Rumour GFC 2024 Player Trading, Drafting FA, Rumours and Wish lists Pt 2

[cats_09]

Ask and we'll try our best to assist - so here's 2024 Provisional AFL Draft Order

As normal, would like to acknowledge & thank Lore for creating this, keeping it up to date and making it available for all users on BF to use and keep track of the picks ahead of the upcoming draft





I'll also sticky this post to ensure it's easily accessible for discussion of our hypothetical trader


Also,

2024 Free Agency Period​

The AFL introduced free agency at the end of the 2012 season, giving players another vehicle where they can transfer from one club to another. Free agency is a common form of player movement in major football and sporting codes around the world.

Free Agency Opens: Friday October 4 at 9.00am
Free Agency Closes: Friday October 11 at 5.00pm

Continental Tyres AFL Trade Period​

Trade Period Opens: Monday October 7 at 9.00am
Trade Period Closes: Wednesday October 16 at 7.30pm

 

[Boxhead_31]

I'm having such a good time, having a ball!

A fur ball?

 

[Boxhead_31]

Is that the actual transcript or a joke?

Reads like a guy told to tell the media he's staying but just doesn't trust his club is actually going to do that

That is word for word what he said

 

[Willo_]

Ego vs actual ability thing, right?

Glad I'm not the only one that thinks this.


It's an irrelevant thing but I just assumed he would be delisted by the Pies.. Surely he is out of contract? They wouldn't have signed him for more than 3 from us would they?

 

[dont stop me meow]

I'm having such a good time, having a ball!

But are you a sex machine? Are you out of control?

 

[Willo_]

That's the reason I changed my name from 35dangerwood14. Also because meow I can't be stopped

I wondered who you were!! I absolutely love the new name fwiw

 

[Willo_]

Lol.

They've said 'shop yourself around, but we refuse to let you go'.

Maybe tonight he's playing up to their notion of staying, then will walk away and say 'nah, I'm leaving'?

They haven't actually said shop yourself around fwiw

 

[Willo_]

Is that the actual transcript or a joke?

Reads like a guy told to tell the media he's staying but just doesn't trust his club is actually going to do that

That is 100% an accurate transcript of what was said

 

[allrighty]

MFC PR machine doing overtime, rolling out the love

 

[allrighty]

Sounds cagey

Sounds incompetent

 

[CatToTheFuture]

If it’s the one I think you’re referring to, was booted + made new account, booted + made new account. He lives in Adelaide. So are you reall the account formerly know as Shadow?

I feel peer pressure to say that I am, but alas I am not. Making alt accounts looks like too much work

 

[goyoucatters]

Sounds incompetent

I have plenty of respect for people who find it hard to lie.

 

[foxdog50]

Do the bulldogs now chase our FR1 instead and hope we slide a bit.

Possible..... And do we try and split this years 1st round picks and try get 2 x 2nd round picks for this years draft as the draft is ment to be very deep

 

[CatToTheFuture]

I brought up Davies but your point still stands. He clearly has connections at the club.

I have been told that there are higher ups who don't want Clayton but that looks to be wrong at this stage

Maybe the higher ups knew that Melbourne would shut it down if they lowballed and decided they wanted some off season entertainment?

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Probably, but if he wants to ensure he is traded he should be doing a nudie run before the end of the night.

As his legal counsel i will advise him not to do that

 

[catempire]

I don't know that the draft is the most effective equalisation measure. A bad first round pick can make your whole recruitment year a dud.

In any case, if would do what I suggested there regardless of taking away other measures

I just mean empirically the comp has been reasonably even over a 20-ish year period so you have to conclude the tools in use are working fairly well.

In other words, we’d need to see something go wrong , or worse, from here to provide the imperative for change.

 

[Cataholic]

They haven't actually said shop yourself around fwiw

Didn't they allegedly tell him he could explore options?

Or is just that they shopped him behind his back?

 

[frggr]

Lol is that for real?

definitely not for real, just funny to think about

 

[CatToTheFuture]

You all exist right? I'm not just posting to myself...

There there, we are not just talking to ourselves

 

[The_Todd07]

Didn't they allegedly tell him he could explore options?

Or is just that they shopped him behind his back?

The reported chain of events don't point to telling him he could explore his options.

It does however line up with Pert calling certain shit teams to ask what they'd cough up, Oliver finding out and saying "**** you I'm going to go talk to Geelong". Melbourne then panic and go into damage control

 

[CatToTheFuture]

That is word for word what he said

That is 100% an accurate transcript of what was said

Wow

 

[frggr]

It's not, but it would be pretty funny if there was only 3 people in here and it's just all 3 on alternate accounts.

"I'm ShadowCat and so's me wife!"

 

[dont stop me meow]

I'm having such a good time, having a ball!

You wouldnt believe how clever and unique I thought I was when I came up with that dangerwood name.. then you came along and shattered everything I thought I knew about myself and it's taken me this long to recover

 

[frggr]

FishGutz & ShadowCat

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"I am Clayton's desire to be traded to Geelong"

 

[allrighty]

I have plenty of respect for people who find it hard to lie.

Yea you reckon there might have been a briefing prior. You know "some of you are gonna get a mic in your face and get asked the Clarry question. Here's what to say ..."

Something like that

 

[The_Todd07]

Do we know how the "shutting down the trade" at the bnf played out.

Anyone with half a brain or even just Chat GPT would phrase it as

Whats happened over the last 48 hours was an unfortunate mistake, Clayton is very much a required player at the Melbourne Football Club and we wish to see him retire a Demon and for he and the club to return to greatness together.

All I heard however was phrases like "shutting it down" and "won't be traded under any circumstances. This may seem like a show of support, but really it gives of this kind of vibe