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Mills, Blakey and Cunningham out. Who takes the reins?

Just doesn’t sit right, those are all best 23 players (arguably) and they are all out of the club

This is gonna be fun! From triple m instagram

EDIT: Just to add context, this is from the triple m instagram post announcing Blakeys trade to North.

By the time it gets to us, it will be pick 8 or 9 with Walker, Cochrane, and potentially Matthews going before we get to pick. Personally, I think we should bid on Matthews if he is still there, and then take Mitch Harris.

Thoughts?

Barring Chad making an effort to earn back what has been lost - hopefully demonstrating a much more humbler ego and respect for others - could the Lizard’s big contract being erased mean extending Chad is within our grasp?

I really hope we look at him as a depth player in defence as a DFA as he’s a nice height at 187cm and looked like he could be a nice player in the couple of games he played this year. (Also have a very good track record picking up Hawthorn players for cheap)

Things move quickly, eh!

So we've got 6, 38, 39, 47, 54, 76 and 95. No chance we add 7 picks in this draft, the list just won't handle it.

I'm assuming we stick at 6, and take one of the top 6 guys outside of Cochrane, Walker and Matthews. Do we try and package the rest to move up? Any word on McGroder?

What are your thoughts?

EDIT - 54, not 52.

This was a lovely chat with Baz and Charlie at the Club Champion awards 2 weeks ago.

"My information is Robbie D'Orazio is putting the hard line on Sydney, saying lets not take this to deadline again, like it was with Charlie Curnow last year. He wants to get this done as early as possible."

- Sam Edmund

I’m increasingly concerned that there is a coordinated effort by Blakey, his agent, and the agent's media friends to rush this trade through as if it’s a fait accompli. And that it could work.

This guy (also Curnow's agent) has the gall to tell us to just take whatever they offer when in the vice versa scenario last year he oversaw us overpaying to bring curnow.

These comments should be to North Melbourne. Not us.

My read on these comments are that he’s saying “Blakey is never coming back to you. Take what you’re offered. Don’t make it difficult” and there’s a bit of an implied “or else” in there.

All this when we are meant to be the ones holding the cards.

Sydney should have been stronger. We should have done what Carlton and Essendon did last season and say “no way” and then wait for a monster offer.

Instead we’ve said “we are really confident he will be at the club next season”. Confident? He’s contracted for 5 seasons. The word you’re searching for is “certain”.

Why are we publicly leaving the door ajar when we can be more adamant which would drive the price up?

We’ve allowed North to think it’s ok to drip feed us sub par offers.

And we’ve allowed the manager to get his media mates to frame the narrative that Blakey leaving is a fait accompli while we have been absolutely radio silent in counter narrating that idea.

Last year Essendon and Carlton were very open and active in their communications that they expected to retain their contracted players

A disheartening loss from our understrength girls side on Sunday, but fans looking for a win this week can vote Chloe for GOTY. Could the Swans possibly go back to back in it?

Let's say we get 2 or 3 first round picks for nick one being 2027 future first i actually think that pick won't be as bad as we think, if this website/ info is correct we could get a decent pick depending where north will finish next year and i genuinely think they will finish in the bottom 5

I know in business you’re always told to never show your best offer first. But how are you going to present a deal that includes a pick you don’t even have??

The deal will likely go to deadline day and we might get a bit more from North than is currently on the table but it seems to me with Pick 6 and a Future 1st up the lizard is all but gone. So....

Anyone got any ideas on what we could be doing with that pick? How is this draft class looking?

Is anyone across what his preferences are? Every other player has declared where they want to go. I would have thought Adelaide, given he already tried to move there, but Essington's coming in as a late option.

This would be the best pick up, and if it were possible to get SDK as well 🤌🤌

He wouldn't cost a lot given he lost his role in the team to an old bastard, who's frankly been brilliant in all 4 grand finals.