Who knows. Don't even know if we are interested. Lions very keen to have him as fwd/ruck w Luey but wants to come home.

Thought he might be a good combo w Kruezer?

Just using him as an example

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#NewBlues beginning 25th August 2015

Wonder if GWS would entertain some sort of swap of Yarran for Curtly Hampton. Draft picks exchanged also I suppose, but have admired Hampton's consistency in a tough position at a young age.

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No.

Hampton isn't any better than Yarran. Swap for change of role.

Yarran may be slightly better, but by taking the trade you're effectively saying that you've got an extra 3 years to develop the player you're after.

I'd be happy to take the gamble that Hampton plays at the level Yarran would by staying at Carlton, and hopefully GWS take the gamble that they can turn Yarran into the superstar he has the talent to become......and exchange a favourable draft pick our way for the purposes of the transaction.

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I would rather look for a Nick Graham type midfielder to replace Yarran or keep him.

Boyd would be ok too.

Agree with the statement in red 100%

Tippett
Shaw
Richards
Kennedy
McVeigh
Morton
Everitt
Walsh
Mumford

All current listed Swans senior players and all traded from other clubs. 9 out of 40
So much for that argument.

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Let slip the Blues of war (with apologies to William Shakespeare) (and Sir Francis Bacon, just in case)

BS,

I presume you mean McGlyn not McVeigh.

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"You can't polish a James Hird"

Hawks:
Josh Gibson
Shaun Burgoyne
Brian Lake
Brent Guerra
Jack Gunston
David Hale

There's an argument for both.

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Agree, Hampton is a good talent but our priority needs to be ball winning mids who can use the ball well. Some size wouldn't hurt either.

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#NewBlues beginning 25th August 2015

Surely the point is that the Swans have both traded well and drafted well. That's what puts the better teams towards the top in so far as recruiting goes, getting it right a good percentage of the time in the 2 ways to bring new players into your club. Stuff up too much with the kids and trading well will help you cover that, trade poorly and good young'uns will help you put a decent or even good team on the park, but the really top teams have done both well.

meh... trading or drafting... they're one of the same

Other clubs do it better than us... we have to get better

Our recruiters... they're still the same people bar one I believe? I just pray that MM has given them clear instructions on what type of players he want's otherwise I fear it will be more of the same... hbf types etc.

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“I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.” ― Richard Feynman

No one is saying that you can't find good players from other clubs but it has to be measured and not the foundation of a list. The point of saying that you have to build from the draft is that you have to start taking responsibility for your list and not make short sighted, short term decisions. Gunston, for example, was a young player with upside that Hawthorn didn't really 'need' rather than an ageing player brought in to plug a hole. On the other hand, Lake was a star on wane that Hawthorn got for next to peanuts. Hawthorn and Geelong are two of the top sides of the competition, not a middling side with delusions of grandeur. We certainly shouldn't be trading vital draft picks for 'stock' or giving up someone like Grigg for a player like Collins. It's ludicrous list management.

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Just because I'm offended, doesn't mean I'm wrong.

We didn't give up Grigg - he wanted to go - Collins was the toothpicks.

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"Hence you will not say that Greeks fight like heroes but that heroes fight like Greeks"?

Winston Churchill

I think it's called List Management?

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#NewBlues beginning 25th August 2015

After the weekend its looking more and more like the following will be delisted:

Davies
Joseph
Mitchell
Duigan
McCarthy?? (I'd keep him maybe as a rookie)
I think Buckley may be in trouble as well.

I think Scotland will retire.

Collins, Dale will go from the rookie list.

Bell I believe can have another year as a rookie and Curnow will probably be upgraded. Cachia to stay on rookie list

O'Keefe will need to be upgraded if we want to keep him.

The tough decisions will be around trades:

Hampson
Lucas
Yarran
Laidler

Garlett may be an option as well if a club offers a good deal?

They are our only real trade options.

Betts may go with FA?

That will give around 10-12 changes to our main list.


If we could then add Watts, White, a couple of mids to our list plus 6 or so draft picks I'd be very happy.

Plus we can add another 4 rookies. Will give our list a much different look.

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#NewBlues beginning 25th August 2015

Glad we got rid of that spineless poonce.

Did you see him yesterday...outside player...nothing more, nothing less.

When the engine was closed off at Qtr time he died out of the game.
He doesnt get dirty and doesnt get his own ball.
Thats why Ratts played him in the VFL...development! Grigg wanted easy street and went to Ninethmond.

What a wasted pick 19 He cost us ...the prick

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Everyone looks good in Navy Blue

Betts, Yarran and Lucas for Josh Kennedy...

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Still, we would have been better served to seek a draft selection. Richmond would have valued him enough to eventually give up a reasonable draft pick.

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Just because I'm offended, doesn't mean I'm wrong.

We had no power to ask for anything, with the possible exception of a JR'esque trade.

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#GUILTY