Recruiting AFL Trade & Free Agency XI - McKay. Goldstein. Gresham. Duursma!

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[TheGrizz]

Wow, what a haul from Port to hold out for...

 

[doug85]

73 and 2x F4.

Might as well have been a straight swap.

 

[DapperDon]

Wow, what a haul from Port to hold out for...

They even fist pumped.

 

[MightyDon]

Heard that 2nd future 4th was the sticking point that caused it to go right down to the wire

 

[doug85]

So our draft hand is 9, 31 and 35.

We brought in Mckay, Duursma, Gresham, Goldstein.

Lost BZT and Mass and some junk picks.

Dodo wins his final trade week.

 

[MightyDon]

Just in the nick of time. Indiana Jones stuff from trade week

 

[The Prosecutor]

Port board is an interesting ride the last 15 mins.

 

[mike ross]

 

[dank420_]

Dodo is the main event.

 

[MiguelM]

They even fist pumped.

Not that there is anything wrong with that!

 

[ant555]

Wow, what a haul from Port to hold out for...

Was thinking the same thing. Held out to get the waste of time picks.

 

[DonsRule]

Nice we kept a future 4th round pick overall

 

[Yoda_]

Its wasn't holding out for picks, it was holding out for passing on the baton

Welcome to the "hard to deal with camp" Jason Cripps

Jason Cripps

Age

47

Ht

183cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.7

4star

K

8.6

3star

HB

5.2

4star

HO

0.1

3star

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D

7.2

2star

K

4.8

2star

HB

2.4

3star

HO

0.0

1star

and PAFC

 

[MightyDon]

BTZ turned in to key back of the league 10 sec after that trade went through

 

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[Lore]

So the AFL kept us sitting here until 7.30 so that a future fourth could change hands a couple times? And they televised that s**t?

 

[MiguelM]

Well in the end we did well.

In: McKay, Goldstein, Dursma & Gresham
Out: BZT & Mass

Keep Shiel

Win

 

[MiguelM]

So the AFL kept us sitting here until 7.30 so that a future fourth could change hands a couple times? And they televised that s**t?

Purple & co still talking

 

[ant555]

Purple & co still talking

The whole trade radio period is talking
Bunch of over paid plonkers talking more crap than most of us would after 10 pots at the pub.

 

[Schnitzengruben]

All in all....pretty good period I'd say. Bringing in multiple best 22 players though FA, an astute trade and retaining our first and second picks to continue to hit the draft is a great outcome.

 

[ant555]

Its wasn't holding out for picks, it was holding out for passing on the baton

Welcome to the "hard to deal with camp" Jason Cripps and PAFC

Rather odd although Mackie did his best to take the title.

 

[MiguelM]

The whole trade radio period is talking
Bunch of over paid plonkers talking more crap than most of us would after 10 pots at the pub.

At least after 10 pots you forget it in the morning!

 

[Milanista28]

I think we've done really well.

 

[B4dg3r]

We’re an objectively better team than last year and managed to do it all for a couple of fourth rounders. Love lifting the trade week cup

 

[ant555]

Think we did okay.
McKay is the one who has to fulfill the potential . If he does we will be a better side.
The rest will improve us but we still need to get something from the draft and will need to land something big next year.
Should give us enough depth to be around the same mark again next year.