Bluemour Melting Pot XX - Snark Free Zone

[BlueTongue]

Seriously?

Yeah, whoa... have we suddenly gone troppo for Small Fwds? Wonder if there is there anything else on the shopping list?

 

[GapInIkonPark]

No one has been picked up in the PSD, since the 2015 pre-season draft... Free Agency has essentially voided it.

btw, that last player picked up was Jason Tutt.

O’Shea

 

[JoeyPBLUES]

Yeah, whoa... have we suddenly gone troppo for Small Fwds? Wonder if there is there anything else on the shopping list?

I’m concerned we’re gonna wind up with about 28 small fwds by the end of the trade period

 

[SkyhorseTamer]

We don’t need a defender, swans need a forward. It’s not about who the better player is, it’s about acquiring the necessary players...and Casboult would be valuable in that regard to them. I think a lot of people are underselling how well Casboult performed this year and his influence on games. He was a barometer at times.

OK. That means nothing. He's not going to Sydney with pick 41 for Casboult. You brought up the comparison to aliir. You can't backtrack now and pretend I'm bringing something irrelevant into the frame. Casboult may be part of a deal, depending on his contract. He's not worth much of anything.

 

[Aphrodite]

Gee wander where that came from ^^^^^

Rowie on 5AA said Riley Knight has had a medical at Carlton today and is gone.

 

[SammaGilberto]

I’m concerned we’re gonna wind up with about 28 small fwds by the end of the trade period

Possibly too many cooks in the kitchen but I smelt what we were cooking a few years ago and I think we're ready for some new cooks...

 

[ITCHY EYEBALLS]

Yeah, whoa... have we suddenly gone troppo for Small Fwds? Wonder if there is there anything else on the shopping list?

Replacement for Ed Curnow as suggested by Arr0w
Makes sense

 

[bigdog43]

I’ll repeat what isaid a few pages back.
If Grundy was in play I’d do;
Pk 9 and next yrs 1st = Grundy
Next yrs 2nd for Martin
Fisher and Dow = Papley

Without hesitation!

Because you are so persistent, I’ll reply. Collingwood would laugh at SOS if that is what we offered for Grundy. Two first round picks is the starting point for the best ruckman the competition has had in a decade.

Next years second would hopefully satisfy GC but your last trade offer is as bad as I’ve ever seen on this board. There’s no reason Fisher or Dow won’t become as good as Papley over the next few years as they’re both a few years younger than him. Papley was in and out of the side when he was Fishers age.

 

[Robbo's my hero]

Martin 185cm
Butler 182cm
Knight 180cm
Papley 176cm
Betts 173cm

 

[carlton_99]

Papley's contract isn't as long as some in the media are reporting. From Talking Carlton - OR. Someone else mentions that apparently on AFL.com.au it states contract ends 2020.

 

[ITCHY EYEBALLS]

Because you are so persistent, I’ll reply. Collingwood would laugh at SOS if that is what we offered for Grundy. Two first round picks is the starting point for the best ruckman the competition has had in a decade.

Next years second would hopefully satisfy GC but your last trade offer is as bad as I’ve ever seen on this board. There’s no reason Fisher or Dow won’t become as good as Papley over the next few years as they’re both a few years younger than him. Papley was in and out of the side when he was Fishers age.

Is Grundy not a ufa next season? So 2x 1st rd might be the best they get.
Ditto re Martin
I like Fish and Dow, but they have both gone backwards this year with no guarantee they will improve.
Grundy, Martin and Papley would be a massive net gain over Fish/Dow and 2 unknown 1st rd picks imo.
Sometimes you have to give up a lot to gain substantially

 

[Bamboo Harvester]

maybe he was just feeling a bit crook....

 

[jooce8891]

I’ll repeat what isaid a few pages back.
If Grundy was in play I’d do;
Pk 9 and next yrs 1st = Grundy
Next yrs 2nd for Martin
Fisher and Dow = Papley

Without hesitation!

no way should fisher or dow be traded

 

[F_therest]

I’ll repeat what isaid a few pages back.
If Grundy was in play I’d do;
Pk 9 and next yrs 1st = Grundy
Next yrs 2nd for Martin
Fisher and Dow = Papley

Without hesitation!

Fisher & Dow for Papley is outrageous...

 

[The Flying Doormat]

So, went back over the Port board's posts. A very reputable poster who I worked with for over 10 years posted about Wines. About same time one of our guys seemed to back up the story. I didn't notice any traction here.

Will one of the co captains even be here next year?

That depends on Carlton's $4m over 5 year offer.

 

[djw1952]

maybe he was just feeling a bit crook....

after eating a dodgy garlic prawn from a takeaway in Brunswick maybe...........

 

[thylacine60]

merri creek prawns are some of the more memorable I've had..............

 

[David Sylvian]

Pick 9

2008 Jack Ziebell
2009 Andrew Moore
2010 Dion Prestia (Daniel Gorringe Pick 11 HaHa!. Tom Lynch pick 12)
2011 Adam Tomlinson
2012 Nick Vlastuin
2013 Christian Salem
2014 Darcy Moore
2015 Sam Weideman
2016 Will Brodie
2017 Aaron Naughton
2018 Chayce Jones

 

[thylacine60]

2004 Jordan Russell

 

[David Sylvian]

2004 Jordan Russell

Nice hair

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

Would you except aliir and a 3rd for Fisher? and papley is a better player than Fisher.

C'mon man.

On SM-G973F using BigFooty.com mobile app

Aliir and a 3rd for Fisher? Where do I sign?

 

[therubbernub]

7 years is nuts. He’d be 33 and would have spent 13 years being belted in the ruck, with at least the majority of his first seven years being essentially one out - and that scenario likely to continue for the foreseeable future. He’ll be in pieces by the time he’s 30.

His management look after Shiel, Lynch and obviously think they have the TM stamp on seven year deals. As good as he is Collingwood would be mad to cave on that. Given the likely discrepancy in trade value vs FA comp they should push for a trade now - unless they think they’re a chance of winning the flag of course (I hope they do think that).

Conventional theory regarding ruckmen is that they dont start to really develop until mid-late 20's and early 30's is not considered too old . Grundy has been an exceptionally precocious developer, but i really dont think we should hold that against him. All ruckman have played a lot of footy by the tile they are in their 30's. his wear and tear will not be any worse than other ruckman IMO.

Just as a comparison....
Mumford 33yr
Goldstein 31 yr
Kreuzer 30 yr
Sandilands 36 yr

 

[Brutalitops]

Aliir and a 3rd for Fisher? Where do I sign?

Gonna need you to do a preliminary breath test first

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

Yeah, whoa... have we suddenly gone troppo for Small Fwds? Wonder if there is there anything else on the shopping list?

Riley Knight was an inside mid as a junior but could also play outside.

He has been forced to half forward a lot but that doesn't mean we want him for that role.

Endurance is one of his attributes, he is a ferocious tackler so I can only echo what others have said about him being an Ed Curnow replacement or a second tagger should we need it.

 

[BlueBaggerJosh]

Apparently we have shown significant interest in Tom Cutler (tall wingman similar to Tomlinson)