This is a great year for bringing in high quality recruits from other clubs. I don't mind trading players or Picks. We have a first round draft pick from last year (Kemp) so the emphasis should be on A and A+ players from other clubs. NO MORE LIST CLOGGERS PLEASE.

There are a whole range of A/A+ grade players we could target.

Jack Viney (FA and the word is he wants to come to Carlton)
Brad Crouch (FA)
Zac Williams (FA and we are pursuing him big time)
Clayton Oliver (Its my understanding that his management made enquiries at Carlton)
Josh Kelly (final year before FA ... )
Wines (worth another crack ... family wants it to happen)
Saad (debatable)

reckon we should ask the question of any Giants player. Whitfield included. that place ain't right. rank footy.

No

Agreed.. They have a touch of the Adelaide about them....spot fires everywhere...
Cameron looks like he's the kerosene too
... Or the AFL interference is backfiring
Go Blues

I can see us landing Williams with an offer GWS can't match (GWS even the corrupt AFL Commission can't buy them a flag).

If Merrett's manager is talking to Austin (maybe about other players in his stable) and we can entice him, we would have to offer 2 first rounders for him.

It seems Saad may just well be eyeing a list spot at Carlton, and he's worth a first rounder plus some. He's out of contract.

How do we land both players from Effen*don?

It would be an opposition's nightmare with the new additions in 2021:

R TDK Walsh Williams
C Merrett Cripps Setterfield

Marchbank and Saad in the backline with Docherty

Charlie and Jack in the forwardline with Martin


That is a much better environment to develop the younger ones like Kemp, Dow, SPS

I'm sure we would get Merrett for 2 x 1st rounders given he will be RFA next year.
I'm sure we would get Saad for 1st rounder plus a 2nd rounder (if we had to) if we couldn't get him with 2 x 2nd rounders.
Especially if they want out.

I would trade a Player for a first pick to get both of those Bumber* players

If Daniher goes for nothing, (ie Effen*don can't match) then that's what is facing them with Merrett next year, and they might think twice about holding onto him.

If they see they can get 2 firsts for Merrett from Carlton and he's out the door, Effen*don may have cap space to match Sydney (or whoever), and they end up with

Daniher (Sydney or Geelong) 2020 2021 1st picks (Geelong have 3 x 2020 1st picks)
Merrett (Carlton) 2020 2021 1st picks
Saad (Carlton) 2020 1st pick (for traded player)
Draft Pick (Effen*don) 1st pick.

They go into 2020 Draft with possibly 5 x 1st round picks starting with their at pick 5 (if Suns beat Hawks), and 2021 with 2 1st round picks or more.

They need a spine, coz they are spineless.

DO IT !!!!!!!!

We're so good that we can walk away from Zac Williams are we?
For those who don't rate him, have a look at his ball use out of defence compared to our players. If you want to play the corridor and get away from the boundary game, you need players who can hit the kick.
We have so many supporters who spend all their time being critical but fail to come up with any solutions. Stick your neck out Keogh. Instead of saying no to everything, bagging everything, tell us what we should do improve the list. No motherhood statements, no "sack the board" copouts. Give us nuts and bolts. Give us names.

No, I haven't. Let's hear them. Here's your chance.

While you’re at it Keogh, can you also be specific about how you would get these players to the club - ie. how we get the deals done, which players we delist, etc. Exactly what a ‘rebuild’ would look like for us.

Yeah Horse,i agree......................Whitfield grew up with Newman so there is a connection............................i reckon on what i have seen Williams would be about tenth in the queue.A little above average but thats all.