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Duckman#72

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Well guys - now the fun begins!!

Thought I would start a thread for some of the rumours.

Here's some of the stories doing the rounds:

1. Apparently Collingwood are looking at offload Davis and Cloke due to their constant underperformance in big games(finals). A Davis/Lovett trade has been spoken of. (I can't see Knights agreeing to Davis)

2. Davey to leave Melbourne and join his brother Alywn at Essendon

3. Fevola to Swans for Hall. Then Carlton could offload Hall to Bulldogs for Lake and or Everitt.

4. Jetta to be thrown around for potential suitors

5. Charman to move to Melbourne or St Kilda

I cannot confirm that any of these are likely but it's interesting to ponder. About the only definites are Lovett leaving Essendon and Brock McLean joining Carlton from Melbourne. Anybody have any other combinations they've heard about?

Duckman
 
Would make no sense if the dogs trade Lake for Hall, when you will only get 1 to 2 years max out of Hall. That's of course if he does not have a brain snap.


Gumby, are the saints looking at off loading Milne?
 
Shame Lovett has issues, he's a bloody good player. Davey will cover him that's for sure. Would be a good pick up.

A ready made tall forward would be good, or are we going to be covered when Hille comes back and we can move one of the youngsters forward?
 

I agree Kennas. Shame to lose Lovett, but if we could get Davey, we'd be getting someone just as quick, who is more consistent AND who has some hard ball gets.

I also agree that a "ready made tall forward" is what we are lacking. With the departure of Lucas and Lloyd, our forward line looks out of its depth. I know players will be "coming on" but Gumbleton, Neagle and Hurley have played about 30 games between them. With Gumbleton's injuries over the past few seasons you are getting a 22 year "rookie" running around.

As for Lake, I heard the rumour that he was so disgruntled at the Dogs he just might nominate for the draft and the Bulldogs would get nothing.

"On the Couch" last Monday night, suggested that Milne's position might be under review and if Saints could grab a quality goal sneak they might do it. The forward line is certainly St Kilda's area for improvement. Spreading the goals around.

Duckman
 
I guess at the end of the day if Lovett isnt happy with the club he should go, it was obvious at the start of the year he was disgruntled, the speed of the game and form got the best of Scotty unfortunately, pity to see him go the way he did, his last game for Sheeds, particularly the last quarter was worthy of memory, if Lloydy wasnt going to get a run at full forward he was going to have another year stuggling with form being out of position, always a hard one with the young ones coming through, another one that comes to mind is maybe Adam Mcphee as trade bait, the new style of play seems a bit fast for him, still a great player but maybe better suited to a different style of the game. Always liked Jetta but he doesnt seem to be coming on like he should, would be great to see him step up as a goal sneak.
 
Does anyone want:

Brett Peake?
Steven Dodd?
Marcus Drum?
Ryan Murphy?

I'm quietly hoping that the Dockers trade Tarrant for a good youngster - he's only going to be in Freo 1 more year and his value is high after a good season down back. If we could get someone that will be good for a few years I'd be happy.
 
Fevola to Sydney, O'Keefe to NM, Gibson to Hawthorn and McGlynn to Carlton. Remembering the latter two are a lot younger its about fair.
 
agree but add in schammer, bradley and if freo are serious they must
trade tarrant
 
munga said:
agree but add in schammer, bradley and if freo are serious they must
trade tarrant
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Agree with the assessment of Bradley - but doubt any team would show much interest at this stage of his career.

An interesting one would be for Carlton to do a three way trade with Melbourneand Bombers. Fev to Melbourne, who in turn send Davey to Bombers, who in turn send Lovett and (either draft pick or Jetta/Nash) to the Blues.

Duckman
 
Davey has re-signed with the Dees until end of 2013.

Just heard a rumour from a Carlton member... Tippet for Fev!
As a crows supporter i can not see that happening! Fev would not be Craig's cup of tea
 
Ghetto23 said:
Does anyone want:

Brett Peake?
Steven Dodd?
Marcus Drum?
Ryan Murphy?
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Hell no
No
No
No

Sorry

Potentially losing Tippett scares the hell out of me. GC 17 waiting to swoop next year.

Prospector, any word on his contract, refused to sign an extension mid season i recall?
 
GumbyLearner said:
Offloading Lake is the most insane proposition the Bulldogs should consider.:screwy:
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Totally agree. After all he is an all-Australian this year. The Bulldogs should move heaven and earth to sort out any problems he has at the club.

As for Lovett, I understand Geelong were interested in him a while back. Don't know why they didn't go ahead, maybe because they already had a surplus of players of his type. Having "issues" may not have been the problem as they have taken players with "issues" before - think of Gary Ablett senior (ex-Hawthorn) and John Barnes (ex-Essendon).

(Wikipedia report on Barnes - "With an abundance of tall timber at Windy Hill, he was traded after five fairly anonymous seasons, to the Geelong Football Club for Sean Denham. During this period, he even turned up to training on one occasion with dyed pink hair").

As for Fevola he would be a crowd-puller in Sydney, now that Hally has gone, although perhaps trading one set of "issues" for another.
 
one player not mentioned in circles yet, but certainly worthy if fit, is NATHAN BROWN (the tigers version). a high quality player, who at his age needs to slot into a successful forward line, LIKE ST KILDA, and be drawn the 3rd or lower defender, rather than 1 or 2 like he was at richmond.

reluctant as i am, if STK were to keep milne, and add brown to their forward line, it would boost it enormously, as he might only get 3-4 kicks a game, but with a lesser defender on him, they are likely to be all goals.

imagine the cats adding brown to their forward line - ablett, chapman, bartel, johnson & others all rotating thru the forward line & centre pack, with nathan brown doing 15 mins per quarter off the bench - he'd play for 3 more years in that team.
 
Have heard a rumour that West Coast want to trade Nickoski. He's not a bad little player and has a thumping kick - when he's not injurred, that is...
 
Who do you think will want Fev??

More to the point who will be able to afford him. From what I have heard on the radio the only team with enough money in their salary cap for him is the Swans.

I guess time will tell....
 

I must admit I thought Brown should retire when I saw him play during the year. But I have to agree - throw him in St Kilda's or Geelong's line up and he'd be good value.

Duckman
 
Love Browny but the time was right to give it away, unfortunately he can no longer shake off his opponent like he used too.
His friendship with Roo will not be enough to get him to the Saints.
 
roofa said:
Love Browny but the time was right to give it away, unfortunately he can no longer shake off his opponent like he used too.
His friendship with Roo will not be enough to get him to the Saints.
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the last, usually worthless draft pick, on match payments only + certain KPI's, and he could easily end up at moorabbin.
 
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