If what people saying the deal is the AFL will never approve it. Artificially inflating a players worth to secure a higher draft compensation. If we were Brisbane, Sydney or Collingwood they would probably allow it but a trade that gives St Kilda a boost at the expense of GWS, brisbane, Collingwood ...

I don't understand why would Essendon do that deal it makes no sense unless they have a cap squeeze. It is being reported that they have about $2M free in the cap. They can get Gresham and McKay and keep Shiel for another couple of years and still not have an issue with their cap.

Unless the deal is we don't get his salary because Essendon supposedly have a lot of room in their cap.
So if the deal was we get Shiel for Gresham and room in our cap it might make sense.

I don't agree with it as I think Shiel is not the player we want or need.

Dow I think improves us as he has the ball winning capabilities very similar to Crouch and Seb but with more pace than either. He is a bit of a ball butcher though. He is though a clearance player which is an area where we struggle. Henry I personally just don't see the value, outside runner with pa...

I just looked up the trade and we got 3 picks 5,13, and 48 and a handful of nothing players. That brought us Joel Smith who was a great player that we screwed over and Aussie Jones and we wasted pick 13. We were not screwed in the deal as Plugger only played another 98 games and we got two 200 game...

I just looked up the trade and we got 3 picks 5,13, and 48 and a handful of nothing players. That brought us Joel Smith who was a great player that we screwed over and Aussie Jones and we wasted pick 13. We were not screwed in the deal as Plugger only played another 98 games and we got two 200 game...

I just looked up the trade and we got 3 picks 5,13, and 48 and a handful of nothing players. That brought us Joel Smith who was a great player that we screwed over and Aussie Jones and we wasted pick 13. We were not screwed in the deal as Plugger only played another 98 games and we got two 200 gamer...

I just looked up the trade and we got 3 picks 5,13, and 48 and a handful of nothing players. That brought us Joel Smith who was a great player that we screwed over and Aussie Jones and we wasted pick 13. We were not screwed in the deal as Plugger only played another 98 games and we got two 200 gamer...

Yes, because Ross has proven he can win premierships.
He is also proven to fix sides goal kicking and improve teams attacking capabilities.

Yes, because Ross has proven he can win premierships.
He is also proven to fix sides goal kicking and improve teams attacking capabilities.

I agree we should keep him.
He has shown he has the talent, finished top 5 in B&F in 2020 when we made the finals.
He just needs to be able to stay on the park.
With his injury record the last couple of years we would get bugger all for him so his value is far higher for us to keep than trade.

Yeah Dempster, Schneider and Membrey were all disasters.
The Swans have been good and fair trade partners over many years and I would rather trade with them than many other clubs.

Melbourne will just get over Carlton.
Port to beat GWS reasonably comfortably.

They do get to dictate to a degree because he is their player and not a free agent. Yes, he can walk to the pre-season draft but then he will end up at either North or across town at West Coast. It won't get him here. We will have to offer something they will want and if he is as good as people on h...

5 - Marshall
4 - Steele
3 - Hill
2 - NWM
1 - Ross

If he is as good as NWM then they are going to want 2 FRDPs for him as we would for NWM.

How closely have you watched him play or are you just going by stats? I have seen him play so not just by stats but I am not going to pretend I have studied him closely. From what I have seen his kicking is average at best certainly not elite as people are suggesting in my opinion. I think Saturday...

I don't want him at all. He would add nothing to our side except pace (we have Peris who is younger that can add nothing but pace). He is another ball butcher and we already have a bunch of those. It wouldn't surprise me though if Ross went hard for him as he probably thinks he can turn him into de...

I don't want him at all. He would add nothing to our side except pace (we have Peris who is younger that can add nothing but pace). He is another ball butcher and we already have a bunch of those. It wouldn't surprise me though if Ross went hard for him as he probably thinks he can turn him into def...

Howard was dealing with a midfield that was regularly getting it's arse handed to it. Cordy comes in and has two good games where our midfield was well on top, a rare occurrence this year. We then play Brisbane where the midfield again was runover and Joe tears Cordy a new one. The fact that Joe's g...

M15 for me.

M15 for me.

Tim English will get the ruck spot and he has had a great year.
Sinclair is a certainty to make it.
Roma may get a gig on the bench but I feel that Wilkie will probably miss out as he is fairly inconspicuous in what he does.

No wonder GWS have done well.
I saw Adam in Sexy Beast and his quarter time sprays must be terrifying.

Petracca doesn’t give a s*** about this game. That aged well. Ok but cheap shot. Were you watching the game? Yes it was a cheap shot and I did watch the game. It wasn't meant as a mean comment but I did think it somewhat comical that I was reading the comment during the second half of the third qua...