List Mgmt. 2021 Trade Targets

[backtozero]

Not a done deal - but he's very interested. Have blown Hawthorn/Carlton/Sydney/Collingwood out of the water.

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We're in a better position on field than all those clubs. Need to have a big 2021 and really prove that point

 

[Grave Danger]

Who are you hinting at here. Paul Salmons a bit old.

Plenty of mullet.

 

[Byrons Firen]

I have heard that Merrett is all but done already. Kinda confirms things spoken about in this thread. Will play it out for Ess and not sign a new deal and come across.

Kind a neat transition out of Rockliff.

If this is the case, he would be a great get.

gbear either way it's important to remember that over the years Wenger has a track record of not Arsene about.

i'll get my coat

 

[FishingRick04]

Who are you hinting at here. Paul Salmons a bit old.

he has brothers, I employ one in Melbourne

 

[Grave Danger]

I have heard that Merrett is all but done already. Kinda confirms things spoken about in this thread. Will play it out for Ess and not sign a new deal and come across.

Kind a neat transition out of Rockliff.

So it's "shovel ready" - we just have to shovel the $$$ into his, and his manager's bank accounts?

And to mangle another metaphor, maybe our dealings with China have taught us to play the long game, and recruiting Orazio was just the lure, a stable pony to keep Zach happy...

 

[dirty2]

Merrett is quality.. quality is good.

 

[bacharach]

Is Merrett an RFA this year?

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

Is Merrett an RFA this year?

ZACH MERRETT (Essendon) [restricted]

The 25-year-old didn’t want to move this year, but he’s set to be one of the biggest names of the 2021 trade period.

Even with the Bombers making it clear they wouldn’t be sending out their young superstar this year, Carlton, Hawthorn and Port Adelaide all had some interest, Foxfooty.com.au’s Tom Morris reported on On the Couch.

The Blues are perhaps the most interesting name of that group, given they landed Adam Saad and Zac Williams this past trade period and had a bit more room in their salary cap left. It wasn’t enough space to nab Merrett now, but they’ll have enough to make a big bid in 2021.

“Put this in your time capsule. I think Carlton is locked and loaded, and will throw the kitchen sink at Zach Merrett as a free agent next year,” Herald Sun reporter Jay Clark said on Trade TV last week.

“I think they’re largely pretty pleased with getting Saad and Zac Williams, to add some speed and outside run.

“I just wonder now whether the main focus is on Zach Merrett on a million dollars a year as a free agent, who would come for nothing at the end of next year.

“He would be the perfect Robin to Patrick Cripps’ Batman.”

The superstar AFL free agents of 2021 — and the teams already chasing them

The superstar AFL free agents of 2021 — and the teams already chasing them

www.foxsports.com.au

 

[tangolikelama]

yes pls

 

[Eddie Dingle]

Merrett yes.

Dodo nono.

 

[Grave Danger]

Merrett yes.

Dodo nono.

You can bet he'll match any offer we put to Zach.

 

[bacharach]

You can bet he'll match any offer we put to Zach.

Let's just fantasise for a moment that they can't match AND fantasia stays fit and reaches his potential. 2 gun Essendon players for a second rounder. How glorious would that feel/be

 

[Troopsy]

Oh yeah, if true we’d have to deal with the Dodo.
He’d want all of Butters, Rozee and Dursma and a first round pick for Merrett.

 

[Grave Danger]

Let's just fantasise for a moment that they can't match AND fantasia stays fit and reaches his potential. 2 gun Essendon players for a second rounder. How glorious would that feel/be

 

[Schulzenfest]

You can bet he'll match any offer we put to Zach.

Depends where Essendon finish. If they're bottom 4 and the compo pick is gonna be a top 5 pick, he'd be silly to match. We wouldn't be able to give them more than that for him if we wanted to.

 

[Jonts]

Depends where Essendon finish. If they're bottom 4 and the compo pick is gonna be a top 5 pick, he'd be silly to match. We wouldn't be able to give them more than that for him if we wanted to.

What do you mean

Butters, Wines and Rozee for Merrett and a 3rd rounder is better than a top 5 pick in dodos eyes

 

[dirty2]

What do you mean

Butters, Wines and Rozee for Merrett and a 3rd rounder is better than a top 5 pick in dodos eyes

That's because that is better then a top 5 pick.

 

[JUSTWORK]

You can bet he'll match any offer we put to Zach.

As posted already, hopefully they are bottom 4. A top 5 pick is more valuable then anything we'd offer, best we'd do would be very late teens this year and next but you know Dodo will want a top 10 and Butters.

Make our best offer and let Dodo know its pick 5 (assumed compo) or he goes in the PSD, we wont get him, but they lose him for nothing.

 

[Eddie Dingle]

As posted already, hopefully they are bottom 4. A top 5 pick is more valuable then anything we'd offer, best we'd do would be very late teens this year and next but you know Dodo will want a top 10 and Butters.

Make our best offer and let Dodo know its pick 5 (assumed compo) or he goes in the PSD, we wont get him, but they lose him for nothing.

If North finish bottom (or any other Melbourne side) it will add an interesting twist too.

 

[big boy jackavoy]

Hopefully they will but would he be interested in going there knowing it’ll be years before they contend? I’m only guessing but apart from coin we’d be an attractive destination in terms of competing over the next few years.

Hopefully they will but would he be interested in going there knowing it’ll be years before they contend? I’m only guessing but apart from coin we’d be an attractive destination in terms of competing over the next few years.

Nah want them to finish around the 15-14 range so they don’t get Horne,sonsie or sinn

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

not sure how i feel about this.....

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"Port throwing all sorts of crazy money at Merrett to sway him.

Will make him the highest paid player on their list by a long way, and one of the highest paid in the comp for the next two years.

In the event that he doesn’t stay loyal to Essendon, that deal will take some beating.

It’s strange that these types of conversations are now happening even before the season starts - scary path we are heading down."

The left footer in the guts I suggested a few months we need to get in there and mix things up.

When I wrote about it I talked about the 3 or 4 players the Bulldogs have in there and said it would be good to get one of them. The bulldogs game against us in 2020 it stood out how effective they were as dominate left sided players mainly at centre bounces but also at other stoppages.

Merrett would be a good get. Pity he is closer to 180cm than 190cm like the Bulldogs lefties.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

At the Big Footy focus group with Richo, CD and Steve Shirley in December, CD made it clear we would be targetting at least one Free Agent and he said we have the cap space with underspends accumulated

 

[Lightning_Rod]

Merrett isn't slow and has more of an outside game than Rockliff, uses the ball better too. I think he'd be a big upgrade.

Merrets best work is the transition inside 50, I have wanted zach for quite some time, if we could get him it would be incredible.

 

[dirty2]

With rozee butters duursma and so many great young players coming through we should be an attractive option for players looking for success.

 

[PJ Power]

Merrets best work is the transition inside 50, I have wanted zach for quite some time, if we could get him it would be incredible.

Yep. Would be an ideal replacement for Boak as he nears retirement.