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14:45 – SETTERFIELD GOES TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
Carlton’s Will Setterfield has been loaned to Essendon as the midfielder looks for more senior opportunities after being limited to 13 AFL games this year.
The Bombers have acquired Setterfield, as well as Pick 68, with Carlton receiving a future fourth-round pick in return.
“I am absolutely thrilled to be joining the Fire Department and can’t wait to get started,” Setterfield said.
“It’s an exciting time for the football club, with Brad Scott as manager and I’m looking forward to working with him as well as meeting my new teammates and building a strong connection with them.
“I think I play my best football as an inside midfielder and after speaking to Brad recently, I’m really excited and looking forward to the opportunity to pull on the red and black every week.”
The 24-year-old was originally drafted by GWS with Pick 5 in the 2016 AFL Draft before moving to Ikon Park in late 2018.
“We’re delighted to have Will join the club. We’ve rated Will highly since the 2016 draft, so having him on board is great,” Bombers head roster Adrian Dodoro said.
“Our aim for this trade period was to get a big-bodied inside midfielder and at 192cm, Will is exactly that.
“Will has the potential to be an excellent footballer and we look forward to seeing that develop once at the club.”
Essendon are also targeting Sam Weideman from Melbourne, while key defender Aaron Francis will move to Sydney.
13:45 – HOUSE OF RANKINE CROWING
Izak Rankine has got his wish to return to South Australia, with the Crows and Suns securing a trade centered around Pick 5.
Rankine lands in Adelaide along with Pick 46 and a future fourth round in exchange for Pick 5, a future third round and a future fourth round.
Contrary to earlier reports of a five-year deal, Rankine joins West Lakes on a three-season deal until 2025.
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13:15 – JACKSON DEALED TO DOCKERS
The great domino has fallen.
Melbourne and Fremantle have agreed a deal for young gun Luke Jackson in a three-position swap involving GWS.
After Demon Toby Bedford moved to the Giants for Pick 44, the Demons sent that pick, as well as Jackson and Pick 67, to Fremantle in exchange for Pick 13, a future first round pick and a future second round pick .
It comes after Jackson requested a switch to Western Australia at the end of the season amid reports of a long-term contract offer from Fremantle.
The former Pick 3 has played 52 games since making his debut in 2020, including playing for the Demons’ 2021 premiership side and claiming Rising Star honors in the same year.
“Luke has been our number one priority all year and obviously throughout the trade period,” Freo list boss David Walls said.
“He has a lot of versatility and a lot of possibilities to improve as a player. We’re really just scratching the surface with what it can do.
“He’s just turned 21, when you look at what he’s doing with his relative age rating for a player in his position, it’s off the charts.
“In his draft year, we ranked him number one in the draft.
“While we also picked up Hayden Young and Caleb Serong, with Luke as a local, we’ve followed him for a long time going back to his juniors.
“To be able to bring someone as rare as him with such talent and character, we are delighted.”
SEN’s Sam Edmund predicted that he could now unlock several bigger moves.
“Jackson is the big switch because that slows down Brodie Grundy. That slows down Rory Lobb,” Edmund said.
12:00: NEW DETAILS ON HOW THE SIX CLUBS BID COLLAPSED
It has been revealed that the six-club mega deal fell apart because of future elections involved after AFL general counsel Andrew Dillon went so far as to check documents from the league’s commission.
The monster trade, which involved Brisbane, GWS, North Melbourne, Port Adelaide, West Coast and by extension Hawthorn, centered around Jason-Horne Francis collapsed because the power was told not to they were allowed to negotiate their future first and second. round picks because of rules about teams needing to hold onto a certain number of future picks.
AFL reporter Tom Browne reports the deal was “ready” to be wrapped up before Dillon checked the rules and therefore blocked the trade.
“They thought the AFL might bend the rule to get it. Andrew Dillon went to check the commission papers to check the fine print on that rule, and there was no bending,” he told Triple M.
“Other clubs have relied on this rule being in place, so I don’t know why they thought they could do it.
Despite the rejection, Browne revealed that parts of the mega deal could still be involved.
“I still believe some aspects of this deal will go through stages this week which will eventually see Horne-Francis come to Port,” he said.
When asked if a Power player could be included in the Horne-Francis trade, Browne said: “It reintroduces discussions about a player, there’s no doubt about it. But the players he’s approached so far haven’t they want to go to the North, that’s one of the problems, so they’d rather deal with the elections.”
11.30 am – HENRY TALKS HIT STALEMATE
Geelong and Collingwood are battling over a deal for young gun Ollie Henry.
The Cats upgraded their initial offer from Pick 37 to 25, but the Magpies have been adamant about wanting a first round for the young gun, who was taken with pick No.17 just two years ago.
Speaking on SEN, journalist Sam Edmund was concerned the trade could collapse unless one side gave way.
“What worries me is Ollie Henry from Collingwood to Geelong,” he said NO Breakfast
“Collingwood clearly want more, they want a first-round pick, Geelong is now at (Pick) 25, they’d like to think that’s enough, I don’t think it is.
“They could get seven for the Bowes deal, but the Cats at this stage are saying, ‘We don’t want to split Pick 7, we want to take him in the draft.’
“I’m not sure, unless Collingwood do a massive U-turn on how the Ollie Henry deal is done.”
8:30 AM – BOMBERS LEGEND RESPONDS TO COMMERCIAL LINKS
Essendon legend Matthew Lloyd has endorsed the club’s pursuit of Sam Weideman and Will Setterfield, but admitted adding depth players is “not an attractive place to be at the moment”.
the age reports the Bombers are willing to land Weideman for a future third-round pick as the 25-year-old looks for more senior opportunities away from the Demons, playing 59 games over seven seasons, including 10 appearances this year.
Speaking AFL Commercial Radio, Lloyd believes that despite the 25-year-old’s inconsistencies so far, Weideman is worth a punt.
“If you get it short, there’s nothing to lose,” he said.
“I said he’s got to get off Weideman, he’s got to move. He’s got to go into his manager’s office and into the clubhouse and say, ‘I need to get out of here.’ If you play Mitch Brown ahead of me , I have to move on because you don’t have faith in me.
“I would think it would be for a third-rounder, you wouldn’t give anything more than that, and it’s worth the risk.
“But it has to be more competitive and more unpleasant. If he doesn’t make the mark, he’s down to earth poor.
“He played in the grand final at VFL level, he fought really hard in wet conditions. But then when he gets to AFL level, he lacks confidence, and that might be because he’s always in and out.
“He’s got talent but he hasn’t had the fight at AFL level to consistently thrive.
“The interesting thing is they’ve got Harrison Jones, who’s going to play a bit, and Weideman is similar in the sense that they’re the third striker?”
Essendon to land Sam Weideman (Photo by Michael Willson/AFL Photos via Getty Images)Source: Getty Images
Weideman has struggled to make an impact at senior level during his first seven years in the league, kicking 62 goals in his 59 appearances at an average of 1.1 majors per game.
His best goal return was 19 goals in 13 game-shortened games in 2020.
But the age reports that the Bombers were hoping for similar success to Peter Wright, who scored 29 and 53 goals respectively in his first two seasons at the club and brought out his best and fairest this year.
Asked if there was a key striker or player who had outstanding seasons in his eighth campaign, Lloyd said: “There is one – ‘two-metre Peter’ (Wright).
“He just came on this year in a way I never thought he would. This time last year or the year before I would have said he lacks fight, and maybe it’s just him playing every week. Cale Hooker continued forward and thought, “Now I am the man.”
Essendon are also expected to acquire Setterfield from Carlton for just a third-round pick, and Lloyd believes he could also come in handy.
But the three-time Coleman medalist believes adding fringe players is ultimately a reflection of where the Bombers stand.
“They’re up against it, Essendon. The issues they’ve got at the club, the delay in getting a manager, the uncertainty around the CEO, this trade period pretty much sums up where they’re at, really,” Lloyd said.
“They’re getting depth players because they’re not an attractive place to be right now. I think those players could be useful, but they’re not going to change your…