2) Get Kako, send Laura Kane a decent Christmas hamper for changing the bid-match rules at just the right time for us.
3) Try to get another decent top 30 pick and grab someone with a combo of clean disposal and decent fitness base, to shore up our threadbare rebounding defender stocks.
4) No hardball in trade week, no more Dodo style sideshow circus, just do some quick and clean business (we can do a back-end pick swap or something for Shiel, no getting carried away with delusions as to his value) and keep an open mind for any other offers that come in that represent value, but NO chasing b-grade role players. We have plenty.
5) I know I'm in the minority but, subject to the medicos giving some hope of a clean rehab, I'd be going around another year with Baldwin. In McKay, Reid and Hayes, Brad has a few pieces to choose from for KPD (injury gods permitting), and it'd be great to have the same flexibility with Ridley, Baldwin and Cox for that loose intercept/rebounding med defender role.
6) Train with Tsatas, Hobbs, Caldwell, Durham and Parish as the 5 rotating centre bounce mids. Move Merrett more regularly to half-forward flank (ideally with Martin on the other flank). Zach gets tagged/beaten up less, and the team gets two blokes we can link play through when going inside 50 who know how to lace-out a target.
7) Get a line-coach for the forward line worth a damn, and focus on getting ball in hand of Zach and Marto for moving inside 50.
8) New clubroom rule: the top 10 at year's end for dump kicks inside 50 aren't allowed to go to Ibiza for the holiday. It counts as double if your dump kick lands in the lap of an unmarked opposition defender. Hit this playing group where it really hurts.

Trade Mcgrath

 

[Schnitzengruben]

You've just landed right?

Sit tight. Be confident.

 

[Saintsone]

Is there anyone else who can (kinda) lock down a small forward? Wouldn't surprise me if he gets another year.

Hugh bond Adelaide

 

[Call Me Cake]

Can we still delist more

 

[Old Campaigner]

Can we still delist more

We tend to do ours in dribs and drabs

Kinda makes sense, some players might only be given a new contract if a certain trade target falls through or we aren't able to draft a particular player.

 

[MarkJohnson#1]

2MP, Parish and Perkins for Petracca

 

[ant555]

Would anyone consider Harry McKay to Essendon

Petracca to Carlton for McKay and steak knives

Essendon first and 2mp to Melbourne

If you can pull it off you can have the job.

 

[Red Black and Blue]

Yeah they are opposing ideas.

Given northern states have to have them it’s only fair that everyone has them.

A little bit opposing but to go into more detail I think slight bump to the overall talent pool is not worth the damage the acadamies do to the fairness of the draft process. The afl should fund the development in other states siginficantly but that process shouldnt lead to unfair draft access.

 

[ant555]

Can we still delist more

You can delist as many as you want I think. You just get extra picks at the back end of the draft or SSP picks to fill the spots.

 

[Red Black and Blue]

Is there anyone else who can (kinda) lock down a small forward? Wouldn't surprise me if he gets another year.

McGrath who is already way better at it. Kellys 1 v 1 win ratio is one of the worst in the comps.

 

[FootyGuru]

Has anyone ever been traded for significantly more than a first round pick at age 29

 

[Corleone]

Melbourne would be fools to trade Petracca. Complete fools.

If they let him leave they may as well blow the whole list up and start again.

This time next year
Gawn: 33
May: 33
Viney: 31
Salem: 30
Petracca: 29
Langdon: 29
Lever: 29
Fritsch: 28
Oliver: 28

They are a reliable key forward away from the window being open for the next two/three years or needing a huge rebuild right now. Tassie around the corner too.

And by "reliable key forward" I don't mean a superstar Jezza or anything, I mean a 2MP.

 

[Sporno 4 Pyros]

2MP, Parish and Perkins for Petracca

2MP worth pick 25-40 if you are lucky.
Parish worth 2xsecond rounders (what we paid for Caldwell) or maybe 1x15-20 if you are paying a bit of his wage.
Sadly you wouldn’t get a pick in the 30s for Archie with his form this year
You’re going to need a godfather deal for them to consider moving on their best player while they think they are in the window (2x top 5)
If it was Zerret wanting out of our club what would you want in return?? Not 2 journeymen and a kid who looks like he won’t make it.

 

[Vindicater]

So at the moment we have...

Main list out: Heppell, Hind and Baldwin

Main list in: Menzie

Rookie list out: Hunter, Menzie and Wanganeen

Rookie list in: Saad

Is that right? So two spots free on the main list and two rookie spots if we fill out full quota?

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Has anyone ever been traded for significantly more than a first round pick at age 29

It’s exactly the sort of thing we would do. We are Essington.