MacStradbroke
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Don’t disagree, still got Stephens covered, comfortably.
Rumour GFC 2024 Player Trading, Drafting FA, Rumours and Wish lists Pt 3
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Might be true. Just as stupid if so.
If it is, I hope they already have him on board. Otherwise what if he just re-signs with Sydney halfway through next year?
Even if they DO have him on board, he’s just one player. Good, sure, but not THAT good.
MacStradbroke
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Pure_Ownage
TheBrownDog
Hardwick is making it worse.
West Coast ‘great’ Will Schofield
This has been said a bit, but it makes no sense to me.
Firstly it’s a huge gamble, unless they have a very good indication that Warner is locked in. And secondly, trading pick 3 didn’t get them any picks for next season, so it doesn’t materially change what they can offer for him anyway.
If they’d swapped it for Carlton’s future first, maybe I’d accept that argument. But it was just a poor trade
Kobe Gryant
'07, '09, '11, '22
Yeah, the picks around Stephens weren't anything special either, but it's delusional to think we'd still rather have him over Kemp.
Kemp would be an AFL player at a number of clubs, while Stephens is punching his ticket for the VFL men for all seasons calendar next year.
We don't always get it right, and that's okay. We get it right more often than not, and that's what's important.
Thankfully, that one didn't hurt us too much.
Zouz Kitty
Miss Kitty
Who believed Tim Lamb saying ‘Oliver has never been offered for trade’?
Nothing said by MFC has any credibility.
Their pathetic attempts to grasp any respect are laughable.
Mackie said Geelong respects MFC decision.
Oliver + Connors SM still silent.
FO MFC + Lamb
You chose to bully an unhappy player with many soul destroying issues, yet failed the p1$$1ng contest!
The only wish is for Oliver to flourish
Kobe Gryant
'07, '09, '11, '22
PSA: You know this trade period is f***ed when we're discussing Cooper Stephens.
Just free the mullet man already Power, we all know you're going to do it anyway.
In the meantime, I've been working on this:
Good to see a boy from Malvern East finally fulfil his dream of living on a farm....or something.
Just free the mullet man already Power, we all know you're going to do it anyway.
In the meantime, I've been working on this:
Good to see a boy from Malvern East finally fulfil his dream of living on a farm....or something.
Bunnings
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Im saying the margins are extremely slim running with that type of midfield set up, Danger is not a 22+ game proposition, puts a lot on Max, and the others are not offensively damaging. I don’t know how that’s a “wildly bad take”.
catempire
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Paraphrasing Kerry Packer, “you only get one Gold Coast Suns in your lifetime and I’ve had mine…….until West Coast came along”.
Kobe Gryant
'07, '09, '11, '22
It's not the anecdote about the midfield. Everyone knows that needs to improve, and our current setup's chances of winning us a flag are slim.
It's your suggestion that we should tank that CatToTheFuture took umbrage with.
Even if we were to tank, we're not going to finish lower than Norf, Richmond, or WCE.
That's pick 4 at a minimum, before academy bids (in the most compromised draft in history) and then there is still the likelihood that we'll be better than teams like Essendon, St Kilda, or Adelaide regardless.
Your idea of tanking for a pick that will likely end up being 6-10 - in a weak, comprised draft - is the "wildly bad take" in question.
We're better off doing what we always do, and selling the dream to Brayshaw, Oliver, LDU, Butters or whoever else is potentially available next year, and that's with or without Smith.
If we tank, not only are we not attracting those players - while also tearing apart a culture, that's taken 20 years to build - but we're not even getting a Harley Reid for our troubles.
If it's round 15 and we're already bottom 4, then you might potentially open a conversation if there's a kid who's distanced himself from the pack.
Until then though, it's a dumb idea.
Kobe Gryant
'07, '09, '11, '22
Great, now he looks like he smokes cones in his Mum's garage and spends his spare time on BigFooty.
Oh wait....
Ive read Justin Langer the ex opening batsmen tell the story , when he was playing for AUST ,one night all the players got invited around to Packers mansion for dinner .
And Kerry Packer told them the story something along the lines of his grandfather ( Sir Frank Packers father ) was at the races and found a 50 pound note or something and chucked the lot on a 100-1 pop and it won . And Packer kept emphasing to those cricketers , how lucky was that , that was the 1st step in that family sort of becoming wealthy
Kobe Gryant
'07, '09, '11, '22
I've got a fever and I'm stuck in bed while I hear about continental tyres and install a rheem (whatever the f**k that is?) all day.So artistic!
I know he's genetically superior to 99% of the male population but you've really done him a dirty here
This is what hell is. I choose that he must suffer too.
Geezus what a waste of a week this turned into. Think of all the per diems and travel days all the clubs are paying to have their team sit there and do **** all. Someone needs to petition the AFL to finish trade 'week' on Friday last week. Turned into a boring shit show.
Zouz Kitty
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Fly to ThailandYou had me at Xanax + I’ll include
Wish I knew how to get Xanax. . .any tips
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