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Weren’t you leaving this thread? Geelong have a solution- 2 first round picks, ideally one in top ten (from what we’ve heard. West Coast have also had two years to come up with a trade package good enough to get Kelly out of Geelong, they couldn’t last year, I wonder if they will this year? I...

You’d love for this rubbish you’re sprouting to be true, haha. The truth is NO club is going to come out publicly and say they’re happy to A) lose a player of Kelly’s ability, and B) send said player wherever they want for whatever the receiving club is happy to cough up. It’s a negotiation-...

Trade period has not even opened, and you and I aren’t involved in the discussions, so hard to say they’ve been difficult when we have no report of that happening. If Geelong do go out of their way to make it difficult there’s definitely going to be a good reason one would think.. perhaps...

Allegedly leaking, sarcastically stating.. So no prior history before this deal? So maybe the question is asked as to why this is the case on this sole occasion? Is it possible the eagles are trying lowball again after they tried to lowball last year and pissed a few people off? Again you’ve...

No. Where is the quote from anyone inside the AFL that has ever said Geelong were hard to deal with. Find it and show me.

More rubbish from you. Adelaide thanked Geelong for being professional to deal with, while Geelong had to cough up a first rd pick for a 34 yo, which they did no problems. Can you provide a quote of anyone within the AFL staying Geelong have ever been hard to deal with?

And surely the opposite is true when trying to lowball a club for a 2 year draftee? If that’s indeed what the eagles are doing, considering we actually don’t know how and if the negotiations are going.

*and what the Eagles received for Lycett. But yeah, unlike the AFL to make up rules on the run...

Danger also a Brownlow medalist, and while the Norm Smiths are super impressive the premierships are irrelevant when comparing individual players as football players, otherwise Shannon Byrnes > Matthew Richardson. They’re both guns, Danger had a better season, Dusty a better finals series...

As much as I love a Hawks pile on this thread is rubbish. If a club like Hawthorn can trade in known talents (Mitchell, Wingard etc) and develop players like Worpel and Sicily then you can keep your elite draft picks like McGrath and Francis.

Cheers. Yeah the drafting isn’t generally an issue so the picks are probably irrelevant if they are 14,20,or 30 but if you can get them higher then more a chance to get who you want before they are taken obviously. I honestly think any difference in the way the club has behaved is probably due...

Think I just had a stroke reading this, but if it’s 11,13 and 14 for Kelly and some later picks...SOLD

Nope, Sth Melb/Sydney and St Kilda

Rather I’m just pointing out that it’s more likely a case that SOME eagles fans are trying to make out that we are the ones at fault for wanting value for a player we drafted only two years ago. We knocked you out of the finals three weeks ago, and missed finals once in the last 13 years. I’ve...

Yes, but this quote was added as an example of Geelong being decent to work with, which someone asked for, and despite us apparently ‘shafting’ them for Danger

I expect he will be an eagle and you’ll realize how good he really is. Any posturing done through the media is irrelevant, but again Geelong aren’t going to come out and say yeah he’ll get to the eagles for whatever they are happy to give for him are they? Just as Essendon haven’t regarding...

Two year draftees who are All Australians and top 5 in the Brownlow who want to go home to take better care of their autistic kids (with good reason) aren’t a situation that anyone has faced before either, so the whole situation is unprecedented. Let’s just have faith that Geelong and the...

You think we used the pick 88 or whatever we got for Chappy? Just makes it easier for the player and the club he’s going to, so that everyone can move forward. Again, this was just one example of a number and no one has provided a quote of anyone stating the cats are tough to deal with...

David Noble after we ‘shafted’ Adelaide ‘All along we were intent on doing what was in the best interests of our club, and we have been able to deliver the best possible outcome," Noble said. "Securing picks nine and 28 allows us to add some more quality talent to our playing list, while Dean...

He was injured, but a 21-22 yo premiership player. Wanted to get to Brisbane as his dad was there so it got done no hassles. Another example of Geelong doing the right thing, despite the ongoing dialogue that we are difficult to deal with.

Shock horror, a coach wants to hang on to a player who has finished top 5 in the brownlow and AA in his second year. Also not sure if you listened to the Wells interview where he stated there were people who were keen to hang on to Kelly in the slightest hope that he changes his mind and...

Hold on, old mate earlier used an example that the eagles allowed Mitchell to leave a year early as an example as to the hawks now ‘owing you one’, but Sanderson being allowed to leave in the midst of a finals series is nothing? Still waiting for anyone to provide quotes of anyone being...

You realize if you trade them they can go there straight away yeah? Geelong traded most for picks they didn’t use to get them there. Christensen and Caddy were definitely best 22, Mumford would have been but cats couldn’t pay him what the swans offered. You guys allow Mitchell to leave a year...

Love this fallacy based on nothing. Here’s a few similar situations Geelong have help facilitate this decade. Sanderson to coach Adelaide (in middle of 2011 finals series) Mumford to chase big contract Christensen to get out of Geelong and his issues Caddy to chase contract and opportunities...

Lol, Wells has the safest job in the game I believe. What he has done throughout the past 20 seasons without a pick higher than 7 has been unprecedented. Every single club would take him in a heartbeat.

Obviously they wouldn’t, but without other factors besides football (which are important of course) if you were guaranteed an A grader for 6-8 years vs taking a player who could end up anything between a bust or an A+ I’d be taking the known talent every time.

He didn’t say that at all from memory. He said they’d like to keep him (who wouldn’t) , and hold out for the faintest hope he does agree to sign with Geelong. And I guess you all believe Danger and Scott are serious with their demands as well yeah? Fact is they don’t want to lose a player who...

Masten has already been delisted? Means any club can grab him for nothing.

These things are often suggested by supporters, although realistically never happen. Clubs realize they may be on the other side of the coin next time. A deal will be done which will probably be somewhere in the middle of what both sets of supporters are suggesting.

I was actually hoping the cats got Collier-Dawkins too. Swings and roundabouts..