Mickey

Cal Twomey saying Melbourne passing in Andrews was expected and had been the communication with the family.

I think, because we've traded out F1, we will struggle to trade our other future selections. The rule is that if you trade out your F1, you need to keep your other round picks. The AFL can choose to waive that. Generally the questions is whether they'd allow it when trading for a player, and they are more likely to allow it if its a young player. But I'm not sure what their criteria would be for trading directly for draft picks https://www.afl.com.au/news/854671/rule-provision-could-unlock-moves-swap-sets-up-deals-gun-hawk-waits

Luker Kentfield Will Verrall Matt Jefferson Blake Howes

JVR also highly regarded

I disagree that the league can't support 19, and then 20 teams. What it can't support is 9 teams in Melbourne.

The report is he's still staying on as a consultant to shepherd the facilities stuff through

It fits both narratives. Either it's an example of a favourite son wanting to get back into the fold, or its a knee jerk reaction from a club that thinks it needs a feel good story to appease disgruntled fans.

For what it's worth, the latest in The Age yesterday said other recuiters thought we were unlikely to swap picks

I think Richmond would take Langford at 6.

If this is the case, it simply has to be Smith or Langford. Neither will last til 9

Yeah, interested to see where he goes. Obviously the ACL had him out of sight, out of mind, but in one of his last games he had 32 touches, 10 marks and 4 goals.

Was it a mistake? I thought this came out after the draft

DEMONS TO DELIST UTILITY BEFORE DEADLINE AS TIGERS DUO REMAIN IN LIMBO

Big and fast, but didn't hit a single target by foot in that whole video

So, you wouldn't do a first rounder this year and next year? Especially if it's not that much of a slide? Fair enough. If it's still pretty close to 9 and we think the player we want will still be available, they might. They did when we picked up Kozzie in 2019

We'll get good offers for 5, and don't expect us to take it. But if there is a real slider available at 9, I'd expect some clubs to out up truly crazy offers. And if it's something like mid-teens and a first rounder next year, or slide a couple picks for a early second rounder, I think we'll have a long hard think about it.

Yeah, it generally helps to put the genesis for the post, in the post. Here it is:

Pick 1* next year, for a start... Probably not but we can always dream

They have even less to trade for him now. AFL won't let them trade 2 F1s for a 30yr old when they aren't taking a first rounder this year

🤞 I think the angst will only increase if Freo nab Allen just ahead of them

What are Port doing there? Giving up Houston AND a future first for 13 and some fringe players

Not necessarily advocating for this, but... There's a lot of angst among WC fans about them dropping to 12, and with Freo having the 2 picks above them it's unlikely they'll get Bo Allen. Would they significantly overpay to get 9, say 12 and a future 1st for 9 and our future 2nd? Maybe something crazy they'll throw up on draft night?

I thought that related just to trading F1s? I.e., you haven't taken at least 2 1st round picks in 4 years, so you can't trade another future 1st. I may be wrong.

AFL rules don't allow you to trade future 2+ round picks if you've traded out your future first. Because we used our future third in the Adelaide trade, and our future first in the pick 9 trade, our other future picks are currently untradeable

It might be cynical, but I hope this is based on merit and not just a feel good news story expected to excite the fan base. I think we're beyond that now, and just need the best people, regardless of their background