Agree I’d also rather go for Harley reidIf Melbourne is willing to trade him away and their first and whatever else it takes to get pick 5 for Reid should tell us all we need to know.
Id much prefer we get GC pick 5 and trade 2 and 5 ourselves.
Reid, 3, 19 etc is far more appealing long term than Oliver, 3 and 14.
Last thing id do is help Melbourne out bid us.
Would the StKilda Board take northberg for a packet of Twisties? We would still have Merlin and Psicosis. (Twisties > northberg) :stern lookWould West Coast take 2, 14 and Zurhaar for
Pick 1? We still have pick 1 (Reid > Zurhaar), 3 and 19.
No that’s unders. Throw in pick 3 and Turner as a sweetenerWould West Coast take 2, 14 and Zurhaar for
Pick 1? We still have pick 1 (Reid > Zurhaar), 3 and 19.
Due diligence hasn’t really been our forte for a while now.
I get the angle you are coming from, but what about if it all goes wrong?. How does it impact our group when his issues are lumped on them?. What’s it do to our cap for the future if it goes pear shaped?. What’s it do to the club in general, the media hounds will be all over us f*cking up yet again.
I get it, a chance at an absolute elite player for this footy club it’s rare and in a perfect world it would be great. But me personally, I don’t think we are anywhere close to being able to take on these issues. Again, there’s no way Melbourne are forcing him out if everything was sunshine and rainbows.
I get the impression that the media and some BF members are of the opinion that North should be the one pushing for a trade with WC to secure Reid rather than the other way around. Given that WC have a massive rebuild ahead of them, I think the onus is on them to bring in additional first round draft picks to accelerate their rebuild. Reid might be good, but it is doubtful he'll make a massive difference on his own. I think we will be fine no matter how it pans out because of our strong draft hand. I'd rather we wait for WC to come to us so that we can do a deal with which we believe we can improve our draft outcome. We should have the upper hand in those negotiations.
Happy to be proven wrong in the fullness of time, but my strong sense was that none of the three articles in SEN, the Hun or the Age were coming from the Dees club officials backgrounding the journos.Why would someone at Melbourne release that info and potentially decrease his value?
They have ample A grade midfielders. They showed this year they can win with one less. They need somebody who can kick goalsif the rumours are true, and you really gotta wonder why melbourne would be shopping around an A+ grader with a 7 year contract while they are contending, then no
His manager would never release that info as it as the potential to cost his client hundreds of thousands of dollars
honestly, it's not even the bags that bothers me, a stick and poke on your foot during the season that gets infected? that's a real specifc kind of stupid
oh absoultely no doubt, but is his IQ going to get in the way?Oliver can football, but IQ isn’t his strong suit. That’s for certain
More likely they have gone * we can’t have him on the books at a million a year if he is going to be this crook off fieldA premiership team right in the middle of their window looking to trade out arguably their best player screams alarms bells.
Considering all the red flags and the big long term contract any trade would have to weigh heavily in the oppositions favour.
Also the info getting leaked about Oliver criticising Melbourne’s medical staff, not showing up to end of season club events and not being professional just about makes his position at Melbourne untenable. Why would someone at Melbourne release that info and potentially decrease his value? His manager would never release that info as it as the potential to cost his client hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Something doesn’t add up here imo.
Purely spitballing here but perhaps salary cap issues with Melbourne? Potentially trying to offload him to balance the books but want to paint it as if he is the issue?
Final straw for Goodwin was him rocking up 30 mins late to his exit interview, doing plenty, straight off an all nighter - is the rumor.
Ironically enough, I get Ben Brown vibes.A premiership team right in the middle of their window looking to trade out arguably their best player screams alarms bells.
Considering all the red flags and the big long term contract any trade would have to weigh heavily in the oppositions favour.
Also the info getting leaked about Oliver criticising Melbourne’s medical staff, not showing up to end of season club events and not being professional just about makes his position at Melbourne untenable. Why would someone at Melbourne release that info and potentially decrease his value? His manager would never release that info as it as the potential to cost his client hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Something doesn’t add up here imo.
Purely spitballing here but perhaps salary cap issues with Melbourne? Potentially trying to offload him to balance the books but want to paint it as if he is the issue?
Yes, what we really need now is someone who is disrespectful to their coach...Final straw for Goodwin was him rocking up 30 mins late to his exit interview, doing plenty, straight off an all nighter - is the rumor.
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