Recruiting Trade & Free Agency VI

[Jade]

Nah, leunberger couldn’t handle the step up into seniors, he knew his body was finished. Clarke is a solid back up but I think Draper will get his chances next year if opportunity presents itself.

Mids and small forwards should be our focus... speed kills

Draper is something special. He's an absurd talent.

 

[Towno78]

Campbell has yet to show he is AFL standard - There are no world-beaters in the ruck at the Bulldogs and he still struggled to play regular AFL footy - I am not too excited about Clarke but he has proven to be AFL standard, though you could question his durability.

Sorry Yaco, it was a joke mate

 

[Foxx]

Needed another forward/ruck. Very important role. Only had McKernan and Daniher on the list. I slso think Daniher might be cooked again this year.

 

[eth-dog]

Needed another forward/ruck. Very important role. Only had McKernan and Daniher on the list. I slso think Daniher might be cooked again this year.

Stewart can play that role as can Hooker in a pinch.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Putting a lot of faith in Draper dosent he come from a soccer background?

 

[VelvetSledge]

Putting a lot of faith in Draper dosent he come from a soccer background?

Sure does, true pom.

 

[Maxabillions]

Sure does, true pom.

Was he a goalie?

 

[VelvetSledge]

Was he a goalie?

Sure was. Started in goal but moved to centre back for a couple years I think before he switched to footy.

Thank god we've got him, bloke is a freak

 

[Maxabillions]

Sure was. Started in goal but moved to centre back for a couple years I think before he switched to footy.

Thank god we've got him, bloke is a freak

Sounds like the perfect preparation as far as playing soccer goes. Good with ball in hand and using to running around the midfield.

Be nice to see some diving smothers from him as well.

 

[owen87]

Be nice to see some diving smothers from him as well.

Alex Rance likes this

 

[Maxabillions]

Alex Rance likes this

It would take the heat of him

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

Sure does, true pom.

Seriously, some fonts really make an ‘m’ look like ‘rn’.

 

[84859300]

Sure was. Started in goal but moved to centre back for a couple years I think before he switched to footy.

Thank god we've got him, bloke is a freak

Potential International Rules goalie...

 

[Stopher]

Seriously, some fonts really make an ‘m’ look like ‘rn’.

I think VS would go with it anyhow by the sounds!

 

[Foxx]

Putting a lot of faith in Draper dosent he come from a soccer background?

I wouldn't be surprised if he's the preferred number 1 this year.

 

[eth-dog]

I wouldn't be surprised if he's the preferred number 1 this year.

I would be gobsmacked.

 

[akiva]

One more A-grade midfielder would do it. Hopefully that develops internally from one/both of McGrath/Langford.

I'd add Parish to that list as well.

 

[Haychh]

I wouldn't be surprised if he's the preferred number 1 this year.

Are we talking International Rules keeper or Essendon Ruck?

 

[VelvetSledge]

Seriously, some fonts really make an ‘m’ look like ‘rn’.

I think VS would go with it anyhow by the sounds!

You are both correct.

 

[rumply]

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-12-28/free-agency-ladder-the-shock-teams-hit-hardest

"Having acquired Brendon Goddard in 2012, James Gwilt in 2014 and Matthew Leuenberger a year later, the Bombers can lay claim to being free agency's most successful team to date."

Hawkes & Dees the biggest losers so far.

FREE AGENCY BY TEAM*
TEAMS LOSSES GAINS NET
Adelaide 2* 1 -1
Brisbane 2 1 -1
Carlton 2 2 0
Collingwood 3 4 +1
Essendon 0 3 +3
Fremantle 1 3 +2
Geelong 3 4* +1
Gold Coast 1 2 +1
Greater Western Sydney 0 1 +1
Hawthorn 5 2 -3
Melbourne 4 1 -3
North Melbourne 1 3 +2
Port Adelaide 3 4 +1
Richmond 3 3 0
St Kilda 3 1 -2
Sydney 1 1 0
West Coast 3 1 -2
Western Bulldogs 2 2 0

 

[Towno78]

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-12-28/free-agency-ladder-the-shock-teams-hit-hardest

"Having acquired Brendon Goddard in 2012, James Gwilt in 2014 and Matthew Leuenberger a year later, the Bombers can lay claim to being free agency's most successful team to date."

Hawkes & Dees the biggest losers so far.

FREE AGENCY BY TEAM*
TEAMS LOSSES GAINS NET
Adelaide 2* 1 -1
Brisbane 2 1 -1
Carlton 2 2 0
Collingwood 3 4 +1
Essendon 0 3 +3
Fremantle 1 3 +2
Geelong 3 4* +1
Gold Coast 1 2 +1
Greater Western Sydney 0 1 +1
Hawthorn 5 2 -3
Melbourne 4 1 -3
North Melbourne 1 3 +2
Port Adelaide 3 4 +1
Richmond 3 3 0
St Kilda 3 1 -2
Sydney 1 1 0
West Coast 3 1 -2
Western Bulldogs 2 2 0

That table is meaningless given it includes DFA. I bet those clubs are really devastated to lose blokes to free agency that they've already delisted! Furthermore, not even sure it's accurate, why is Gwilt included as a dfa, but Green was not?
Why is it so hard for a journalist to put forward something meaningful?

 

[calyam]

Judging success or failure in FA should really be based on games added or lost or some measure of player productivity.

Simply including the number of players added or lost is far too simplistic to be meaningful.

 

[TheBrightSide]

Essendon is the only team that hasn’t had a free agent depart, so I guess that’s a good sign.

 

[BrunoV]

Essendon is the only team that hasn’t had a free agent depart, so I guess that’s a good sign.

We also overpaid our best players to get them to re-sign post supplements saga.

Looks like we have gotten through it because of the attrition of the rest of the top end talent on the list due to the supplements saga and the lag period following the rebuilding of the list via the draft.

Not being critical of anything in particular, just highlighting that our "success" with FA is virtually meaningless in the context of the rest of list management.

 

[carnthedons]

Essendon is the only team that hasn’t had a free agent depart, so I guess that’s a good sign.

We traded Monfries for a token pick instead to ensure Port kept their FA compo