Fair trade
Geelong to get 40 for Kersten and 55 now?
Can't see why we would upgrade our pick 43 only to then trade it out but seems fair enough.
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Fair trade
Geelong to get 40 for Kersten and 55 now?
Not a nil result for us when we got him off the scrap heap as a DFA only 2 years ago.Or a nil all draw.
Good thread. Some magnanimous Dogs fans on here. Seems like a win:win for all parties.
Freo should be pleased.
They have pick 7 to use on a kid in the draft (please dont waste it on English) and McCarthy and Hamling will be a huge help as KPPs where Freo are obviously very weak.
Freo spine looking stronger now
Collins Pearce -
- Hamling -
- Mundy -
- Taberner
- McCarthy Apeness
400k a season doesn't seem very life changing. Seems only fair for a guy who looks like a solid best 22 key defender. The Dogs probably don't have the cap space to offer much more or even meet that but surely he would've got at least 350k from the Dogs?
The Dogs are such a good drafting team and have Adams and Morris (maybe for 1 year only for each of those 2), Roberts and Collins and the ability to offer success so they'll be fine with pick 35. But I think it's a ripping deal for Freo.
Solid draft pick. Solid contract. Peak age ready to play 100+ good games over the next 5 years.
Good thread. Some magnanimous Dogs fans on here. Seems like a win:win for all parties.
Freo should be pleased.
They have pick 7 to use on a kid in the draft (please dont waste it on English) and McCarthy and Hamling will be a huge help as KPPs where Freo are obviously very weak.
Good bit of business that and good to see Dogs fans being gracious.
400k a season doesn't seem very life changing.
It's great money, I just meant more in terms of what the Dogs would've been offering. Surely they would've gone for a 3 year deal, had to be worth more than 2 years given his age and late season form. Then he must've been offered at least 300, 350. The difference between the 2 contracts couldn't have been that much if the Dockers are only paying 400k a year. If he was offered 600k then sure, but at 400 I reckon he's hardly bolted for cash.He's 23 years old so $400k per years for 3 years might not be life changing but it makes a very big difference especially considering where he has come from.
Hamling didn't come through the traditional development path - up until he was 16 he was playing in Broome where the junior comp for kids his age was almost non-existent. Moved down to Perth for his last year or so of high school and his raw talent came to the attention of some - including Geelong who drafted him as a project player when they were smack bang in the middle of winning flags and could afford to spend a bit of time nurturing a project player.
Was delisted after 3 years which he didn't really expect and his career was hanging by a thread not knowing if anyone would pick him up - he hadn't played a senior AFL game so it was no guarantee any club would want him.
The bulldogs did and it was only really injury to others that he got his chance late this year to cement a spot. Fair play to him he's taken that chance and now he has a 3 year, $1.2m contract when 3 months ago Freo arguably could have got him with a 2 year, $500k contract
Good luck to him
Yes, yes we did. But you did delist him and he came good at a different clubDidn't you do that just last year with Adams?
Still got to be able to pick emDidn't you do that just last year with Adams?
That sign says Subans club you get to keep one.
There's a lot of two to five spot swaps of late picks this year that really seem pointless...