Andrew Gaff - RFA

[Ants]

I would also have Shiel just ahead for us based on the fact he is better on the inside, however Gaff if acquired through FA wouldn’t cost us any draft picks. There’s only a year between them and Gaff is also more durable though.

It would be a case of:

Shiel>Gaff

but

Gaff + 2018 1st + 2018 2nd > Shiel

WCE will match.

[HirdMentality]

They probably would, but it would all depend on their cap situation, and our offer, unfortunately we don’t know either

[Finding_Nino]

Reckon Gaff will do a Sloane and stay with WC

[bomba]

All the reports are saying he is nearly signed on

[Clone_Hirdy_Positive]

Um, Sloane doesn’t even play with WC.

[Theclubsanga]

Unless we can convince him we can make a flag tilt.

[Theclubsanga]

Gossage…he is a numb skull!

[SillyBilly]

North apparantly have a 7 year offer on the table for him… Not that they land fish, but it would provide a guide

It worked the 3 other times. Lets try again is there motto.

At this rate they will get Kyle Cheney.

[nickers]

Get Gaff as a FA - he’s an absolute gun and a massive upgrade on a Colyer type. Gives us a ton of flexibility re being able to rotate Smith/Zaharakis/Zerrett forward more often or McGrath to a HBF if we need to at times, too.

Then use our first pick on the best young midfielder (ideally a contested, clearance type gun) and snap up a Wallis/Tyson type as inside mid depth.

All of a sudden, we look to have some serious midfield class with Heppell, Zerrett, Zaharakis, Smith & Gaff as bonafide guns, with plenty of improvement still to come from McGrath, Parish, Langford & Guelfi, plus cameos from Fanta, Tippa & Stringer at times.

Hopefully Mutch & Clarke come on, plus we’ll have some senior depth in Myers, Colyer & Goddard as well.

Add to that a capable Tyson/Wallis type along with another top 10 midfielder from the draft and we have plenty of competition for spots, giving us the strongest Essendon midfield in well over a decade.

Then get Shiel as a FA next year.

[rossoneri]

Both are RFA and west coast will almost certainly match the offer unless it’s a 7 year offer by north

[beer-man]

North apparantly have a 7 year offer on the table for him… Not that they land fish, but it would provide a guide

It worked the 3 other times. Lets try again is there motto.

At this rate they will get Kyle Cheney.

It won’t work for them, it will be the offer thrown up by his manager to get something similar out of other clubs in the race. Do you think Adelaide wanted to sign Sloane for as long as they did?

[nickers]

Maybe. We’d probably offer him 6 years on solid coin so they may not want to call that bluff, either.

[bomba]

Can’t argue with that logic haha. I didn’t see who started the rumours but not so sure now haha

[Theclubsanga]

Does he still do western front?

[bomba]

I don’t even think that shows still on hahha

[Theclubsanga]

Thank ■■■■ for that!

[bomba]

Amen haha. All those mongo’s doing the W with the fingers every chance got old very quickly haha

[BurlyHurley]

McGovern signs on, gaff almost a certainty to leave now surely

[Preliminary_Point2]

Why?

Wouldn’t a good team mate staying on make you more likely to stay.

They can’t be under that much pressure cap wise.

[BurlyHurley]

Nic Nat, Kennedy, darling, yeo and McGovern must be on a fair bit of coin