The Moving/Rolling Trading & Delisting Thread 2018

[GVGjr]

Who's St,Kilda's ruck without Hickey?

Longer, Marshall and Pierce

[jeemak]

One of the biggest issues I have with our player management (outside looking in, of course) is the "gun to the head" attitude towards players who have performed over time but seem to be on the outer due to preference bias rather than form.

I sometimes get the feeling that our senior coach is completely inflexible in his preferences, and that he has an autocratic level of control over his subordinates which results in them being completely absent in opinion and advocacy.

Just a thought, if your job is set in stone as a Bulldogs assistant, why would you question the system that keeps you safe?

[Topdog]

Any examples you want to provide for this?

[Bulldog Revolution]

Longer, Marshall and Pierce

Interesting though as Hickey looked the best of them

[LostDog]

And there it is Wingard nominates Hawthorn

[Ozza]

Interesting though as Hickey looked the best of them

Saints had an issue with Hickey’s inconsistency of effort/physicality. Not at all surprising to see him traded. They’ve persisted for a fair while now.

[dukedog]

And there it is Wingard nominates Hawthorn

Bugger. Wonder if we were even close

[Bullies]

And there it is Wingard nominates Hawthorn

What hope do the smaller clubs have. The destination clubs don't even have to worry about high draft picks as they wait a couple of years and then pick the eyes out of the smaller clubs knowing they are ready to go. It is only to get worse as well.

[Go_Dogs]

Meh.

Back to the draft and continue to build.

[SonofScray]

Disappointing news re: Chad choosing Hawthorn. They have done a good job landing free agents and getting trades done that suit them. The success they've had in recent history and the timing has been perfect for them, it's a self perpetuating cycle now. Big club, win flags, attract players who want to go to a big club, win flags, become big club, attract good players, win flags.

[S Coast Simon]

It is sad but unfortunately we are viewed the same as North. Baggage. Until we win a few more premierships or at least be competing for them we will struggle. Like the interstate clubs I believe we should be concentrating on western district boys. Buying premierships doesn’t work to often. You have to grow the team then you can buy a couple to stay up there. We are growing a pretty good team at the moment. Pick 7 will be a good player

[G-Mo77]

Meh.

Back to the draft and continue to build.

It's not a good balance though. We'll get a good player, that I have no doubt but we've been gutted of our mid to late 20s yr olds and now topping up with more 18 year old kids. I certainly don't expect to win many games with this list in 2019.

Duryea, Lloyd and 3 - 4 18 year olds.

This sucks that we're in such a mess only 2 seasons after winning a flag.

[bornadog]

What hope do the smaller clubs have. The destination clubs don't even have to worry about high draft picks as they wait a couple of years and then pick the eyes out of the smaller clubs knowing they are ready to go. It is only to get worse as well.

Geelong gets Dangerfield, and Ablett and they bomb out of the finals. Essendon get the three S and they can't even make finals. Buddy goes to Sydney, can't win a premiership.

I wouldn't be worrying about FA one bit. We just need to trade sensibly like last year for needs.

[Eastdog]

Yeah not the end of the world if we don't get Chad Wingard. We have some good forwards coming through who will hopefully get better next year. We get the ball into the forward 50 enough times and moved it quite well from half back in the latter part of 2018 just need to be better in how we structure our forward line to get the best efficiency there we can.

We have young list who did very well in 2018. If we can have limited injuries who knows we might surprise in 2019 but still it will be tough to make the finals. Getting guys like Picken back will help with experience and great to have Wally and Moz there. Moz is a Bulldog icon along with our many greats.

[kruder]

Geelong gets Dangerfield, and Ablett and they bomb out of the finals. Essendon get the three S and they can't even make finals. Buddy goes to Sydney, can't win a premiership.

I wouldn't be worrying about FA one bit. We just need to trade sensibly like last year for needs.

If we get pick 7 right and they are at the level of Richards and Naughty we will be laughing. Add West to the mix in which its hard to see him not becoming a solid AFL player its a nice little foursome to have coming through when the Bont, Macrae, Hunter Mclean, Williams, Dunkley, English, Schache and Boyd hit their prime. We may be taking a little longer road this way but as you point out its the sides that have grown organically together, built their own narrative, have been the sides that have been successful in the last 3 years.