The Chad Thread

[The Adelaide Connection]

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Trade radio feed guessing Wingard goes for 7. Then 6, 7 & 10 to GCS for 2 & 3.

Hope it’s true.

Except our “Do the deal before Wednesday” discount has now expired and we are now going to also need a second rounder back.
Or May.

[Rocket Science]

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Would GC do that ?

If I'm them it's a nope, unless Port adds some honey.

[DOG GOD]

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If I'm them it's a nope, unless Port adds some honey.

Yeah I probably wouldn’t either. Picks 2 and 3 could get GC luko and Rankine/Rozee with 6,7 and 10, none of those will probably be there.

[mjp]

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Trade radio feed guessing Wingard goes for 7. Then 6, 7 & 10 to GCS for 2 & 3.

Hope it’s true.

If I was GC I would ask for more than that.

There is a real specific reason PA want to trade up...it is effectively a trade for Pick 1+2 since it seems Carlton have committed to the Falcons kid mid-year...they want the 2x SA kids and they are going to have to pay for them.

[Rocket Science]

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Yeah I probably wouldn’t either. Picks 2 and 3 could get GC luko and Rankine/Rozee with 6,7 and 10, none of those will probably be there.

The worry is, if Port are absolutely determined to move up would they use Wingard as bait? The answer seems to be quite probably, and I'm sure the Suns would listen.

And if that pans out would the Suns then consider our #7 for Chad?

[bulldogsthru&thru]

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All in all, i think the trade that gave Port pick 6 is good for our chances of getting Chad.

[bulldogsthru&thru]

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The worry is, if Port are absolutely determined to move up would they use Wingard as bait? The answer seems to be quite probably, and I'm sure the Suns would listen.

And if that pans out would the Suns then consider our #7 for Chad?

GC won't want Chad. They're restarting a rebuild. So why not just trade pick 7 with Port and then let Port and GC work it out?

[bulldogtragic]

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A part from media assuming we are getting Chad with pick 7. The only path Port have to get close to picks 2 & 3 is with our pick 7. Hawks pick 15 & 2019 1st isn’t close to the frame for 2 & 3 off GCS. If Port are going at 2 & 3, that almost rules Hawthorn out as another destination. It really seems Port or us. Maybe 67/33 to us if they want Luko & Rankine.

[Doc26]

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If I was GC I would ask for more than that.

There is a real specific reason PA want to trade up...it is effectively a trade for Pick 1+2 since it seems Carlton have committed to the Falcons kid mid-year...they want the 2x SA kids and they are going to have to pay for them.

Do you believe that the SUNS would be comfortable committing their picks 2 & 3 to 2 SA kids given the exodus of high end talent. I could see them being open to trading with Port given it’s only really St.Kilda’s pick 4 that is in their way, assuming GCS also end up getting pick 5 from Melbourne for May (from Freo for Hogan, after receiving 5 from Brisbane for Neale).

In essence GCS get 5,6,7, 10, possibly the Polec pick 11.

Port get their prized 2 & 3

Dogs get Wingard

Melbourne get May

Freo gets Hogan

Brisbane gets Neale

A threat in all of this is if St.Kilda makes a play for Wingard, dangling their pick 4 to Port and of course who starts throwing around first round future picks e.g Hawthorn to get in the game

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

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Are Saints a potential to try and jump in and make a play for Wingard?
They've got an earlier pick and need to land some talent?

[bulldogtragic]

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Are Saints a potential to try and jump in and make a play for Wingard?
They've got an earlier pick and need to land some talent?

They spoke to Wingard or his manager early on apparently. They decided to chase other players after the meeting. I'm guessing they were told, 'not even for two million a year'.

[Bornadog]

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Are Saints a potential to try and jump in and make a play for Wingard?
They've got an earlier pick and need to land some talent?

Wingard then jumps in and says my preferred club is Dogs.

[DOG GOD]

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Wouldn’t surprise me to see this wingard thing extend out til next Monday/tues

[Doc26]

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They spoke to Wingard or his manager early on apparently. They decided to chase other players after the meeting. I'm guessing they were told, 'not even for two million a year'.

All this talks to why Jason Cripps from Port was airing his frustration why the Clubs can’t currently force contracted players to the Club of their choosing. If this was possible, Wingard may well be at St.Kilda.

Chad is certainly looking like the pawn in Port’s plans in this off-season.

He’s done well to date to hold his tongue, with Port putting it all back on him.

Behind the scene it’s probably playing out as:

Cripps: Chad we want you to go to St.Kilda!
Chad: No F... way. I want to go to Hawthorn with Imps and Burgs
Cripps: They’ve got nothin we want.
Chad: How about I just stay at Port, close to my family.
Cripps: There’s no cash here. Here there’s no cash. Cash no, Chaddo.
Besides there’s 2 gun SA kids we prefer over you. How about the Dogs then? Jackson’s there. Why don’t you meet up with Bevo?

[bulldogtragic]

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Call my cynical, but I have a thought. The AFEL has changed the trade period so it finishes in prime time TV. Any tv producer would tell the AFEL that you need a big suspense, big names to attract people to watch it with white knuckles. And with their viewers attention, advertise the shit out of it for profit. A last second Josh Schache trade isn't impressive enough a debut tv opportunity for them. To make this a money maker, they need a big name or three running into the trade room at AFEL house at the last second. Maybe the AFEL have identified Wingard and Port and Port with GCS and GCS with May as their finale, proving that their concept works. The deals might be done in secret, but this suspense feels like an audience is being primed and every story guessing different outcomes is stoking the interest. I may well be wrong, but I'm pretty good with smelling AFEL manipulation bullshit.