AFL Player 7: Indefatigable Zach Merrett - Stepping down as captain for 2026

[jannissary]

That would be a very funny use of someone's money

was tempted to get one for a dawks supporting friend, but $200 is possunh away money

 

[Petrify]

It's interesting wondering who we would have selected if we had of got another first round pick after our selections.

Dovaston would have been my preference
Lindsay
O Taylor

Or maybe we may have had enough picks to trade up for Duursma and grabbed him instead of Farrow?

Twomey has said if Richmond took Robey we were taking Sharp + Farrow then Lindsay at 9. So we would've taken Lindsay.

 

[Maxabillions]

That would be a very funny use of someone's money

Surely we could all chip in to get a message for the board

 

[Maxabillions]

List of things to apologise for:

Betrayal
DRYP
Refusing to allow ALFW team to use oval
Pulling down Bryan’s pants
No finals wins
Lamborghini
Other?

 

[Phone]

Um, that’s the point. There were no other clubs because we were only dealing with Hawthorn, who tabled their first offer later in the trade period specifically so we couldn’t ask for a player (to specify a few).

As I said previously, I would have told Zach that if he wanted to leave, he needed to be open to more than just Hawthorn - or see you at “the hanger” next year.

Maybe Hawthorn table the best offer still, but at least it creates some type of bidding pressure, and less smart-arsery and gamesmanship from them.

a) we had a month to try to poach a Hawks player. They're trying to poach our captain but we can only wait until they table an offer before we ask for a player? what a bizarre idea. that would be a massive indictment on the club. luckily, we can dismiss it out of hand. we weren't interested in trading zach and so we weren't interested in putting in the work to actually get a player
b) you need to actually name some other clubs. I thought about it during the trade period and I've thought about it since. the Crows are the only other team that, logically, would have pursued Zach and actually offered something for him. And the Hawks offer would have been better.

 

[boncer34]

a) we had a month to try to poach a Hawks player. They're trying to poach our captain but we can only wait until they table an offer before we ask for a player? what a bizarre idea. that would be a massive indictment on the club. luckily, we can dismiss it out of hand. we weren't interested in trading zach and so we weren't interested in putting in the work to actually get a player
b) you need to actually name some other clubs. I thought about it during the trade period and I've thought about it since. the Crows are the only other team that, logically, would have pursued Zach and actually offered something for him. And the Hawks offer would have been better.

Gold Coast

 

[Phone]

Gold Coast

Petracca was a much more logical player for GC to target given the rest of their team imo, they probably want more of a x-factor player which he offers more than Zach does (and it probably helps that he has finals victories on his resume.....). If the GC didn't get Trac (so presumably the Crows do instead), then perhaps GC go after Zach, but then that takes the Crows out of being the other team so we're still left with the Hawks and one interstate team, and no other Victorian teams because no other Victorian team had both A) resources to spend and B) a need for a player of Zach's age on their list.