Strategy Trade and List Management Thread Part 8 (opposition supporters - READ posting rules before posting)

[_Mike_]

Opposition supporters coming to troll , you have been warned

 

[adogsfan5]

What # will Sanders wear next year

What’s wrong with 9?

 

[dogwatch]

WTF?

Looks like the year we got Sanders. Not 2025.

 

[Proffessor]

We had the dominant midfield in 2021. Melbourne had the next best one and Steven May.

Brisbane have that midfield and Harris Andrews.

We could have Steven May next year if we were able to make obvious sensible decisions. But alas that is far from our strong suit.

 

[BallaratBulldog]

We could have Steven May next year if we were able to make obvious sensible decisions. But alas that is far from our strong suit.

He failed medical at Collingwood. Everyone could see the guy is cooked.

 

[MaxiBont]

What’s wrong with 9?

Might be some competition for it

 

[Flags_In_The_Bag]

We do keep our cards close to our chest, so lets hold the melts another week or so to see if we do have other targets lined up.

Can I interest anyone in a Billy Frampton?

Ill raise you a Ben Mackay

 

[Flags_In_The_Bag]

Butters is not leaving Port Adelaide this season so our first rounder would most likely be used in the draft

Still think we move our next years to the blues this year to arm ourselves with two firsts to temp Port and let Butters know we have the pics and to put pressure on port to do it this year

 

[Contador]

I still think the AFL missed a trick in not giving Tassie concession picks as soon as their entry was announced. They could have given them pick 5 (preserve bottom 4) and start of 2R and 3R selections for the past 3 years.

Obviously they would have had to keep trading them forwards but that’s fine - could have traded their 2024 2R for North’s 1R third year (doing the trade Richmond did); and then this year they trade that pick into 2026, etc. It’s so much better to dilute a lot of drafts a little bit then to absolutely destroy one draft - particularly when you add on up to 18 FA compensation picks

So they keep trading their picks forward until they end up with all the top picks in 2027, what difference does that make?

 

[Flags_In_The_Bag]

Looks like the year we got Sanders. Not 2025.

Yeah quickly worked that out after i posted it..lol

 

[Flags_In_The_Bag]

Will was always the least football oriented of the three. He wasn't even interested in pursuing it as a career for awhile there.

Max is the one I've heard

 

[Doggies7]

Ill raise you a Ben Mackay

I literally thought about him today also haha. I would absolutely take him for cheap/salary dump by the Bombers and bank on a change of scenery making him a positive defender again. But... I was too scared to suggest it on here

 

[Dogs Rule]

The biggest hurdle is getting Butters to nominate us. He comes out and says 'Make me a Dog' then it gets interesting.

As for the salary between Bont and Butters. What would Bont want the most right now? Another flag. Does Butters give us a hell of a shake at getting there, you bet he does. That's the same sell to every other player on our list.

Honestly, when you add all the pieces up, he's clearly looking at a move. You don't just walk into a meeting with your club asking about exploring a trade back to Victoria on a whim. It's not just a throwaway line.

The argument from some green eyed opposition fans 'you already have a stacked midfield' is ridiculous. You can never have too strong of a midfield, that's where the game starts and that's where it's won.

Go get him Dogs. Move heaven and earth and make it happen.

 

[Doggies7]

I'm too scared to get my hopes up for Butters. Call it the defeatist Bulldog attitude, I've been hurt before and seeing Butters choose a Cats or Hawks over us, this year or next, would crush me.

Saying that, my hopes are absolutely sky high and I expect him to be a Bulldog Please bless us tiny baby Jesus.

 

[cleveland]

Butters wants to come. Butters wants out. Butters doesn't want to be disrespectful.

Just get it done.

 

[perro_loco]

Butters is 100% coming to the Dogs. Only question is whether it's this year or next year.

great news, but what makes you so sure?

 

[perro_loco]

This is the very definition of a forum to discuss exactly this!

you bet, the more inane our comments are the better. we the funs know everything and we are the best speculators in da universe!

 

[goodcop badcop]

Butters wants to come. Butters wants out. Butters doesn't want to be disrespectful.

Just get it done.

If Butters doesn't declare it, we certainly won't be getting anything done. He has to be disrespectful.

 

[Flags_In_The_Bag]

The biggest hurdle is getting Butters to nominate us. He comes out and says 'Make me a Dog' then it gets interesting.

As for the salary between Bont and Butters. What would Bont want the most right now? Another flag. Does Butters give us a hell of a shake at getting there, you bet he does. That's the same sell to every other player on our list.

Honestly, when you add all the pieces up, he's clearly looking at a move. You don't just walk into a meeting with your club asking about exploring a trade back to Victoria on a whim. It's not just a throwaway line.

The argument from some green eyed opposition fans 'you already have a stacked midfield' is ridiculous. You can never have too strong of a midfield, that's where the game starts and that's where it's won.

Go get him Dogs. Move heaven and earth and make it happen.

He is a line breaking midfielder that we dont have. Like a prime Treloar but more aggressive

 

[DiamondDogs8]

He is a line breaking midfielder that we dont have. Like a prime Treloar but more aggressive

 

[doggiesin08]

So they keep trading their picks forward until they end up with all the top picks in 2027, what difference does that make?

It makes an enormous difference. The team who finishes 9th the year before they come in still gets pick #10 rather than being pushed all the way back to pick #20 (or probab worse with FAs) or has already had the benefit of trading that pick.

Spreading the dilution over multiple years means the effects are less pronounced in a single year and spread across a wider number of teams.

 

[Flags_In_The_Bag]

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Think Butters is more then Richards with that aspect

 

[seaweed]

What I’m surprised about from that post from Mitch Cleary is stating a $$$ figure and years length, would that suggest that we’ve actually made a formal offer to Butters or is it just an educated guess?

I’ve also heard that Butters has recently listed his Adelaide home for sale, but I’m unsure if this is true or not.

Either way, where there’s smoke there’s fire.

Interesting week or two ahead.

I read somewhere recently that he’s sold his Adelaide house and is currently living with Mitch Georgiades.

Smoke, fire etc

 

[TiAn_]

I read somewhere recently that he’s sold his Adelaide house and is currently living with Mitch Georgiades.

Smoke, fire etc

Renovating, not sold, apparently.

 

[immortalmike]

If Butters is a chance you do it.
Top 5 mid in the comp. Bont is 30, Libba is almost done, Treloar may never get back.
Midfield of Butters, Sanders, Richards and Fridge in 3 years looks flag worthy compared to without him.

 

[MaxiBont]

Renovating, not sold, apparently.

But is it being renovated to be sold