Might as well. Same end result
We could probably get Weitering too if that’s our game plan
RightoCarlton has the power to land Melbourne’s Christian Petracca.
The question is whether the Blues want to maintain faith in their big forward set-up or make a play for the Demons’ superstar midfielder in October’s trade period.
In a nutshell, the one man Melbourne might consider letting Petracca go for is Harry McKay, if the Blues were prepared to consider what would be the AFL’s biggest trade deal in 17 years.
Carlton’s response to Sunday’s extraordinary two-point loss to a hungry St Kilda will be fascinating after Saint Jack Higgins produced one of the most extraordinary last-minute snaps in recent times to sink the Blues at Marvel Stadium.
He was an opportunist, Higgins, but considering his head was dumped into the ground only minutes earlier this was the best goal of his life, even better than the fly kick on the goal line at Richmond.
But would Voss want to have a think about Petracca, one of the game’s best midfielders, to supercharge the onball group in exchange for McKay?
Maybe, the Blues would have to throw in something extra. Perhaps, an early pick in next year’s draft as well.
But McKay, whose brother Ben swapped clubs from North Melbourne to Hawthorn last year, would have to want to become the big banana in the Demons’ forward line alongside Jacob Van Rooyen.
A trade move to new colours is not everyone’s cup of tea and he has turned down Essendon’s advances in the past to stay loyal to the navy blue.
The move would blindside McKay, similar to the way Collingwood punted Brodie Grundy two years ago and Carlton shipped off young forward Josh Kennedy in the blockbuster Chris Judd trade back in 2007.
But Carlton has Tom De Koning to play ruck-forward and Ashton Moir who dobbed the goal on Sunday to cut St Kilda’s margin to two points midway through the thrilling last quarter.
Conservatively, the Blues are much more likely to keep their man.
But in the wake of this season the Blues need to consider whether the balance of the forward set-up remains suited to modern day footy, how it can lighten the load on inspirational captain Cripps, and improve its defensive flaws which hindered it in 2024.
When De Koning is back, and Jack Silvagni returns from his ACL, and Moir pushes up, plus Marc Pittonet in the ruck, Carlton have more marking options forward than they need to partner dual Coleman Medalist Curnow.
McKay signed a bumper seven-year deal last season to stay with Carlton until the end of 2030. Petracca’s deal is similar, and Melbourne said they don’t want to lose him.
But there are still grumbles.
If there is a deal which could potentially work for both clubs, this is it.
Totally agree with what you are saying in terms of what we should offer. For me that would be the max as well. But I don't see Melbourne accepting and for some reason all good players are now worth 2 1st round picks in most supporters eyes. So Melbourne wants 3. To be honest I see Petracca as very big risk and I was just saying that we could do a similar deal not that we should.
Let's spread them out over 20 years to beat the tax man and the salary cap.
He was never going to Gold Coast.
This is from Oct 7 - miles before trade week.
No Beams for SUNS
The Brisbane Lions are the only Queensland club Dayne Beams is interested in playing for despite his request to return to his home state.www.goldcoastfc.com.au
The bolded seems fictional to me Loki.
We got a good deal for Beams and not just in retrospect: Early first, early second and a promising youngster with ideal athletic traits who had shown a bit in the AFL. It's what you got at the time for a gun.
The opinions on Shultz have been mixed to say the least, personally I don’t rate him, some do that’s ok.
It's over several Pies boards that Petracca is going to get his contract broken due to negligence/ is willing to sit out a year, etc ...
We've been throwing 1st round picks around like scatter cushions for over a decade. It's criminal just how many 1st round picks we DON'T have on our books. This Schultz trade will go down as yet another howler.
To be fair to Reef, he was playing as a key forward in a side that was repeatedly getting smashed in the middle with limited delivery forward. The games he did play at AFL level he showed signs that he could adjust to the level, but he was never given that run of games that Long was.
And yet we made 2018 granny and won last year
Yeah but if you rule out the drafting and trading that gave us those players - everything else has been pretty shit.
Even on that it’s still way overs, at best he’s a good role playing pressure forward, you can quite often manufacture players into this role.
Sure Beams was younger but had had injury issues and Petracca is much better so should be around the same. So let's find pick 5, pick 25 and throw in Parker - simple.
Brisbane didn’t have two firsts and future trading wasn’t available yet.
