2026 Trade / FA Thread

[The Phantom]

Don't understand why A grade midfielders wouldn't wanna play alongside Nick.

If it was that simple Bailey Smith would be at Collingwood

 

[Run n Spread]

Don't understand why A grade midfielders wouldn't wanna play alongside Nick.

Need to turn our own into a graders no sense begging and carrying on with pipe dreams.
Dimattaia Cocherarene and Allen all need to be in the side opening round

 

[Pistol Night]

If it was that simple Bailey Smith would be at Collingwood

Giving everyone in Melbourne the finger and actually copping it in the media rather than the "Oh hes a rascal isn't he" type ball tickling Geelong get with everything

 

[BEEG]

Pies rent Butters a penthouse in Richmond to come and go from, Still gets to live in the country.

That's a nice selling point.

 

[Pistol Night]

Pies rent Butters a penthouse in Richmond to come and go from, Still gets to live in the country.

That's a nice selling point.

With a helipad

 

[BEEG]

With a helipad

Surely we have some wealthy supporters who can just buy one and sign it over to him.

Geelong do it with land.

Time to get creative Collingwood.

 

[PiCkLeJuiCe]

Surely we have some wealthy supporters who can just buy one and sign it over to him.

Geelong do it with land.

Time to get creative Collingwood.

I blame Eddie. Living in Toorak hoarding all his coin for what, generational wealth. Pathetic

 

[WanderingDude]

Bailey will stay, Butters is off to the dogs and king is coming to us. Nostradamus just told me to lock it in

Can King and Stringer play in the same forward line? All these trains confuse me!!!!

 

[manicpie]

It's time for a little less conversation, a little more action please

 

[Harry O]

Brisbane will lose players over the next few years anyway as they can’t keep them all. Bailey would be a great get, almost kicked 10 in the grand final if not for inaccuracy

Zac Bailey is a gun. Is he the type of player we need though?
Is he a key defender or additional gun mid to pair with Nick?

 

[Harry O]

Need to turn our own into a graders no sense begging and carrying on with pipe dreams.
Dimattaia Cocherarene and Allen all need to be in the side opening round

No chance. Ed should but not the others

 

[granniewolf]

No chance. Ed should but not the others

I beg to disagree re Joel Cochran.

 

[Harry O]

I beg to disagree re Joel Cochran.

I like him but struggle to see him playing

 

[granniewolf]

I like him but struggle to see him playing

He won't turn 20 until next month, he's been bulking up and improving rapidly. He's going to be a 200gamer for us.
Unless they don't renew his contract and someone else pinches him.
EDIT: this of course is my opinion

 

[granniewolf]

I like him but struggle to see him playing

I'll remind you of that a bit down the track.

 

[Eric Shin]

Pies rent Butters a penthouse in Richmond to come and go from, Still gets to live in the country.

That's a nice selling point.

With a helipad

Isn’t one of our sponsors a Real Estate company? Make it happen Leppa & Ned!

 

[sr36]

Is he a key defender or additional gun mid to pair with Nick?

Bailey is a gun mid, but I doubt he and Nick would be able to have father sons together if that's what you're asking.

 

[Exambolor]

Bailey is a gun mid, but I doubt he and Nick would be able to have father sons together if that's what you're asking.

He’s good enough to play as an inside mid but he can’t do it at Brisbane with Dunkley, McCluggage, Ashcroft and Neale there

 

[Pistol Night]

Isn’t one of our sponsors a Real Estate company? Make it happen Leppa & Ned!

And Emirates FFS! Get him a 747 to shoot back home to Bacchus Marsh in on weekends

 

[The Phantom]

Bailey is a gun mid, but I doubt he and Nick would be able to have father sons together if that's what you're asking.

But we can fight for their right to have sons!

 

[Go Woods]

Rumours fly as Daicos spotted with rival

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/rumours-fly-as-nick-daicos-spotted-with-rival/news-story/844c21baa51b9250d24f9bef04fe6eb9

The bromance is at fever pitch

 

[legendstatus]

Butters & Naicos seen everywhere together at Origin according to some random podcaster on HS, bets bbq end of year he will be a Pie

 

[manicpie]

Butters & Naicos seen everywhere together at Origin according to some random podcaster on HS, bets bbq end of year he will be a Pie

God I hope so

 

[tmpies01]

It was WA journo Ryan Daniels who said Butters to Pies at the end of the year.

But… it was a “our hottest takes of the 2026 season” on his Hard Ball Gets podcast.

Still, I like that it’s coming from him.

 

[Eric Shin]

Butters to Collingwood confirmed