List Mgmt. 2026 Trade/Free Agency Discussion Pt 1

[Groupie_]

While it's great that we've thrown our hat in the ring for Butters, I believe that this is more about letting players managers know that we have money to spend, rather than legitimately trying to land him. With us likely to have a top 2 pick at this stage I feel we'd be mad to trade that away in the final draft before Tasmania starts to have an impact. We could effectively get access to 3 top 25 kids in this draft with the new rules likely to see us end up with an end of round 1 pick to go with our first 2 picks. That would give us an opportunity to really round out the young group we've put together if we can land a promising young ruck, Tanner Armstrong and another mid, which I feel will be better long term than adding Butters and trading out a number of early picks to get him.

pears wont match as we've offered looney bin dollars

 

[DickieKnee]

They might go for Seth but he wont go for them.

How do you know this?
I thought Benny Gale wouldn't be interested in the Tassie job as he and his family were well settled in Melbourne. I was wrong.

 

[Groupie_]

How do you know this?
I thought Benny Gale wouldn't be interested in the Tassie job as he and his family were well settled in Melbourne. I was wrong.

is he commuting from burnie in an xd falcon ?

 

[Tzatziki_Man]

Shouldn't we be desperate to get back up the ladder?

If you wanna move from 16th to 11th then sure

 

[Charlie Pannam]

Does Butters surf?
Does he want a couple of acres near Bells
Can he do a couple of adds for Country Road at 1M a year.
Done deal.

 

[Groupie_]

Does Butters surf?

 

["The Roar Is Back"]

is he commuting from burnie in an xd falcon ?

Penguin , do some research .

 

[clark1980]

if we get butters or not, it shows that we have the money tucked away for free agents, in the next couple of years. next year if we get all of the last years recruits on the park, it will be 8 - 20-21 years old playing with maturing bodies. without a lot of afl experience but experience of the game plan, feeling comfortable at the club, strengthened etc. add butters (or Bailey etc) and some fringe experience in trades like a ruck and it will be a different team.

adding cumming, smilie, Armstrong, sims, hotton, free agent, ruck to last weeks team, makes it totally different. especially if we keep our 2026 1st pick.

also shows the club has a plan, bottom out which we have, get in talented youth and then add experience. go tigers !!!

 

[Groupie_]

Penguin , do some research .

stalker

 

[Groupie_]

the melts over this from perennial minnows on the equalisation tit has been epic. we have 6 months of heavy popcorn eating

 

[sregit]

Excuses with Hopper, Ralphsmith, Mj does my head in , they are duds that wont take us anywhere,

Spot on. add Sonsie and Ryan to that list.

 

[Groupie_]

read the comments. delulu

 

[TigerTime88]

How much will we have to pay for Tanner Armstrong?

 

[captain cotch 9]

How much will we have to pay for Tanner Armstrong?

What is fair. I think we showed last year we wont overrate our FS's or academy players.

 

[cairo tiger]

buttress is exactly what we need but would he want to come to be with our spud coach? hinkley maybe

 

[tiger_tough]

buttress is exactly what we need but would he want to come to be with our spud coach? hinkley maybe

We should get Hinkley too.

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

None of Cats Dogs Hawks will be able to satisfy Port in a trade without trading out valuable players.

Their 2026 rd 1 picks are likely to fall in the late teens. Their f1's are likely to be mid 20's or later. Their f2's are near worthless.

Port will probably be looking at a comp pick around 8 in the 2026 draft. Cats, Hawks, Dogs will struggle to muster higher value than that bar trading players out.

So 2 things can happen:

1. The gaining club(say Hawks cats or Dogs) has to trade out a player or players of real value to satisfy Port, or

2. Butters goes to a club that finishes really low on the ladder, like bottom 3.

Agree.
Players have to be involved.

 

[tiger_tough]

We give him $9m front ended over the next 3 years and only $1.2m per year the following 5, when the kids are hitting their straps.

Blair knows.

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

nobody is coming until yze is gone

Get Grigga means
Humphrey
Anderson
Rowell
Dan will comeback

 

[tiger_tough]

Get Grigga means
Humphrey
Anderson
Rowell
Dan will comeback

**** Dan. He won't leave daddy Dimma.

 

[Capitano_Cotch]

Rumour on this board that Adidas are set to become our apparal partner from 2027 onwards.
Butters is an Adidas athlete.
Wonder if this holds any weight?
We would be the only Adidas partnered team in the league if this is indeed true.

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

**** Dan. He won't leave daddy Dimma.

If Dimma is Dan's ol man then I'm Donald Trump

 

[prodigy]

read the comments. delulu

That's fair for Butters if they match our offer.

 

[Spanish_Fly]

I'd rather go for Zac Bailey

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Zac Bailey

Age

26

Ht

181cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.7

3star

K

6.9

3star

HB

5.9

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.2

4star

CL

0.9

3star

D

12.9

3star

K

7.3

3star

HB

5.6

3star

M

3.9

4star

T

2.4

3star

CL

0.7

3star

D

13.4

4star

K

6.6

3star

HB

6.8

5star

M

3.2

4star

T

2.8

5star

CL

0.6

3star

and Darcy Wilson. Will allow us to keep our 2 top 5 pics to add more talent.

4 possible A graders or one A+, we still need depth of talent.

 

[sportshow]

I'd rather go for Zac Bailey and Darcy Wilson. Will allow us to keep our 2 top 5 pics to add more talent.

4 possible A graders or one A+, we still need depth of talent.

i'm with this also - too many eggs in one basket spells disaster - particularly as we're witnessing our 'luck' with injuries right now!