Could be a smart play getting the extra picks, their core should still be strong enough that they stay in the mix or thereabouts while doing a mini-rebuild
Another Duursma leaving Port. Sister Yasmin heading to Carlton.
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Reports that the Gold Coastās Bess Keaney wants to be traded to us.
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Wouldnāt mind that. Could give VDH a chop out across half back.
Libby Birch to NM
McCarthy to Freo, Roux to WCE
Birch āworthā the difference between pick 19 and pick 35.
Sheās only just reached 26 years oldā¦
Daisy Pearce to be named WCE coach.
All happening this morning!
Sheās had a busy last few days ā they named the Melbourne B&F after her on the weekend.
She says no to coaching us, but yes to that shitshow in the West?! 
Deep pockets, one could suggest.
āGold Coast vice-captain Bess Keaney is also set to leave Queensland and head to Essendon for family reasonsā
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I have no facts to back this up other than my observations whenever Daisy has commented on one of our games but she always gives me the impression that she doesnāt like our club for whatever reason. Just little things but never is overtly positive or praising when we win and when we lose itās as if she expects nothing less.
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Maybe we launched our womenās footy program by grabbing too many players from Diamond Creek and not Darebin?
Iām not sureā¦like I said itās just my interpretation of what she says whenever sheās commentated Essendon games.
H-Scum reports tensions between us and Melbourne over the Maddie Gay trade.
Report says we donāt want to give up any of our first two draft picks, while Melbourne wants at least our first pick.
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So Gay >>> Birch?
Based on other trades going around Iād have thought something like our pick 13 + 53 for Gay and Melbourneās pick 26 would be reasonably āfairā, but Iām also perfectly happy with us not giving up pick 13
As I said above - sheās a very good player, and would give Prespakis a chop out, but I donāt think she needs to be considered a priority.
We need lots more leg speed. Too reliant on Amber Clarke currently.
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Complicating the matter is Bess Keaney wanting a trade from Gold Coast to us as well. So there has to be compo for them. Reads like the AFL is probably trying to figure out a three-way (when it comes to picks and/or player(s) going back to Melbourne and/or Gold Coast).
And we plop her forward instead!