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Longy413 said:
Once a player says he wants to leave a club it goes one of two ways, the way the Ottens deal went or the way the Stevens deal went.
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Agreed , the way the Ottens deal went was we paid a lot more than we wanted to and a lot less than Richmond wanted.Essendon wont lose but you may not gain either.Yes you will offer whats fairish ( to you) but if there are others involved in will up the price. If Essendon was the only interested party they would have hand, take it leave it and good chance of the bluff working but if all three clubs were after him and others as well , then Essendon has to come close to the market price to get him. If Carlton finish on bottom and chase him/he wants to go there, then we are in a pickle, they will encourage him to just nominate and we get SFA
 
Turbocat said:
Agreed , the way the Ottens deal went was we paid a lot more than we wanted to and a lot less than Richmond wanted.Essendon wont lose but you may not gain either.Yes you will offer whats fairish ( to you) but if there are others involved in will up the price. If Essendon was the only interested party they would have hand, take it leave it and good chance of the bluff working but if all three clubs were after him and others as well , then Essendon has to come close to the market price to get him. If Carlton finish on bottom and chase him/he wants to go there, then we are in a pickle, they will encourage him to just nominate and we get SFA
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Exactly. And that doesn't worry Essendon.
As I said, we want Kelly, but by no means do we need him.
And that is the exact reason we won't be trading Kepler Bradley and a first round draft pick to get him, or anyone for that matter as you suggested in your first post.

Essendon don't trade for the sake of trading.
 
go team said:
no chance. oh he's definantly coming to Essendon. I got some sauce down at the club - put on my pie, and spilt a bit on my shirt. I went to the bathroom to clean it up and i overheard someone on the phone.. lots of talk about getting Power and how much they needed to spend... it was either a conversation with Luke's manager, asking what size contract he was after, or they were paying their electricity bill..
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Haha gold.
 

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Longy413 said:
Exactly. And that doesn't worry Essendon.
As I said, we want Kelly, but by no means do we need him.
And that is the exact reason we won't be trading Kepler Bradley and a first round draft pick to get him, or anyone for that matter as you suggested in your first post.

Essendon don't trade for the sake of trading.
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The second time youve said that. define need. Clubs need players. Clubs need quality players. I get the feeling you dont rate , fine.Walk away like youve said. If all other clubs dont rate him, thats fine too. However the feedback through media etc rate Kelly highly and beiong chased.Sombody out there wants and needs him. Unless you finish bottom, which you , you will have to give something, whether thats picks or players, its trading for the sake of gaining a player. You would be able to nominate several players im sure Ess have traded and all done because you'd think its in your benifit.Bradley is probably dreamin,granted, but you will not get him for one of the washed up's that you have sucsessfully trade previously. You may feel your want/need is not as great as others , fine step away and let them have a go at him.
 
Turbocat said:
The second time youve said that. define need. Clubs need players. Clubs need quality players. I get the feeling you dont rate , fine.Walk away like youve said. If all other clubs dont rate him, thats fine too. However the feedback through media etc rate Kelly highly and beiong chased.Sombody out there wants and needs him. Unless you finish bottom, which you , you will have to give something, whether thats picks or players, its trading for the sake of gaining a player. You would be able to nominate several players im sure Ess have traded and all done because you'd think its in your benifit.Bradley is probably dreamin,granted, but you will not get him for one of the washed up's that you have sucsessfully trade previously. You may feel your want/need is not as great as others , fine step away and let them have a go at him.
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You don't understand what I'm coming from.
Geelong was in a position to become a genuine contender for the Premiership, but they NEEDED another tall forward. So they went after Ottens. Geelong want a Premiership and Brad Ottens is a very, very big part of that. Geelong had to chase him, because they need him.

Essendon is in a genuine rebuilding stage, we would love to have Kelly at Essendon, he is a fantastic player and I rate him highly. However, we aren't in the position that Geelong were in during the last trade period. Kelly isn't going to be the difference between Essendon winning at Premiership in 2006 or not as we aren't in a position to say we are a genuine contender next season. He would be a fantastic addition to our list and I really hope we get him but we won't be put in a position where we have to give up a lot to get him. Because if we miss Kelly we will be more than happy to continue developing our own, as for the most part we always have.

And for that very reason we will not sacrifise two first round draft picks in the manner Geelong did for Ottens to get Kelly. Geelong are after a Premiership, Essendon are rebuilding and a player like Bradley is a very big part of that.
 
Longy413 said:
You don't understand what I'm coming from.
Geelong was in a position to become a genuine contender for the Premiership, but they NEEDED another tall forward. So they went after Ottens. Geelong want a Premiership and Brad Ottens is a very, very big part of that. Geelong had to chase him, because they need him.

Essendon is in a genuine rebuilding stage, we would love to have Kelly at Essendon, he is a fantastic player and I rate him highly. However, we aren't in the position that Geelong were in during the last trade period. Kelly isn't going to be the difference between Essendon winning at Premiership in 2006 or not as we aren't in a position to say we are a genuine contender next season. He would be a fantastic addition to our list and I really hope we get him but we won't be put in a position where we have to give up a lot to get him. Because if we miss Kelly we will be more than happy to continue developing our own, as for the most part we always have.

And for that very reason we will not sacrifise two first round draft picks in the manner Geelong did for Ottens to get Kelly. Geelong are after a Premiership, Essendon are rebuilding and a player like Bradley is a very big part of that.
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On the same page now. And i Pretty much agree with you assessment of the Dons. As I previously said we have used you as a template, and it doesnt surprise me that you would prefer build a core group with your own picks. Good on you. It has been a while since you have been an ordinary team and maybe a couple of years at the bottom is the price you will have to pay. Cheers
 
Turbocat said:
On the same page now. And i Pretty much agree with you assessment of the Dons. As I previously said we have used you as a template, and it doesnt surprise me that you would prefer build a core group with your own picks. Good on you. It has been a while since you have been an ordinary team and maybe a couple of years at the bottom is the price you will have to pay. Cheers
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That didn't take long. ;)
 

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