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He hasn't done anything to warrant a high pick.
Traded Jack Higgins [Traded to St Kilda with #21 and a Future 4th Round Pick for #17 and a Future 2nd Round Pick]
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He’s also a first round pick from three years ago and really hasn’t put a foot wrong.
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Your going to be disappointed as we aren't getting a top 20 pick on it's own for him....
If that was the case I believe the club would be silly to let him go.
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It’ll be very interesting to see how it plays out during the week.
Higgins is a classy forward and a midfield, a very rare commodity. If he gets the defensive side of his game right he's clearly more talented than Rioli and Castagna and could take one of their spots, but the Tigers love what those two do defensively. More like he replaces Edwards or fills in for the inevitable injury to Cotchin or Prestia. Swaps mid/forward with Bolton. Or covers the midfield minutes as Dusty continues to play more forward.
If he was desperate to leave you might be able to grab him for a pick in the 20-25 range but Richmond surely value him still in the 15-20 range assuming he's happy. It's really a non starter trade unless the player and club are both really keen.
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Fully fit Higgins is a far superior footballer to Aarts. Aarts is an honest trier recruited out of our VFL team as a mature age rookie. Kudos to him if he can stay in or around the senior team.
Higgins on the other hand still has upside. That's why the Saints want him and not someone like Aarts. Statswise Higgins blew the U18 competition out of the water in his draft year, broke records and was expected to go 10-12 and drifted down to 17 where we couldn't believe our luck and pounced.
He's played more football than all but 2 of the top 10 players in his draft year in the strongest team in the comp over the last few years. He's also won AFL goal of the year and had major brain surgery twice ! He also cracks funny jokes a bit like your post, except funny. He is a little champ.
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Has asked for a trade to St Kilda according to the Age.
Our first and 2021 2nd for Richmond's 1st and Higgins seems fair points wise.
Equals out to about Pick 22
Equals out to about Pick 22
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Saints trade pick 17
Tigers trade Higgins + pick 61?
Tigers trade Higgins + pick 61?
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Well, nothing lost of he stays then....I reckon he'd get into the team given a clear stretch of training
I really like Higgins and hope he becomes a Saint.
Your trade is not unfair but I believe St Kilda will be hoping to get him a bit cheaper.
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derisory and insulting by the saints.
What are you referring to in particular?
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A future 2nd
What are you referring to here?
Future 2nd would be a nice outcome for St Kilda but hopefully we can find a deal that is more acceptable to both teams.
On it's own or with a pick swap like I referred to?
If you genuinely think a non-best 22 player is worth a first rounder just because of what jumper he wears that's a bit rich.
Dan Butler was let go for a pick in the 50's?
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you do understand the difference between contracted and free agent don't you?
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Max king getting games for an average team and playing rubbish doesn't magically increase his value.
You have got to have some context he had a brain injury so his pathway was not straight forward to the b22. Imo he has done very well just to play elite footy again and had some ripping games.
Higgins is not butler the tigers don't have to let him so for a terrible offer
Man saints looking for a bargain, fair enough
i think the difference this time from markov/butler, i think usually trade nicely if you werent a finals threat like gc
considering we just played you in a final, if next year we see goals from butler & higgens, i think our trade team will be mindful for accountability if we let go another one to the same team for peanuts.
I reckon we will definitely drive a little harder. Cant have egg on our face two years in a row to the same team
i think the difference this time from markov/butler, i think usually trade nicely if you werent a finals threat like gc
considering we just played you in a final, if next year we see goals from butler & higgens, i think our trade team will be mindful for accountability if we let go another one to the same team for peanuts.
I reckon we will definitely drive a little harder. Cant have egg on our face two years in a row to the same team
Good thing he does neither.
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If he was American with a Collingwood jumper you'd be concerned.
Obviously he has a high ceiling but Higgins has pretty big too, I think.
I think sometimes young players getting games is overrated to the value. More so teams like Carlton there is no notion of earning a game
