Confirmed James Aish [traded to Collingwood for #26 and St Kilda's 2016 second round pick]

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If Luenberger goes would Witts be of interest to Lions fans? In a trade for Aish?

Martin will stay on for one more year before heading back to Mebourne when his contract expires next year you would think. You'd then have a ready made 25yo ruck with 50 odd games experience ready to step in and take the #1 ruck mantle from 2017.
 

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If Luenberger goes would Witts be of interest to Lions fans? In a trade for Aish?

Martin will stay on for one more year before heading back to Mebourne when his contract expires next year you would think. You'd then have a ready made 25yo ruck with 50 odd games experience ready to step in and take the #1 ruck mantle from 2017.
Would Witts even want to come to Queensland? Thought he rejected the idea of GWS because he wanted to stay in Victoria.
 

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Would Witts even want to come to Queensland? Thought he rejected the idea of GWS because he wanted to stay in Victoria.
Yeah spot on I think. Witts has mentioned that he is open to a trade but only in Vic.

Oxley would be our only hope and IMO we would need to sweeten any deal including him.
 
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Here we go again. Beams.

The bottom line is that Collingwood did decide to trade Beams when they got the trade deal they wanted. That doesn't mean there's a subsequent obligation on Brisbane to trade Redden.
Given there is 0% chance of you playing finals next year, what does retaining an unhappy player with one year on left on his contract achieve. The only difference between Collingwood and Brisbane is that we were going into the next season with a chance of playing finals and retaining Beams was a vital part of that. Unlike the supporter base, Brisbane will be pragmatic about this, if Redden really wants to leave they'll let him go. To do anything else would be negligent (although I wouldn't rule anything out given the way Brisbane has been run in recent years)
 
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Given there is 0% change of you playing finals next year, what does retaining an unhappy player with one year on left on his contract achieve. The only difference between Collingwood and Brisbane is that we were going into the next season with a chance of playing finals and retaining Beams was a vital part of that. Unlike the supporter base, Brisbane will be pragmatic about this, if Redden really wants to leave they'll let him go, to do anything else would be negligent (although I wouldn't rule anything out given the way Brisbane has been run in recent years)
Well, not really, who knows what happens when we have a fit and firing midfield with a forward half not completely devoid of talls...Id say its more like 10%.
 

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Given there is 0% change of you playing finals next year, what does retaining an unhappy player with one year on left on his contract achieve. The only difference between Collingwood and Brisbane is that we were going into the next season with a chance of playing finals and retaining Beams was a vital part of that. Unlike the supporter base, Brisbane will be pragmatic about this, if Redden really wants to leave they'll let him go. To do anything else would be negligent (although I wouldn't rule anything out given the way Brisbane has been run in recent years)
Brisbane won't let Redden go for a deal that is clearly under what they see as his worth. Redden is a required player at Brisbane and is contracted. Keeping Redden another twelve months, gives the Club a chance to turn his thinking around (and recent reports seem to suggest that he may be rethinking his stance on leaving Brisbane anyway). Whether that is true remains to be seen, but I do know the club is still working on changing his mind.
 

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Interview with Greg Swann seemed to suggest that Martin is staying, Mayes is staying (does not have a beef with the club and will not be traded), Redden is staying (will not be traded), Aish is a definite possibility to stay and Leuenberger is fielding offers from the Swans, Essendon, and possibly Fremantle.

Tom Bell is a definite possibility to be recruited, (wants to return to Queensland and has expressed an interest in coming to Brisbane) but is contracted.
Someone on the ABC was saying that Aish had attended the B&F, and worked out his summer training program with Brisbane....not exactly the kind of things someone leaving the club would do.

But then again, he's apparently had a contract in front of him for months and hasn't signed. So who knows..
 

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Someone on the ABC was saying that Aish had attended the B&F, and worked out his summer training program with Brisbane....not exactly the kind of things someone leaving the club would do.

But then again, he's apparently had a contract in front of him for months and hasn't signed. So who knows..
Yeah, it's a bit bizarre really. He's done all those things, yet hasn't given even a hint that he wants to sign a contract either. It's just a very odd scenario for a club and player to be in.
 

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Someone on the ABC was saying that Aish had attended the B&F, and worked out his summer training program with Brisbane....not exactly the kind of things someone leaving the club would do.

But then again, he's apparently had a contract in front of him for months and hasn't signed. So who knows..
It's not much different to Dustin Martin in 2013. Clearly testing the market. Martin did the same, with Richmond not re-signing until the end of September 2013. That's not to say Aish will re-sign with Brisbane.
 

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Really hope pies have pulled out of the race, sounds like a guy that'll just chase the money everytime he's out of contract. You're meant to play well in a contract year James!!
 
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Really hope pies have pulled out of the race, sounds like a guy that'll just chase the money everytime he's out of contract. You're meant to play well in a contract year James!!
People need to cut him a little bit of slack on the playing well side of things. Its probably why he isnt getting many contracts better than our reported 400k a year for 3 years deal, but he had a rocky year with injuries/2nd year blues.
 

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Given there is 0% chance of you playing finals next year, what does retaining an unhappy player with one year on left on his contract achieve. The only difference between Collingwood and Brisbane is that we were going into the next season with a chance of playing finals and retaining Beams was a vital part of that. Unlike the supporter base, Brisbane will be pragmatic about this, if Redden really wants to leave they'll let him go. To do anything else would be negligent (although I wouldn't rule anything out given the way Brisbane has been run in recent years)
You spew a lot of misdirected rubbish in our way and I have to pull you up on this one. For a start our trading/drafting has been exemplary in the last 2-3 years (Beams, Christensen, Robinson in, Patfull out gracefully for the right price, Taylor, Gardiner, McStay plus academy kids etc). Aside from that we've replaced anyone within 1,000 miles of past failings in the club including board members, CEO, football manager, welfare manager etc in the last 2 years.

The way we've been run in the last two years points to the fact we'll do what's best for the club and its members in this trade period, exactly the same of what you'd expect of your club.

On Redden I expect a deal will get done, they normally do. It just won't be done with a club circling like vultures expecting to pick him up for scraps.



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People need to cut him a little bit of slack on the playing well side of things. Its probably why he isnt getting many contracts better than our reported 400k a year for 3 years deal, but he had a rocky year with injuries/2nd year blues.
I was not aware you guys offered him 400k for 3 years, he would be mad to leave that money on the table
 
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I was not aware you guys offered him 400k for 3 years, he would be mad to leave that money on the table
Pretty sure we offered him something similar as soon as we drafted him and he, understandably, said he'd like to wait till the end of the first year. Then we went 400k/3years and he said end of his second year.

So his choices may be stick around for 3 years at 400k or go to Melbourne for 300k/3 years.
 

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Pretty sure we offered him something similar as soon as we drafted him and he, understandably, said he'd like to wait till the end of the first year. Then we went 400k/3years and he said end of his second year.

So his choices may be stick around for 3 years at 400k or go to Melbourne for 300k/3 years.
You don't think he's going to adelaide?
 

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The only consistency with Aish is that he's frustratingly inconsistent

Wouldn't be surprised if he joined the NFL, seriously

At least Seedsman has a funny name and wouldn't be owned by Pickering
 
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