Mathematically you are saying talk = action. Mathematically, this is the problem with the club (mathematically).
Just accept it, he is going to Hawthorne and we will get the best deal available.
This has been in the pipeline for months, he wonāt be going anywhere else and we canāt allow him to play for us any longer.
Any talk of holding him to his contract is just nonsense and shows the club hasnāt learnt anything.
Time for these kids to get some fresh air at the club and start a new era
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Hey Zac
Ok we will trade you, if we get an offer we canāt resist.
But only to one of - Adelaide, Brisbane, Freo, Gold Coast, Port, Sydney, West Coast, or Richmond.
In fact sorry just changed our minds. West Coast or Richmond.
Actually, talk to everyone, and we will pretend to want to deal you right until the end of the trade period then shut down all conversations, like the Dogs did to us with Dunkley.
Enjoy
That is very apt and it needs to happen. But it canāt happen with Zerrett inside those ranks. Actively meeting with Hawthorn has incinerated that bridge. Deliberately, I might add.
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Agreed
Trade him for all the 1st round picks we can get.
Read an article when the crows decided to rebuild they used this line of thinking:
Top three picks were seen as having a 70 per cent chance of becoming star players, picks 3-10 were 50 per cent, 10-20 were a 35 per cent chance, and teenagers taken in the 20-25 range were a 20 per cent chance of turning into stars.
Load up on as many draft picks we can get for any players that want out. Get creative and bundle up picks for better picks
Difference is Dunkley was happy to go back and then get out the next year.
Zac will go nuclear and tear this club apart if forced to stay. We should be looking to create a good environment at the club not create a toxic mess
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Yeah thatās true.
Iām in the camp of fk him and fk off. BUT not necessarily bending to his preferred destination but giving him his options of who we will seek best deal from. Maybe 3-4 teams heād realistically be okay with.
Otherwise we lose leverage and honestly, fk that in this situation. Not letting a sook captain under contract sook and walk out of his commitment to us. But itās clear the players want him gone or at the very least are very ā ā ā ā ā ā off.
Yeah, I still donāt think some people have realised what the public comments from Redman and Martin actually mean. Theyāve outright questioned his ability to retain the captaincy . And theyāve suggested not just that other senior players are disappointed, but that heās effectively abandoned the young players on the list. That is a gigantic statement. Unprecedented, actually.
Unfortunately, Merrett is done at Essendon. And the manner of it was his choosing.
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Going to Geelong would be great option to happen, cos that would really pi$$ these smug Hawks fans off
Send him to Melbourne
For Rivers and picks
Do it right, and this episode can empower the playing group and club. We look like taking a swathe of young talent through the draft while the old guard is thinned. The demographic and dynamic will shift; hopefully, this will be cultural and on the field. This is an opportunity we canāt squander. Once the dust has settled, the trade and draft periods are over, and the players have returned to pre-season training, it would be a powerful moment for the young players to be addressed with the message: āThis is your club now. Make it great.ā
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Second time today Iāve run out of likes. And itās still morning.
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Haha how many likes does one need to give to run out of likes!?
He isnāt going to the B&F, Iām sure his name will be pulled from winning it aswell which he would have.
It all shouldnāt turn ugly though.
Yeah (trading to Geelong) but weād have to give them 2 first round draft picks just for the AFL to tick it off
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The posts are still up on X
Send him to North or West Coast (straight swap for Harley, both under contract)
We should ask form Massimo in the deal just for the lolz.
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Fixing the voting so he doesnāt win the BnF would be the greatest thing the club has done in decades.
I want this little ā ā ā ā ā ā ā snake out of my club now
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He doesnāt get a choice
Has he really thought this through by going down this direction
if he had come to club and said ok Iād like a trade then the club would have to do the best to get it done due to his service .
Having secret meetings well youāll go where the club gets the best return or you just deal with it ..
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