Gibbs requests trade to Adelaide

[xchadders]

i hope omeara goes into the draft and someone besides hawthorn drafts him. sick of players holding a gun over clubs heads.

 

[baldandbroke]

You need a "walk away" price or you end getting up screwed.

I'm ok with us using our first this year and next if at the end of the trade period we have improved our list significantly. Just getting Gibbs doesn't do that imo ... we need to either go all in, or accept making a Prelim as our ceiling. We can't hope for a once in 50 year stars-align finals campaign like the Bulldogs just snagged. Sustained success is apparently our aim, then act like it.

 

[ams4crows]

So much for the trade going down today in the morning at this rate we'll be lucky to have it done by 1pm tomorrow

 

[mattymac]

If we give up 2 first rounders for Gibbs then our recruiters have failed. They have failed to gauge what price it would cost us before we went down this path.

If we were prepared to give up 2 firsts we should have targeted a younger better player than Gibbs and made it happen.

Never considered that we did but no one wanted to come here?

 

[baldandbroke]

Agree. Lot of people been saying that. If Brisbane want a firesale let's shop

Maybe we are? I'd love us to drop a couple of trades that have been off the radar for the whole period.

Not much chance of that happening though :-(

 

[Sanders]

Never considered that we did but no one wanted to come here?

And how would that be less of a fail?

 

[ams4crows]

i hope omeara goes into the draft and someone besides hawthorn drafts him. sick of players holding a gun over clubs heads.

Something Port should consider with their pick 9

 

[Banshee23]

Roo said we'll get Gibbs "at the right price" ... didn't sound like we were willing to offer 2 1sts.

 

[relapse]

This shit.

Bear in mind that it's a double edged sword, if you sell high then opposition clubs then will then expect you to buy high as well.

It might be all well and good when they do this for Gibbs, but lets see how those supporters feel when Carlton get the SOS treatment from another club.

 

[Elite Crow]

Never considered that we did but no one wanted to come here?

And? Isn't the job of the recruiters and the club to put an offer in front of someone that would make a prospective target compelled to come here?

 

[Orange]

So if someone bids on F/S Edwards next year as first rounder, and we've swapped our first for Carltons second?

 

[mattymac]

And how would that be less of a fail?

Well if we did nothing our midfield wouldn't improve and we wouldn't even give ourselves a chance at a flag

 

[mattymac]

Sensing some urine on the sheets here. People whipping each other into a panic. How about a bit of composure and at least wait to see what happens before the skirt lifting

 

[Wood_Duck]

Bear in mind that it's a double edged sword, if you sell high then opposition clubs then will then expect you to buy high as well.

It might be all well and good when they do this for Gibbs, but lets see how those supporters feel when Carlton get the SOS treatment from another club.

Make no mistake, what goes around comes around in this game.

 

[footy4ever]

Oooh ooh oooh

I like it

He's missed 20 games in the last three seasons. Missed 11 games 2016. I wouldn't go near him. Quality player though.

 

[BunjiMac]

the longer this goes the better in my mind

 

[ams4crows]

So if someone bids on F/S Edwards next year as first rounder, and we've swapped our first for Carltons second?

We use Carlton's second, with the 20% discount that's probably all we need unless it's top 10 which I doubt to select him.

 

[Team DJ]

So much for the trade going down today in the morning at this rate we'll be lucky to have it done by 1pm tomorrow

I still hold hope that itll get done today.
Carlton need 13 for the GWS boys they want.

 

[Paladin]

It's minimum 12 picks this year.

What else do your magic beans tell you about next year?

What can your big intellect tell us about 2017? Where are Carlton and Adelaide likely to finish? Do you think we need to take calculated risks to win a flag?

 

[xchadders]

So if someone bids on F/S Edwards next year as first rounder, and we've swapped our first for Carltons second?

we use our second + the discount we get + move further back in the draft with our 3rd pick (and possibly 4th)

 

[Vhaluus]

If you needed it pointed out to you then you weren't paying close enough attention to Carlton to form an opinion on Gibbs

It was simply a reference to another discussion

 

[betterthanu]

We use Carlton's second, with the 20% discount that's probably all we need unless it's top 10 which I doubt to select him.

Cant we just use our 2nd and a later pick to add the points together? Or is that not how it works anymore?

 

[Vhaluus]

Bear in mind that it's a double edged sword, if you sell high then opposition clubs then will then expect you to buy high as well.

It might be all well and good when they do this for Gibbs, but lets see how those supporters feel when Carlton get the SOS treatment from another club.

If this was true we would get gibbs cheap as we constantly sell low

 

[Sanders]

Well if we did nothing our midfield wouldn't improve and we wouldn't even give ourselves a chance at a flag

Not getting someone better to commit is the same as doing nothing

Anyone can ask. Asking is easy

 

[xazos79]

I'm sick of hearing 'We got less for Danger blah blah blah'. Yep we did get stiffed a bit in the deal but to get a guy with a 3yr contract still in play and with possibly 3/4 good years left, you gotta pay up.

Agreed. Totally different situations. Can you imagine if we were in this scenario with danger? Signs 5 year deal, wants to go home after 2.... we would have been able to pillage Geelong for 3 first round picks minimum.