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I’d prefer Baldwin over McKay.

Baldwin is an upgrade on Laverde and given Kelly plays on smalls and medium forwards, no, McKay can’t easily replace him. Personally I see McKay as superfluous and I’d be trading out Lav while convincing Zerk to stay.

Out of curiousity, are you also going to have a go at whoever has Georgedis next year, or North sticking with Comben, etc.? Or is it just EFC that will be potted for keeping young injured talls around?

Naismith as a cheap mature body option might be the go. Pick up as a DFA.

Why would we do that? If North match, McKay is worth our second rounder. Band 3 is a higher second rounder. So, why would they match?

Not quite correct. Rookie upgrades count as players picked, and we currently have 7 rookies for 4-6 spots. Theoretically we could cut one player, take no draft picks, and we'd be fine. Obviously they won't do that, but it does give us additional flexiblity. We could also pay out Stewart for his...

No, we were awash with cash. The suspended year we didn't pay suspended players salaries, and the later legal settlement didn't come out of salary cap. So we saved a bundle. Hibberd just wanted out after Goodwin sweet talked him. You do realise (other) teams know to man up on the oppositions...

Hibberd was AA … Others not mentioned who were mature aged recruits since 2010: Walla, Martin, Durham, Snelling, Crameri, Ambrose, Guelfi, McKernan and M Brown. I'd say that group has done pretty well. Those guys were moved to the rookie list to change a rookie pick into a ND pick. They were...

So let's get Lavender back and play him in defence? I mean, that would qualify, right?

What would be an example? I don't think anyone who plays 22 games a year on the wing would not be considered a midfielder.

I do wonder where Fantasia would be ranked if he could have stayed uninjured. :(

Then Scott should have a long hard look at himself. The style we're playing is that our half forwards are going up and getting involved in the contest. Which leaves the forwards in our F50 horribly out-numbered for good chunks of the night. This was the primary reason for them continuously...

I'd have no problems going in with all three next year (on the list), but prioritising Bryan. The message has to be to Bryan that he'll get game time, because we really really need him to stay.

From being at the game it was far more of a forwards being out numbered, plus midfielders kicking wildly issues, than the forward positioning.

Best outcome would be that North "poach" him on a 2 year contract, we get Band 5 compo, he learns a bit under Clarkson, and if he wants to coach with us comes back with more experience and knowledge of how Clarkson sets things up. :cool:

Only if he’s an upgrade on current players.

If it’s not viable it’s not viable. From the outside it seemed like he wasn’t needed/can’t stay on the park, and it might be worth pay to free up potentially $2.7m of cap. So I asked the question. Sounds like Carlton fans are happy to keep him.

Plus those were all saga hit players leaving during the saga.

We don’t really know what the Suns’s draft hand will be. If say Flanders still leaves they’d probably get a teens pick, and have no need of other 2023 picks.

Yeah, I’m with Ambrosia, his best games have all been on tall forwards. And that his agility negates him being effective on smaller forwards.

Yet a top 4 side also thinks he’s good enough to slip straight into their side.

Port don’t have a pick earlier than the late thirties.

Unfortunately for us, that would be a smart move. An EFC in the know claims Baldwin is very happy with the club. So, I’m hopeful he’ll stay.

I’m not expecting him to go anywhere.

But if you free up the salary you could keep players easier and potentially add a free agent such as Gresham.

The only reason it was structured that way was for Brisbane to avoid paying a big price. That doesn’t apply to McKay. You’ll get similar in a trade to Band 3 compo.

They’ve got pick #13.

Sydney offered pick #9 and their F1 a year earlier for Daniher. Can North fans stop comparing McKay to him?

There are a lot of people in this thread who seem to know McKay and his personal drivers amazingly well! Personally, I doubt anyone really knows what his personal preferences are and how much he wants to stay/get out of North, and therefore what kind of salary is required to lure him. It could...

Williams accepted a six year deal on Band 1 compensation that was reputed to average $900k in 2020. Since then the midfield plan has failed, and he’s will have played 23 games of a possible ~67. Carlton is needing salary cap to retain players and look for more. Williams has three years left...