Live: AFL Trade Period Day 8

Follow our live coverage as the AFL Trade Period enters its second week.

LACHIE Neale’s contentious switch from Fremantle to Brisbane and Tom Scully’s

move to Hawthorn took centre stage today but it was little more than speculation on a quiet day.

With just three days left in the Trade Period, there was just one deal done on the day — Sam Lloyd’s move from the Richmond Tigers to the Western Bulldogs.

What there has been is plenty of posturing between clubs in the lead up to what will be a massive final day of the trade period on Wednesday.

There was little movement, in the public eye at least, over the weekend with Tom Langdon’s decision to stick with Collingwood the only major development.

But trade activity will likely kick up several gears after two days of back room talks involving clubs and player managers ahead of Wednesday’s 8.30pm (AEDT) deadline.

8.00pm

Hogan too pricey for Dockers

Jesse Hogan’s management asked for a $8 million eight-year deal for the Demons star to head west, a period that was a bit too rich and saw Fremantle reportedly bow out of the race.

Foxfooty.com.au understands it wasn’t the money, more the length of the proposal put forward by Hogan’s management Stride Sports.

Fremantle were more in the three or four year deal but eight was considered too long for the 23-year-old.

Hogan is on about $900,000 at the Demons next year but the Dockers were put off when Melbourne asked for two first round selections as well.

Hogan was reportedly only relatively keen to become a Fremantle player.

On Friday, Fremantle pulled out of the hunt for Demons star Jesse Hogan with Dockers football boss Peter Bell saying Melbourne were asking for too much.

“We have been undertaking a due diligence process as part of a possible trade to secure Jesse Hogan,” Bell said.

“As part of that process, we have had discussions with Jesse, the player’s management and Melbourne.

“While discussions were proceeding it became clear that what Melbourne would be seeking for a trade would not be possible for our club to meet.

“As such, we have informed Melbourne and Jesse’s management that we will not be continuing further with the due diligence process.”

The Demons are looking for a top 10 draft pick in return for Hogan but Fremantle’s earliest pick is no. 11, after trading its no. 6 pick to Port Adelaide in return for picks 11, 23, 30 and 49 earlier in the week.

Melbourne also responded to the withdrawal.

“At the end of the season, Jesse expressed his interest to explore other opportunities, and to return to Perth and play for Fremantle. We believe our offer was reasonable given Jesse’s record as a 71-game player,” General Manager of football operations Josh Mahoney told Melbourne Media.

Hogan kicked 47 goals in 20 games, before a foot injury ruled him out late in the season.

5.20pm

Trade logjam waits on Neale

Fremantle’s Lachie Neale has been named as the domino that needs to fall for the trade logjam to clear.

With Neale’s trade to Brisbane, Jesse Hogan’s proposed move from Melbourne to Fremantle (although on Friday the Dockers said they’d pulled out), and Dayne Beams going to Collingwood from Brisbane.

Gold Coast Suns’ Steven May is still up in the air as well.

Speaking on Talking Trades as Tom Browne and Cameron Luke tried to break down the state of play.

Browne said everything revolves around Lachie Neale’s deal as the Beams deal will only go through if Neale gets to Brisbane.

Co-host Cameron Luke agreed but expects to see plenty more wheeling and dealing before the deadline expires on Wednesday.

“You only need one of these to fall,” Luke said. “If Beams gets to Collingwood...it’ll be a domino effect.”

Browne said the Magpies were eager to get the deal done as the club see Dayne Beams as the key to winning a flag.

4.30pm

Lobb attracts pick 11

Fremantle are reportedly looking to put Pick 11 on the table for Giants big man Rory Lobb.

The deal wouldn’t but be a straight swap with the Dockers looking for a sweetener reported Fairfax Media, which is thought to be Pick 25.

The Giants have picks 14, 25, 43, 47 and 52 but with the potential for Pick 11 for Lobb and a first-round pick for Dylan Shiel in the Essendon deal, the Giants could have picks 9, 11 and 13.

2.15pm

Lions knock back Pies’ offer

Collingwood has been forced to go back to the drawing board to find a way to unlock Lions star Dayne Beams’ move to the Magpies.

Fairfax Media reports Collingwood has pitched a packaged deal of its first round draft pick (No. 18 overall) and a second-round pick in 2019 in exchange for Beams.

However, the Lions are holding out on the trade and are still able to hold Beams to his contract through to the end of the 2020 season.

Beams is yet to officially request a trade to the Magpies, but manager Paul Connors admitted on Monday that the two clubs are in negotiations.

“He’s just saying he’s more than happy to fulfil his contract, if a deal doesn’t get done he’ll stay there,” Connors said at the PwC Connors Sport Breakfast.

“Everyone’s a bit obsessed with whether he’s going to demand for a trade home and I don’t think he has to, but behind the scenes I think there’s some really mature conversations happening and it would have to be very much weighted in the Lions favour for anything to be done.

“So let’s just wait and see, Dayne would be open to it, but he’s very much open to staying.”

There are reports that Brisbane also wants Collingwood’s first round pick in 2019 and could be willing to entertain a future picks swap.

Pies bold first Beams offer tells me deal reasonably close. Pies first, and future first, in exchange for a Brisbane future second, would probably appease the lions and get it done @7AFL @7NewsMelbourne @triplemfooty — Tom Browne (@TomBrowne7) October 15, 2018

2.30pm

Bulldogs sign Tiger

Richmond on-baller Sam Lloyd has completed a move to the Western Bulldogs.

The Tigers agreed to a deal which sees the No. 64 overall pick head to Richmond in exchange for the 28-year-old, who has played just 15 senior games for the Tigers in the past two seasons.

12pm

Port issues Gold Coast draft warning

Port Adelaide has seemingly cautioned Gold Coast against drafting top five South Australian prospects Jack Lukosius and Izak Rankine.

Power list manager Jason Cripps said the club would likely attempt to poach the highly-rated pair should the Suns select them with pick two and three in the upcoming draft.

“If Lukosius and Rankine end up going to Gold Coast ... we’re probably pretty happy to try to get them back in a few years’ time,” Cripps told AFL Trade Radio on Monday.

“It’s interesting because then it just becomes a two-horse race between us and the (Adelaide) Crows, as opposed to a Victorian kid that wants to come back home whose potentially got 10 options.

“That’s part of the discussion and strategy, but right at the minute we’re really comfortable with pick six.”

The apparent caution comes as Gold Coast faces another retention crisis with the loss of Tom Lynch (Richmond), Gary Ablett (Geelong), Jaeger O’Meara (Hawthorn) and Dion Prestia (Richmond) over the past three trade windows. Lynch’s fellow co-captain Steven May could also depart the club this off-season after being linked with a move to Melbourne or Collingwood.

Given the likelihood neither Lukosius or Rankine will fall to pick six, Cripps said the Power would have no concern picking from Victorian Metro trio Max King, Bailey Smith and Ben King.

“We’re happy with any of the Victorian boys. We’re going to back ourselves in,” he said.

“It’s quite interesting at the moment because we’ve traditionally been really strong with retention, especially with Victorian guys.

“We’ve actually got a little bit of a challenge at the moment. We’re losing some South Australians in Jared Polec and Chad Wingard, which is a little bit unique.”

— AAP

11.15am

Dons-Giants Shiel meeting today

Essendon has a meeting with Greater Western Sydney to discuss a Dylan Shiel trade scheduled this afternoon.

Essendon list manager Adrian Dodoro and Giants list manager Jason McCartney will go back-end-forth after the Herald Sun reported GWS wants two first round picks for the midfielder.

“Jason (McCartney) and I are scheduled to meet this afternoon so hopefully we can progress chats this afternoon,” Dodoro told the PwC Connors Sports Breakfast on Monday morning.

10am

AFL in ‘meltdown’ over trade

Essendon great Tim Watson says the AFL world is in “meltdown” over reports Hawthorn are poised to steal Giants star Tom Scully for a third-round draft pick.

GWS is reportedly in discussions with Hawthorn around a trade for Hawthorn’s No. 53 overall draft pick in exchange for letting 27-year-old Scully walk to the Hawks.

The Giants are still yet to solve their salary cap crunch issues and Scully’s potential move to Hawthorn has been described in reports as a “salary cap dump”.

Watson says the deal has sparked concern throughout the footy world about the bargain price Hawthorn is set to pay to snatch the former No. 1 draft pick.

“This has sent everybody into meltdown right throughout the football world, thinking they can get Tom Scully for a pick around that mark,” Watson told SEN Breakfast.

Melbourne legend Garry Lyon said: “Do you also sit there and go, ‘Hang on, if they’re just off-loading this guy for a pick in the fifties, do you start to wonder?’”

One of the key reasons why Tom Scully is going to Hawthorn cheaply is because of the extent of his ankle injury he sustained earlier in the year. So there is an element of risk taking him on considering the ankle and his salary. But a risk probably worth taking. — Adam White (@White_Adam) October 15, 2018

Port Adelaide great Kane Cornes slammed the mooted swap and said the AFL must step in.

“I know he’s had ankle (problems) but Tom Scully is an elite midfielder of the competition,” Cornes told AFL Trade Radio.

“The AFL just can’t allow him to walk for pick 53 to one of the strongest clubs in the competition.

“There must be some restrictions ... it has to be a first-round draft pick, surely. The AFL must step in.”

10am

Wingard and Port in ‘toxic’ bluff

POWER star Chad Wingard’s fractured relationship with Port Adelaide has turned “toxic” — according to a report.

The Herald Sun’s Sam Edmund told SEN Breakfast on Monday morning Port Adelaide will be forced to trade Wingard this trade period because a working relationship between the two parties for next year is no longer tenable.

Wingard remains contracted to Port Adelaide for the 2019 season, but would be available for free agency next year.

“Chad Wingard, this is another ‘it will happen’ job,” Edmund said.

“Chad Wingard will get there, the Power want two first rounders but it’s become toxic with Chad.

“He is not going to go back to Port Adelaide and he is going to get to Hawthorn.”

It comes as Port Adelaide list manager Jason Cripps declared Hawthorn offered up Ryan Burton as trade bait as part of a packaged offer in exchange for Wingard.

The Herald Sun reported on Sunday night Port Adelaide has sent officials to conduct a medical examination on Burton where he holidaying in Las Vegas — but it is still unclear if Burton would entertain an offer to return to South Australia to play with Port Adelaide.

7.30am

Neale holding up traffic

Lachie Neale’s future is a sticking point for him and others.

The Dockers made the shock move of breaking off talks with Melbourne over a deal for Jesse Hogan on Friday.

But if they relent and land Brisbane’s No. 5 pick to release Neale those talks could quickly resume.

If the Lions have Neale safely in their keeping, they might be more inclined to allow Dayne Beams to return to Collingwood.

The Pies had a win on Saturday when Tom Langdon’s future became clearer. The 24-year-old is set to reject significant interest from rival AFL clubs to sign a contract extension with the Magpies.

The intercept-marking specialist starred in Collingwood’s recent finals run that ended in a grand final defeat to West Coast.

But Fremantle, where Langdon’s brother Ed has played 46 games in four seasons, and Sydney tabled strong offers after the Magpies were slow to re-sign him.

Langdon is holidaying with family in Africa but it is understood he informed the Swans via his manager on Saturday he would remain with Collingwood, where he has played 80 games since debuting in round one of the 2014 season.

He is set to be joined in the Pies’ back half by Western Bulldogs tall Jordan Roughead. The restricted free agent had met with West Coast before they traded for St Kilda’s Tom Hickey.

The free agency period closed on Friday afternoon, which means the Pies will need to work a trade for the versatile Roughead, who is on the outer at Whitten Oval.

Other key deals that remain unfinalised include Dylan Shiel’s move from GWS to Essendon, Chad Wingard’s trade from Port Adelaide to Hawthorn and Rory Lobb’s move from the Giants to the Dockers.

Gold Coast co-captain Steven May (Melbourne or Collingwood) and GWS star Tom Scully (Hawthorn) could also be on the move.

— AAP