Rating the 2022 Trade Period - After 7.30pm Wednesday Night

[F'scary]

Does McComb get the role?

Advantage for him is that he already cops the bagging on social media.

Also if he plays a defensive role he is less likely to turn the ball over.

McComb should restrict his game to handballing only.

[Mofra]

McComb should restrict his game to handballing only.

Daniel Cross to McComb's mentor confirmed

[G-Mo77]

McComb should restrict his game to handballing only.

On training days?

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Dunkley had good defensive efforts in his game but let's not pretend he had ANY influence on stopping gun mids that regularly torched us. None. If anything, his lack of pace from the spread contributed to our weakness.

I'm looking to a change in tactics. Give SOMEONE the job to STOP the best mid. Libba did it in the GF, McLean did it pre-injury for a burst of games. SOMEBODY has to be tasked with it when needed.

[Testekill]

Dunkley was too nice, he never really used his size to lay a massive tackle or barrel through someone. He was defensively minded yes but he never tried to really lay into a tackle like Libba will.

[Grantysghost]

Dunkley was too nice, he never really used his size to lay a massive tackle or barrel through someone. He was defensively minded yes but he never tried to really lay into a tackle like Libba will.

Surely you jest good sir.

That fightback game he destroyed a Melbourne player in a tackle.

[chef]

Yeah nah, Dunkley hurt a few with his tackles. Hes going to be missed.

[MrMahatma]

Dunks will be missed. Hunter hardly played and when he did he was pretty rubbish.

I think if Jones & Lobb play near their best, our squad is much better balanced and overall a fair bit better. We'll be harder to stop. We'll hopefully play forwards in the fwd line and defenders in defence, and mids in the midfield. Surely we're net positive having Treloar in the middle and not on HBF, and playing a HBF on the HBF, even with Dunks out.

I agree with McLean calls. He could be a very valuable player for us as a stopper.

[bulldogtragic]

I said last year, we need to assess last year and this year together for a full picture. Currently it?s:

In: Lobb, Jones, Buss, Clarke, Gallagher, Baker
In: JOD, Poulter, Pick 12, Pick 16, Croft at Pick 19 without deficit, late pick/s, rookie upgrade/s, free agent/s

With main losses of Dunkley & Hunter to date.

[bulldogtragic]

Not looking great now. After losing to Geelong:

Pick 27 to Freo (with 30 from last year)
Bris possibly just 17/18 & 36/37
Hunter virtually nothing

Lobb not to expectation and played VFL
Jones great
Baker fringe still

No games from our draftees
Croft is rising, but pick 8 should safe.

[bulldogtragic]

So as a comparison:

Griffen & Pick 6 - for - effectively Pick 1 (Tom Boyd) - 3,000 Draft Points Worth back

Perhaps, getting Pick 4 from GCS for our first rounders:

Dunkley & Pick 10 - for - Pick 4 & 21 & 63 - 3,024 Draft Points Worth back

(Note: The second rounder from Brisbane is equal in points to the two thirds we gave them for it, so it’s a nil all draw)

[bulldogtragic]

So now we can assess the trade period, JOD & Poulter were mid season so don’t form part of the trade period before they arrived at the club. This is rating the 2022 trade period.

In:

Lobb - Picks 29 & 30
Jones - FA
Baker - DFA

None of the three draftees debuted.


Out:

Dunkley: Pick 21, 17-18 (23-24 after bids), 63 (further our after FA compo)
Hunter & our 3rd this year - Brisbane 36-37 (net LOSS of draft points)
Schache: Pick 69 (after shuffling it may have NO draft points and won’t be used, effectively delisted)

[bulldogtragic]

I was hopeful in time this would look better, but it’s not panned out well. We paid a huge price for Lobb, who may still come good. Baker is depth. Jones is a gun, but old. No kids played. We used Hunter in a way where we are now behind in draft points. Schache was a bonus, but is now effectively delisted.

So Schache nothing. Hunter took us backwards. Dunkley a couple of picks in the 20’s. Just slightly better than the picks we gave up for Lobb. It’s boarderline now Dunkley for Lobb & 63.

It’s a disaster.

[bulldogsthru&thru]

I was hopeful in time this would look better, but it?s not panned out well. We paid a huge price for Lobb, who may still come good. Baker is depth. Jones is a gun, but old. No kids played. We used Hunter in a way where we are now behind in draft points. Schache was a bonus, but is now effectively delisted.

So Schache nothing. Hunter took us backwards. Dunkley a couple of picks in the 20?s. Just slightly better than the picks we gave up for Lobb. It?s boarderline now Dunkley for Lobb & 63.

It?s a disaster.

Ouch. That for our best and fairest.

[GVGjr]

And BT, we are apparently paying part of Hunters salary.