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Recommitted Tom Barrass [OOC 2027]
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this is the Barras thread - if you want to talk about drafting, previous picks and current state head to the appropriate threads.
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Could buy a pick taking Haynes and/or Fiorini with spare cash.
The plot thickens with WC off-season, could be still be the most interesting player or do absolutely nothing basically
He is your best chance at getting some capital inSad news we retained our best and fairest winner from last year?
He won't be around for another premiership
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They said that about Pendlebury a couple of years ago, now he’s top of the ladder. Things can turn pretty quick.
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Could do that whether we keep Barass or not. Eagles are talking about both Naughton and English and 1 mill offers for each. Itd be a case really of just moving on from Naughton now Barass is staying id say
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Problem is the capital we get is re-invested in his exact replacement
The capital Hawks got for Tom Mitchell was invested on a more suited option and different player as they already had his replacement in Newcombe in the squad. Eagles dont have that luxury with Tom Barass unfortunately
The capital where we can reinvest a traded player for something else would be a overpay for Liam Ryan and then us using Ryan Maric as his replacement
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This year? There is no scenario the Dogs are letting you have both Naughton and English in contract and I'll wager the chances of getting both of them across two years is pretty low historically speaking. I dont think I can think any times a club has taken two guns from one club back to back
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Nah next year.
Eagles are the ultimate answer to "who could they be paying". All backended deals for the likes of Gaff/Yeo/NicNat have finished and Gov/Cripps took longer deals on fewer dollars cos they are longer
It will be Tim Kelly, Tom Barass, Oscar Allen, Dom Sheed and then a fair bit of nothing after that for us so money is there
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Yeah, there's like 4 clubs in that situation every year, doesnt correlate to getting two massive names like that in one trade period but we'll see
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Normally those clubs are North/Essendon as opposed to clubs like ours who are proven to get bigger names to head over the last 20 years at a fairly consistent basis
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lol what??
2022 - Sam Taylor CHB
2021 - Allir Allir CHB
2020 - Harris Andrews FB
2019 - Harris Andrews FB, McGovern CHB
2018 - McGovern CHB
Yeah the bloody Vic bias when it comes to choosing key backs!!
Pies savagely cut from their list to get back to competing
A better comparison to Barass would be Grundy
Eagles aren't willing to cut
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There is often a "big club" down the bottom with cash to splash. Again, unhappy to rage into the void next year if it happens but history says you'll do well to get one, yet alone both.
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Like who?
Maybe Adelaide. A team who has really struggled to attract good players back from better teams recently. If they did id say they probably make him club captain.... oh wait
Well played
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Carlton the last 15 years, Hawks when they were successful, hell, Freo are one of the biggest traders going around (unfortunately) and generally average so have money available yet no one has been able to bring in two players as valuable as English and Naughton from one club in quick succession yet alone in one year. I know you think very highly of your club but this stuff doesnt happen for a reason.
I will be unhappily wrong if it happens and you can ping me and laugh, till then, tis the Barrass thread
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Just making last years squad was a huge achievement in the 2nd worst team. Rare to get a player in the squad when you win 2 games in the season.
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You literally picked the 2 best clubs at attracting talent and put us in the same category as to why we cant?
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I'm not sure if we are debating different point but my whole point is that no club can get two players of the level of English and Naughton, from one club in the same year. Where the players are actually wanted, it has never happened before. Off the top of my head the clubs I have mentioned, despite being very good at getting talent, they havent done it before, no one has done it before. If you think WC are getting them both next year, it will be a first in the AFL.
Richmond last year managed to get Taranto and Hopper because GWS were happy to get some cap relief and I honestly cant think of any time that has happened. I also think Naughton and English are a level above those two. If you take one (very possible), the Dogs move heaven and earth to keep the other. I hope this makes my point clear because we seem to have been discussing different things. If you disagree, please just use the disagree react this time and we can try to get the thread back on track.
No
no chance is Barrass comparable to Grundy, Grundy was excess to needs at Collingwood having Cameron ready to be a reasonable replacement having been the replacement most of the year. Barrass is significantly more important than that. The eagles dont have anybody who can comfortably play the role Barrass plays
Yeah there's that but then you factor in that barass gets you a top 10 pick and it evens out those factors
Wce making a big mistake if they don't trade barass
Fwiw I think he is gone still, just posturing from wce right now
Postering?
I wouldn't have thought so.
FWIW, I'd rather have Barrass then get rid of him.
Yeah I don't believe goosage
Twomey saying it though has made me start to reconsider
Poor result for wce if true but good for Freo fans lol
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It's good for Freo that one of the best tall defenders in the league stays under contract at West Coast until the end of 2027?
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