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List Mgmt. 2021 Trade Thread - Part II

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Continued in Part III



Delisted;
Oscar Clavarino
Sam Alabakis

Traded;
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Retired;
Jake Carlisle
Dylan Roberton
Shaun McKernan
James Frawley


Current Players Out of Contract;
7. Luke Dunstan (RFA) - Link
13. Jack Lonie - Link
25. Dean Kent - Link
39. Darragh Joyce - Link
41. Paul Hunter - Link


To see the full list (it gets updated regularly) visit this thread;




Restricted and Unrestricted Free Agency Window
Friday October 1 – Friday October 8

Trade Period
Players: Monday October 4 – Wednesday October 13
Picks: Monday October 4 – tbc (approx. Friday November 19)

List Lodgement 1
tbc (approx. Thursday October 28)

Delisted Free Agency Window 1
tbc (approx. Friday October 29 - Monday November 8)

List Lodgement 2 (Final date for primary list delistings)
tbc (approx. Tuesday November 9)

Delisted Free Agency Window 2
tbc (approx. Wednesday November 10 - Friday November 19)
 
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I would expect one ‘break glass in case of emergency’ back-up KPD to be selected from the list of delisted free agents, as injury coverage 👍🏼

But any more than one would be a no-no IMO
Hartley would be worth a look. At least has a chance of lasting more than a year.
 
Bulldogs Probably have the 2nd best midfield in the comp. probably the best if you consider how deep it runs. But imo flags these days are won in defence.
melbourne have best 1-2 tall combo in May and Lever. Excellent distributors in Salem and Bowey. And roll players like Petty and Hibberd.
Dogs defence is pretty average. Dale and Daniel are excellent distributors but that’s about it. Compare it to their 2016 team and it’s not even close.
Go back through every GF winning side over the last 20 years and have a look at how strong their defence was
A strong midfield definitely, and we need another A grader but another A grade tall defender to partner Howard and Wilkie would see us improve drastically
For me mids when you the flag. If Lever and May were on the receiving end of that centre square demolishing they would not have stood a chance just like the dogs defence.
 

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Your conversation?
What do you think?

Lloyd this week: "St kilda think they should be able to get him"

Caro mid year: "St kilda think they can get Ben King"

Why is this such a shock?

You think 3 people are making this up?
 
We will probably have to unfortunately. We are going to have a heap of free list spots this year and we are looking at seriously cutting into our depth. I can't see us taking more than 4 players in the draft including NGAs. Losing Dunstan and Ross types with out a back up would make us 2 midfield injuries off playing kids and players from other positions in the mids. Good for development, not great for playing finals.
Luke Jackson, James Jordon, Jake Bowey, Kozzy Pickett. All first or second year players who played the entire finals run and most of the year. Melbourne weren’t concerned about playing old farts like Jones there. They played the kids and won the flag. No reason our kids can’t just be good.
 
Luke Jackson, James Jordon, Jake Bowey, Kozzy Pickett. All first or second year players who played the entire finals run and most of the year. Melbourne weren’t concerned about playing old farts like Jones there. They played the kids and won the flag. No reason our kids can’t just be good.
Wish we had a kid like Jackson.
 

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Wish we had a kid like Jackson.

Same, but let's not gloss over the fact that Melbourne got Jackson (and to a lesser extent all of their draftees that year) as a result of finishing 17th on the ladder. There was no grand plan or design involved. Rather, Melbourne had an emerging young list filled with talent, lost in a prelim, and then capitulated for 2 years, which allowed them to go back to the very top end of the draft once again and get even more elite young talent. Yes they nailed the picks, but to even get the chance to do so was pure luck, not strategy, and something that cannot be replicated (nor should be try to).
 
He handed out a doctors certificate to interstate clubs saying he couldn’t play interstate
Ben should've handed out a doctor's certificate to the other 17 clubs saying he couldn’t play for any club other than the Saints.
 

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i've got a bit of a different take to others on this.

i actually agree with Healy and its not because i think its insulting to GC. it's because it backs our club into a corner. we are telling people we should be able to get that trade done and we are not even trying to hide it. Caro has reiterated it on national TV. Lloyd has done the same and on radio. its gone into print media and social media.

so what happens if we don't make this happen. we are going to look like absolute fools. so brazenly stating another clubs player is ours, then when we go to make it happen and it falls over? either because he re-signs or he nominates another club.

this bullishness cuts both ways. great if comes off. but if it doesn't it looks bad.

but lets imagine he doesn't re-sign and he nominates us. how does this position us come trade time, after all this bravado. same for any contract negotiation.

i would have liked us to be quiet and work behind the scenes to get that one sorted. instead of calling something 2 seasons out! something that's not even in our control!

again it's not GC i am concerned with. it's us.

This trade has been mooted since the minute Ben was presented with his Suns’ jumper.
I’m not sure we would ever have been able to keep this one under the radar tbf.
 
2016 Bulldogs - Fletcher Roberts, Joel Hamling & Shane Biggs say hi 👍🏼

Elite quality midfields win Grand Finals

The other lines of forwards & backs just need to function at an elite level, doesn’t matter what the personnel is made up of 🤷🏻‍♂️

100%

West Coast are probably the only recent side not to have a genuinely elite midfield and relied heavily on their key position players.
 
Bachar Houli ?

I really liked his career. Should have been Norm Smith the one year ( can’t remember which of the three 😳) IMO.
Has he got anything left in the tank though?
 
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