Recruiting Trade & Free Agency VIII

What should we do with our first round picks?

  • Take 6 & 7 to the draft

    Votes: 20 25.3%
  • Trade up the order so we can get Logan McDonald

    Votes: 21 26.6%
  • Split 7 to get the other trades done

    Votes: 27 34.2%
  • Something else...

    Votes: 11 13.9%

  • Total voters
    79
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Draft Combine
Tuesday October 1 - Friday October 4

AFL Grand Final
Saturday October 24

Free Agency Window
Friday October 30 – Friday November 6


AFL Trade Period (Players and picks)
Wednesday November 4 – 7.30pm Thursday November 12


List Lodgement 1
Wednesday November 25


Delisted Free Agency Window 1
Thursday November 26 - Sunday November 29

List Lodgement 2 (Final date for primary list delistings)
Monday November 30


Delisted Free Agency Window 2
Monday November 30 - Tuesday December 1

AFL Trade Period (Picks only)
Concludes Thursday December 3

National Draft
7pm Wednesday December 9

Preseason and Rookie Drafts
12pm Thursday December 10


Final List Lodgement
Mid-December (tbc)


Pre-Season Supplemental Selection Period (SSP)
Wednesday January 6, 2021 – will conclude prior to the start of the 2021 Toyota AFL Premiership Season
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Poll results: Who should stay? | Which key forward do you want? | What would you give up to get Josh Dunkley?
 
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ghostdog

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Paddy McCartin?
If we still want to work on landing Dunkley, then we'd be looking to Kyle Dunkley to demonstrate our continuing integrity, wouldn't we?
 
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If we still want to work on landing Dunkley, then we'd be looking to Kyle Dunkley to demonstrate our continuing integrity, wouldn't we?
If that’s the only pick we use, definitely.
 

fairbump_playon

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If we still want to work on landing Dunkley, then we'd be looking to Kyle Dunkley to demonstrate our continuing integrity, wouldn't we?
Surely everyone already understands how deep and real our integrity is
 
Okay, let's take out the fact that we want to target Josh next year. Kyle Dunkley is a defensively oriented medium midfielder who does plenty of blocking work at a stoppage that helps clear a path for midfielders to get through. He's also got very good goal sense when resting forward. We haven't had someone like this since Heath Hocking retired and it's one of the biggest holes on our list.

The guy is a perfect example of what we need from a delisted free agent and someone we should be targeting.
 

ghostdog

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Okay, let's take out the fact that we want to target Josh next year. Kyle Dunkley is a defensively oriented medium midfielder who does plenty of blocking work at a stoppage that helps clear a path for midfielders to get through. He's also got very good goal sense when resting forward. We haven't had someone like this since Heath Hocking retired and it's one of the biggest holes on our list.

The guy is a perfect example of what we need from a delisted free agent and someone we should be targeting.
Win win then.
 

Tazdog

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Okay, let's take out the fact that we want to target Josh next year. Kyle Dunkley is a defensively oriented medium midfielder who does plenty of blocking work at a stoppage that helps clear a path for midfielders to get through. He's also got very good goal sense when resting forward. We haven't had someone like this since Heath Hocking retired and it's one of the biggest holes on our list.

The guy is a perfect example of what we need from a delisted free agent and someone we should be targeting.
Yeah in theory but he was pretty crap at afl level. To be fair he was stuck behind clay, trac, vines and brayshaw. Still though he has the traits but I don't know if he'd actually be any use.
 

fairbump_playon

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Yeah in theory but he was pretty crap at afl level. To be fair he was stuck behind clay, trac, vines and brayshaw. Still though he has the traits but I don't know if he'd actually be any use.
possible upgrade on Mitch Hibberd - or comparable. Not a waste of a list spot if we still want old Joshy.
 

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God I hope this happens in next year’s trade period Ned Guy vs Dodoro

Dodoro will destroy Ned Guy at negotiating table Bulldogs, north, hawthorn have had their way with him I think is only fair that Dodoro gets his turn
 
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God I hope this happens in next year’s trade period Ned Guy vs Dodoro

Dodoro will destroy Ned Guy at negotiating table Bulldogs, north, hawthorn have had their way with him I think is only fair that Dodoro gets his turn
Why wait til next year. Pick 8 into 14, 16 and F1 at the draft :D
 
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God I hope this happens in next year’s trade period Ned Guy vs Dodoro

Dodoro will destroy Ned Guy at negotiating table Bulldogs, north, hawthorn have had their way with him I think is only fair that Dodoro gets his turn
Collingwood don't really have anyone we'd want tbh. Most of their best players are in their late 20's and 30's, and they'd never trade some of their good kids like Josh Daicos.
 
Oh what a vision. Imagine the boys running out in front of a full MCG under a massive banner that says

ADEQUATE TO THE CORE
AVOID THE BOTTOM 4
Points don't matter this year
cause we owned our own career.
 
God I hope this happens in next year’s trade period Ned Guy vs Dodoro

Dodoro will destroy Ned Guy at negotiating table Bulldogs, north, hawthorn have had their way with him I think is only fair that Dodoro gets his turn

I'd be surprised if Ned Guy has a job by next year after the debacle this year.
 

BrunoV

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Don’t also forget we brought over the menacing Damian Cupido


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I've never quite understood the running joke about Cupido.

He was an obscenely talented player.
 
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