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List Mgmt. 2025 Trade/FA Thread (Cont’d)

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Maybe if you like art, culture, food, being a genuine celebrity (unlike in QLD), and all the near infinite things Melbourne does better than the Gold Coast
Can guarantee art and culture are meaningless to your average 20 odd year old. Food yes but you can get great food all over this country of ours now. It's not unique to Melbourne nor is the coffee better there regardless of what people crap on about it.
 
Can guarantee art and culture are meaningless to your average 20 odd year old. Food yes but it's you can get great food all over this country of ours now. It's not unique to Melbourne not is the coffee better there regardless of what people crap on about it.
You underestimate the erudite interests of the Moe-born youth!

The coffee is definitely better though
 

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I just wonder if McCreery sensed an opportunity to get to the GC, he would ask to be traded there. He or his manager did speak to them. I feel something is playing out here that could surprise us all...
Beau didnt sense a GC opportunity, nothing is playing out, all of that is only taking place in a fertile imagination.
 
10:40am Pies and Dogs won't chase May

Two-time All-Australian defender Steven May was this week told to explore his options with another club with Melbourne wanting to prioritise their youth.

With a year to run on his current deal, May has been linked with both Collingwood and the Bulldogs, but the latest is that his age will be a turn off.

"I don’t believe Collingwood is going to pursue Steven May," AFL Media's Josh Gabelich told Kane Cornes on SEN 1116.

"They’ve held conversations around him, Justin Leppitsch has a relationship with him but I believe the club is not going down that path - because of the age; he’s 33 turning 34 early next year.

"There’s every chance he stays at Melbourne now, he’s contracted for next year. Melbourne told him to explore his options because they want to play younger players.

"The Bulldogs are the other club that have been in the market for a key defender, but like Collingwood, I think the age profile works against Steven May for the Bulldogs and Collingwood."

 
Would Degoey's name come up in any discussions?

I'd be curious if a first round pick and Degoey would get close? They are very similar players at different ends. Jordy's got plenty of good football left in him if we can get his body right. I'd be more reluctant to lose hill than Jordy.

But in your words, “The bloke can't even play a whole season and is at the end of his career” - what value would he have if this is the case?

No way can we trade Jordy unless he asks.
But he's retiring isn't he
 

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Sliding down the ladder means you become less appealing for free good free agents. You also play the draft lotto. Outside the top 10 it’s very much a lottery. Not a sound business model for me
That's not true. Geelong have been very good at identifying talent outside the top 10 so have other clubs.
 
This constant message annoys me. It's simply not true, and that's because people purely focus on the players who end up going to top clubs. Already this period we've seen the premiers lose 2 players, and one going to the bottom team. St Kilda have gained at least 2 players despite missing finals. West Coast also got 2 Richmond premiership players last year despite finishing last. Houston come to us after missing finals despite Port playing in a prelim. Player's have their own preferences and are not simply robots. If you need further evidence, look how many players have gone to Essendon and Carlton over the past 10 years and they definitely haven't been flag contenders. At the time, signings like Zac Williams, Dylan Shiel, Jack martin, Cerra. These were big recruits but get forgotten because they fizzled.


you realize you're comparing apples and oranges right?
 
or you could get the culture, an economy, and the beaches and live in Sydney, Gouks

come on up

you know we want you
Maybe, I would just need a promotion (or several!).

Unless you’ve got a bungalow with my name on it…
 

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