10 and 11 for Humphrey would have to have something coming back our way. He’s an exciting talent, but he’s achieved nothing yet. Some points back our way would make sense


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"The Melbourne bubble" is a cop-out... what a load of shit.

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The grass is always greener....

Yeah , maybe Charles is getting cold feet .

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Let's wait until tomorrow night when Fox Footy are live.

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Agree. That's just bulldust.

Guys, we need to be realistic....

This offer from SYD is no where good enough, however I would still take it than leave that Spoiled immature loser at our Club. He will be destructive and pull everyone down with him. Get rid of him please.......


I keep saying it, Curnow has nothing more to offer. He is 30 and has a Chronic Knee issue that can not be fixed, not to mention an attitude problem that sees him play Lazy when things aren't going his way.


Wayward is a C+ Grade Player. He is not the Super Small forward we been crying for but he is still better than Durdin, Motlop & Co.

Florent is a bad bad one. The guy was told to look elsewhere anyways and he comes with a Massive Salary. Carlton should ask for another player!

The Florent part is the bit that intrigues me. Was told to look elsewhere and then all of a sudden they package him up telling Carlton ... "Have we got a deal for you". Austin and Co please tell me you're not that F##'n stupid.

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all the media is about how good CC makes syd top 4 top 6 but what about us , i say NO to that deal we keep 22 swap florent for macaearny (spelling wrong ) and we will have sit down .

- Deal is nowhere near good enough
- But we should take it because charlie is cooked anyway
- But the players offered in the deal suck and we should ask for someone else

Sorry what is your position? You changed your mind twice in the one paragraph


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Maybe. Your point is valid. I noticed he was quiet this year too. But so were the Swans without Gulden and a few others out injured.
I think our Coleman medallists didnt well this year. Maybe something related to a well oiled machine.

Mmmm, this mean level point, leaves me with a lot of questions re its validity, wondering what may impact that number other than form.

Was Charlie more valuable end of 2024 than he is end of 2025?

What will Charlie be worth end next year if we retain him for 2026?

I don't know which way I'm leaning anymore.

Gut feel is to get rid of him incase he serves up another indifferent performance, and continues to affect our team performance.

What's the right price?

Personally, I don't think Charlie is going to take Swans to Finals. The Horse has bolted. Longmire that is.

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agree charlie has to go. sell high, and this is as high as he gets. cut the cancer out to save the rest of the body is where we're at with him.

Interesting that the Hawks are reported as having made the following offer for Merrett:

#No.9, next year’s first-round, and either a second-round pick in 2027 and pick 62 this year, or a Hawthorn player such as midfielder Henry Hustwaite.

So Merrett is worth a top-10 pick this year and a first-rounder next year (probably a shitty one, as the Hawks will possibly do well - let's say #16) and either two more picks or a nothing mid.

If that's the baseline for Merrett, then Charlie is worth significantly more.

I don't think its disrepectful, but more their duty to ask.

Some think it was the Saady trade was agreat deal. Some don't.

Maybe we could have squeezed Dodo more given Saady wanted to leave.
Maybe Saady didnt want to leave Bumbers on a sour note?

Should we have avoided the deal altogether and used the pick on a kid?
We did that previously:
pick 3 Dow
pick 5 SPS
pick 10 LOB


Who really knows?

Pity Williams broke down, because when the 3 of Doc Williams and saady were in top form in the preseason, they were a machine.
Never got to se the potential of that threesome running ball from the backline.

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There is another issue with the Picks themselves. In a Weak Draft, Pick 11 from Sydney is not really going to be a 1st round pick. Its probably equal to a pick 22 from previous Drafts so all of Sydney's pick offers are no different than Geelong's. They give us peanuts.


A Fair Trade for Charlie should have invloved a Club willing to part with Pick 3-9 but reality is so far away from that.


Austin needs to push harder for better players from Sydney. Swap Florent for a Goulden and you have a deal!

A couple of years ago Charlie was worth significantly more (a kings ransom) but right now they would be pretty similar I would have thought.

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Henry Hustwaite is the kind of name we need at the club.

I wouldn’t give up pick 22, however, rest of deal is ok.

Charlie isn’t professional, let’s not over rate him

2 F1’s and good character footballers who have skills we need

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That’s the point, Saad had already left the building, and Essendon* were making plenty of unsavoury comments about him in the media. He was never going back there. Austin was way too soft. He should have traded out pick 8 for two picks in the teens and said here you go Dodo you get one of these picks, take it or leave it. Just like how Geelong got Bailey Smith for pick 18 or whatever it was.

Pick 8 for half back flanker who was never going to go back to his former club is just nuts


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