It would be close 1.4-1.5 would be the ball park
I sure hope not..Love Grundy as a player even from way back seeing him playing at Sturt before the AFL but crows need to use pick 1 on the best mid available and wait a year for Grundy to be a restricted free agent when he would cost a lot less. If the heirachy did want him this year and he wanted to come - then no more than pick 1 should be offered as that will get Collingwood Rowell or Anderson who project as generational mids
It would have to be the minimum. Pick 1 + Ned McHenry in return for Grundy + steak knives is the type of deal I see happening. He'd have to be the most valuable player in the comp, even more than Bont, Cripps, Fyfe etc
Problem is would Grundy sign a 1 year contract? I doubt it. If he is getable this year the Crows would be mad not to throw everything at him. 25 year old who is the best ruck in the comp is gold.
I think Grundy does not come out of his current contract until the end of 2020 - hence why better to hold off till next year from a crows perspective purely from a trade value angle
Fair enough then
Why? End of 2020 if he wants to come (not suggesting that’s the case) better for him and the Crows to outbid Collingwood and get him for free. Giving up pick 1 this year doesn’t take advantages of him being a FA next year.
Because youre making him wait another year and giving the pies an extra 12 months to sign him up, if you wanna do that do it. But if you wanna trade for him this year number 1 pick is only a starting point
This is all a funny story though - he is not leaving Collingwood and the crows need a generational midfield prospect to go with the crouch brothers and their younger mids like Jones and McHenry as Sloane and Gibbs are closing in on 30 years of age. Reilly O'Brien has shown enough so far this year to persist with him going forward and I would rather have a workman like ruck if it meant getting in an elite young mid than to get the best ruck in the league (Grundy) but miss out on the elite midfielder by giving up pick 1
thats for the crows to decide whether they go after him or not, but if you get him this year I cant see how it wont be pick 1 + add ons
Pick 1 is the maximum any club would pay for any player. Expecting more is fanciful.
Nup, Pick 1 will be the starting point it’s not fanciful at all. I’m pretty sure we will more than happy to keep him for an extra year and try winning the flag in 2020 with him
No question a contracted Grundy is worth pick 1 but as a supporter I am more keen for the club to hold fire and take Anderson or Rowell to plug another hole in our midfield with the likely pick 1/2 we are going to get from Carlton. If Grundy signs on with Collingwood in the interim so be it but if not, then next year - 2 x 1st rounders with a likely 2nd coming back is the going rate for a topline player out of contract (I am sure that collingwood would make sure they matched any RFA big to force a trade) and I would be fine with the crows parting with a 2020 & 2021 1st to do a deal
