Where to for Trent???

[evertonfc]

Croad for Black.

Only if Croad takes a mother-of-all pay cuts and plays off 300k next year.

 

[amazingjosh]

Originally posted by theferrett
but I must admit wooshta_9 Armstrong is a definite likely for the dockers, and he wants to come home to WA. Cant see many putting their hand up for the egirls, as most player want to play in a good future side

yeh but hed have ta wear purple...

absolutely dreamin if u think ur gettin armstrong for croad..he is at best a fringe player now who is on a huge salary...the only way anyone will take him is if freo agree to pay half his salary, and then youll only get a 2nd/3rd round pick for him, or a fringe player in return.

croad for joshy wooden, and freo "we'll be good in a few years" dockers pay half his salary

 

[fugazi]

Spot on Everton. Croad is a horrendous millstone round Freo's neck and will endanger the tenure of some of their good young players due to salary cap. A similar situation to Everitt with us, look what has happened at the Hawks now...sure they got Eveitt and he'll be OK, but now they've lost Rawlings and nearl;y lost Lekkas.
Freo would off load Croad to anyone who would pay for him...they'd take a third round draft pick and drive him to the airport. Croad for Black doesn't interest me...at least Black can play a bit and seems to give a shyt when he's out there. If we did get Croad he'd play in the back half and be on half the salry and he'd consider himself lucky...maybe he'll get a wake up call that the footy lifestyle can be over in the blink of an eye.

 

[Kenny_01]

Originally posted by fugazi
Spot on Everton. Croad is a horrendous millstone round Freo's neck and will endanger the tenure of some of their good young players due to salary cap. A similar situation to Everitt with us, look what has happened at the Hawks now...sure they got Eveitt and he'll be OK, but now they've lost Rawlings and nearl;y lost Lekkas.
Freo would off load Croad to anyone who would pay for him...they'd take a third round draft pick and drive him to the airport. Croad for Black doesn't interest me...at least Black can play a bit and seems to give a shyt when he's out there. If we did get Croad he'd play in the back half and be on half the salry and he'd consider himself lucky...maybe he'll get a wake up call that the footy lifestyle can be over in the blink of an eye.

Good point about Rawlings but most of our players are signed until 2005. And after next year, Clive will retire which will free up his reported 400k a year, and Farmer has re-signed for a fair bit less apparently.

Croad's contract was backloaded a bit meaning he will get more this year than the last 2 years where he got a fair bit less. He has reportedly already taken 2 100,000 cuts and might have to take another one.

If worse comes to worse, and we need to clear up cap space, we can always trade him to Carlton for next to nothing. If we don't have cap issues, then I'd be happy keeping him for another year, because his trade value is at an all time low.... and it might diminish even more next year but I'd be prepared to take that risk.

 

[godees]

If I was a footballer from WA playing for a Victorian club, I would chose West Coast in front of Freo in a second. You Freo supporters are deluding yourselves if you think you are more attractive to players than West Coast and have a much more promising future.

wooshta_9, you are also deluding yourself if you think Melbourne would even consider trading Armstrong, let alone for Croad. Croad is possibly the most overpaid player in the AFL, he was dropped to the WAFL midseason, he didn't get over 14 possessions in a game for the entire season, and he only kicked 18 goals (from 17 games). Trust me, no club is going to be falling over themselves to get Croad.
If Freo offered a deal that favoured us, like Croad for wheatley (or similar fringe player) or Croad for 3rd pick (we'd have to trade for a third rd pick b/c we are using ours on Johnson), and agreed to pay some of his salary then I would take it but I wouldn't be losing any sleep if we didn't get him.

 

[funky_monk]

Originally posted by amazingjosh
freo "we'll be good in a few years" dockers

Hmm... *points* LADDER!

 

[StingaArmstrong]

Pick 20 plus Nicholson for Croad and pick 42....and a bloody big pay cut!