No words...

The guys on Fox were saying they would possibly get three first round picks for him.
Lynch was good, but not that good.
Eddie McGuire & his merry band of sycophants Paul Roos, Dunstall etc were all on a panel Friday night discussing this issue. It’s all good they concluded.AFL will step in with significant compensation. Up to 3 first round picks!! That will push them up the ladder artificially without giving them “priority picks” in the tradition way.


The only ones with a dissenting voice were Gerard and David King. Both referred to the Gold Coast as a recruiting club for other clubs, which is basically what Carlton is as well. A or B+grade talent forced out the door-eg Gibbs, Tuohy. Only difference is GC compensation. Wait and see. Watch and learn. November.

“Ever feel you’re being cheated.” Johnny Lydon 1970s

Buddy got Hawthorn pick 16 and Lynch will get GC multiple first rounders? He must be going for $2m a Eason for 8-10 years.......surely

GC will match any bid and force a trade. Stupid not too.

Well, if the AFL have assured them multiple picks as compo it’d make sense for Eddie to be talking it up.

Sounds like Lynch has made a decision

Is that how it works though?
I thought compo was a band 1, 2, 3 etc with ONE pick either after your first pick, at the end of the first round, after a second round pick and so on.
How can they give a club multiple picks?
This is bullshit if true.

Mate, it’s the AFL, they’ll do whatever suits them

I think Gold Coast will get pick 4 for coming 4th last. That is a given. The AFL will somehow engineer two extra 1st round draft picks for them, as apparently he is better than Franklin !!

To make it appear more “fair” they might give them one of the compensation picks next year?

Eg pick 3&4 this year, pick 10 next year. It won’t be at the end of 1st round unless things change. Call it the Frawley Rule.

Eddie looked gleeful on tv the other night. Lynch is likely Collingwood bound, but they have a few players on big bucks including ex Freo player, Pendlebury and deGoey, so I am sure it will all work out once they offload fringe players.

If they want Lynch to stay the AFL should offer poor compo do that the Suns match and a trade is forced.

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so if gold coast finish last do they get p1 and 2 and the team that finishes second last gets pick 3 is this correct

Yes. It will be a pick directly after their first pick. So the team finishing above them gets pushed down the order.

Pick 2/3/4 in this draft is far better compensation than they’ll get from forcing a trade, especially if it comes with a PP.

No wonder Eddie’s smiling

Exactly. He knows they will not match and loving every moment. What makes it worse, is that he is running the AFL move.........corruption at its best!!

So clubs like Hawthorn and Collingwood can just pick up quality players for nothing yet the thought of Carlton receiving any AFL assistance is seen to be outrages by some.
We cannot get good free agents to come to us so if an extra draft pick is the only help we can get then go for it.

Dane Beams going from Collingwood to Brisbane is one. What do you want the AFL to do about free agency??

Moonbeams.

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Until each team plays each other the same number of times, the AFL, as a fair dinkum competition, cannot be taken seriously.

He (Mr Swann) said the honour and pride associated with the club's traditional navy blue jumper was priceless.

I reckon I'd put pick 1 up for grabs, provided we can get a pick around 5 and another around 10-15 back the other way.
I can't really make up my mind between Lukosius, Walsh, Rankine, B King, M King anyway. Any would be a great get and who knows which one will turn out best.
In a deep draft another first rounder would be worth giving up the choice IMO

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I'd take Lukosius at pick 1 no hesitation.
Best talent in the draft, can't remember another CHF with his footy IQ , Kicking skills and work ethic in over a decade.

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Go Blue Boys

We could have Tony Lockett but if we can't get the ball into the F50 it's a moot point.

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