2020 Player movement

[1eyedog]

Josh Bruce didn’t kick 6 on Goldstein.

Nah but English used his head to wash the deck of the HMAS Bulldogs

[Axe Man]

You keep mentioning him and initially had him in your potential starting 22 for 2021 thread. Are we likely to go hard at him? Is he likely to nominate us?

AFL.com think O'Halloran's decision may depend on what Caldwell does. GWS probably won't want to lose Hately, Caldwell and O'Halloran.

JYE CALDWELL

Has shown glimpses of his potential that prompted the Giants to select him at No.11 in the star-studded 2018 NAB AFL Draft. Now he's got a decision to make on his future. Caldwell has always been the Giants' highest priority midfield signing (over Jackson Hately and Xavier O'Halloran) and they've now increased their offer to four years. St Kilda has had interest for some time and Brett Ratten flagged the need for extra midfield depth when speaking after Friday night's semi-final exit. The 20-year-old would suit a number of clubs, including Essendon and Hawthorn, too.

XAVIER O'HALLORAN

The market for midfielders is stacked this year so the Victorian is sitting back waiting for things to unfold elsewhere before making a call. Giants teammate Jackson Hately has selected Adelaide and fellow 2018 first-round draftee Jye Caldwell is undecided on his future. Should Caldwell join Hately out the door, then O'Halloran will receive more opportunities in the Giants midfield. He broke through for two games in 2020 and there will be interest in his home state should he seek a new home.

Trade Period state of play: Who's going, who's undecided

[bornadog]

Essendon now chasing De Goey - I guess they want to bring in some better culture.

[The Underdog]

Essendon now chasing De Goey - I guess they want to bring in some better culture.

Jeez, De Goey and Stringer together. That’d be a heap of bad tatts, a couple of match winning performances and a lot of games where they both go missing.

[GVGjr]

You keep mentioning him and initially had him in your potential starting 22 for 2021 thread. Are we likely to go hard at him? Is he likely to nominate us?

I think he would have some interest in playing for us given his ties to the club.
I'm not sure we will be that active in trading despite Bevo's comments after the elimination final loss might indicate and we might only look for one mid and one KP player. It's going to be where Sam Power really earns his keep juggling points required for Ugle-Hagan and trying to land someone like O'Halloran and a KP player.

[dog town]

I think he would have some interest in playing for us given his ties to the club.
I'm not sure we will be that active in trading despite Bevo's comments after the elimination final loss might indicate and we might only look for one mid and one KP player. It's going to be where Sam Power really earns his keep juggling points required for Ugle-Hagan and trying to land someone like O'Halloran and a KP player.

Is there any concern we overpaid some players post 2016? It would be understandable for players like JJ, Wood and others to have got big contracts at the time. In my view our list is inferior to most and others seem to have endless cap space to bring in players each off season.

[bulldogsthru&thru]

Essendon now chasing De Goey - I guess they want to bring in some better culture.

I like this news. Shows that they aren't really genuine in changing the culture down there and their downward path will continue.

[bornadog]

I like this news. Shows that they aren't really genuine in changing the culture down there and their downward path will continue.

BTW, Carlton have no interest in him

[GVGjr]

Is there any concern we overpaid some players post 2016? It would be understandable for players like JJ, Wood and others to have got big contracts at the time. In my view our list is inferior to most and others seem to have endless cap space to bring in players each off season.

At the time we probably had a few clubs coming for our players and it was the right thing to do.
I'm not sure we have a cap issue but we just don't have the capacity to overpay players and really chase the higher paid guys

[Mofra]

At the time we probably had a few clubs coming for our players and it was the right thing to do.
I'm not sure we have a cap issue but we just don't have the capacity to overpay players and really chase the higher paid guys

We picked up Trengove as a FA and made offers to Wingard and Martin so I'd say we have space.

Bruce and Keath are on healthy deals and there didn't seem to be any cap space concern this time last year. Given Trengove is unlikely to stay on and Wood would have surely signed on a contract reduction I think we'd still have plenty of space, although Bailey Smith is in line for a hefty payrise.

[Axe Man]

Is there any concern we overpaid some players post 2016? It would be understandable for players like JJ, Wood and others to have got big contracts at the time. In my view our list is inferior to most and others seem to have endless cap space to bring in players each off season.

We have done well making the finals the last 2 years then with a list that is worse than most! Strange view.

JJ is the obvious one that is arguably being overpaid relative to his output over the past few seasons. Wood had a fairly large contract but that is now done and one would assume his new contract would be on reduced terms. I don't think we are lumbered with too many overblown contracts compared to many other lists.

[Bulldog Revolution]

I like this news. Shows that they aren't really genuine in changing the culture down there and their downward path will continue.

Its a media strategy to neutralise all the negativity - if they attract De Goey then it takes the heat off Saad, Daniher and Fantasia wanting out

[dog town]

We have done well making the finals the last 2 years then with a list that is worse than most! Strange view.

JJ is the obvious one that is arguably being overpaid relative to his output over the past few seasons. Wood had a fairly large contract but that is now done and one would assume his new contract would be on reduced terms. I don't think we are lumbered with too many overblown contracts compared to many other lists.

We have done very well I would have thought.

If you look at match ups analytically every week as I do there wasn’t many weeks where I thought we have a team covered for overall talent. Bevo manufactures lots of wins because he is elite but I would argue there is some teams with 5/6 forwards and backs who would be ranked 1st or 2nd for us in those areas of the ground.

[Topdog]

Jeez, De Goey and Stringer together. That’d be a heap of bad tatts, a couple of match winning performances and a lot of games where they both go missing.

You may be confusing De Goey with someone else because he doesnt really go missing at all. Injury prone though

[bornadog]

Pruess to GWS