Rumour Travis Boak?

[The Panther]

Barham - and i'm not 100% on this - but i'm pretty sure is from Barwon Heads.

Barham was from Lorne, went to School at Geelong College. He was a border there for a while as his old man was based in Sydney for a period of time (it was his last couple of years).

As I said, and DTM can confirm this, I posted that we were into Boak about 3 weeks ago. It is old news.

 

[TradeDraft]

Port have been into Wood since the end of last year. He is highly valued at Alberton, as DTM can vouch, I was told we/reported here we were into Boak bigtime as a result. He grew up with Jaxson down at Lorne.

Well I would hate to Lose Wood and IF Wood does decide to leave we have to make sure the Power have to Pay Big Bickies but I dare say IF Boak did become a Pie it would be part of that Trade

 

[Quicky]

Barham was from Lorne, went to School at Geelong College. He was a border there for a while as his old man was based in Sydney for a period of time (it was his last couple of years).

As I said, and DTM can confirm this, I posted that we were into Boak about 3 weeks ago. It is old news.

Actually he is from Barwon Heads, he played footy for Lorne. It would make no sense for him to board at Geelong college if he was living in Barwon Heads. Boak played footy for the Torquay Tigers. They went to totally different high schools in Geelong. They probably played at the Falcons together but were a year apart.

Do you have a source for this rumour?? Where did you get it from??

Beware the rumour mongers who can't even keep their facts straight!!!

 

[The Panther]

Actually he is from Barwon Heads, he played footy for Lorne. Boak played footy for the Torquay Tigers. They went to totally different high schools in Geelong. They probably played at the Falcons together but were a year apart.

It also says he was from Ivanhoe on that page, which is totally incorrect.

 

[TradeDraft]

It also says he was from Ivanhoe on that page, which is totally incorrect.

Plus it's Wikipedia and anything can be put in

 

[Quicky]

Nice deflection. Wheres your source on the Wood rumour??

It also says he was from Ivanhoe on that page, which is totally incorrect.

It actually says he was from Kew and went to Ivanhoe Grammar before moving to Barwon Heads and completing year 11 and 12 at Geelong College. If you have a better source i'm more than happy to be proven wrong.

 

[TradeDraft]

Nice deflection. Wheres your source on the Wood rumour??

Don't want to say as Don't want to lose Source

It actually says he was from Kew and went to Ivanhoe Grammar before moving to Barwon Heads and completing year 11 and 12 at Geelong College. If you have a better source i'm more than happy to be proven wrong.

Well he probably played for the Falcons with Boak as they would of played together in 2006 when Boak was Drafted. Remember Barham was taken as a 19 Year old and not a 18 year old

 

[TradeDraft]

You guys wouldn't trade your third-choice ruckman for Travis Boak?

Well It would be Part of a Trade IF Boak and Wood Left but Still along way to go until Trade Week

 

[Invigoration]

A lot of kids still board even if they live close to the school. We had like 5 boarders at my school that lived within like 30km of the school, they just chose to live on site - for a range of different reasons.
So it wouldn't surprise me at all if Barham boarded in Geelong. Not saying either way, just worth pointing out.

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..

Good package deal there for Port, 5 blokes for 1 is a massive bargain

I'd love Boaky at Collingwood, he'd slot in perfectly alongside Pendles, Thomas, Wellingham and co.

Robbie Gray re-signed recently if I'm not mistaken.

 

[1eye]

Look what the Hawks had to give up to get Bourgyone.
And, it is said we are difficult traders.

 

[Invigoration]

You guys wouldn't trade your third-choice ruckman for Travis Boak?

That's not really how it is. Wood should resume in the seniors this weekend after being injured for the last 6-8 weeks and most consider him our 2nd ruck behind Jolly, but Malty was pretty insistent on trying Fraser as a HFF/part time ruck.
Fraser's time in the ones while Wood was injured though showed pretty clearly that he isn't up to it.

Wood is a 10 year ruck prospect, and with Fraser and Jolly hovering around 28, it won't be that long before he is our number 1 ruck.

Type for type you'd take Boak every time, but it isn't that clear cut, Wood would certainly be more important to Collingwood and I wouldn't be trading him for Boak.
We have enough midfielders to not desperately need Boak, and while it'd be awesome to get him, it'd leave us far too exposed in the future if we lost Wood.

It's all hypothetical though, I mean if there was another mature ruckman floating around at the time (ala Seaby), we'd probably be best served to getting Boak, offloading Wood and getting the bits and pieces ruckman that was looking for a new home.

In saying all that, I wouldn't be keen to get rid of Woody at all, opposition fans may not even be able to point him out in a line up, but he is certainly well rated by our club and the supporters.

 

[daics_35]

So you're saying Medhurst for either Boak or Gray?

are you on drugs or something? Even a first round draft pick AND medhurst wouldn't be enough

LoL i am not saying that, what i am saying is do have medhurst involved in a possible trade. Not a straight swap lol

 

[daics_35]

If you wouldn't give up Cameron Wood to get Travis Boak, you're damn right you are difficult traders. That's like Port refusing to give up Matt Lobbe to get Scott Pendlebury.

Wood was a 1st Round draft pick by the lions and we gave up a first round choice, pick 14 to get him and now he is a much better player.

 

[Quicky]

A lot of kids still board even if they live close to the school. We had like 5 boarders at my school that lived within like 30km of the school, they just chose to live on site - for a range of different reasons.
So it wouldn't surprise me at all if Barham boarded in Geelong. Not saying either way, just worth pointing out.

It would make it a bit hard to surf though. I'd prefer to be in Barwon Heads right next to 13th than stuck in Newtown at Geelong College if I wanted to get out for a surf.

 

[DaVe86]

Unnecessary.

A great player...but we have an excess of midfielders at the moment. Beams will be as good a player as him.

Port are impossible to deal with. We'd have to give the kitchen sink.

I'm willing to give the kitchen sink for a quality KPF, but no need for another midfielder.

Other teams with weaker midfields will be more keen and will offer up more. Port will ultimately re-sign him anyway.

This will turn out to be your typical player manager trying to scare the club to offer him a bit more....and attaching Collingwood's name to sell a few papers.

 

[Invigoration]

It would make it a bit hard to surf though. I'd prefer to be in Barwon Heads right next to 13th than stuck in Newtown at Geelong College if I wanted to get out for a surf.

School year goes from like March-Early November, not the best time to be surfing. He'd still get all the summer holidays to do it.

And you can easily get weekend leave as a boarder, especially if you live nearby. You virtually just become a weekday boarder, so that'd leave him with about the same amount of time to surf.

Anyway, I dunno, not sure it'll play a big part in us getting Boak anyway especially if Jaxson himself isn't even on the list anymore

 

[Invigoration]

It's not that I don't rate Wood as a good prospect, but sometimes you just have to go for quality over filling a need. Pretty much everything you wrote about Wood there applies to Matthew Lobbe at Port, but if we could trade him for someone like Pendlebury I'd do it in a second, even if it meant we had to draft some spuddy mature-age ruckman from a state league and play him for a while.

Fair point, I agree with you for the most part as well.

He wouldn't get the deal done anyway, regardless of how highly valued he is to us, as you initially pointed it, Port would never trade Boak for Wood.

Yeah in hindsight I was probably a bit short sighted, thinking about it now I'd definitely trade Wood for Boak, haha.

 

[Football God]

if he's going to leave (doubt he will) he'll go to gold coast. they have the money and who wouldnt want to live up there perfect life and dont have football reporters annoying you.

 

[Old Spice]

No, wouldn't do the Wood for Boak swap even if a possibility. Look at how badly teams are beating up Hawthorn at the moment. Partly it's the defence and musical chairs with mids like Sewell and now Mitchell, but that's what happens. Not having ruck options is poison.

Could attempt to get some spud, but why wouldn't Port just get said spud and keep Boak? Think Wood will come along well this year.

 

[mdc]

gopower, your example isn't really realistic.

The point is, if Boak was to leave, you'd still have Cassisi and Salopek and Rodan and whoever else you have running through there. They'd all just move up a spot in the rotation. Whereas with ruckmen there's no rotation as such, so losing a quality one makes a big difference.

All that said though, I don't think Port's midfield is good enough to be able to withstand the loss of a quality mid, so I wouldn't do Boak for Wood from your end either.

 

[Old Spice]

Hawthorn are getting beaten up on because they have no ruckmen at all, not because they have crap ruckmen. All of their ruckmen got injured. I'd much rather have Wayde Skipper or equivalent in the ruck and Boak in the middle than Cameron Wood in the ruck and *insert your club's worst playing midfielder here* (O'Bree?) in the middle.

True, they only have Grimley and Renouf, but Hawthorn's ruck depth was longer than ours (note: not better). Fraser I don't think has much left in him, so if we traded Wood, we'd be really up sh*t creek if Jolly got injured. Fraser is perpetually on the brink.

 

[MarkT2]

Wood for Boak should be seriously looked at it was on the table. We have recruited Jolly since taking Wood and Jolly needs to spend a lot of match time in the ruck to work his impact on the match. Wood has shown glimpses but Boak will be a gun. We could get a ruckman if we tried hard enough but we won't have a draft pick likely to get a Boak class midfielder for some time.

People will think this odd coming from me but I'd rather have Fraser and Boak than Wood. I'd then set about unearthing a backup for Jolly and then a potential replacement.

 

[PieBeast]

The only way we would trade Wood for Boak if Cam himself wants to return home (as been mentioned by someone about a month ago).
Quality up and coming ruckman are a lot harder to find than gun mids.

 

[Powerade 08]

The only way we would trade Wood for Boak if Cam himself wants to return home (as been mentioned by someone about a month ago).

The only way we would trade Boak for Wood if Boak himself wants to return home (And Eddie held a gun to Choccos head).

Loving the suggestions so far

 

[daics_35]

There is no wya they would accept wood for boak i rekon we should possibly target gray he would be more gettable for us but u dont know with port they would ask for a didak or a pendulbury.