AFL 2025 Silly Season

[Jim05]

[quote="Armchair expert"]Respect for Essendon
Respect for Brisbane
Respect for St Kilda

Carlton you pack of duds

Disgrace by us.
Merrett will leave next year for stuff all

What? Showing backbone is disgraceful? Sometimes, just sometimes you need to show who's in charge. And it's not someone that signs and contract and then wants out part way through. That sets a terrible standard in your club.

He is leaving next year for stuff all.
Had a great chance to load up at the next two drafts

Big deal. You will get a first rounder anyway as compo. Like I said, that sets a standard that our club should've set too.[/quote]Not next year. We will get maybe a single first for him in a trade.
Not to mention the rift that is between players already. Going to be a messy year

[whufc]

Bit of a changing of the guard this trade period.

Is this the first time we have seen multiple deals not go through for decent players?

Without the stats feels like clubs aren't willing to be as friendly as they once were. Also combined with the receiving club traditionally knowing they can get massive unders.

Going to be interesting to see how it all plays out....

-Does Ah Chee get to Adelaide
-Does Merritt / Marshall play well or shite next year.

[stan]

Bit of a changing of the guard this trade period.

Is this the first time we have seen multiple deals not go through for decent players?

Without the stats feels like clubs aren't willing to be as friendly as they once were. Also combined with the receiving club traditionally knowing they can get massive unders.

Going to be interesting to see how it all plays out....

-Does Ah Chee get to Adelaide
-Does Merritt / Marshall play well or shite next year.

Achee will get to Adelaide.

Merrit will play well as he's a class player. He can't be captain though, however Essendon are about to implode so this might be one of many issues soon.

Marshall didn't have the fall out that Merrit did. He'll play and probably spend more time forward.

[stan]

Respect for Essendon
Respect for Brisbane
Respect for St Kilda

Carlton you pack of duds

Disgrace by us.
Merrett will leave next year for stuff all

Fancy wanting 4 1st round picks for a 30yr old, joke of a club, glad we didnt fold.
Now we need to go hard for Butters and/or Humphrey next year.
We'll get Merret for a packet of chips after he goes through the motions next year.

Carlton have done well, their ins are what the modern game requires, plenty of small goal kickers.

This is all good in retrospect as we all jabe 20/20 hindsight, but I wonder if the Hawks should have turned there attention to poet with that offer?

Pick 10, future 1st and pick 22, maybe put some more Mayo on it and look at at 2027 picks as well and start talking Butters?

I know the stance for this year was he's not going anywhere, buy maybe 2 first and an early second and maybe a bit more would have got them talking.

[whufc]

Bit of a changing of the guard this trade period.

Is this the first time we have seen multiple deals not go through for decent players?

Without the stats feels like clubs aren't willing to be as friendly as they once were. Also combined with the receiving club traditionally knowing they can get massive unders.

Going to be interesting to see how it all plays out....

-Does Ah Chee get to Adelaide
-Does Merritt / Marshall play well or shite next year.

Achee will get to Adelaide.

Merrit will play well as he's a class player. He can't be captain though, however Essendon are about to implode so this might be one of many issues soon.

Marshall didn't have the fall out that Merrit did. He'll play and probably spend more time forward.

Do you think other clubs will watch Marshall / Merritt with interest?

If both go on and be super professional and have decent seasons we might see more teams get a bit stronger at the draft table. The worry seems to have always been about their performance if kept at the club.