Early Trade Rumours 2023

[hujsh]

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According to Tom Morris

And he probably should be. We need to share the load better.

[Bornadog]

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from fox footy

Melbourne has reportedly kicked off conversations with other clubs surrounding a Brodie Grundy trade.
Grundy?s future has been a hot topic after falling out of favour in Simon Goodwin?s side last month despite only crossing to Melbourne this year following his trade from Collingwood.

It comes with the 29-year old?s ruck partnership with Max Gawn failing to maximise both players? strengths ? and the Demons going 5-0 when Gawn is the No. 1 ruck compared to 10-7 alongside Grundy.

Sydney, Port Adelaide and Geelong are believed to be the teams inquiring about Grundy.

?And Brodie Grundy has made it clear to all three of those clubs he has no intentions of playing as a forward ever again.
?Conversations are well and truly down the track. He?s out of Melbourne.?

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West Coast has tabled a four-year offer to out-of-contract Lions youngster Deven Robertson in its bid to pry the West Australian out of Brisbane, reports SEN?s Tom Morris.

The nephew of premiership Eagle Darren Glass, the 22-year old midfielder has previously drawn interest from West Coast, while earlier this year the Herald Sun revealed Victorian clubs were circling him.

[Vred]

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Why would English leave to another Victorian club? Surely it's unlikely any club would blow our offer out of the water?

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I'm (praying) that we're not gonna offer him the million dollars he thinks he deserves.

[Bornadog]

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I'm (praying) that we're not gonna offer him the million dollars he thinks he deserves.

Why do you care what he gets? If the market pays a million then we should meet it. English is a must keep.

[Mantis]

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I'm (praying) that we're not gonna offer him the million dollars he thinks he deserves.

Agree.

If the reports are correct in that he's currently on $700k he probably feels justified in wanting an increase of 30% given his output has improved... but paying him over $1mil is going to seriously limit our spend moving forward given, we have other marquee type players to satisfy.

If he walks, he walks.

[Boots]

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According to Tom Morris

Deja Vu with Dunkley. What's the blockage to Smith playing midfield? Is it Treloar?

[DOG GOD]

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Mitch McGovern is gettable

Carlton prioritising Ben McKay

according to Tom Browne Channel 7

We I guess it?s in their contracts to never play against eachother, at least we know they?re not contracted to not play with eachother .

[Axe Man]

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I'm (praying) that we're not gonna offer him the million dollars he thinks he deserves.

Agree.

If the reports are correct in that he's currently on $700k he probably feels justified in wanting an increase of 30% given his output has improved... but paying him over $1mil is going to seriously limit our spend moving forward given, we have other marquee type players to satisfy.

If he walks, he walks.

The Herald Sun have English currently on $725k-$825k. If we aren't offering $1 million I can't see it being far off. Are another Victorian clubs going to offer him significantly more than $1 million?

[Vred]

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Why do you care what he gets? If the market pays a million then we should meet it. English is a must keep.

Because in his last two games his been beaten up by two sub 400k a year rucks?
I would rather that money be spent on speedier midfield options / defenders than English.

Just my two cents.

[Bornadog]

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Because in his last two games his been beaten up by two sub 400k a year rucks?
I would rather that money be spent on speedier midfield options / defenders than English.

Just my two cents.

He has not been beaten up in the last two games. On Sunday 51 Hitouts, 11 HTA and 21 disposals and 9 marks is not being beaten up and I can't be bothered going back to Hawks game where he won the HTA.

Why can't we have English plus two speedy mids?

[1eyedog]

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According to Tom Morris

Libba out meant his midfield minutes were inflated this week. Well, are we prepared to keep him and play him in the guts? Bont, Libb, Smith?

How do we think he went on Sunday?

[lemmon]

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The Herald Sun have English currently on $725k-$825k. If we aren't offering $1 million I can't see it being far off. Are another Victorian clubs going to offer him significantly more than $1 million?

I'm having a hard time believing that one too. Who has that kind of cash to throw around and is actually a decent destination to land at?

-Carlton - can't afford that
-Collingwood - can't afford that
-Essendon - I don't see it with Draper there. Would be Freo 2.0 with Jackson and Darcy
-Hawthorn - Might have the money, but doesn't seem to fit with how they build a list in terms of prioritising rucks or big contracts
-Melbourne - Can't afford that, have Gawn
-Geelong - Can't afford that
-North - Have the money, but is he going to go there and play in crap sides for the rest of his career?
-Richmond - Doesn't seem like the kind of move they'd make when all the talk is they're refreshing their list
-St Kilda - Probably the most likely one, but he's going to have to split ruck time with Rowan Marshall for the rest of his career, which is apparently not what he wants

I still think the most logical outcomes are he stays with us or takes big money at the Eagles.

[Sedat]

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Why do you care what he gets? If the market pays a million then we should meet it. English is a must keep.

He's had a career best year and we have regressed as a club. We could not have gotten more out of Bont and Libba either, and we have had optimum output from Liam Jones (when not injured) as well.

It says to me that we cannot afford a no.1 ruck eating up $1m per year of the salary cap when this best ever season hasn't moved the needle on-field at all (not English's fault, could say the same about Bont and Libba to be fair), and it only reinforces that there are clear holes elsewhere on the ground/list that are holding us back.

None of this is English's problem - he should ask for every cent the market is willing to pay.

[bulldogtragic]

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He's had a career best year and we have regressed as a club. We could not have gotten more out of Bont and Libba either, and we have had optimum output from Liam Jones (when not injured) as well.

It says to me that we cannot afford a no.1 ruck eating up $1m per year of the salary cap when this best ever season hasn't moved the needle on-field at all (not English's fault, could say the same about Bont and Libba to be fair), and it only reinforces that there are clear holes elsewhere on the ground/list that are holding us back.

None of this is English's problem - he should ask for every cent the market is willing to pay.

Yep. A million dollar ruck is a luxury this list can’t afford. It’s just that simple.

[EasternWest]

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He's had a career best year and we have regressed as a club. We could not have gotten more out of Bont and Libba either, and we have had optimum output from Liam Jones (when not injured) as well.

It says to me that we cannot afford a no.1 ruck eating up $1m per year of the salary cap when this best ever season hasn't moved the needle on-field at all (not English's fault, could say the same about Bont and Libba to be fair), and it only reinforces that there are clear holes elsewhere on the ground/list that are holding us back.

None of this is English's problem - he should ask for every cent the market is willing to pay.

Point of order: take English out and I don't think a lot changes. Take Bont out and well, I shudder at the thought.