Recruiting AFL Trade & Free Agency XIII

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[ghostdog]

Also if ben King is steadfast on returning home instead of doing 2 more years at the suns or going to a potentially successful side

2.5 mill a year, if suns match, we walk away

Why would Ben King walk away from the potential to win multiple premierships to play for Essington?

 

[Keystone agony]

I doubt we're getting 3 firsts for Merrett who will be another year older.

Depends what 1st

3 x pick 20-22 and yeh i think we can expect that under contract

 

[Keystone agony]

Why would Ben King walk away from the potential to win multiple premierships to play for Essington?

Its written in there somewhere

 

[Keystone agony]

We need a few Liam Bakers without the price tag.

As long as we dont give up Jagga and Murphy Reid for them

 

[ghostdog]

Depends what 1st

3 x pick 20-22 and yeh i think we can expect that under contract

No way would I pay that. He'll be 31. What kind of contract do you expect he'll have?

 

[ghostdog]

Its written in there somewhere

What, money?
I don't think so.

 

[Keystone agony]

No way would I pay that. He'll be 31. What kind of contract do you expect he'll have?

At our club or elsewhere? And if so, where?

 

[Keystone agony]

What, money?
I don't think so.

Home

If he really wanted success, he wouldve signed by now or be about to?, which could occur

 

[andleanback]

Wonder if Tom lynch goes back to gold coast this year.

If Suns lose Walter or King, would make sense.


Free agents for us to consider

• Jack Crisp #1 - Strong leader at half back.
• Lachie Neale - free agent, could cover us trading merrett, could probably walk into captaincy. Melb closer to WA, than QLD
• Jordan Butts - if we lose ridley could be handy

There is Merit in getting a key forward that can teach, as doubt our forwards are learning much from Wright/Langford.
Theres only Tim Membrey, Amartey and Mitch Lewis.


b: McGrath McKay Butts
hb: Crisp Reid Redman
c: Duursma Robey Martin
hf: Kako Caddy Durham
f: El-Achkar Amartey Wright
r: Bryan Neale Sharp
int:Fiorini, Caldwell, Farrow, Johnson, Vissentini

Thinking Neale would come to Melbourne is just a waste of time. He’ll either stay at Brisbane or go Perth to be near his kids

 

[Snake Charmer]

Throw a stack of cash at Jayden Short

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Jayden Short

Age

30

Ht

178cm

Wt

75kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.4

4star

K

13.3

5star

HB

4.1

3star

M

4.3

4star

T

1.5

3star

MG

430.8

5star

D

19.0

4star

K

14.1

5star

HB

4.9

3star

M

6.3

5star

T

0.8

1star

MG

447.1

5star

D

7.8

2star

K

6.4

3star

HB

1.4

2star

M

3.2

4star

T

2.4

4star

MG

185.2

3star

.

 

[ghostdog]

At our club or elsewhere? And if so, where?

He would only go to a contender, and if he did choose to, those clubs usually don't have that many high range picks to play with. I'm saying if I represented another club and Essendon asked for 3 first rounders for a 31 year old, I'd baulk. He would absolutely have to be the missing piece. I don't see it.

I also don't want to offer him a massive contract, lest we get stuck with him.

 

[ghostdog]

Home

If he really wanted success, he wouldve signed by now or be about to?, which could occur

Still don't think so. How much time and effort has he invested in Suns? He won't be leaving now.

 

[Keystone agony]

He would only go to a contender, and if he did choose to, those clubs usually don't have that many high range picks to play with. I'm saying if I represented another club and Essendon asked for 3 first rounders for a 31 year old, I'd baulk. He would absolutely have to be the missing piece. I don't see it.

I also don't want to offer him a massive contract, lest we get stuck with him.

Plenty of teams think they can win it every year. Id say atleast 8-10 think if they add Zerrett then they can

Whether he wants to leave the city is another matter

Trade away Langford, Laverde and L.Hayes for 4-5 years of him of pretty good quality

 

[Vindicater]

Merrett for 2 firsts. (This year and next)

Langford and Wright for whatever. Future fourths for all I care.

Move Parish if possible.

A few more delistings.

Bring in some 30+ vets to steady the ship and provide some guidance along with another 3-4 top twenty picks.

 

[Keystone agony]

Still don't think so. How much time and effort has he invested in Suns? He won't be leaving now.

All ill say is he has re signed, its been reported he isnt about to resign, hes citing family issues, he knows how good suns are for the next 6 years now

We, you and no one knows what hes going to do, right now

All we know, anything is far from guaranteed right now

1 mill extra and home is a fair pry

 

[Keystone agony]

Merrett for 2 firsts. (This year and next)

Langford and Wright for whatever. Future fourths for all I care.

Move Parish if possible.

A few more delistings.

Bring in some 30+ vets to steady the ship and provide some guidance along with another 3-4 top twenty picks.

Youfff

No 30 vets are coming to us unless we offer ridiculous money and years

Jack Crisp 3 years
Jake Kolo 3 years (Id be shopping Mckay if we did)
Mark Oconnor 3+1 years
James Harmes MSD (if hes still training)
O.Wines 3 years

Jai Culley 3 year deal

Are the ones i can see

 

[ydc55]

Joel Amartey is one we can get I reckon and is an immediate upgrade to Wright.
He also plays with a bit of flair.
Besides caddy and Kako we have very limited supply of that.
Our biggest challenge will be to keep Caddy let alone pry players from other clubs.
Tassie will throw the kitchen sink at him let alone other clubs.

 

[FootyGuru]

Thinking Neale would come to Melbourne is just a waste of time. He’ll either stay at Brisbane or go Perth to be near his kids

hodge to Brisbane springs to mind. No one saw that happening. Brisbane had a plan and got him.

 

[andleanback]

hodge to Brisbane springs to mind. No one saw that happening. Brisbane had a plan and got him.

Luke hodge wasn’t going through a divorce.

 

[King Patty]

Luke hodge wasn’t going through a divorce.

And he had a relationship with the coach who had been a assistant at hawks for ages. And his current coach wanted him out to help with rebuild.

 

[FootyGuru]

Luke hodge wasn’t going through a divorce.

How do you know how that effects Neale?

All I’m saying is none of us know whether or not we could get Neale. We can speculate and it doesn’t look likely but neither did hodge. Unless you know him, you don’t know either.

 

[andleanback]

How do you know how that effects Neale?

All I’m saying is none of us know whether or not we could get Neale. We can speculate and it doesn’t look likely but neither did hodge. Unless you know him, you don’t know either.

It affects Neale because he wants to be close to his kids?

 

[Keystone agony]

Joel Amartey is one we can get I reckon and is an immediate upgrade to Wright.
He also plays with a bit of flair.
Besides caddy and Kako we have very limited supply of that.
Our biggest challenge will be to keep Caddy let alone pry players from other clubs.
Tassie will throw the kitchen sink at him let alone other clubs.

Surprised the afl havnt instilled no touching of top 25% paid players from sides that havnt played finals for the past x years

 

[Keystone agony]

It affects Neale because he wants to be close to his kids?

There has been talk he could come to melbourne from reporters/journos but im not sure if that was just to Stkilda under Ross

TBH i dont think hes the type of player we need, but because we have so much cap room, i wouldnt say no

 

[FootyGuru]

It affects Neale because he wants to be close to his kids?

Do you know them? they might be eyeing off a move to Melbourne. Or not.