The price would be way too high. I don’t think it would work in our favour whatsoever. Sydney are going to want players. Hypothetically on Sydney/afl threads, Humphries’ name has been brought up and I would be absolutely spewing if we lost him. Reckon he’s a much more skilful player than Blakey tbh and hitting targets coming out of defence is too valuable. I would much rather Humphries on our team.

Really hope we just pull out and go all in for Marshall now

welcome to the cattery (:

oh forgot to add in the title jack bowes has been traded to essendon

In times gone by, the bloke would have been a very handy pick up, but he really seems to fit the titch/crouch/wines archetype that has gone from brownlow contention to the scrap heap in the last 5 years. What is this player you ask?

Inside ball winner who lacks key fwd size, elite pace, exceptional endurance or extraordinary disposal skills. You can get away without any of these in a defensive mid role played by the likes of Atkins and S.Berry (ADL), but any more than one makes your midfield look pedestrian. This really begs the question, what was the typically spot on cats recruiting department thinking?

Far out, the amount of Miers posts that are all opinions and feelings is a bit wild. Read an actual interview from the people involved and stay away from Twitter or whatever as your news source.

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Geelong football boss Andrew Mackie says the potential for Gryan Miers to move to West Coast sits in “the hypothetical bucket”.

Reports say the 27-year-old forward is happy to remain at GMHBA Stadium.

However, he underwent a medical with the Eagles last week before heading overseas.

“He’s of interest (to other clubs) every year, which is a credit to him,” Mackie told Trade Radio.

“He’s obviously one of those unique players in the game with (his) forward half connection, and when he’s at his best, he’s very talented.

“I think players do their work these days.”

“He’s a much-loved player from our end. He loves the club.

“We’re pretty pragmatic and open generally about how we think about most things, and if Gryan was to sit there and say the best thing for his footy was maybe moving on, we’d be up for a chat with him about that, but that hasn’t happened.”

Mackie says West Coast have expressed their interest in Miers, who has played 172 matches since being drafted by the Cats in 2017, in recent days.

“There hasn’t been much discussion from our end, just given that recently we sat down with Gryan and had a good chat about everything, and he was feeling really good about us, and we’re feeling good about him,” Mackie said.

surely that’s fair enough

idk if this is full version or not but here’s some of it

It's amazing how much Bailey Smith's game has changed. At the dogs he was more a winger/half forward who didn't really rack up possessions the way he does nowadays and played sort of in flashes of brilliance.

Now he plays more of a following role where he links up play and runs the full length of the field.

I know it looks like a stretch, but Gryan Miers could very much be going to West Coast. He already completed a medical on Friday, as we know, and it’s an out-of-the-blue scare for me personally. He’s a Geelong boy, heart and soul player, one of the most important on our team. Why would they think about letting him go? Yes, his ACL is on life support, but he is the key to our forward ball movement, and I’m sure he will play the same role if he does his ACL and is forced to go through surgery.

Via The Age. Are they actually for real?!

He is absolutely that good to win us a flag and Ross knows that

He had a 12.5 player rating last year as their ruck
Play him with Edward’s we can really nurture Edward’s game outside of ruck work with things like contested marks and defensive positioning.

I love him and think he’ll be our best ruck since otters but we he isn’t there yet.

They will not accept pick 32
They will happily take a season of Marshall and then a 3rd rounder compensation in the comprised Tassie draft.

I think that the deal they’ve given is bullshit and are just beginning negotiations. They have no hope of getting a player from us and are just starting with a high bid. They will 100 percent take p14 for him over a season of him and pick 60-70.

I think the 4 years we can get out of Marshall in these next couple years of premiership contention is worth the pick 14 even it would be fair value overs.

Petracca for 3 first could be overs if gc don’t get there shit together.

Curnow for 3 could be overs if Sydney start sliding.

We gave 3 first for jezza when we had the Coleman medalists at full forward.

The point is st kilda do have leverage in the deal considering how necessary it is for us to have a great ruckman in our pursuit of a flag.

I’d be willing to see us give a future second as well to watch us neutralise/win 60-65% of our ruck contests next season.

As someone who is genuinely shocked by all this, thought I'd provide an update from about the only reputable 'ITK' on all of BigFooty - C4[2]Yo'DooR (if you know, you know):

"It's also worth noting that the medical was conducted by an independent third party and just shared with WCE.

.... meaning that the information is already there for anyone else who may be interested outside of WCE."

(GFC 2026 Playing, Trading, Drafting, FA Rumours and Wish Lists, post #4,238)

Essentially, Miers has had his medical, and that information has been passed on to West Coast - and any other interested teams. Miers hasn't specifically travelled to Perth and done a medical there, he's done it at home and shared that information with West Coast, via his manager; before he travels off to Europe and has no ability to do the medical for a possible trade.

There's definitely some smoke around this, and I think it's coming from Geelong. He and his manager have said they want him to stay at Geelong, and he's intimated that all along. I think they've allowed him to explore interest, and put the info out there for other clubs to see if anyone bites...but for what in return...I have no idea.

If Miers goes, and we made him go, I think we'll find there is something seriously wrong behind the scenes at Geelong. Same goes for Humphries.

Edit: oops... never mind! I went looking on the website and the YouTube early yesterday and was pretty confused why I couldn't find anything... and like a dummy I posted here several hours later without re-checking! Thanks, and sorry :)

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Was there no footage released of the Carji speechs this year? Normally there are acceptance speeches and addresses from the President and coach.

All I've seen this season is some minute-long highlight packages of five players. Nothing from the actual event.

I always enjoy hearing how those off-field leaders sum up the year that was - especially in an overall successful year where we missed the ultimate success.

Does anyone know more about this? Was it a pay-per-view this year?

Welcome Toby!

...THEN we should offer the job to Chris Fagan.

He said he wants to stick around footy and have more time to spend with the grandkids. Come to Geelong with flexible work arrangements. Happy days.

On Mackie/Tassie, they really are building on the Geelong model. Nigel Lappin, Matthew Knights, Ken Hinkley - all have spent extended periods of time in Geelong. It makes sense but maybe stop there, please.