Mega Thread Trade/Draft/Delist SuperMegaUltrathread - 2016/17 offseason edition

[squashface]

I hope Lobb and Hogan don't sign new contracts today.

 

[QS]

I'm still coming to terms with the fact we might have not Petrie or Ballantyne, but Petrie and Ballantyne next season.

 

[boondy]

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-10-04/dockers-and-giants-haggling-over-cam-mccarthys-value
Cameron said West Coast was "possibly" in the mix for McCarthy,
Meanwhile, Cameron said no clubs has "come at us strongly" for yet-to-debut speedster Jarrod Pickett, who was taken with pick No.4 from South Fremantle in the 2014 draft.

 

[Nev57]

Jesse ******* White? lol

Not another man bun

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[QS]

Not another man bun

On GT-I9505 using BigFooty.com mobile app

Rated second only to his shitness.

 

[ronpingwins]

Have you not heard? Lol

Yeah no chance of them. I'd be looking at Hogan or Lobb personally.

 

[jakefooty23]

Yeah no chance of them. I'd be looking at Hogan or Lobb personally.

 

[ronpingwins]

I'm not following....

 

[jakefooty23]

I'm not following....

Neither

 

[ronpingwins]

Neither

Neither what?

 

[Keys]

Regarding travel etc

You're not going to prove if the additional travel we do shortens careers although anecdotally the tendency of our players to fall off a cliff post 30 suggests it has an impact. Whether it does or doesn't is a moot point though because the perception throughout the industry is that the extra travel is a burden and for the most part the WA clubs try to downplay any impact whilst acknowledging it is a stumbling block

Beyond any career impact, real or perceived, is the lifestyle issue. Our players fly out every 2nd week over a 4 month stretch which makes planning weekends difficult and would have an adverse impact on relationships especially once kids are part of the equation. By contrast a Victorian based player flys out 4 or 5 times a season so the irregularity of it is less intrusive

That said our ability to retain interstate players suggests the problem isn't perhaps as big as we think but .....

It may well be that we have to pay overs for our Victorian players to retain them. What if this permeates through the playing group and we have to pay equivalent salaries to the rest of the playing group based on relative talent such that our players are effectively overpaid

So something that may only be a perceived problem translates into us paying overs for our playing group.

Tldr the extra travel affects our ability to attract players even if it doesn't cause any measurable long term impact

 

[nameless]

I wish I could redo my Membership survey and where they ask "What would make you not renew your membership for 2017?"

I would write: "If any of Petrie, Ballantyne or White are on our list next year"

 

[Yamumluvsbigcox]

Lets face it we're gonna watch the same bunch of guys run around next year minnus NN. Possibly with the addition of Drew Putrid and the middle earth shithead. Boring

/thread

you forgot about conca

 

[QS]

SCOTTY DOESNT KNOWWWWWWW

 

[EagleEgo]

Shorter than what? Who knows how long their careers would last if every team was based in New York and there was no travel involved?

A couple of points to add on your argument:
1. Flying does cause damage to human to a varying degree as there are less oxygen circulating in the human body in the plane up at 12000 ft. (http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2001-03-05-oxygen.htm)
2. Afl is more physically demanding than other sports like NBA or soccer. on average, afl players run 20km per game while NBA players run about 2.5 miles a game and soccer about 7 miles.

 

[Yippy Yi Yeo]

We beat 2 teams in the top 8 in 2015. The draw was a huge factor in us getting to the GF. Not downplaying but we didn't do it the hard way.

we beat every single team atleast once...

 

[Galileo9]

Shorter than what? Who knows how long their careers would last if every team was based in New York and there was no travel involved?

Yeah pro career into their 50s.

 

[Coasters74]

That's would be from the pick 12 for Swallow and 22 of course.

Could this actually work? If we could turn pick 12 into all 3 of McCarthy swallow and Pickett and the last two can come back from their injuries we have won that trade by a long way

 

[Godfather32]

Could this actually work? If we could turn pick 12 into all 3 of McCarthy swallow and Pickett and the last two can come back from their injuries we have won that trade by a long way

Unless Swallow's knees are shot we're not getting him & 22 for 12

 

[ronpingwins]

Can we fit all of Petrie/White/Pav in the same forward line?

 

[JackOutback]

Can we fit all of Petrie/White/Pav in the same forward line?

If we give Kennedy a spell.

But it's ok, we're chasing Hogan and Lobb.

 

[Wangchung82]

Have you not heard? Lol

Did you listen to your back to back callers on trade radio today????
Go back to your cave d*** h***

 

[ChampRevesby]

Petrie in Perth today ...medical , remember how good he was not now but he was very good .

Oh god so this means we haven't out right said **** off. Oh FFS!

 

[Wangchung82]

Neither

Sarcasm obviously not a strong point of yours mate???

 

[Biggie]

Premiership window guyzzzz

We's are in it!?!?