Recruiting AFL Trade & Free Agency IX

[Lore]

Spoiler: 2021 Key Dates

AFL TRADE, DRAFT AND FREE AGENCY DATES 2021

Grand Final
Saturday September 25

Draft Combine – Vic Country
Friday October 1

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

Delisted Free Agency Window 1
Wednesday October 3 - Monday October 15

Trade Period (picks and players)
Monday October 4 (9am) – Wednesday October 13 (7.30pm)

Draft Combines (States and Regions)
VM: Saturday October 9 (tbc)
Qld: Sunday October 10
Tas: Monday October 11
SA: Saturday October 16
WA: Sunday October 17
NSW&ACT: tbc
NT: will join SA or Qld

Trade Period (picks only)
Monday October 18 – Monday November 15

List Lodgement 1
Friday October 29

Delisted Free Agency Window 1
Wednesday November 3 (9am) – Tuesday November 9 (5pm)

List Lodgement 2 (Final date for primary list delistings)
Wednesday November 10 (2pm)

Delisted Free Agency Window 2
Thursday November 11 (9am) – Monday November 15 (5pm)

Draft Nominations Due
Wednesday November 17 (3pm)

Pre-Season Commences (First to fourth year players)
Monday November 22

National Draft
Round 1: Wednesday November 24 (7pm)
Round 2–end: Thursday November 25 (7pm)

Rookie Upgrade Period
Thursday November 25 (10pm) - Thursday November 25 (11pm)

Delisted Free Agency Window 3
Thursday November 25 (10pm) - Thursday November 25 (11pm)

Pre-Selected Rookie Nominations Due (Includes Academy, Father/Son)
Friday November 26 (12pm) - Friday November 26 (12.30pm)

Preseason Draft
Friday November 26 (3pm)

Pre-Selected Rookie Notification
Friday November 26 (3.15pm)

Rookie Draft
Friday November 26 (3.20pm)

Final List Lodgement
Monday November 29 (4pm)

Pre-Season Commences (All other players)
Monday December 6

Pre-Season Supplemental Selection Period (SSP)
December - March (tbc)

Current Contract Status
2021 Draft Watch
Father/Son and NGA
Adrian Dodoro

 

[Mootsy]

Welcome to Essendon.......
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[FlyingV]

I wonder if we grab gibbons

 

[Lore]

 

[JT_the_Man]

Apparently Collingwood offered 27 and a F3.

GWS declined…

 

['51 Bewick]

I wonder if we grab gibbons

For free I'd be happy to give him a try.

 

[cAsEy_18]

Nothing wrong with what GWS have done here.

They're not saying our offer is no good.

They're saying we want to keep him. And they're entitled to do so.

 

[carnthedons]

There’s nothing else to be done, AFL 100% manufacturing drama here with their plaything club

 

[carnthedons]

20 minutes left and Pete Ladhams is the big fish, this is less of a climax than my female lovers have ever experienced

 

[Orange crush]

20 minutes left and Pete Ladhams is the big fish, this is less of a climax than my female lovers have ever experienced

But not the male ones?

 

[HirdyLannister]

So next year we'll have 4 list changes.

First round pick, 2x daveys and Bobby Hill.

Building a nice base of youth.

 

[carnthedons]

But not the male ones?

#reacharound

 

[andleanback]

Pies offered 27 and a f3 and they still said no

 

[Goat Hird]

Keeping a player against his will huh

 

[Scottie65]

GWS and McCarthy are ass..... if a player wants to leave ... HE WANTS TO LEAVE... hope he walks away from the club and takes a year off ... gws greedy And Calais ...

 

[DapperDon]

GWS and McCarthy are ass..... if a player wants to leave ... HE WANTS TO LEAVE... hope he walks away from the club and takes a year off ... gws greedy And Calais ...

Those darn clubs keeping players who asked to be traded......

 

[eth-dog]

Like I have no issue with the reasoning presented.

 

[Atavistic]

Did anyone here actually want Hill before he said he wanted to become a Bomber? I ain't even bothered. Now we can focus on the draft.

 

[Steve94]

 

[YEMOC NAYR]

Did anyone here actually want Hill before he said he wanted to become a Bomber? I ain't even bothered. Now we can focus on the draft.

He fills a need for next year for sure but I think most understand at the end of next year we will be drafting 2 small forwards as father son.

Plus we have hird who is still developing. I doubt we pursue hill next year purely based on that.

 

[Hippster]

I suspect there is still sour grapes about last year. If he had a different preference of club I dare say they wouldn't of such a strong stance.

Honestly if a player so vehemently doesn't want to play for you, you trade him. Can't imagine he's going to be giving them high output next year if everything that has been said is to be believed

If he spits the dummy and has a terrible year, not sure you will be as keen the following year. Hopefully he knuckles down. Strange decision by GWS. The kid is no superstar so seems like a weird hold on to IMO.
Don’t think you’ve lost too much here. Your list is good.

 

[MiguelM]

Nothing wrong with what GWS have done here.

They're not saying our offer is no good.

They're saying we want to keep him. And they're entitled to do so.

Yep, and as they said Green is out for 6 so they need their small forwards.

If the boot was on the other foot, we would be claiming it as a victory!

 

[MiguelM]

So, are there any speedy forwards in the Draft?

 

[Duckworth]

He fills a need for next year for sure but I think most understand at the end of next year we will be drafting 2 small forwards as father son.

Plus we have hird who is still developing. I doubt we pursue hill next year purely based on that.

I think one of the Davey's plays further up the ground. Also, we have always been in that position (Davey's coming etc). We are not looking at 2021 as our window year, so I think we might still look at him.

 

[Steve94]

If he spits the dummy and has a terrible year, not sure you will be as keen the following year. Hopefully he knuckles down. Strange decision by GWS. The kid is no superstar so seems like a weird hold on to IMO.
Don’t think you’ve lost too much here. Your list is good.

Overpaying would've been way more detrimental than not getting him. A future second probably close to the right price and GWS didn't accept it so we move on.

 

[Lore]

Having heard that live, Dodoro also said that Hill was actually in a good mood and getting a tattoo at about 5 when he last spoke to him. Guess he wasn't freaking out as much as Young would have us believe...