Traded Esava Ratugolea [Traded to Port Adelaide for #25, #76 and #94]

[rye]

port paid massive overs for a spud

 

[Dees 87]

Wow, Andrew Mackie proving he's a list manager not to be ****ed with! Swinging the BDE around!

Honestly I think Mackie runs the risk of reputational damage with future trade periods

 

[Ross]

Mackie bought new headgear to celebrate.

MackDogg strutting around at AFL House tonight:

 

[Tristan34]

Honestly I think Mackie runs the risk of reputational damage with future trade periods

This is his last one apparently..

 

[Libbaaaa]

When the Cats cave and accept pick 25 (about 20 picks too high but anyway) what would have been the point of all this back and forth.

Will done Mackie, you proved me wrong. The new king of trade week, SOS a close second.

 

[Libbaaaa]

Port fans melting that they were trading #25 for a ‘fringe player / spud’ now thinking they’ve won the trade because of some inconsequential junk picks

This, desperate by Port.

 

[Adz2332]

This, desperate by Port.

100% we were desperate. But now it opens up for aliir to become the floating interceptor he won all Australian in.
It's bigger for us to free up aliir, rat just needs to be a serviceable role player

 

[STPer18]

Port fans melting that they were trading #25 for a ‘fringe player / spud’ now thinking they’ve won the trade because of some inconsequential junk picks

The classic subterfuge executed with alarming poise and grace. Just what you'd expect from the MackDog.

 

[sleep]

This trade is Tim Kelly

11

Tim Kelly

Age

29

Ht

184cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

23.6

5star

K

13.5

5star

HB

10.1

5star

M

3.4

3star

T

4.0

5star

CL

4.9

5star

D

19.9

5star

K

12.3

5star

HB

7.6

4star

M

3.1

3star

T

4.7

5star

CL

3.6

4star

D

21.6

5star

K

10.4

4star

HB

11.2

5star

M

2.8

3star

T

3.8

5star

CL

3.8

5star

-esque.

The uptrade from Sav to 25 + 2 x 3rd rounders is ridiculous.

Mack does it again

 

[Elmer_Judd]

Geelong going to come hard for Ollie Lord at the end of next season (if he hasn't signed an extension by then)

 

[Drunkcat]

We made you guy's fold, and we got pick 76 then you throw in pick 94, oh we rolled you lol

 

[BubbleBass]

If you thought Tom Jonas was bad then you power fans better brace yourselves for the Ratugolea experience

 

[dogs105]

I can't believe that Port didn't think of adding #94 last week...

 

[sleep]

Need to post a poll.

Which trade was the bigger fleecing?

Tim Kelly

11

Tim Kelly

Age

29

Ht

184cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

23.6

5star

K

13.5

5star

HB

10.1

5star

M

3.4

3star

T

4.0

5star

CL

4.9

5star

D

19.9

5star

K

12.3

5star

HB

7.6

4star

M

3.1

3star

T

4.7

5star

CL

3.6

4star

D

21.6

5star

K

10.4

4star

HB

11.2

5star

M

2.8

3star

T

3.8

5star

CL

3.8

5star

vs Big Battered Saveloy

 

[Footy Smarts]

As stupid as it sounds those late picks are likely to actually make a slight difference.

Port and Geelong are likely to be taking picks right at the end of the draft. Without those trades it would've been Port then Geelong then Port then Geelong, etc until they've each taken picks. This trade jumps all those Geelong picks ahead of Port's. Not much but not nothing.

 

[Matrix10]

Will done Mackie, you proved me wrong. The new king of trade week, SOS a close second.

You forgot Dodo

 

[Spook]

I imagine Geelong's thinking went along the lines of.

25? You're joking, we can do better than that.
<time passes>
Come on, do better than 25...
<time passes>
We can't just take 25 now, everyone knows we rejected that. We'd look like idiots...
<deadline approaches>
Please Please Please give us something more than 25...We'll take anything. Please.


I'd love Port to stand their ground and see if Geelong values their egos more than pick 25.

Nailed it... Added a couple of bottle tops, now they can say they got more that 25.

 

[Caztheconquerer]

Hats off to cats and power supporters, this thread has been a entertaining read. Trade was always going to get done so hopefully both teams are happy in the end

 

[Moonatic77]

Honestly I think Mackie runs the risk of reputational damage with future trade periods

Yep all the list managers have to deal with each other again in the future, they'll remember this petty crap. Geelong likely to be on the receiving end of this next time. I'm sure Esava sure appreciated the need to hold it for the entire trade period just so Mackie could extract those 'valuable' extra picks.

 

[Joao]

Port mortgaging their future for Esava. Basically 3 first rounders.

 

[The 747]

VICTORY

 

[TheEscapeClub]

From all reports, Esava is a terrific young fella, he cracks in, full of enthusiasm but Geelong have made out like bandits here.

If he wasn't the size he was, with his skill set, he'd struggle to get a game in the AFLW.

 

[Erakor]

Cant believe we waited a week for this s**t

 

[powerrrrrrrrrrrr]

Geelong going to come hard for Ollie Lord at the end of next season (if he hasn't signed an extension by then)

Already been reported he’s in discussions for an extension. On top of that, he’s apparently told Geelong he didn’t want them to draft him wasn’t interested in being a part of the Sav trade to head back. Don’t know why but seems to be some bad blood there so don’t think we need to worry much about this occurring.

 

[Shadow89]

Well, happy to agree with everyone else here and say that was entirely pointless. Glad this will be Mack's last year in charge, because he's been made to look like a fool doing this.

With that said, he still got the deal done before 6pm, while big dick Dodo is sitting there knocking back picks for a likely DFA and trying to direct swap contracted players for uncontracted ones.

No-one will ever out-Dodo the Dodo