News AFL trade, free agency and draft. "who goes where?" - No freakin' hypotheticals

[Seagull Supremacy]

Remember when Gerard Healy accidentally called them "Gold CLINTS"? He may inadvertently have been onto something there...

 

[Dewwwww]

I think we may have stuffed up here

Surely we could have offered to Gold Coast what we swapped pick 10 for?

 

[Rhayader]

Just reported on Fox Footy Trade Show that we have offered pick 10 and pick 48 for Jaegar, which has been rejected.

According to Jake Niall, it's at a stalemate and mediation is becoming a real possibility as no player wants to go there.

Hawks don't have much else to offer, unless another club gets involved. And even. Then, we don't have much to give that club (player?).

If Suns got 6 from Richmond and 10 from Hawthorn, surely that would be enough for them to attract a gun from somewhere? Although they are running out of time...

 

[HomerJayS]

In National Draft? Thought that was only PSD

Any non contracted non first year player can nominate a salary in either of those drafts

 

[OzJohnnie]

No doubt Clarko spoke very well.

One thing kept nagging me was that this piece of the jigsaw wasn't fitting perfectly with with what Graham Wright's was saying.

GW has said how unhappy he was to lose Lewis and would maybe have done things differently if he had his time again.

I have no issue with letting these players go but am miffed and the massive unders we accepted, particularly for Lewis.

I'm yet to see a quote of GW actually saying that, and I've looked. I've seen where people have read between the lines but all I've ever actually hear him say is that he wished the club still had Lewis.

That would be Lewis on a one year deal. With no certainty of further deals or position. So the club let him go when Lewis asked to go.

That's a whole lot different that conceding the Lewis trade was a giant, regretful clusterfark.

 

[The Jet From Poowong]

Anyone sensing that GW might just be hoping that GCS don't do the trade. It is a 'face saver' for GCS and most welcomed outcome for us.

 

[OzJohnnie]

Anyone sensing that GW might just be hoping that GCS don't do the trade. It is a 'face saver' for GCS and most welcomed outcome for us.

How so? I'm genuinely curious. I don't see how failing to trade benefits either of the clubs or JOM.

 

[Baz_hawk]

Can we steal Stewart from the Bombers just because? Package him in with Barrett for a Mitch and late Lewis pick.

 

[ML4Hodgy]

How so? I'm genuinely curious. I don't see how failing to trade benefits either of the clubs or JOM.

We get Jaeger with pick 10 in the ND, without any add-ons

 

[Rabbitpig]

Calling fev a 'moron' is overselling his intelligence.

He has no understanding of anything above grade 4 level.

Not to accuse a fellow hawks poster of hypocrisy, but 'grade 4' level of intelligence seems to be overselling Fev's mental capacity!

 

[HomerJayS]

I'm yet to see a quote of GW actually saying that, and I've looked. I've seen where people have read between the lines but all I've ever actually hear him say is that he wished the club still had Lewis.

I thought he said "he may have handled it differently" on Nine news tonight, nothing about wanting Lewis to stay. I took that as managing the info/announcement/responses not necessarily his actual trade. Only GW knows what he thinks.

 

[ML4Hodgy]

I think we may have stuffed up here

Surely we could have offered to Gold Coast what we swapped pick 10 for?

I think we must have, but GC must have said they weren't interested in next years pick, and we needed to get a pick for this year.
Bet they wish for their time again though

 

[Mr Lizard]

If this is sarcasm I still don't get where the punchlines are....

The thing with not getting it is that, by definition, there's not a whole lot of point explaining it to you.

Take the 'L' and move on.

 

[RIOLINWITPUNCHS]

I think we may have stuffed up here

Surely we could have offered to Gold Coast what we swapped pick 10 for?

I think we traded for pick 10 because GC were being very unreasonable in their requests last week so we (wrighty) thought outside the square and as a result did what we had to do too get pick 10 knowing that either GC took pick 10 from us or we would take him in the draft as no other Melbourne club had a pick inside 10 willing to use.

 

[Alsmypal]

If Billy went to Brisbane/GC would this finally get it done?

 

[Alsmypal]

The thing with not getting it is that, by definition, there's not a whole lot of point explaining it to you.

Take the 'L' and move on.

There it is again "insert humour" here

 

[PhatHQ]

We have a few FAs too next year.

Birchall
Breust
Duryea

To sell ..."2 outa 3 ain't bad"...

 

[bradburygold]

If Billy went to Brisbane/GC would this finally get it done?

Depends if we ask ashcroft or cockrane.

Dont ask on the main board thread, they are head******

 

[Mr Lizard]

There it is again "insert humour" here

So, how about this trade week then? Players are being swapped for draft picks.

 

[GoldenHodge]

I feel like we should have kept pick 36 in that swap with St Kilda. Either offer GC Pick 10 and 36 or package a player + 36 to get a higher draft pick from another club and offer that to GC with pick 10.

 

[11sjw]

So JOM has told essendon to eat a cucumber
love him already

Give him 23, 5 or 1!

 

[The Post Man]

I think we may have stuffed up here

Surely we could have offered to Gold Coast what we swapped pick 10 for?

We did, it was knocked back.

 

[Billyc]

I reckon we are in trouble here. We have nothing left to trade because we accepted such rubbish for Lewis.

 

[The Jet From Poowong]

How so? I'm genuinely curious. I don't see how failing to trade benefits either of the clubs or JOM.

It is no longer about what is a fair trade. They know they ain't getting much better than what is now on the table (which is less than what was previously offered). The ego will not allow it and I hope this us the case.

Wrighty can just turnaround and say 'not my fault, I tried' and then if we genuinely are building a war chest, the PSD for a big sum is achievable. The Bombers don't have the cap space.

 

[Since 2001]

Negotiations between the Hawks and Suns have been tense throughout the trade period, with Hawthorn now insisting pick 10 is their final offer for O'Meara.

The clubs could go into mediation on Wednesday in an effort to break the deadlock.

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