2019 Trade thread

[Tom14]

Also, as a rule players don’t leave big Victorian clubs to go interstate. Even the WA and SA kids for the most part seem to stay when they get drafted there.

 

[Lazza16]

No love for Wallis on the Bulldog's board.
We may have dodged a bullet there.

I recall at the time when Wallis was mentioned as a possible recruit our CEO came out in the press saying something along the lines of "we only want to recruit really good players"........made me laugh.

 

[dlanod]

I recall at the time when Wallis was mentioned as a possible recruit our CEO came out in the press saying something along the lines of "we only want to recruit really good players"........made me laugh.

Wrong way around.

There was a comment to that effect prior to the trade period, which we all parsed to see if player X, Y or Z (including Wallis) would fit it... I have to admit, McCarthy wouldn't have met my definition before the start of this year for example.

 

[bungalow_bill]

So many bullets dodged. Wallis Dixon Tippett. Lions are the Neo of the AFL

 

[BRAB]

So many bullets dodged. Wallis Dixon Tippett. Lions are the Neo of the AFL

Wallis would have been great for us in his natural position.

 

[Scubaveg]

Answerth ticks both those boxes. Will be a player.

Has to be a nod to a debut this week [emoji23][emoji23]


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[Scubaveg]

So many bullets dodged. Wallis Dixon Tippett. Lions are the Neo of the AFL

Dixon?


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[carnthemlions]

Wallis would have been great for us in his natural position.

Dunno about that, most of their supporters seem to think he's playing in the midfield too much. He's getting more mid time than Dunkley and McLean, both of whom had really good patches there last season. He's been completely ineffective from what I've seen, which isn't great after he was supposedly flying in pre-season and ready to go to another level etc. The Doggies might've done us a favour here.

 

[BRAB]

Dunno about that, most of their supporters seem to think he's playing in the midfield too much. He's getting more mid time than Dunkley and McLean, both of whom had really good patches there last season. He's been completely ineffective from what I've seen, which isn't great after he was supposedly flying in pre-season and ready to go to another level etc. The Doggies might've done us a favour here.

tbh I haven't actually watched any doggies games, assumed he was being played forward.

If not then yeah we dodged a bullet. Yay!

 

[Dylan12]

So many bullets dodged. Wallis Dixon Tippett. Lions are the Neo of the AFL

Josh Jenkins too.

 

[bungalow_bill]

Dixon?


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Charlie Dixon.

 

[Cockliff38]

Suckling as well

 

[Scubaveg]

Charlie Dixon.

Yeah I know who you meant, I’d still have have Charlie Dixon/


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[Lions Lions]

Trade targets... left footers... at least a wingman and a halfback.... any ideas?

 

[FromOldFitzroy]

Jimmy Webster?

 

[Bobby Beecroft]

So many bullets dodged. Wallis Dixon Tippett. Lions are the Neo of the AFL

So Dixon has been a failure at Port?

Let's just wait on Adams & Lyons before we trumpet that our trades are invincible & mock others trades. Perhaps we still have some rounds left in our own gun.

 

[jackess]

So Dixon has been a failure at Port?

Let's just wait on Adams & Lyons before we trumpet that our trades are invincible & mock others trades. Perhaps we still have some rounds left in our own gun.

I don't think it's pumping us up. It was just luck. We were keen on those players who ended up being bad trades.

 

[Bobby Beecroft]

I don't think it's pumping us up. It was just luck. We were keen on those players who ended up being bad trades.

Not really directed at BB from our perspective, have been reading on other threads for a few weeks now that our 2018 trading has been such a success, I guess I am yet to be convinced on the small sample size (aside from the obvious) to this point.

 

[jackess]

Not really directed at BB from our perspective, have been reading on other threads for a few weeks now that our 2018 trading has been such a success, I guess I am yet to be convinced on the small sample size (aside from the obvious) to this point.

That's fair but I think we're at a point where we can afford a few losses. Now that the core of our team is looking pretty good we're less reliant on second and third round picks coming on fast.

Although; you can't complain about the Neale trade, Lyons and McCarthy were practically free and the pick we gave for Adams wasn't that high.

 

[marooned]

I liked the look of Mason Redman from the bombers half back wing type.Was good with run and his disposals.Only young 21 I think ooc end of the year.Could develop

 

[briztoon]

That's fair but I think we're at a point where we can afford a few losses. Now that the core of our team is looking pretty good we're less reliant on second and third round picks coming on fast.

Although; you can't complain about the Neale trade, Lyons and McCarthy were practically free and the pick we gave for Adams wasn't that high.

I disagree that we have a core of a team in place. I believe we're still very thin down back and up forward. In fact I'd go as far to say that we have only one defender (Andrews) and two forwards (Cameron & Rayner) I'd count as a core, with a possible three more players with potential (Gardiner, Witherden & Hipwood).

I believe we have a core 6 in the midfield, but largely untested potential beyond that.

 

[jackess]

I disagree that we have a core of a team in place. I believe we're still very thin down back and up forward. In fact I'd go as far to say that we have only one defender (Andrews) and two forwards (Cameron & Rayner) I'd count as a core, with a possible three more players with potential (Gardiner, Witherden & Hipwood).

I believe we have a core 6 in the midfield, but largely untested potential beyond that.

We're never going to agree on list management. I'm assuming you haven't been a Lions fan for the whole period post the premierships because you don't seem beaten down by youngsters promising so much but delivering so little and losing complete faith in the draft.

 

[briztoon]

We're never going to agree on list management. I'm assuming you haven't been a Lions fan for the whole period post the premierships because you don't seem beaten down by youngsters promising so much but delivering so little and losing complete faith in the draft.

I started following AFL and the Lions at the 2013 draft.

I am lucky in that respect, because I appear to have come in when drafting and scouting seem to have become popular among amateur draft watchers, and analytics have come in to the sport.

 

[jackess]

I started following AFL and the Lions at the 2013 draft.

I am lucky in that respect, because I appear to have come in when drafting and scouting seem to have become popular among amateur draft watchers, and analytics have come in to the sport.

You weren't 'promised the world' by the likes of Cupido, Brennan, Collier, Moody, etc.

 

[Tom14]

You weren't 'promised the world' by the likes of Cupido, Brennan, Collier, Moody, etc.

Don't forget us using early picks on players such as Spaanderman or Cameron Wood.

Our drafting from like 2000 until 2008 was just awful, even considering we had a few years of picking very late. Then we vacated the 2009 draft and lost every good player we drafted in 2010-11.