Recruiting AFL Trade & Free Agency XII - 💰💰💰

[Keystone agony]

Just added Xavier O Neill






To the VFL list


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Atleast the VFL watchers will be happy with many mids

 

[faible]

Atleast the VFL watchers will be happy with many mids

It certainly helps our young AFL listed talls having an actual midfield to work ahead of / behind.

 

[eth-dog]

Seems like mid season trade period is fait accompli at this point. I can see teams in contention trying to get players like Shiel or Stringer mid season, would we be after anyone?

 

[Vindicater]

Seems like mid season trade period is fait accompli at this point. I can see teams in contention trying to get players like Shiel or Stringer mid season, would we be after anyone?

I don't think we are in the window to trade anybody in but I reckon if a team comes for Stringer we pull the trigger.

 

[citizen-erased]

I don't think we are in the window to trade anybody in but I reckon if a team comes for Stringer we pull the trigger.

both shiel and stringer would be good pickups for the dees.

 

[ghostdog]

Seems like mid season trade period is fait accompli at this point. I can see teams in contention trying to get players like Shiel or Stringer mid season, would we be after anyone?

Has there been something close to confirmation now?

 

[Call Me Cake]

Atrocious idea and I hope it never happens. Should be train hard, prepare, then go all out for the season.

Imagine a player in a GF recieving a medal who's only been there for half a season and played for another team before that. Just feels wrong. No thanks.

 

[faible]

Imagine a player in a GF recieving a medal who's only been there for half a season and played for another team before that. Just feels wrong. No thanks.

Billy Frampton got a GF Medal for barely bothering to exist onfield, a player doing half a season and contributing on the day surely deserves it more than Billy Frampton.

 

[citizen-erased]

Billy Frampton got a GF Medal for barely bothering to exist onfield, a player doing half a season and contributing on the day surely deserves it more than Billy Frampton.

Marlon Pickett debuted in a GF yeah? as a midseason recruit.

i'm ok with this idea.
an element of risk (ie trading with carlton for a 1st midway through last season), but not a lot of difference to trading for futures.

 

[SaintsSeptember]

Atrocious idea and I hope it never happens. Should be train hard, prepare, then go all out for the season.

Imagine a player in a GF recieving a medal who's only been there for half a season and played for another team before that. Just feels wrong. No thanks.

The media love the idea simply because its more to bullshit about halfway through the season and they can sell more clicks.
Personally i hate the idea.

 

[dank420_]

boomers and change don't mix

 

[SaintsSeptember]

boomers and change don't mix

Feel free to discuss why you think its a good or bad idea.
I tend to think it puts pressure on the lower level teams to retain their talent. That's already an issue.

 

[Call Me Cake]

Billy Frampton got a GF Medal for barely bothering to exist onfield, a player doing half a season and contributing on the day surely deserves it more than Billy Frampton.

Except Billy Frampton didn't play or boot goals against the team he received the premiership medal for in the same year. Which is exactly the possibility in the event of a mid-season trade period. Yuck.

Being a depth player in the event of an injury/form after having been amongst the group for the preseason/every meeting is different to just rocking up out of nowhere as an opposition one round and as a teammate the next. A mid-season trade period would ruin the sense of cohesion, camaraderie and loyalty in a group going all in with a shared goal from start to finish. It should be us VS all opposition until the final siren in September.

It also puts more emphasis on list management/conditioning and making sure you accommodate for deficiencies before the H&A. If you go in without addressing said deficiencies either through a poor listing of priorities, negligence in favour of a delusional strategy or putting all of your eggs in one basket, then that's on you. That's how it should be.

 

[dank420_]

Feel free to discuss why you think its a good or bad idea.
I tend to think it puts pressure on the lower level teams to retain their talent. That's already an issue.

What difference does trading a player mid season make when it comes to this issue?

Do the only players who get traded go from struggling teams to good teams?

 

[faible]

mid-season trade period would ruin the sense of cohesion, camaraderie and loyalty in a group going all in with a shared goal from start to finish.

Sounds like a risk for the club trading in a player that would need to be managed.

It also puts more emphasis on list management/conditioning and making sure you accommodate for deficiencies before the H&A. If you go in without addressing said deficiencies either through a poor listing of priorities, negligence in favour of a delusional strategy or putting all of your eggs in one basket, then that's on you. That's how it should be.

Eh. It removes an element of luck. You can plan all you like but if you lose 3 ruckmen to random injuries you can't really 'plan' for that.

This whole romance of AFL needs to go, it's a fully professional sporting league now.

 

[citizen-erased]

What difference does trading a player mid season make when it comes to this issue?

Do the only players who get traded go from struggling teams to good teams?

there's a case for fringe players to try resurrect their careers through it.
example - we could have gone for Dunstan mid season to help with the midfield rotations.

My question will be would the afl allow a half year contract?

 

[faible]

there's a case for fringe players to try resurrect their careers through it.
example - we could have gone for Dunstan mid season to help with the midfield rotations.

My question will be would the afl allow a half year contract?

They already have 6 month contracts for MSD, but these guys getting traded will already be under contract so presumably it's the existing rules that they need to honour the existing contract terms?

 

[citizen-erased]

They already have 6 month contracts for MSD, but these guys getting traded will already be under contract so presumably it's the existing rules that they need to honour the existing contract terms?

more thinking if you have a guy coming out of contract at years end, might be a little fringe where he is.
is effectiively a half season stop gap you want to assess at seasons end.

but the op is they get game time.

 

[jannissary]

i think the mid season trade period is a bit stupid mainly because i don’t really think contracts end (generally speaking) in the middle of the season (MSD being exceptions iirc) so it’ll either result players breaking contracts or having little to no use as itll rarely affect “the best players”

i also think it’ll make fans filthy, imagine if your favourite player just jumped ship in june for a better club, i’d be livid

 

[yodellinhank]

Seems like mid season trade period is fait accompli at this point. I can see teams in contention trying to get players like Shiel or Stringer mid season, would we be after anyone?

"Looks like we're a lock for the top 4. The list is in pretty good shape. All we need now is some over hyped flogs who play a selfish game that are past their best to tip us over the line..."

 

[eth-dog]

"Looks like we're a lock for the top 4. The list is in pretty good shape. All we need now is some over hyped flogs who play a selfish game that are past their best to tip us over the line..."

We get it. You hate Shiel and Stringer despite them being excellent players. We all know about your bias.

 

[ghostdog]

Except Billy Frampton didn't play or boot goals against the team he received the premiership medal for in the same year. Which is exactly the possibility in the event of a mid-season trade period. Yuck.

Being a depth player in the event of an injury/form after having been amongst the group for the preseason/every meeting is different to just rocking up out of nowhere as an opposition one round and as a teammate the next. A mid-season trade period would ruin the sense of cohesion, camaraderie and loyalty in a group going all in with a shared goal from start to finish. It should be us VS all opposition until the final siren in September.

It also puts more emphasis on list management/conditioning and making sure you accommodate for deficiencies before the H&A. If you go in without addressing said deficiencies either through a poor listing of priorities, negligence in favour of a delusional strategy or putting all of your eggs in one basket, then that's on you. That's how it should be.

I tend to agree. Feels like a move away from being part of a club, including its struggles to develop as part of a group, to being more part of a corporate enterprise.

If it is introduced, I hope it's limited to one trade per club.

 

[andleanback]

Seems like mid season trade period is fait accompli at this point. I can see teams in contention trying to get players like Shiel or Stringer mid season, would we be after anyone?

I thought it’s been said it won’t happen this year

 

[BrunoV]

i think the mid season trade period is a bit stupid mainly because i don’t really think contracts end (generally speaking) in the middle of the season (MSD being exceptions iirc) so it’ll either result players breaking contracts or having little to no use as itll rarely affect “the best players”

i also think it’ll make fans filthy, imagine if your favourite player just jumped ship in june for a better club, i’d be livid

Isn't it just going to be top 8 sides overpaying for players for a push into the end of year?

Sides who lack a ruck or a KPD when another side has a surplus. Maybe someone jumps at Stringer.

Trading is already a shit show. I can't see how the clubs will do a lot of serious business midseason.

 

[faible]

Isn't it just going to be top 8 sides overpaying for players for a push into the end of year?

Hopefully, yes.