List Mgmt. 2016 Trade and Free Agency Targets Part 1

Who do you hope we target?

  • Daniel Rich - Brisbane Lions (Free Agent)

    Votes: 21 7.5%
  • Jaeger O'Meara - Gold Coast Suns (Trade)

    Votes: 112 40.1%
  • Dion Prestia - Gold Coast Suns (Trade)

    Votes: 53 19.0%
  • Tom Lynch - Gold Coast Suns(Trade)

    Votes: 24 8.6%
  • Ollie Wines - Port (Trade)

    Votes: 55 19.7%
  • Other

    Votes: 65 23.3%
  • Peter Wright - Gold Coast Suns (Trade)

    Votes: 23 8.2%
  • Tom Rockliff

    Votes: 15 5.4%

  • Total voters
    279
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If talls are free or very low picks then go for it otherwise its time for mids. Even on the weekend our best players were mids but we still weren't good enough and that is because only Steven and Billings provide run and spread. Dunstan did ok and Ross did well but they don't provide any run at all. In todays footy you not only need to get rid of it quickly you need to give and get back or give and the other person run with it into space. Need outside mids and I'm unsure is a short or long term answer for that. Gilbo does it ok but apart from the 2 I mentioned I'm unsure there are many others.
Agree with all that. Rebuild would take a huge step forward if 1 of Mckenzie, Freeman, Webster or even White became that gun run and carry Isaac Smith type over the next 2 years. Add 1-2 more absolute elite mids to the list on top of this and we would be starting to put togethet a midfield that could run with the best. Dylan Shiel would be nice.
 

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Gws have 3 first round picks rhis draft, I wonder if they'd be interested in swapping our first rounder in 2017 for one of theres in 2016.

If this draft turns out to be the midfielders Draft as expected we could take 2 quality mids and spread our age demographic a bit.
I really like this idea...
 
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I'd be looking and keeping an eye on Lachie Hunter, Whitfield, Steele, Tom Lamb, Langdon from freo, Prestia, JOM, even Sam Day and Watts. Most likely 75% of these will be out of reach, however 1 of these particularly midfielders would be nice addition.
 

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Nothing but what if there isn't and we miss a star the next year? We will be complaining that we don't have a first round pick.


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Well if there isnt two players we like we don't do it obviously.

But if there is and we nail both we could push fwd the rebuild by a year.

plus picking up two quality mids would help attract FA's in 2017.
 

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Well if there isnt two players we like we don't do it obviously.

But if there is and we nail both we could push fwd the rebuild by a year.

plus picking up two quality mids would help attract FA's in 2017.

But you don't have a clue before the draft who you will get. And of course if we get 2 quality mids it would be great but I know what will happen if we don't. There will be murder on the dance floor and people saying what do we do in 2017 when we don't have one first round pick. Seems like a hopeful instant fix that may or may not work.
 
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Nothing but what if there isn't and we miss a star the next year? We will be complaining that we don't have a first round pick.


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We'd be backing ourselves that we'll perform better next year with two gun draftees, Carlisle, a fit Freeman and another year in our young list.

I appreciate that just adds another 'what if' to your list, but at some point we need to deviate from the draft and concentrate on FAs and it's not looking like this year is a good year to do that so maybe next year will be.
 

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But you don't have a clue before the draft who you will get. And of course if we get 2 quality mids it would be great but I know what will happen if we don't. There will be murder on the dance floor and people saying what do we do in 2017 when we don't have one first round pick. Seems like a hopeful instant fix that may or may not work.
We could pick a bust this year and next year as well though.
 

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We'd be backing ourselves that we'll perform better next year with two gun draftees, Carlisle, a fit Freeman and another year in our young list.

I appreciate that just adds another 'what if' to your list, but at some point we need to deviate from the draft and concentrate on FAs and it's not looking like this year is a good ear to do that so maybe next year will be.

That's fine but why does two first round picks help us get a FA? I agree we need a FA but they aren't as easy to get as people would have thought. Most clubs lock their stars in to long contracts. The only possible reason we would want 2 first round picks in the draft is to get a proven player that will cost 2 first round picks. There is no point in swapping one years first rounder for another years just to use it in the draft.
 

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That's fine but why does two first round picks help us get a FA? I agree we need a FA but they aren't as easy to get as people would have thought. Most clubs lock their stars in to long contracts. The only possible reason we would want 2 first round picks in the draft is to get a proven player that will cost 2 first round picks. There is no point in swapping one years first rounder for another years just to use it in the draft.
Didn't melb do it kast year to get oliver?
 
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