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List Mgmt. 2022 Trade Thread - Part III

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So we really need to bring in some mid depth. Hugely exposed last season.
Xavier O’Halloran, not contracted for next year, pick 22 in 2018.

Absolutely get him to the club
 
Looking at some of the contracts GWS have given there top players and they are just crazy
Josh Kelly is contracted till 2029 - he will be 35 when his contract is finished
Whitfield the contracted till 2027 , so he will be 33

They would have to get a couple of these off their books or they will suffer - the only thing they would have to pay some of the salary.

How have the AFL allowed these teams to make these contracts that will sink the team for years to come.

You can see a club doing it maybe for one or 2 players but they have Toby Greene and Coniglio on big contracts for another 4 yrs as well.
 

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Tomlinson was going bloody well down back for Melbourne before he did his ACL last year. Was playing key back to allow Lever to play the intercepting role and was keeping Petty out of the team, who has subsequently gone really well since.

A team needing to add some height to defence could do far far worse than to get him. It’s no shame to be getting kept out by May, Lever and Petty, especially on your return from said ACL.
 
Given no one has nominated us, grab GCS's P32 for Long early and work on elevating our Draft position with BL who need major points for Ashcroft and Fletcher.

28 STK: 677
32 GC: 584
46 STK: 331
Subtotal: 1,592, just above Pick 8 all together.

I'd trade all of them for P15 from Bris (1,112pts). + Potential Hill, Bytel, Clark trades can assist this strategy.

No idea how Bris get Dunkley, Ashcroft (3000pts) and Fletcher (~1,000pts) done.
 
Given no one has nominated us, grab GCS's P32 for Long early and work on elevating our Draft position with BL who need major points for Ashcroft and Fletcher.

28 STK: 677
32 GC: 584
46 STK: 331
Subtotal: 1,592, just above Pick 8 all together.

I'd trade all of them for P15 from Bris (1,112pts). + Potential Hill, Bytel, Clark trades can assist this strategy.

No idea how Bris get Dunkley, Ashcroft (3000pts) and Fletcher (~1,000pts) done.
That pick 15 will have to go to the Dogs for Dunkley.
 
Getting Bowes and pick 7 would be a great get but seems really fanciful with little chance of happening. Ratugolea for a third or fourth round pick would also make me happy but aside from that I am not interested in any of the other names that have been thrown around.
It’s quite sad that we making up numbers on the lower rungs of the ladder whilst Geelong keep getting players of real quality through the trade period. It’s little wonder it’s seen as a destination club but it's amazing that they can fit them all in the cap.
 
We seem to be living rent free in a lot of North Melbourne fans heads.

A quick visit to their trade thread and you'd think you were on a St Kilda list anylisis thread.

The dude that claimed that the Clark deal would be done by Friday (before trade period even starts?) seems to post more about our board that he does North.

Not a lot of positive stories to talk about I understand, but still very strange.
Is that Psicosis? Seems an extremely weird unit.

The level of cope and delusion in their Clarko thread is also something to behold.
 
Unless they trade a Future 1st for Dunkley
Bulldogs will want both this years and nexts given Brisbane likely to finish high on the ladder next year as well.
Brisbane would probably get something back in return (2nd rounder?)
 

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Was pretty obvious the first year in , as an overage draftee from the VFL, he was not going to be the "Next Cyril". Terrible drafting.


He's been an okay pick up at where we took him but when we wanted Cyril and Shai Bolton who had been talked about as a top 12 pick literally drifted into our hands and was so much more Cyril.....you can see why Trout isn't here any more.

Most of us went "who the **** is Ben Long".


That said, if he stays he's decent depth and as much as we want it to be true not even GC are giving a second round pick for a depth player who isn't contracted. You'd ask and hope that they are so desperate to get on with other deals that they over pay, but just don't see it happening.
 
Bulldogs will want both this years and nexts given Brisbane likely to finish high on the ladder next year as well.
Brisbane would probably get something back in return (2nd rounder?)
Any way you cut it, they've got a mammoth trade period, need to pull points from thin air- I hope we get involved in that space.

Esava for a late pick next year and 3 Top 30 picks this year please.
 
If we want draft picks we need Long to take his offer.

Doubt he's on big money but the fact hes been offered 4 years means the Suns will at least give something.

If we can upgrade from a 3rd to a decent 2nd and get 3 top 30 picks we've done well
TBH given GC's situation we need to come away with a 2nd outright or it's a fail in my book.
 
Given no one has nominated us, grab GCS's P32 for Long early and work on elevating our Draft position with BL who need major points for Ashcroft and Fletcher.

28 STK: 677
32 GC: 584
46 STK: 331
Subtotal: 1,592, just above Pick 8 all together.

I'd trade all of them for P15 from Bris (1,112pts). + Potential Hill, Bytel, Clark trades can assist this strategy.

No idea how Bris get Dunkley, Ashcroft (3000pts) and Fletcher (~1,000pts) done.
What about getting GC pick 32, as you say, package them up, but for Bris 1st rounder next year, then trade to North pick 9 and Bris future 1st for pick 1?

IF Hill and Clark are still on the move (though I think Caro's article makes that harder), then we could almost trade that future back in as part of that deal?
 

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Zak Jones had an horrendous season, with the initial interruption and then he just came back playing terribly. He seemed unsettled and often gave away free kicks. The other thing is his tackling was atrocious.

I know as a result of that he has been written off by many on here myself included, but if you look back through our good wins over the last few years he has often been a big part of it in the midfield.

Here's hoping he can have a good pre-season and really help our midfield next year. He is a point of difference because he is quick. His kicking isn't great but he can bust through packs and even this year played some good games. We are better when he is playing well in my opinion.

I remember watching our Intra Club and thinking Zac Jones was the clear standout. I was pretty bullish on his year ahead. So I’ve got absolutely no doubts that his personal time off at such a crucial stage of the year impacted his season majorly. He was definitely not the same player upon his return as he was when coming out of that preseason.

I don’t think he’s a world beater or some A Grade mid, but as you point out, when he’s flying he’s a great point of difference, and isn’t afraid to ruffle some feathers.
 
Captaincy experience from under 18s, good character, tough at the contest, good runner good tackler. Been played on the wing out of position, he’s exactly the type you steal for cheap
If he has been playing on the wing and getting the numbers he has been getting its a double no , He has had one good game for the season , next he will be bringing IP
 
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I remember watching our Intra Club and thinking Zac Jones was the clear standout. I was pretty bullish on his year ahead. So I’ve got absolutely no doubts that his personal time off at such a crucial stage of the year impacted his season majorly. He was definitely not the same player upon his return as he was when coming out of that preseason.

I don’t think he’s a world beater or some A Grade mid, but as you point out, when he’s flying he’s a great point of difference, and isn’t afraid to ruffle some feathers.
Agreed with all of this. I think the way Jones plays lends himself to criticism because it highlights his deficiencies a little more than most. It’s an eye-catching style, good bad and otherwise. I still think we have use for his “good” and accept some of the “bad” along the way.
 

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