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Rumour Travis Boak?

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Zahki

Zahki

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Apparently Boak is out of contract and a few clubs are circling, including Collingwood, to get him on board next year. Should Collingwood pursue him? I think Boak is a good player, but I think our salary cap is being stretched right now. A few players had to take pay cuts to secure Ball, can't see us having the cash to be able to get him to us.

There's also the issue of who he would displace in a side very tight for spots already. Dunno, you can never have too many good players though.

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/port-star-in-high-demand-20100505-uaml.html

PORT Adelaide midfielder and former Victorian Travis Boak has emerged as one of the most keenly sought out-of-contract players in the competition, with several Victorian clubs and the Gold Coast having shown strong interest in the 21-year-old.


Essendon, Carlton, Collingwood, Richmond, Melbourne and St Kilda are understood to be among the clubs to have registered an interest in Boak, who late last week put contract talks with Port on hold until mid-season. Geelong would be an interested party only in the event that Gary Ablett went to the Gold Coast and freed up salary cap room.
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http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/port-star-in-high-demand-20100505-uaml.html
 

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A great player, would easily be in our best 22. I don't buy into the salary cap issue. I know that Ball put an inflated price on his head to get to Collingwood but IIRC it was a two year contract and I expect his payments to go down heavily after that. I think it was more a measure to get here then a reflection of what he will be on.

I don't think we will be willing to trade what Port want simply because other teams have a greater need for Boak then we will. As is mentioned above we will be showing interest to the same level that every other club does.

*On an admin note, the Stevens / Didak trade has been dragged out over and over again on this board so please keep posting on topic*
 
Obviously we will investigate the chances of getting him, but I sincerely doubt it.

I think the main reason we won't attempt to get him is our salary cap, or at least our future salary cap pressure.

We have so many "young guns" who will be wanting big money in their next contract, that to recruit a 3rd big name in 2 years may place pressure on us keeping all those young players in a few years time.

I'd rather try and maintain the list we have and build some more youth then spend more draft picks and money on Boak.

Port will ask too much, and he will want too much, Gold Coast or Essendon would be my guess.
 
Unless he specifically wanted to come home...why on earth wouldn't he go to the GC? I'm sure they'd offer him a great deal more.
 
He'd be a great get if we can manage it. Theres no such thing as too much midfield depth. Imagine being able to play Didak and Davis strictly as fowards?? But I don't buy it personally. I'm sure we are interested but I can't see how we could get the deal over the line. I also think we have other areas of the team that need to be looked at first. What we'd need to give up to get him would probably be better spent on trying to lure a quality key position forward to the club.
 
Absolute gun. Outside of Joel Selwood & Pendles, I'd have him in front of every other midfielder drafted from the 2005 draft onwards, including the cheats 2 no.1 picks. He's quick, tough, very good skills, finds his own ball and is accountable. Struggling a touch at the moment as he's getting used to being heavily tagged.

Our midfield does have very good depth at the moment but he'd be in our best 22. We'd have to give up plenty to get him, especially considering our 1st pick is likely to be in the 20's for the 2010 draft, so we'd have to through in a very promising player or current gun to obtain him, which I doubt we would do.

Salary Cap wouldn't be an issue. I'd think we could work around it given Dids is our highest paid player and expect his next contract to get him into the veteran list for his last year. As has been said Bally may be on big coin, as far as the salary cap goes, but it has been reported he is on a 3 year deal, so his 3rd year wouldn't be that high.
 
Yeah, pretty certain GC would be in the box-seat to outbid others, depending of course on how much they splash an Shablett and a few other marquee players.

We've had a good run with injuries, but the depth might be tested with 1 or 2 midfield injuries. Would be an okay fit, but wouldn't want to pay the type of price I expect Port would want.

I'm with Quicky. A key forward would be the aim, and I'm happy to trade for that - coughPavcough - as I expect there might be slim pickings by our pick in the next two years.
 
Let me reiterate what Shawthing just said. The Stevens situation has been done to death and doesn't need to be rehashed here. Keep discussion to the topic at hand. Off topic posts will get deleted. Repeat offenders will get infractions.
 
What we'd need to give up to get him would probably be better spent on trying to lure a quality key position forward to the club.
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After Dawes emergence last week is a KPF a pressing need anymore? We're already talking about how Anthony can squeeze back into the side, can't see what the point of getting another would be unless they were significantly better than Anthony/Dawes/Cloke, and how many of those are there in the league? On the flip side I think one more A grade midfielder would be enough for our side to hit the critical mass needed to be a premiership winning side, though so far Beams and Wellingham have stepped up and looking like they can fit the bill unless they fall away later in the season.

Probably better to draft some KP prospects I reckon.
 

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Zahki said:
After Dawes emergence last week is a KPF a pressing need anymore? We're already talking about how Anthony can squeeze back into the side, can't see what the point of getting another would be unless they were significantly better than Anthony/Dawes/Cloke, and how many of those are there in the league? On the flip side I think one more A grade midfielder would be enough for our side to hit the critical mass needed to be a premiership winning side, though so far Beams and Wellingham have stepped up and looking like they can fit the bill unless they fall away later in the season.

Probably better to draft some KP prospects I reckon.
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Well if Dawes and JA can come on this season then we don't need to Trade for a Experince KPF, Drafting would be the way to go
 
Zahki said:
After Dawes emergence last week is a KPF a pressing need anymore? We're already talking about how Anthony can squeeze back into the side, can't see what the point of getting another would be unless they were significantly better than Anthony/Dawes/Cloke, and how many of those are there in the league? On the flip side I think one more A grade midfielder would be enough for our side to hit the critical mass needed to be a premiership winning side, though so far Beams and Wellingham have stepped up and looking like they can fit the bill unless they fall away later in the season.

Probably better to draft some KP prospects I reckon.
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Absolutely there would be no point in drafting another key forward if they weren't better than Cloke/Dawes. But I'd say that getting a top quality KPF - if at all possible - would do more to win us a flag than a topline midfielder would. These are just hypotheticals of course because who knows who will be available at years end. But (and again a total hypothetical) if we had a choice between chasing a Pavlich or a Boak i'd go for Pavlich. Using last year as an example if Fev and Bradshaw were available this year i'd chase them over Boak. I just think it would address a more glaring need on the list and take us closer to a premiership. It may give us more defensive depth as it would create the opportunity of moving Anthony back.
 
Apparently him and his family were fanatical Carlton fans before he was drafted. Think I heard his family do still support the Blues somewhat, and were devistated he didn't end up at Carlton after the draft.

Not sure just how much that'd affect Boak now though.
 
If he does leave, surely it'll be to GC17?

He'd almost get twice the coin there, than he would at any other club.
 
why wouldnt be able to aquire him?? corrie, lockyer, o'bree and possibly presti, fraser and leigh brown could all be given their final orders at season ends. Im pretty sure these guys command a good chunk of TPP...


while i dont think getting him is a necessity, the money issue could very easily be made a non issue - as for a trade, and i would hate to give wood away, but he could be part of something to give to port in return for the services of the young man..
 
O'bree and Lockyer will probably be retiring at the end of the year so that should free up a fair bit of cap space.

I'm not sure about their contracts, but if Collingwood really wanted to secure him (provided Port were willing to trade) then it could be done.

Maybe we can do a swap for Corrie.
 

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smiddaz123 said:
Apparently him and his family were fanatical Carlton fans before he was drafted. Think I heard his family do still support the Blues somewhat, and were devistated he didn't end up at Carlton after the draft.

Not sure just how much that'd affect Boak now though.
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Well Carlton will find a Way - Just like how they got Judd;)

spartan-magpie said:
while i dont think getting him is a necessity, the money issue could very easily be made a non issue - as for a trade, and i would hate to give wood away, but he could be part of something to give to port in return for the services of the young man..
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I have heard that Port do have a Interest in Wood
 
Yep, would be a walk-up start just about at any club.

Would love to have him but cannot see him leaving Port. Also, there is the Port trading factor to be considered.

Just a couple of months ago he said this:

"I love it over here in Adelaide. I'm really enjoying it and I don't want to go anywhere. I'd be happy to stay as long as I can and with a young group coming through at the club, it's going to be fantastic to be a part of that."
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"Funnily enough I was actually only talking to Travis' manager on Tuesday and he's assured me Trav's not going anywhere," Rohde said.

Sounds pretty concrete to me despite clubs still pursuing him. Either way, he will be getting an awesome deal this time round with all these clubs inflating his value with their interest.

We should look into Robbie Gray too if we are looking at Boak. He is coming out of contract too. Would be a very good replacement for someone like Lockyer who is nearing the end.

Below is a link from the Australian taking the stance that it looks like both players are looking to shift.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...mp-port-adelaide/story-e6frg7mf-1225862760116
 
Port want Wood thats a fact, i also know that he is considering it and is yet to sign with us. If it was up to me il keep Wood rather then trading him for Boak but i would love Boak at Collingwood. I rekon we should look at Robbie Gray i am a fan of his football ability and we have a few players getting old so we could go after 1 of them. I rekon a decent player we could offer for trade would be Paul Medhurst in order to get any of those two players.
 
daics_35 said:
Port want Wood thats a fact, i also know that he is considering it and is yet to sign with us. If it was up to me il keep Wood rather then trading him for Boak but i would love Boak at Collingwood. I rekon we should look at Robbie Gray i am a fan of his football ability and we have a few players getting old so we could go after 1 of them. I rekon a decent player we could offer for trade would be Paul Medhurst in order to get any of those two players.
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Don't be silly.

Medders won't be traded nor offered, particularly as we are entering a window to challenge for silverware. AA players do not grow on trees.

As for Woody, hopefully we can retain him because structurally he is more important than Boak/Gray considering he is the only young promising ruck we have. We need to retain him at all costs.

However, if he does want out, then it is a no-brainer that we attempt to secure Boak/Gray in return.
 
daics_35 said:
Port want Wood thats a fact, i also know that he is considering it and is yet to sign with us. If it was up to me il keep Wood rather then trading him for Boak but i would love Boak at Collingwood. I rekon we should look at Robbie Gray i am a fan of his football ability and we have a few players getting old so we could go after 1 of them. I rekon a decent player we could offer for trade would be Paul Medhurst in order to get any of those two players.
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Where did you hear that? I guess it depends on how much AFL games he think he will get with us with Jolly and Fraser at the moment ahead of him.
 

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