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Perhaps West Coast throw in pick 20Thats way overs plus we'd have no points to match Dean bid.
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Hi all, long time lurker first time poster.
FWIW, in short I see our trade window going something along the lines of
Curnow -> Swans for 1st, F1 and Florent with potentially a later pick heading back to Sydney.
3rd rounders this year or future or pick upgrades to WC & WB for Chesser & Khamis.
Hoping Elijah pulls his head in once and for all and makes the most of the opportunity afforded to him. We are a different side with him as that mid-fwd link.
TDK compo already on the table, is there a chance this forms the basis of a play for Humphrey? Not against bringing him in but also not as high on him as some others seen to be.
Potentially be able to draft with the Swans first if Charlie trade proceeds and Dean doesnāt receive a bid, then use SOS compo to match the most part of Dean bid, grab Ison and then rookie Gresham.
Anyhow excited for the coming weeks and keen to become a part of the forum
Cheers
Nah, $$ will decide for him, you know it.I would think Humphrey has the final say on where he would be traded to.
Welcome on board BJHi all, long time lurker first time poster.
FWIW, in short I see our trade window going something along the lines of
Curnow -> Swans for 1st, F1 and Florent with potentially a later pick heading back to Sydney.
3rd rounders this year or future or pick upgrades to WC & WB for Chesser & Khamis.
Hoping Elijah pulls his head in once and for all and makes the most of the opportunity afforded to him. We are a different side with him as that mid-fwd link.
TDK compo already on the table, is there a chance this forms the basis of a play for Humphrey? Not against bringing him in but also not as high on him as some others seen to be.
Potentially be able to draft with the Swans first if Charlie trade proceeds and Dean doesnāt receive a bid, then use SOS compo to match the most part of Dean bid, grab Ison and then rookie Gresham.
Anyhow excited for the coming weeks and keen to become a part of the forum
Cheers
It doesnāt because it doesnāt make you use good picks of similar value which is the biggest problem.Again, if the DVI is set correctly then that resolves the issues.
Brisbane wouldn't have been able to do the Dunkley trade under the 2025 DVI.
It doesnāt because it doesnāt make you use good picks of similar value which is the biggest problem.
They donāt want teams moving miles up the draft from a heap of lower picks, hence why they want the two pick rule.
This is what I think people donāt get. They want teams to have to get as close to the bid pick as possible because that is the true value of the pick.
More like we're still smarting from the spanking that the AFL gave us over the salary cap infringements 23 years ago. And not surprisingly, I wouldn't be at all surprised if the club isn't put through the ringer every single year. Despite the fact that Essendon cheated the salary cap, tampered with the draft, evaded tax, and won a premiership while doing all of that, they got a fine for a systemic doping regime. If it had been us, the AFL would have shut us down.The Tassie concessions which were put to the clubs, seems like the perfect avenue to influence DVI changes. Club should have kicked up a stink and used it to get the 2 pick rule pushed back a couple of years. Seems obvious and a very solid argument. AFL would have wanted club support for those concessions, giving perfect grounds to negotiate.
Unfortunately I get the feeling our club is to gutless to do that. More interested in playing nice with the AFL.
How? They're competing for roles.Petracca nominating Suns is a blow for us to try recruit Humphrey
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He want the DeesHow? They're competing for roles.
Bold of you to assume that we wouldn't be playing Hewett given the lack of defensive application in the rest of the midfield unit. Williams and Newman would also be in struggle street by then.The year is 2027... We've lost Curnow, JSOS and TDK leaving a war chest of cash to spend... We trade up to nab Sullivan Robey with the picks left behind as well as matching a bid on Dean + Ison whilst also bringing in the experienced bodies of Florent and Hayward.
Zac Bailey or Zak Butters as a free agent in 2026 with all the spare cash... Would not mind the look of this team whatsoever.
Nic Newman - Jacob Weitering - Harry Dean
Ollie Florent - Harry O'Farrell - Lachie Cowan
Sam Walsh - Patrick Cripps - Campbell Chesser
Liam Reidy - Jagga Smith - Sullivan Robey
Zac Bailey - Hudson O'Keefe - Zac Williams
Ashton Moir - Harry McKay - Will Hayward
Adam Cerra - Cody Walker - Matthew Carroll - Jack Ison - Frank the Tank
Impossible to predict ruck merry go round stuff in advance Jim, Reidy hardly an inspired pick though I'll give you that. Newman and Williams come across as types that might prolong their careers a few extra years to me purely because they get by on smarts rather than elite athleticism these days.Bold of you to assume that we wouldn't be playing Hewett given the lack of defensive application in the rest of the midfield unit. Williams and Newman would also be in struggle street by then.
I'd be tearing my hair out if our ruck/forward situation looks like that too, but it's slightly better than Pittonet.
Hope the boys and GW are listening as wellListening to TDK on the afl website sounds like heās taking a swipe at us.I suppose canāt blame him.
I think you are ignoring the problem though. Itās better for everyone if GC have to match Uwland with say pick 6 and 13 than 5 picks in the mid second round. It takes two top end picks out of the draft. It means West Coast for example have two higher quality players to pick from at pick 15 and again at 21. This is the whole reason for the changes not about the team matching bids. I think you are only looking at it from the team who has the FS or academy player, which should really be the least important player in the whole thing considering they can actually make the choice to match or not.They're still using those picks. They just might get a few more points by trading them to a willing partner who wants them.
And again, if the DVI is set correctly, you can't trade down too much, because there isn't enough points/picks.