Strategy Trade and List management (Add your rumour to the simmering stew that is the post season. Edition.)

[LittleG]

So you'd trade Wallis for a four pick upgrade? Poor unappreciated bastard.

IF he wants to go.

I would prefer to keep him & Libba but let the other FA go.

 

[BRWB]

IF he wants to go.

I would prefer to keep him & Libba but let the other FA go.

Why are we so happy to lose proven experienced players who are only 25 or so for magic beans?

It cant be salary cap, even with the Boyd factor we are choc full of pups on minimum chips.

Doesn't make any sense to me.

 

[Next Waiting]

Just out of interest if anyone can recall. Since Dahl debuted in 2011 (I think) has he ever been "omitted". Omitted as opposed to not selected through injury. I'm not certain but I don't think he has, ever.

 

[Woof]

Why are we so happy to lose proven experienced players who are only 25 or so for magic beans?

It cant be salary cap, even with the Boyd factor we are choc full of pups on minimum chips.

Doesn't make any sense to me.

Let me start by saying the Boyd deal is done and there is no undoing it. I think what we really want is sustained success, and managing the cap carefully by paying players in terms of dollars and years that allows us to structure a well-balanced list that can compete for a decade. I can only speak for myself when I say I hope we keep Dahl and Wal but I am backing the club to not over-pay them. It’s quite important that we don’t overpay them as the pups grow up, and it allows us to attract outside talent to bring in more experienced players.

So I don’t want to lose them, and I hope they stay, I just hope it is for a term and value that reflects their output.

 

[Bemoreboyddog]

Dangerfield was a forced trade, they never went to compo.

Yeah Adelaide knew what the compo was going to be and didn’t think that was enough so they matched and went to trade.

 

[Southern 8]

Why are we so happy to lose proven experienced players who are only 25 or so for magic beans?

It cant be salary cap, even with the Boyd factor we are choc full of pups on minimum chips.

Doesn't make any sense to me.

I hope he stays. I still think Dahl and Wallis most likely will be Bulldogs next year. Just hyperthical what we can do if that isn't the case.

 

[Southern 8]

It's not in our interests to do the trade if Band 1. Why take a worse deal?

IF it's band 2 comp worthy, then trade multiple late second / third rounders to give us lots of points.


GC might even trade pick 2 for 6 & Wallis.

Its a good trade, drop 4 spots for a senior player who provides leadership and drive. It's the sort of trade they should have done from Day 1. They can still get the King brothers in the pick 6 range.

If that trade happened who would you take with pick 2? Bit of talk Blues make take Walsh so Lucousis could be available. If he went 1 though would you take Walsh. Smith could go anywhere between 2 and 6 too by what I'm reading. I would want 38 or 42 coming back our way too.

 

[House_of_Dahl]

Surely Wallis for pick 7 is dreaming. I'm firmly in the don't trade Wallis (or Dahl) camp but for pick 7 I guess I'd reconsider

 

[ErnieSigley]

I’d rather get gonorrhoea of the eyes and herpes of the tongue than see that orange plastic sh!t win anything.

Couldn’t care if them winning meant us getting Shiel and Kelly the whole lot of them can GAGF.

I can't see them winning. When the going gets tough, they shit themselves(too many chiefs ….indians) . They were in better positions in previous years and way more injuries this season.

 

[Struggle]

Eagles and saints keen on Roughead with him likely to leave according to Stevo/Ch7

 

[Dazb86]

Seems like Roughy might be leaving

 

[Astro_]

Eagles and saints keen on Roughead with him likely to leave according to Stevo/Ch7

I just saw that. What do opposition recruiters see in Roughead that I don't? Puzzling

 

[Mattdougie]

Eagles and saints keen on Roughead with him likely to leave according to Stevo/Ch7

Straight swap for Billings and the premiership window is open

 

[Dazb86]

Straight swap for Billings and the premiership window is open

Couldn't see that occuring. The trade and the window opening on the back of Billings.

 

[Lindsay_Gilbee]

Saints already have Longer and Hickey.. and Lewis Pierce. Wtf are they doing there.

 

[flipper83]

But then wouldn’t we argue Dangerfield is on that amount and he triggered band 1? AFL really should release the formula required to trigger appropriate compo pick.

https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp...free-agency-compensation-20180221-p4z16j.html

 

[flipper83]

Although the formula in the article seems to weigh age extremely highly.
I'm sure the afl tweaks the formula to suit their agendas as well

 

[Mattdougie]

Couldn't see that occuring. The trade and the window opening on the back of Billings.

Dear god

 

[jdz101]

Eagles and saints keen on Roughead with him likely to leave according to Stevo/Ch7

They're welcome to him...Surplus with Trengove and English and all the other talls.

I'm not big on Trengove but even he is more convincing in the ruck than roughead.

 

[Bemoreboyddog]

So Saints are keen on Roughead, Hannebery and Menzel. Oh boy.

 

[Mofra]

Why are we so happy to lose proven experienced players who are only 25 or so for magic beans?

It cant be salary cap, even with the Boyd factor we are choc full of pups on minimum chips.

Doesn't make any sense to me.

Ditto, but re: Dahl and Wally - it seems we've low-balled both.

 

[TedDougChris]

So Saints are keen on Roughead, Hannebery and Menzel. Oh boy.

Has massive train wreck written all over it. Stinks of a desperate coach trying to cling to a job....

 

[BRWB]

Ditto, but re: Dahl and Wally - it seems we've low-balled both.

Shades of Callan Ward. For a team so light on for AFL ready players with stuff all cap pressure, its got me stumped.

 

[jdz101]

Pay Dahlhaus and Wallis their money you ****ing campaigners Bulldogs.

 

[Testekill]

Has massive train wreck written all over it. Stinks of a desperate coach trying to cling to a job....

They're absolutely panicking. The board knows that they have to do something within the next two years and are throwing everything at the wall.