Mega Thread Trade Targets 2014

[etsal1]

Agree. Theyve said it over and over. Young guys in early twenties who have talent.

Docherty, everitt, jones and tutt is a nice start and all have/will come cheaply. All four have some pace too

Whilst I agree to an extent. Everitt & Docherty were above Jones & Tutt when we got them.

 

[jd2010]

Everitt and Docherty weren't money ball. Everitt and Doc cost us second round picks, were former first round picks and weren't out of favour at their clubs.

I'm worried we are a little too buoyed by our efforts last year and have decided we can fix any player. Time will tell, I have faith.

The players we got last year didn't need any fixing. Docherty wanted out of Brisbane like a lot of players and Everitt played 20 games at a top 4 side

 

[Cringle]

Which means pick 6 is only available for Boyd

 

[F_therest]

Surely we aren't dumb enough to swap jeffy for melksham

Ummm thats a great deal given most would agree jeffy has very little trade value atm. Melksham is another midfielder with decent tank, pace and skills to add to the rotation...which we desperately need

 

[Robbo's my hero]

Any love for Ashley Smith from West Coast? I remember a game at Docklands in 2012 where he caught my attention.

 

[etsal1]

Which means pick 6 is only available for Boyd

I posted a tweet with the link in the draft thread. Rogers spoke about his interview with Darcy Moore. I reckon we'll bid for him.

 

[gab213]

I posted a tweet with the link in the draft thread. Rogers spoke about his interview with Darcy Moore. I reckon we'll bid for him.

I hope we do and i wouldn't be unhappy if we ended up with him.

 

[BlueJet]

Ummm thats a great deal given most would agree jeffy has very little trade value atm. Melksham is another midfielder with decent tank, pace and skills to add to the rotation...which we desperately need

I think it's that he comes off as a bit of a w***er on field sometimes that causes people to turn their noses up at him as much as anything.

 

[F_therest]

Whilst I agree to an extent. Everitt & Docherty were above Jones & Tutt when we got them.

Oh definitely. But still, we're bringing in young talent for good value is more what i mean...and ultimately these are smallish trades/costs.

I like what im seeing...but would also like to see a big name thrown in there once in a while. I guess Jones, Tutt and Jaksch would be a decent enough trade period already. Would like a midfielder as well though.

 

[etsal1]

Oh definitely. But still, we're bringing in young talent for good value is more what i mean...and ultimately these are smallish trades/costs.

I like what im seeing...but would also like to see a big name thrown in there once in a while. I guess Jones, Tutt and Jaksch would be a decent enough trade period already. Would like a midfielder as well though.

I guess the saving grace is that they're young. We're not bringing in Lynch, White or Hudson.

 

[F_therest]

I think it's that he comes off as a bit of a ****** on field sometimes that causes people to turn their noses up at him as much as anything.

Oh yeah and i totally agree...seriously punchable face.

But putting my logical hat on, guys, Jeffy for Melksham is as good as we could hope for...im actually quite pleased.

Again, Melksham fits the age bracket, is ready to go round 1, decent midfielder which we need to help out Murphy, Gibbs & Co.
Most people had Jeffys value at a third rounder...Melksham is much better than that

 

[zeeCFC]

Ignoring anyone that mentions Melksham.

 

[zeeCFC]

He's a poor man's Lucas that will soon have an infraction notice.

 

[Azul]

Again, Melksham fits the age bracket, is ready to go round 1

Which year? Will be 25 in March 2017, after serving a 2 year suspension.

Be wary of trading with Essendon.

 

[zeeCFC]

Carlton is Mens Sana In Corpore Sano
Essendon is Caveat Emptor

 

[Aphrodite]

Ignoring anyone that mentions Melksham.

Ignored!

 

[F_therest]

He's a poor man's Lucas that will soon have an infraction notice.

Has done a lot more in AFL than Lucas...

 

[zeeCFC]

Has done a lot more in AFL than Lucas...

I'm all ears

 

[Lace_Out]

Hird, is that you??

 

[GT619]

Does anyone reckon we should go for Tim Membery? Old school leading full forward, solid build, good mark and accurate shot. Behind Tippett, Reid, Franklin and now Goodes wants to keep going

Absolutely

 

[KnaveyBlue]

I'm all ears

Well, statistically he is slightly better than Lucas.

Fact remains we'd be picking up a midfielder who still averages just 16 touches despite playing 5 seasons. Talent-wise, we'd lose badly in a straight swap for Garlett.

 

[4thchicken]

FWIW Rogers told AFL.com.au today that pick 6 is not on the table. It'd have to be someone pretty special to trade it he said. I doubt we'd consider that deal for Jaksch.

GWS loves getting early 1st round picks.

Atm GWS have 11 solid mids - 8 of which are b/n 19-21. They will have to spread the age profile of their midfield to minimise the risk of losing their preferred long term mids due to poaching when they all hit the 22-24 age bracket.

Dangle pick 6 for one of kelly, treolar, shiel, hoskin-elliot, greene, coniglio, smith, whitfield + GWS 2nd round along with a big contract to the youngster and see whether the approx 14 pick upgrade is enough to pry one of the mids free.

 

[F_therest]

GWS loves getting early 1st round picks.

Atm GWS have 11 solid mids - 8 of which are b/n 19-21. They will have to spread the age profile of their midfield to minimise the risk of losing their preferred long term mids due to poaching when they all hit the 22-24 age bracket.

Dangle pick 6 for one of kelly, treolar, shiel, hoskin-elliot, greene, coniglio, smith, whitfield + GWS 2nd round along with a big contract to the youngster and see whether the approx 14 pick upgrade is enough to pry one of the mids free.

Guys like whe, treloar and shiel are the ones id be interedted in, but pick 6 straight swap may not be enough to get it done, let alone gws sending us their second rounder

 

[4thchicken]

Guys like whe, treloar and shiel are the ones id be interedted in, but pick 6 straight swap may not be enough to get it done, let alone gws sending us their second rounder

Normal circumstances i.e. another club, I'd agree with you. However it is GWS and they are open to such trades. Precedence was set last year

Dom tyson + picks 9, 53 for picks 3, 20 & 72.

You could put forth the case that the scenario I've proposed is actually more appealing to GWS as they receive a 14 pick upgrade rather than 6 in the tyson trade and would end up entering the draft period with 2 top 10 picks (3 & 6) rather than just the one

Tyson (20yo at time of trade, pick 2) isn't that far off the names I've listed -> kelly (19 yo, pick 2), treolar (21 yo, GWS 17 yo selection), shiel (21 yo, GWS 17 yo recruit), hoskin-elliot (21 yo, pick 4), greene (21 yo, pick 11), coniglio (20 yo, pick 2), smith (21yo, pick 14), whitfield (20 yo, pick 1)

 

[Deep Blue]

Ummm thats a great deal given most would agree jeffy has very little trade value atm. Melksham is another midfielder with decent tank, pace and skills to add to the rotation...which we desperately need

What is happening here? Melksham? Melksham was in the same draft as Lucas and taken around one pick apart from memory - Lucas has slightly more skill and Melksham has quite a bit more grunt - both at this point in their careers 5-6/10 players (Melksham has made a better fist of things than Lucas to date). Garlett on the other hand has real X-factor and I fail to see why we can't turn his season around in 2015. I would be spewing if Essendon* turned Jeffy's 2014 season around - we need to support and develop our good players and not just throw our hands up in the air so easily and handball the "problem" to someone else!