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yeah it's a double edged sword... and if he goes well this year it doesn't mean he has much left in the tank still... given his age.
that for me is comfortably too high
I'd give up no more than a 3rd round. Let em have him if they don't want to deal.
Whilst I agree with most of this I think that we just have to be pragmatic about it. If it's on our terms and it's going to help the club then why not?
What do you mean if he wins the best and fairest like Sam Mitchell? Yeah the eagles had to give up the farm for him didn't they. Why would GC play hard ball? There is no way they should want to keep 34 year old on good money who has no chance of being part of their next successful era! Even more importantly Geelong will definitely not trade for him if they ask much at all. As I said there will be no risk.
no offence but have you people lost your mind. If they ask for much we simply will not do it. Why will it be different than the San Mitchell trade? What possible reason would the GC have for wanting to be difficult and keep a player who costs a lot is 34 and doesn't want to be there. If he comes he will come for * all.
You can only get what the other team is willing to give regardless of whether the AFL is involved or not. Quite simply no one is giving a decent draft pick or a required player for a 34 year old no matter who it is. Clubs just wouldn't do it in my opinion. GC could go after a free agent who might be part of their next successful period if they get his money off their books a la what Hawthorn did.
Exactly. No point stressing about. If they want to much we don't do it.
The worry though is that in their fawning and forgiving way, the club DO give too much for him with some misguided notion of romance, or "Ablett = bums on seats" mentality. Five years ago I'd have felt more confident that the club wouldn't go overboard to re-recruit a player but it appears that the last trade period exposed us as being very quick to offload all sign of Ablett compo in some vain hope that the AFL would allow Ablett an easy transition back to Geelong. Contrary to what a lot of people think, George Horlin-Smith has no trade value, and packaging him off with Murdoch doesn't make the prospect more attractive. We've already on-traded future first round picks for however long, how would this not cost us a lot?
Can't understate the manipulation of the afl, especially with their manufactured sides.
I think (I could be wrong) Daz was referring to the risk that even if gc and the Cats are agreeable, there may be input from others that will mean we pay overs. I would be surprised if they didn't have a hand in stalling this years trade after O'meara and Prestia exited. For the ego's at the AFL, us getting him back would signal a massive failure for their expansion plans. So even if we can do a deal, we may end up wasting picks or time trying to get it done. Think Delidio/Caddy this year...
Perfect.
he is about ablett and only ablett, and made his bed
Drive Smith to church?
That doesn't make sense. The fact that he is on big money makes it more likely they would be happy to let him go not less. They could free up money in their salary cap and go after a free agent who is actually likely to still be playing when they are good
A 34yo washed up hack on decent coin for 5-10 games or a draft pick on very little coin with a potential 150+ games?? Frees up funds for what ever we need come 2018
Haha. Fair enough then. You've won me over... Judas can rot up North!
There still is.
