We need pick 63 for the Campo boys. Cant happen. Plus he is going to North for pick 25.

I'd like it if we added Deven Robertson for midfield depth.

I don't agree. Owies wasn't offered a contract all year. He was always surplus to requirements. Perhaps I'm biased because i have never really warmed to him as a small forward but the writing has been on the wall for months.
Kennedy we have known about since the exit meetings a month ago. Also no surprise.
Kemp is not a player we shopped around it appears. We have been approached and perhaps its worth considering the approach for the right offer. He was dropped several times for a reason. He is 23 and keeps making the same mistakes. Been in the system long enough to have cemented his spot but hasn't.
If we could somehow turn a pick for him and a Kennedy pick into a late first rounder i would do it. There has not been one one player Austin has moved on that has come back to bite us in the ass and I doubt that will be the case if Kemp gets moved on.

Austin didn't need to advertise his strategy to the AFL world a month or two in advance. He has done really well in my opinion.

Can’t/wont defend and slow.

No thank you

Jon Ralph saying we would accept in the 20's for Kemp if offered.

I think a top 3 pick can impact immediately in a side full of mature bodies.

Will Ashcroft in his first year before his knee was huge.
Daicos
Watson at the Hawks this year
Reid at the Eagles in a terrible team.
Ollie is as skinny as a rake but did very well in his first season with us as a pick 10. Played all the finals.
McKercher played 16 games this year in a shizen side.

I think its a great strategy by Austin. Get a kid that can impact immediately (hopefully) and be around well into the future.
And if possible get back into the first round with another pick by trading players that have been unable to hold down a regular position.

agree

I disagree. I think Austin has been pretty consistent all along in saying that the strategy this year is to “attack the draft”. In part, this is to keep TPP under control. Haynes cost us nothing and his presence for a year should help the development of our younger players.

And I get the impression that Houston was more into us than we were into him. Not that we don’t rate him, Austin just did not want to deviate from the strategy. Austin obviously wanted #3 more than he wanted Houston (again, with TPP being a significant factor).

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It's never as good as it looks and it's never as bad as it seems.

Who?
If we trade Kemp then we have '0' medium defenders to develop, unless we rookie Liam McMahon of course, then that is only 1.

we cant afford to lose kemp has played 32 games and we are short of defenders any way.

I reckon the whole defensive group will benefit from working alongside Haynes, especially young players like Cowan and Wilson.

I don’t particularly want to trade Kemp (or Kennedy) but Austin will rightly be seriously tempted if it results in a 2nd round pick.

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It's never as good as it looks and it's never as bad as it seems.

Apparently SOS is trying to convince Ross to go after Kristian Jaksch…


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SOS is an absolute tyre kicker. He wants to take over the mantle of Trade Week's biggest A-hole, from the Ex Essendon* Car Salesman.

Don't deal with him Blues.

Regards Cazzesman

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Ricky Gervais - “Everyone has the right to hold whatever beliefs they want. And everyone else has the right to find those beliefs f***ing ridiculous.”

Daniel Patrick Moynihan said, “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.”

The A Team’s best move to-date is falling arse backwards into a compensation pick.

Lyon, Misson, Allen, Silvagni.

Probably a decade behind the times.

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"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter" - Winston Churchill.

You can add Brendan Bolton to that list.

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“When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace turns into a circus.”
Turkish Proverb

The Doggies currently have picks 35 and 48. How can they do the deal for Kennedy?

If deals with the Cats and St's fail then I can't see Kennedy happening.

They give us 35 and they only have one pick. I guess they would have to upgrade rookies to fill their 3 upgrade quota.

last 2 hours will be fun for Luke Power.

Regards Cazzesman

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Ricky Gervais - “Everyone has the right to hold whatever beliefs they want. And everyone else has the right to find those beliefs f***ing ridiculous.”

Daniel Patrick Moynihan said, “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.”

They don’t.

Macrae stays, no need to chase Kennedy & they take 17 for Smith.

SOS takes more egg to the face like it’s OnlyFans.

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"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter" - Winston Churchill.

what time does the trade period finish?

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my last one was rubbish

If the Cats are fairdinkum, it is 17 and their 2025 1st round.

Don't blink Doggies.

Regards Cazzesman

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Ricky Gervais - “Everyone has the right to hold whatever beliefs they want. And everyone else has the right to find those beliefs f***ing ridiculous.”

Daniel Patrick Moynihan said, “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.”

They will need add something else as both picks outside top 10.