List Mgmt. Trade and Free Agency Discussion 2018 - Edition III - OP contains trade summary

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Someone find out if he toured or not ffs

now up to 4 different sources saying he toured Punt Road.

interesting stuff.

people on twitter saying its impossible according to tom scullys instagram, I gather he posted photos of being elsewhere (i dont have instagram so can't check this)
 
if we get scully wonder if the giants then hold on to setterfield lol
I'd laugh.
Bloos hire a Jet too Nossa for Shiel.-:heavymultiply:
Setterfield nominates Bloos.-:heavymultiply:
We sit back and watch the Boos and others trip over each other and go Bang on Scully.:heavycheck:
 

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Gaff to stay at West Coast after turning down North offer
Michael Gleeson7 October 2018 — 3:16pm
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West Coast midfielder Andrew Gaff has rejected North Melbourne's lucrative contract offer and will remain with the Eagles.

Gaff, who missed the Eagles' premiership win through suspension, has flown to Melbourne and on Sunday told North Melbourne football chief Cameron Joyce he had decided to remain with West Coast.

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Andrew Gaff is staying with West Coast.CREDIT:AAP

He told North before informing the Eagles or his parents of his decision to stay in Perth, where he will sign a new five- or six-year deal.

The move comes as it emerged the AFL moved this week to advise Carlton that the cost of the charter flight to fly Dylan Shiel to Noosa had to be included in the soft cap or football department spend.

The Blues extravagantly flew the player and his manager Paul Connors to Noosa on a private jet to meet with senior club officials including coach Brendon Bolton, director Chris Judd, billionare club supporter Bruce Mathieson and the other footy heads to discuss a possible move to Carlton. The cost of chartering a flight, even if that flight was donated to the club, has to be considered under the salary cap.


Shiel, who is contracted for one more year at GWS after which he becomes a free agent, has yet to decide if he will seek a trade back home to Victoria in this year's trade period, which officially opens Monday morning with a meeting of all clubs at Marvel Stadium.

The Gaff decision to remain at West Coast will probably not alter the club's ability to accomodate Tim Kelly, who has asked Geelong for a trade back to Perth for family reasons.

Eagles premiership ruckman Scott Lycett's decision to seek a move to Port Adelaide as a restricted free agent will free up some salary cap space and most likely deliver the club an end of first round compensation pick.

West Coast have until Tuesday to decide if they will match Port's five year offer for Lycett but it is almost certain they will not. West Coast will most likely need to use the compensation pick they get for losing Lycett, probably as well as their next pick which is likely to be 22, in a bundle with a third club in a trade for Kelly.

Gaff had agonised long and hard over the decision and was very close to moving. His relationship with Cameron Joyce dates back to when they were both at the Oakleigh Chargers and Joyce was fundamental to North being the club that Gaff would have gone to had he finally resolved to come home.


The eight-week suspension for striking Andrew Brayshaw that saw Gaff miss the finals was understood to have been an influence in Gaff believing he should remain with the Eagles and repay them and confront adversity.

The decision is a blow to North, who were hoping to land a double recruiting boom with Port Adelaide's Jared Polec accepting a big money offer from the Roos and asking the Power to trade him.

While Gaff was very close to joining North Melbourne - they had beaten a host of other Victorian clubs to be his top choice - the end result is that he joins a long list of players who have turned down significant contract offers to join the Roos in recent years.

North made a big play for Jordan De Goey earlier this year and Dustin Martin and Josh Kelly last year. All recomitted to their current clubs but North are expected to make another big push for Kelly at the end of next year when he comes out of contract again.

Others including Jeremy Howe, Isaac Heeney, Hamish Hartlett and Adam Treloar all seriously considered moves to North but for various reasons chose not to join the Roos.
Amazing. Pratt et al turning over in they’re graves
 
now up to 4 different sources saying he toured Punt Road.

interesting stuff.

people on twitter saying its impossible according to tom scullys instagram, I gather he posted photos of being elsewhere (i dont have instagram so can't check this)
Would have been good to get him.... got Tom though so not all doom and gloom
 
I feel like using Scilly for a cap dump would be silly for them as he is only on 500k and is a better player than that.
That 500k may make the difference in keeping Kelly.And Micro71 did mention that their cap is well past the exploding stage.
 
Would have been good to get him.... got Tom though so not all doom and gloom

yeah 100% this.

even if we get no one else this trade period I'm still over the moon about Lynch!
 
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