Blair is after 6 and 13 from Gold Coast. This is not ambit. It's what's needed to trade for pick 2 and secure both Lalor and FOS.
Melbourne also want pick 2, definitely to get FOS if we don't take him at 1, and probably to get Lalor otherwise.
As Jack deduced, Jason Taylor almost certainly fed Mark McGowan the possibility he'd bid on Kako at 5. It spooked Essendon's Matt Rosa and he tried to trade up. He couldn't, and now Taylor is offering to do him a favour and take pick 9 off his hands, presumably for the pick 28 and future first he's also offering Craig Cameron for 13. He'll do the deal with whoever jumps first and pass the picks to Willy T for the prized number 2.
They say if you're sitting at the poker table and don't know who the fish is, it's you. Rosa has already gone for the burley. Does he have the experience to understand the shiny bit of that new worm is a hook? Let's hope.
Cameron has been hooked and thrown back so many times over the years he's probably been kissed by Rex Hunt. (Clarke doesn't even notice the bait because he's too busy nom-nomming the Lay's that fell from the packet to the water.)
Blair has several lines in. Nepo Walls is hooked on one, he ain't going anywhere. Blair's gonna let that line play out for now. He can focus on steering the boat to the sweet spot for Cameron to jump into it.
Cameron has a mouthful of Rioli-covered hook. But Taylor is tossing out some juicy turtle flesh.
Pick 28 and Melbourne's future first. That's the top bid for 13 at present. Does 24 and our future second top it, in conjunction with accepting 6 for Rioli? Would it have to be 20 instead? Effectively Rioli, next year's heavily compromised pick 19, and the picks we gave Brisbane, for Finn O’Sullivan? Is that a value bet, or over-commiting?
If Taylor wins pick 13, does 6 and 11 trump 5 and 13? Taylor will leak that he's after Tauru at 5. Will Will bite?
Melbourne also want pick 2, definitely to get FOS if we don't take him at 1, and probably to get Lalor otherwise.
As Jack deduced, Jason Taylor almost certainly fed Mark McGowan the possibility he'd bid on Kako at 5. It spooked Essendon's Matt Rosa and he tried to trade up. He couldn't, and now Taylor is offering to do him a favour and take pick 9 off his hands, presumably for the pick 28 and future first he's also offering Craig Cameron for 13. He'll do the deal with whoever jumps first and pass the picks to Willy T for the prized number 2.
They say if you're sitting at the poker table and don't know who the fish is, it's you. Rosa has already gone for the burley. Does he have the experience to understand the shiny bit of that new worm is a hook? Let's hope.
Cameron has been hooked and thrown back so many times over the years he's probably been kissed by Rex Hunt. (Clarke doesn't even notice the bait because he's too busy nom-nomming the Lay's that fell from the packet to the water.)
Blair has several lines in. Nepo Walls is hooked on one, he ain't going anywhere. Blair's gonna let that line play out for now. He can focus on steering the boat to the sweet spot for Cameron to jump into it.
Cameron has a mouthful of Rioli-covered hook. But Taylor is tossing out some juicy turtle flesh.
Pick 28 and Melbourne's future first. That's the top bid for 13 at present. Does 24 and our future second top it, in conjunction with accepting 6 for Rioli? Would it have to be 20 instead? Effectively Rioli, next year's heavily compromised pick 19, and the picks we gave Brisbane, for Finn O’Sullivan? Is that a value bet, or over-commiting?
If Taylor wins pick 13, does 6 and 11 trump 5 and 13? Taylor will leak that he's after Tauru at 5. Will Will bite?
