Our list management should not concern you - you have to win a final before throwing dirt at other clubs - which you have not done in almost a generation.
Your second point could not be truer. The seller has the asset and in the end says yay or nay.
If you owned a house and put it up for sale for $500k and the buyer offers $400k - you obviously tell the buyer you need to do better and the buyer walks away with nothing.
Typically when under contract no matter the scenario the bid is usually higher than its intrinsic value..and Yarran is contracted.
SOS has already said "he is contracted and needs to be a good pick"
Wasn't throwing mud pinot...not my style. I had an IF right upfront and I don't believe the Blues would let that scenario play out. I, along with others from both clubs on here, find it hilarious how some make statements as if they are directly involved in the trades. As THE_GUN said, this will get done in an amicable way by Silvagni and Richardson. Neither have made outlandish or bold statements. They've both been measured in the words they've used and Richardson has even stated on record that Carlton's request for a first rounder is fair.