saintsRrising wrote: ↑Wed 16 Oct 2019 6:08pm So that is now $1.9 + Million off our books for next year in Bruce, Steven and Acres.

What will we spent it on?

I just feel kinda sad that Acres and Bruce have gone. Like a couple of family members shown the door. Jack I understand - he wanted to go - but I'm down about the other two.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/st-kilda-midfielder-blake-acre-agrees-to-join-fremantle-to-unlock-bradley-hill-trade-deadlock/news-story/9fc18a17aa014a4317250e056ab57260 The most interesting bit: “St Kilda will send Pick 10, a future second round selection and Pick 58 to the Dockers. This deal had...

Id take Acres now over next years second too. Good get for Freo. 10, Acres and 58 is right on the money. We may get a future third back for our future 4th too. Yep, fair both ways IMO. Agree. I love Acres at his best, but he plays footy with a Mark Waugh-like intensity far too often. Good bye GOAT.

SMS wrote: ↑Tue 15 Oct 2019 8:02am The Complicated deal

12,18 to Port for Howard, Ryder, 10 (handshake)
10, 2020 1st for B.Hill & 22
22 & Dunstan for O.Wines

Bruce for Z.Jones pick (swans to help port)
J.Steven for D.Butler pick

For real???

I can’t remember a team swooping in and knicking a player in this situation. Has been threatened many a time (e.g. Carlisle) but I can’t remember it actually happening.

I'd caution against getting too worked up about anything being reported by the football media. Given the way trade week has unfolded thus far, I'm not sure there's any footy journo with their finger on the pulse. Nobody had our trade with GWS. The initial source for the 'Freo wants 2 firsts, plus' ...

Pick 12 for Hill seems bang on to me. Not sure Freo will see it that way. Clever splitting of picks by us either way.

Sweet Lord I just saw that the trade period is open for another 8 days. How excruciating. We all know that 90% of the action happens in the last 24 hours. Given that the clubs have probably been preparing for this for months, couldn't it be limited a 3 days?

Cripes these ongoing pedantic arguments are annoying to read! Curly - the bidding system makes it inaccurate to say that the other clubs had exclusive rights, we could have bid if we rated them number 1 and seen if they were matched; BM - yes we could have bid on them and the other clubs would have...

Did he play in their VFL grand final? I hope so - would’ve been a nice way to go out.

Brayshaw and DeGoey were in the frame too. The Boyd deal spooked us and the rest is history. The thing that amazes me is that we constantly use high draft picks on talls when we are crying out for mids. Bizarre. Even the decision to pick Billings was odd - a half-forward flanker when we desperately ...

I saw the King boys having lunch down at Sandy the other day. Big grins, having fun. Just got a vibe they might be reunited sooner rather than later. It’s wrong to keep twins apart.

Can someone post a video of those easy goals he missed? It’ll make it easier to cope with.

I liked the idea of Keath but oh well, two out of three (so far) ain’t bad. Hopefully Logan Austin and Robbo come good.

I don’t mind Richmond or GWS. Just happy Geelong and Collingwood are out. Seeing both lose was immensely enjoyable.

If any team should be upset it should be Brisbane. Greene eye-gouged the Bont and got a fine when he should have received a suspension of at least a week. He went to get 30 touches and 2 goals in a game that was decided by 3 points.

I agree that Hawkins should've been given at least two.

I don't blame Freo for demanding pick 5. If we can get 3rd back we've done ok A 2nd would be a win Agree. As much as I'd love to keep pick 5 I think we need to say goodbye and hope there's something coming back. I thought the Hawks may have overpaid when they drafted Shaun Burgoyne. I hope Hill is ...

I’d like to point out that Rhys Stanley has played 73 games (inc multiple finals), averaged 13 ppg and kicked 45 goals and averaged over 20 hit outs per game for Geelong. A s sure as sh*t will be included this week after last weeks farcical mistake. Hugh Goddard played 10 games for StK That’s the t...

I’d like to point out that Rhys Stanley has played 73 games (inc multiple finals), averaged 13 ppg and kicked 45 goals and averaged over 20 hit outs per game for Geelong. A s sure as sh*t will be included this week after last weeks farcical mistake. Hugh Goddard played 10 games for StK That’s the t...

I think trading Bruce would be a big mistake. He's a heart and soul player and an important part of our forward line.

Max King might be a star but he might also take years to get there and injury is always a risk.

This has echoes of the Rhys Stanley trade.

He’s okay but will come with a big price tag. Not too upset about missing out.

magnifisaint wrote: ↑Mon 02 Sep 2019 8:35pm Get him in. He killed us in Adelaide.

He absolutely torched us didn't he. But then again, so did a few other intercept marking key backmen throughout the year.

I like him as a Carlisle replacement though, if we go down that path.

I'm hoping that Newnes leaves and we get one of those priority picks which is dressed up as a compo pick, like the one Melbourne got for Frawley. Something in the 20s would be ideal. Trouble is that we are meant to be getting the RFA in Tomlinson. That will negate, or even completely remove any FA ...

Its about money, Carlisle is well paid and the Club want room for Hill and whomever else. I think the much bigger reason is trade currency. We currently have very little of value to trade, and that means to get a quality players in by trade that as it stands that we can only really afford Hill. May...

Bottom line is that we have had an inedpt recruiting department since the mid to early Naughties. It was well and truly in a parlous state before Pelchen arrived, and remained so after he left.. Beveridge was an ok recruiter for his day. The problem was that as other clubs moved on our recruiting r...