List Mgmt. 2013 Trading & Free Agency

[Ramify]

Oh god, please no.

hehe, Relax mate, Seems Im the only one with the Diddlo fetish.

The tribe has spoken. Ill suspend negotiations in the sober morning.

 

[Vader]

Betts and Polec would make us so much better up front. Polec still has the talent to be a similar player to Wingard.

Betts would. Polec might.. maybe.

 

[Deaneus!]

If he relocates and passes all the physicals, leaves his attitude at the door and is cheap... i guess the question would be, would he bring anything to the team?

Love to believe he would. But he'd be 31 by the start of the season. If he was 27, OOOOHHHHH YYYEEAAAAHHHH. But now...

 

[Vader]

If we can't get Polec, then **** us.

Forget the money, with the state our Admin have put us in, we must get Polec.

Why?

 

[Matman23]

No he has stated he wants to go home.

I think these kids are just using that as an excuse to get out of Brisbane TBH, hopefully not Polec though. To loose Polec, Docherty and Longer will be detrimental for the Lions. With Rischitelli and Brennan walking a couple years back questions have to be asked about the culture up there. Clubs will focus on Brisbanes list from now on.

 

[cmndstab]

Why?

I don't know about "must", but in the situation we're in we need to make the best of any potential trade/free agency offers that come along because the draft is not going to be a lot of help.

Polec hasn't lived up to the hype during his time in Brisbane, but the kid has talent. If we have to buy that talent with cash in lieu of draft picks, so be it.

 

[swanfan]

I think these kids are just using that as an excuse to get out of Brisbane TBH, hopefully not Polec though. To loose Polec, Docherty and Longer will be detrimental for the Lions. With Rischitelli and Brennan walking a couple years back questions have to be asked about the culture up there. Clubs will focus on Brisbanes list from now on.

The club seems like its a shambles at the minute.

 

[1990crow]

Betts would. Polec might.. maybe.

All the talent is there. And he's still only 20. I think he just needs to be playing footy from home to flourish. Speed, long kick: quality kick. He might not be a very good overhead mark but that's not the player we would need him to be. If you were to compare someone he would be in direct competition with next year it would be Vince. And I would be inclined to give Polec first crack so long as he shows something during the pre season matches. His speed would improve our defensive game. It's players like Vince (not his fault - the game has just gotten stupidly fast) that are letting the ball get out far too easily and that's why for many games this year the inside 50s were stacked against us.

 

[FR0GGY]

I think these kids are just using that as an excuse to get out of Brisbane TBH, hopefully not Polec though. To loose Polec, Docherty and Longer will be detrimental for the Lions. With Rischitelli and Brennan walking a couple years back questions have to be asked about the culture up there. Clubs will focus on Brisbanes list from now on.

I'm just glad we are not the road kill anymore being pecked apart by vultures.

 

[Vader]

I don't know about "must", but in the situation we're in we need to make the best of any potential trade/free agency offers that come along because the draft is not going to be a lot of help.

Polec hasn't lived up to the hype during his time in Brisbane, but the kid has talent. If we have to buy that talent with cash in lieu of draft picks, so be it.

I don't have a problem with us chasing him. I just don't see why he's a "must get" player. He's been in the system for 3 years now, achieving precisely zero in that time. I know that injuries have taken their toll - but that only serves to decrease his value further, as he now has a reputation for being injury prone. After 3 years he's still trading on the "potential" that he showed before being drafted.

There is absolutely nothing there that spells "must get". Would I be happy if Adelaide got him on the cheap (in terms of draft picks)? Absolutely. Should we be throwing the kitchen sink at Brisbane in order to trade for him? Absolutely not.

 

[AFC3000]

Quick thought here for those worrying about "over paying" a couple of players over the next few years... we are missing out on a couple of first and second round draft picks that won't need to fit in the salary cap in a couple of years time. If the moneys there spend it.

 

[macca23]

2 Port posters very confident he's going to Port, one claiming he's demanded to be traded only to Port

Channel 10 reported that Polec's Manager has confirmed that he has begun negotiations with BOTH Port Adelaide and Adelaide.

I think there's just a little bit more credibility there than a couple of Port posters stroking themselves..

 

[Vader]

All the talent is there. And he's still only 20. I think he just needs to be playing footy from home to flourish. Speed, long kick: quality kick. He might not be a very good overhead mark but that's not the player we would need him to be. If you were to compare someone he would be in direct competition with next year it would be Vince. And I would be inclined to give Polec first crack so long as he shows something during the pre season matches. His speed would improve our defensive game. It's players like Vince (not his fault - the game has just gotten stupidly fast) that are letting the ball get out far too easily and that's why for many games this year the inside 50s were stacked against us.

There's a lot of guesses, suppositions and assumptions there. His history at Brisbane is nothing short of shambolic. He might turn around at Adelaide, he might not. There are no guarantees.

 

[Elder van Berlo]

The club seems like its a shambles at the minute.

And just think, slightly better contact on a kick down in Geelong, the width of an AAMI stadium goalpost... And it would have been them defaulting their way to the second week of the finals!

 

[FR0GGY]

There's a lot of guesses, suppositions and assumptions there. His history at Brisbane is nothing short of shambolic. He might turn around at Adelaide, he might not. There are no guarantees.

Would you agree that there's a better chance with a top 5 pick coming right after only play 20 games due to injury or whatever than there is with a top 5 whose played 150 games and showed nothing like Tambling?

 

[Harold Larwood]

I think the safest option to take is to start a haggling war with Port to drive Polec's price up. By the time Port offer $400k per year, we pull out and Port are stuck with an injury-plagued fella on way too much cash. Like Butcher.

 

[BACCS]

Does anyone believe a player quits a club without having an in principle deal with their club of choice?

It happens, Josh Toy tried his luck last year and failed.

 

[Go the Guts]

Channel 10 reported that Polec's Manager has confirmed that he has begun negotiations with BOTH Port Adelaide and Adelaide.

I think there's just a little bit more credibility there than a couple of Port posters stroking themselves..

After Channel 10 said that, Kym Dillon said this direct quote on channel 9:

"Port Adelaide could be poised to add to its young brigade; 9 News understands Brisbane wants to deal with the Power rather than the Crows over the return of homesick South Aussie Jared Polec".

And after watching 10 news report again, Shuttleworth said this direct quote:

"His manager confirmed with 10 news that talks have begun with both the Power and Crows."

After watching both reports, I get the feeling that 9 didn't like that 10 broke it first, so maybe just changed the story.

 

[headache1]

After Channel 10 said that, Kym Dillon said this direct quote on channel 9:

"Port Adelaide could be poised to add to its young brigade; 9 News understands Brisbane wants to deal with the Power rather than the Crows over the return of homesick South Aussie Jared Polec".

I'm sure they do.

 

[Gets!]

Ah the old reporting of news on the basis of 'understanding'.

Meaningless.

 

[Elder van Berlo]

I think the safest option to take is to start a haggling war with Port to drive Polec's price up. By the time Port offer $400k per year, we pull out and Port are stuck with an injury-plagued fella on way too much cash. Like Butcher.

Except Polec can kick.

 

[GROTTO]

Ah the old reporting of news on the basis of 'understanding'.

Meaningless.

I have an understanding that we have a chance of recruiting Buddy at the right price.

 

[BACCS]

All the talent is there. And he's still only 20. I think he just needs to be playing footy from home to flourish. Speed, long kick: quality kick. He might not be a very good overhead mark but that's not the player we would need him to be. If you were to compare someone he would be in direct competition with next year it would be Vince. And I would be inclined to give Polec first crack so long as he shows something during the pre season matches. His speed would improve our defensive game. It's players like Vince (not his fault - the game has just gotten stupidly fast) that are letting the ball get out far too easily and that's why for many games this year the inside 50s were stacked against us.

In no way should Polec play over Vince, absolutely zero.

 

[Donkey Magoo]

If he's not good enough for Collingwood, why is he good enough for us?

That doesn't mean that the pies were right

 

[Paladin]

I don't have a problem with us chasing him. I just don't see why he's a "must get" player. He's been in the system for 3 years now, achieving precisely zero in that time. I know that injuries have taken their toll - but that only serves to decrease his value further, as he now has a reputation for being injury prone. After 3 years he's still trading on the "potential" that he showed before being drafted.

There is absolutely nothing there that spells "must get". Would I be happy if Adelaide got him on the cheap (in terms of draft picks)? Absolutely. Should we be throwing the kitchen sink at Brisbane in order to trade for him? Absolutely not.

Scott Thompson was in the same situation. Injury riddled first few years, high draft pick. Tom Lynch we gave up a second rounder for after he struggled to make the Saints side. Both great trades. Polec would be a similar move I would give up a second rounder he has talent to burn. Could payoff bigtime.