Back on Aish .... so Brissy wants to play hardball with him, or is it more than a little bit of payback and torment for the Pies over how Beams was handled last year? If the negotiation sour with the Pies (and it will if Baulme keeps opening his fat trap), the other likely destination would be the Blues. If the Hawks could pipe up with a not so insulting offer so the Lions don't lose everything, and well, Aish doesn't have to suffer that particular fate of going to the Visy bin. Still a chance?
Aish is a gun and will be a very good player. His first year the thing I loved was his decision-making. One of those guys who gets the ball and seems to have more time than everyone else and usually picks the right option. He just needs to work on getting more of the ball at AFL level.
I'm OK if we lose Anderson and Suckling. I'd like to hang on to WhiteX one more year and see what he can do off a full preseason. These days if you have an interrupted preseason you are no chance of having a good year and it's usually not until 2nd year post-ACL that you are capable of playing at your best. I'd hope he can slot in as a half-back and eventually replace Silk in 2017.

