Rumour GFC 2017 Player Trading, Drafting, FA, Rumours, and Wish lists.

[Pure_Ownage]

I must say i find this rockliff thing really odd. If he was going to stay i reckon he would have signed.

Carlton have aggressively traded out older guys for younger ones why would they target a 27yo on 800k?

And i doubt port can afford all of motlop rockliff and watts (considering they have hartlett and lobbe on big long term deals and they will find it hard to get rid of them).

I don't expect he will come here but i find it really odd which clubs he is linked to.

 

[CatTricks]

So I guess if Stringer is Bomber bound... we will look at Crameri ... because we need forward talent.

Craperi has already been ruled out by the club.

Still a bit to play out re Stringer. Once again media are going the early crow without any solid indication one way or another

 

[Turbocat]

But Brisbane?

Fagan ex Hawk

 

[AM]

There's more to it and I'm shattered he's leaving. The club, the leadership group and more specifically the fans are to blame in this.

Let's hope he's treated with respect at Port.

What constitutes more? My understanding is a club can't enter into any any sort of agreement with a contracted player. And according to Jake Niall more than one club is interested in Mots.

 

[Cataholic]

Lol whats the best Essendon argue for 2 weeks and it goes to mediation.

Meanwhile Geelong do 4 deals in 4 days

What will those deals be with Stringer gone?

 

[Cataholic]

Fagan ex Hawk

But still?

 

[GFrost]

But Brisbane?

His buddy Fagan asked him.... it is a group that needs mentoring!

 

[Turbocat]

Craperi has already been ruled out by the club.

Still a bit to play out re Stringer. Once again media are going the early crow without any solid indication one way or another

Believe me Im not overly fussed... If we end up going to the draft with 20 etc.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Care to speculate on those deals.... and who they will involve

Ablett will be done pretty early or not at all (depending on GC's attitude).

Smith will be a fairly straightforward swap for an early mid 20s pick.

From there we will see but it helps that we are a destination club.
Still a few quite good players likely to be available at trade time but i reckon we might trade for one or two lower profile players that no one has talked about.

 

[BigCat1]

Most of our starters are contracted so we will have some choice there and always good players on the market.

We might keep Menz but Mackie, Domsey, Lang and Motlop are gornn.

We can say who cares but Stringer allowed us to play Harry back and would have kicked 300-400 goals over the next decade for us. Disappointing Miss

 

[Jeff76]

It won't be a popular view on here but I want Devon more than Stringer FWIW (largely for structural reasons).

Can we still get him or is he to into Carlton now?

 

[BigCat1]

Cue all the Stringer is a dud posts. I'd rather Pick 20

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Why?????

Apparently Fagan has offered him a player/coach type deal to come out of retirement.

I don't reckon he will he could just be an assistant coach at a vic club and make good money.

 

[Willo_]

Jesus not getting Stringer or Smith and loosing Mots and a Lang would be an absolute disaster for us... Gaz or no Gaz

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Can we still get him or is he to into Carlton now?

He is still into us at this stage according to my source but i expect this to be a crazy trade period for a lot of clubs so nothing is done until it's done.

 

[Cataholic]

His buddy Fagan asked him.... it is a group that needs mentoring!

Wouldn't you want to glimpse daylight when setting out in the black hole that is Brisbane?

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Jesus not getting Stringer or Smith and loosing Mots and a Lang would be an absolute disaster for us... Gaz or no Gaz

Losing Lang is not a disaster.

Motlop depends on whether he really gets things together next year he could go really uphill or downhill i think.

 

[BigCat1]

Craperi has already been ruled out by the club.

Still a bit to play out re Stringer. Once again media are going the early crow without any solid indication one way or another

Very rare for a media person to be that definitive. Usually they leave some wriggle room.

 

[UnitedWarrior93]

Still a bit to play out regarding Stringer, when it was announced he would be up for trade, Geelong was all the talk, now it's been reported Essendon will be the one he picks, just have to wait and see what he himself says, right now you'd have to say he will nominate Essendon.

If that's the case, it's all over as we can't compete with the bombers and the Dogs would much rather get their pick.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

What will those deals be with Stringer gone?

Time will tell but i expect us to be very active this year and we have a good track record getting deals done, trust Wells.

 

[Cataholic]

Jesus not getting Stringer or Smith and loosing Mots and a Lang would be an absolute disaster for us... Gaz or no Gaz

Looking a distinct possibility, though I note PO's sentiment......

Miss here - and we've lost Hodge too it seems - and it's a poor trade period indeed

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Very rare for a media person to be that definitive. Usually they leave some wriggle room.

To be fair we never ruled out crameri there was no quote it was just the afl.com journo's interpretation.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Looking a distinct possibility, though I note PO's sentiment......

Miss here - and we've lost Hodge too it seems - and it's a poor trade period indeed

Hodge? We would never have traded Hodge in.

 

[Cataholic]

Hodge? We would never have traded Hodge in.

As assistant coach

 

[BigCat1]

To be fair we never ruled out crameri there was no quote it was just the afl.com journo's interpretation.

I was talking about Stringer. Browne was difinative unlike Barrett who always says something like "right now it's" or "as of Friday it's"