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Lions heroes set to depart after 25 GF? | 00:55<\/p>\n
What happens at Brisbane?<\/p>\n
Jon Ralph says \u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just perfect succession planning for the Brisbane footy club.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt looks like Cal Ah Chee will sign up to a free agency deal at Adelaide and they will lose him.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think Brandon Starcevich is more likely to accept a six-year deal at West Coast. He\u2019s got a two-year deal at Brisbane, but if they won a flag, would he be thinking to himself: \u2018Maybe I chase the three-peat.\u2019 He will have to work through that in the next week or so.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut even then if they do move on, it gives them some salary cap space. We know they\u2019re bringing in Oscar Allen and Sam Draper, but then Dan Annable \u2013 a top-five draft pick as another elite midfielder.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ll try and secure Will Ashcroft on a long-term deal over summer and the money they will save with those departing free agents just allows them to keep on keeping on with an elite side with another seven or eight years in this window.\u201d<\/p>\n
How can the Cats pull off Curnow trade? | 01:09<\/p>\n
Will the Cats add Curnow and get even stronger?<\/p>\n
Jon Ralph says \u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cJames Worpel will join Geelong on a four-year deal. They feel like they\u2019ve got an elite midfielder, but didn\u2019t have a lot of injuries (this year), so he brings more of a depth component there as an inside mid.<\/p>\n
\u201cCharlie Curnow? Yes he would like to play with Geelong and Geelong would certainly like to have him as well, even as they consider Rowan Marshall \u2013 a St Kilda ruckman who they\u2019re not sure St Kilda will trade. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe issue is even if they were prepared to give up Pick 18 and Shannon Neale (for Curnow) \u2013 and they\u2019re not prepared to give up Shannon Neale \u2013 and even if that was the trade package, Carlton would be saying; \u2018Thanks but no thanks. Charlie you will be packing your runners and we\u2019ll see you on the first day of the pre-season.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cSo Sydney is a more likely landing spot, given they are prepared to offer two first-round picks. Will Hayward, who was a free agent who considered Carlton last year, potentially is a circuit-breaker there. But again Carlton\u2019s strong view, as we speak, today is that Charlie Curnow is not for trading.\u201d<\/p>\n
How Dons plan to keep Merrett | 01:17<\/p>\n
Has the pendulum swung in the Zach Merrett situation?<\/p>\n
Jon Ralph says \u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cZach Merrett be at Essendon\u2019s best and fairest and then he\u2019ll head off to Europe and see if a trade can get done in his absence.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe went the nuclear option. It seemed for a couple days there that it (a trade) would happen and would work. And then we saw the new president in Andrew Welsh, he had the nuclear codes and disarmed the nuclear bomb! So all of a sudden, Essendon is saying: \u2018We\u2019ve copped the worst of this and we believe that even if he\u2019s not our captain he\u2019s absolutely able and ready and should feel he can stay at this football club.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are other football clubs around that are keen on him. Clearly Hawthorn is saying Pick 8 is about what we\u2019re prepared to offer. They\u2019re not prepared to offer two first-round picks as they would\u2019ve for Harley Reid. Why? Because he (Merrett) turns 30 next Friday and they feel like it\u2019s just not worth giving all that up.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt could still happen for Zach Merrett to Hawthorn, but I think these two parties are so far apart so much would need to change in the next 10 days.\u201d<\/p>\n
Crows in box seat to land Petracca? | 00:46<\/p>\n
What next for Christian Petracca?<\/p>\n
Jon Ralph says \u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cBoth parties are interested in a trade, but Melbourne is telling other people across the AFL landscape they\u2019re \u2018not rebuilding\u2019, so it would need to be an amazing deal here. They\u2019re very keen to secure Judd McvVee.<\/p>\n
\u201cMatt Crouch retired \u2013 what does that matter? The No, 5 jumper is available at Adelaide \u2013 wouldn\u2019t he look very good in Adelaide colours as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cGold Coast is keen as well, but they feel like they can\u2019t get in front of Christian Petracca. So the view there is Adelaide has first dibs on him and are really trying to make it work.<\/p>\n
\u201cPlenty of water to go under the bridge, but that seems like it\u2019s working towards some kind of conclusion.<\/p>\n
Pies increase their offer to Elliott | 00:44<\/p>\n
Will Collingwood lose one \u2013 or both \u2013 of their veteran forwards?<\/p>\n
Jon Ralph says \u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Suns officially have offered three years at $550,000 for Jamie Elliott. They believe the Pies have now lifted their offer \u2013 somewhere above $500,000 \u2013 so that\u2019s a decision that needs to be made.<\/p>\n
\u201cBrody Mihocek was in tears after the preliminary final. It was an emotional loss, but a lot of his Pies teammates inferred that it potentially might\u2019ve been his last game and he knew it was his last game for Collingwood.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has a three-year offer at Melbourne. The industry vibe is that he will move on, but he has not made an official decision there.<\/p>\n
\u201cMason Cox, if he gets a Collingwood deal, would be one year on minimum chips. Tom Mitchell is another one who is also exploring his options. Both of those players have been told: \u2018We cannot guarantee you a deal next year.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Saints to offer mega deal for Suns gun? | 01:24<\/p>\n
Are St Kilda really offering Sam Flanders a five-year deal worth over $900,000 per season?<\/p>\n
Jon Ralph says \u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cThey certainly are, that\u2019s the offer. They\u2019re also prepared to offer Pick 7 in pretty much a straight swap for Sam Flanders from Gold Coast. Clubs like Carlton, who are in the mix and met Flanders, just don\u2019t believe he\u2019s the kind of A-grader who would be worth $4.5 million.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut certainly St Kilda is desperate to try and use the next two years to convince Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera it is worth staying long-term. Nas is on $2 million, they\u2019re bringing in another $3 million of salary cap commitments, they\u2019re telling other clubs Tom De Koning is only worth $1.65 million.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey have saved about 20 per cent of their salary cap over the last couple of years, so in real terms only really operating on 80 per cent of their salary cap. But even that, you save that $7 million, all of these deals are long-term. So they\u2019re all-in, not only on their young players, but also on players who they believe will help them keep Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera as a one-club player.\u201d<\/p>\n
Could Gold Coast land Jamarra Ugle-Hagan?<\/p>\n
Jon Ralph says \u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cGold Coast is very interested in Jamarra Ugle-Hagan, but very cautious. If they did secure a deal, it would be full of contract components \u2026 it would effectively give them escape clauses.<\/p>\n
\u201cJarrod Harbrow is their Indigenous welfare manager \u2013 they think he\u2019s elite \u2013 and they think their culture is elite.<\/p>\n
\u201cWater under the bridge there, but they\u2019re the only club officially interested so far.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s one match remaining in the 2025 AFL season. But after the premiership winner is confirmed, all 18…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171894,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,63,689,3423,20781,112090,19120,112099,112098,8011,112093,45725,112088,11231,81333,42259,18507,50007,667,2485,112086,36878,86157,681,112092,13126,14396,12002,112097,677,15836,19095,52764,701,112095,7889,112100,11244,112094,85,1122,26889,37420,112089,1117,14355,77684,11236,112096,29109,28457,660,112091,112087],"class_list":["post-171893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-ben-waterworth","tag-brandon-starcevich","tag-charlie-curnow-sydney","tag-christian-petracca","tag-contract-components","tag-dan-annable","tag-david-zita","tag-depth-component","tag-elite-midfielder","tag-elite-side","tag-essendon-bombers","tag-exchange-period","tag-first-round-picks","tag-five-year-deal-worth","tag-football-clubs","tag-footy-club","tag-gold-coast","tag-industry-vibe","tag-jamie-elliott","tag-jarrod-harbrow","tag-jon-ralph","tag-lions-heroes","tag-mason-cox","tag-matt-crouch","tag-newcastle-united-football-club","tag-nuclear-codes","tag-oceania","tag-oscar-allen","tag-preliminary-final","tag-premiership-winner","tag-queensland","tag-real-terms","tag-salary-cap","tag-salary-cap-commitments","tag-sam-draper","tag-sam-flanders-st-kilda","tag-sports","tag-st-kilda","tag-st-kilda-saints","tag-succession-planning","tag-sydney-trade","tag-tom-de-koning","tag-tom-mitchell","tag-trade-interest","tag-trade-news","tag-trade-package","tag-trade-stories","tag-trade-update","tag-victoria","tag-welfare-manager","tag-will-hayward"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}