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I think clubs have a lot of intel on who other clubs are wanting to take. Hine pretty much confirmed this to justify the trading up of 1 pick spot to take Bianco. It's definitely not a science, and I'm sure clubs try to send out fake reports to mess with each other (Richmond may have just scored...

He's a good fringe HFF-type player. Skill-wise he's pretty decent across the board, but not really one single area that stands out as clearly best-22 quality. Does seem to have a very good head on his shoulders, and is apparently well liked and respected by his coaches and teammates. On the...

I think 1050 is the over/under: 30-50 per year for 2-3 years. I can't really see him kicking much more than that in a year again, or for playing any longer than that. I reckon he'll do enough to get over 1050, and get to 4th on the list, but it will take a massive turnaround to get close to the...

I don't really agree with that view - I think overall our list is in the right age bracket, with plenty of our best 22, and potential/already elite guys in the 26 and under range, and that should improve over time. Of our aging guys, only Pendles and Sidebottom are particularly...

I have lower expectations, but not as low as some. Our list still has too many clear holes to be considered a dominant team that can expect multiple flags. We should be good enough to stay around the top 4 over the next few years, and could swing a flag on the back of good form/luck, but could...

My take is that Ramsay was one of those "Kyle Martin" players: a guy who is a very talented - but is just missing that extra "step" to be able to keep up with the AFL game. In most cases I think a lot of it comes down to reaction times and ability/confidence to make, and execute, those split...

Wouldn't it be the complete opposite? A player signs a long contract to very much have insurance if his body fails, or his form drops off. (The club sign it because they want him for his best years and are willing to take that risk). "Backing Yourself" would go the other way: he would sign for...

I think he wants his "Worth" and I have absolutely no problem with that. The club also want the best "Value" given the salary cap. Some could argue that both sides are "Greedy" but in reality both will be trying to make the best business decisions for themselves - and both need to have some...

Where's the talk of him turning his life around from? You bring up Gault, who we can all agree wasnt up to AFL standards - but he has been a much better player than Bennell at WAFL level. Bennell is 27 and done nothing for 4 years - fair enough if the club wants to do their due diligence and...

I wouldn't touch Harley Bennell with a 10-foot pole. The guy has played 2 AFL games, and 20 WAFL games in 4 years, and his WAFL stats are nothing to write home about (<20d disposals and <1goal a game) for someone who had glimpses of potential to be elite at AFL level. He is now 27, and has...

If we wanted Casboult, we would've just gone for Jenkins for very little - only a year older and a much better footy player. I am glad we didn't get either. It is tempting to look at our results in 18/19 and think we just need a top-up player or 2 to win the flag (and maybe that could've been...

Well more like 15-20 games (give or take based on form/injuries/opposition). Other than West Coast and Richmond, which other team has a 2nd tall forward that warrants a defensive combo bigger than Moore/Shaz? (Even then you could argue Shaz on either Darling or Reiwoldt - but I would rather go...

If Moore stays healthy, i want us to go back to playing Shaz as that pseudo-2nd KPD. (With Roughead coming in when needed, against the likes of Richmond, WCE etc). I honestly see that as his best chance of being a successful AFL player, and I think it is a role he is very well suited too...

How is this a story? Surely Essendons behaviour at the time suggested they knew that, at best, they were in a very murky grey area they had been warned to avoid, and at worst were systemically and deliberately breaching the WADA code on a club wide level. You don't source supplements...

I agree completely - but is that really unpopular with fans? I think the problem is the media making dramatic statements based on assumptions of player salary and club salary cap positions, without actually knowing the details of either, and then fans running with it. In reality - you cant get...

Is there also not an obvious alternative - we didn't want to pay Keath and Bruce what the Bulldogs offered them? It doesn't have to mean that we are under cap pressure - just that our list management team determine what they think a player is worth and hold tight to that - it's generally what...

6/10 for me - just a bit over par. We didn't particularly improve our list, but I think long-term the Aish trade will be addition by subtraction. As a player he is easily replaceable, and I am a big proponent that we need to stop playing midfielders in defense and actually develop some of our...

Yeah - i think we all see you are big fan of his Dave, and I think the club is much better off having fans like you. But I don't see it as the club not valuing Aish - he just wanted rated high enough to garauntee him enough money that could hamper keeping Grundy/Moore/JDG. Also ignore the media...

Dave - try and listen to Aish talking and not the media guys. Commentators always try to make drama out of every situation, because its gets clicks and shares, and they try to trap players into adding to that drama - Aish did not do that. What Aish said was this: He and the Club had been...

Im just hoping thats a freo 2nd and not the GWS 2nd Edit: sorry im a bit confused about who has what picks. A freo or StK 2nd rounder is probably a good outcome

I dont think Freo would've done this until the Hill trade happened.

I think most of us want to make sure its for nothing - and Ned Guys comments suggest the club feel the same way. The presumed salary cap pressure isn't really a factor until 12 months from now - there is nothing forcing us to push him out the door now. But trading now does make future decisions...

I view them this way: I think Aish has much better disposal, I feel he reads the play better, and for the most part makes good decisions with the ball - but when he makes mistakes, they can be more costly, because in slowing down the play he is letting the opposition get into position. Phillips...

Are you talking about Maynard at the Copeland? I haven't watched his speech, but would 99% assume it was clearly a joke.

But isnt it telling that he was never able to cement down a spot in the midfield/wing, whilst less talented guys have? Mayne and Phillips have been fixtures on our wing, whilst guys like Wills, Brown, Sier, Varcoe have all found room in our midfield rotation. Of that list, only Varcoe is a...

I agree with your premise - I just don't think he did enough to get that consistent spot in our midfield. Personally I see something of a poor man's Pendlebury in Aish. He is a good user of the footy, and he would try to take his time to make the right decision, rather than rushing things...

Agree that Freo aren't parting with pick 7 for Aish. I think a 2nd rounder for Aish is fair - Pick 22 might be a little high, but I think adding 56 probably counter-balances it the other way. It might be worth seeing if there is any movement on a Brad Hill trade to see if Freo have more picks...

Without knowing the dollar figures on each of these contracts, or what the alternative would've been on the trade market (or in Elliot's case - Comp picks, though that's a bit clearer) - it's hard for us to accurately judge each decision. Our list still seems unbalanced - we have lots of...

I think as a club we have to be much more pragmatic about list management decisions. I just dont think Pendles is one of those guys, at least not for another 2-3 years (unless we get a godfather trade offer, and he wants to leave). When he drops down to being a fringe player in our 22, then...

Goodjob changing the title. But I just don't see how you decided that asking the question is being sneaky? They likely knew it wouldn't be allowed, but given how much other dodgy s**t the AFL allows, they thought it was worth asking the question (probably arguing that it comes under the...