I am not up to date for sure....but seems to me that a guy who has been injured, started the year in the twos, may struggle to fit in to the best 22, but has some good talent, would be a perfect target for the GC.

They could throw him money and opportunity that the Blues cannot guarantee.

Likely to go/stay?

This has been mentioned before. A rumour floating around is that Grigga has actually signalled his intention to the MC to go to GC and this has contributed to his lack of game-time. But this is al rumour.

Personally, if Grigga was the only player we'd lose, I'll sign that line.

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If Grigg was playing well enough to get a game over currently selected players, he'd be in the team, don't worry about that. At the moment the MC has bigger fish to fry than victimising a player who is or is not going to GC in the future.
Sounds like a useless rumour to me.

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A caller rang SEN on Thursday and asked Greg Denham if he had heard this rumour too.
Denham's response was "why would the Gold Coast waste their time chasing Grigg".

Yet another nuff, nuff comment from a nuff, nuff journalist.

Grigg is the level of player that GC and WS will end up prizing away from another club. They'll land one reasonable to big fish and the rest will be middle tier players. 22 run out every week, it won't be a Gary Ablett plus 21 teenagers.

The guy hasn't a clue at all, seriously.

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Agree to a certain extent TUB but one thing does stand out to me re Denham. After the Essendon* game where everyone wanted Ratts' head and the media were circling like vultures it was (unbelievably so) Greg Denham who kept the level head and claimed that it was way too early to be dismissing Ratts and that he "at absolute minimum" had this year and some of next year to get things right. So as much as I've hated him and bagged him in the past I really respected him for saying that.

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Denham likes the odds on 50\50 bets, continuously takes them.

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We are Carlton, @#$%&! the rest !!!!!!

Nah Denham is right on this one...he will go after all the bigger fish first, he will se what he has caught and at a later stage might consider a 4th year player stuck in the magoos. Hard to believe he would commit to Grigg before he has a decent crack at some higher credentialed Blues.

You don't believe the stories re Harbrow or Q Lynch ?

Hellas, Denham also said Ratts had certain clauses written into his contract (ie not making the finals this year) that could see him replaced at the end of the year. This of coarse added more fuel to the fire at the time. Seems like he had all bases covered.

I don't think Shaun is a good fit for the Gold Coast. It's much harder to get a marriage annulled in Queensland than in Nevada.

Quite frankly if I was the GC17 I wouldn't trade 1 single pick in 2010. I would take my lumps the 1st 3 or 4 years and the next 4 will probably reap about 4 Premierships.

The talent they can stack away will be truly amazing.

Regards Cazzesman

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The gold coast experiment will be interesting.

The titans have made the finals of the NRL almost every year, yet their crowd figures are alarmingly low this year and they are in or near the top 4 at the moment.

Similarly the soccer team has been a bit of disaster in terms of crowds.

So maybe they need to be up and running straight away. you are right, players like Grigg or Nathan ablett are never going to win you a flag. His brother might be worth it.

GC will trade a 1st round draft pick for a mature age ruckman - they wont want their 2 or 3 prize 18 year old ruckman taking their lumps for 4 years - they will be busted up Josh Frasers by the time their window opens.

Interesting....can you shed any further light on that comment

They dont have to give away any of their prized picks. With their stack of cash and kids on minimal wages, the uncontracted players will be their bonanza.
with the AFL deciding compensation, you can bet the GC will be laughing all the way to draft day.

It's an open cheque book that will construct a super team within 4 years.

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Looking forward to seeing our potential realised.

Are you happy with the quality in this year's draft? Sounds like it. What will the depth be like for a team like us?

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So you think the only player managers being spoken to are for the guns of this competition. Deluded.

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We are Carlton, @#$%&! the rest !!!!!!

Quite a few good kids floating around this year. It might be useful to trade for one of them. But CM is right: GC would be better off in the long run to keep their picks. However, few coaches or teams can handle the sort of losses that usually brings without doing something. Getting a few mature bodies in probably the way they'll go.

Interesting discussion........the first 2 years is critical to the Gold Coast. If they have a group of kids getting smashed every week then they lose the momentum they currenty have. I have been up there and you can get access very easily to the people within (it is like a big country town) through corporate lunches and the feeling is very positive. Access to the best kids, access to uncontracted players and a new sporting facility......if they become a bottom team in the first couple of years then thye lose it. Which is why they need Ablett to keep the spirit going while they stay down the bottom until the kids mature (could take 6 years).

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