2026 Trade / FA Thread

[Apex36]

That too.

I have a bad feeling that butters will go to geelong.

Geelong is the one team that can trade early picks and be ok because they can identify talent with later picks and have them come in and be effective.

What early picks would those be? As far as I can see their 2026 first is unlikely to be in the top 20 at this point, and the odds are their future firsts will be even worse with Tassie entering the comp.

 

[yeah man]

Dogs have always got the best list but never put it together. Bont will also retire well before Butters, whereas Zak would have Nick there for the remainder of his career.

I don’t see why people think we are a bad option for Zak?

Don't think anyone sees us as a bad option, in fact Nick would be a better midfield partner than Bont (long term) in my opinion. It's more that the Dogs have been way ahead of anybody else in terms of putting the work into him. They started very early.

Relieved the club are using Nick in the pitching process but you have to wonder why they've left it til now. Leppa's a bit of a hard head. At least he's confident I guess? lol

 

[SchuPie]

What early picks would those be? As far as I can see their 2026 first is unlikely to be in the top 20 at this point, and the odds are their future firsts will be even worse with Tassie entering the comp.

Agree
Who are they trading out to bring him in?
And if I know they need to trade out, would I offer full value?

What’s the state of Cats’ picks? Are they in same boat as Dogs?

 

[Dtennent94]

Do the Dogs have better picks than us? Aren’t we looking to finish lower than them this year? Plus everyone think we are about to fall off a cliff?

 

[satty]

What early picks would those be? As far as I can see their 2026 first is unlikely to be in the top 20 at this point, and the odds are their future firsts will be even worse with Tassie entering the comp.

By early I meant first rounders.

Geelong in all likelihood will have to pay up 3 firsts along with a player.

 

[Fruit]

If Lachie Neale

9

Lachie Neale

Age

33

Ht

177cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

27.0

5star

K

11.5

4star

HB

15.5

5star

M

4.0

4star

T

3.7

5star

CL

5.9

5star

D

28.3

5star

K

13.9

5star

HB

14.4

5star

M

4.6

4star

T

4.0

5star

CL

5.9

5star

D

12.0

3star

K

4.6

2star

HB

7.4

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

1.0

3star

CL

0.4

3star

is a likely to choose us like people are suggesting, do you think that will help us attract more talent?

 

[sr36]

If Lachie Neale is a likely to choose us like people are suggesting, do you think that will help us attract more talent?

Probably only Butters and Sam Taylor - maybe Harley Reid.