Early Trade Rumours 2023

[The Pie Man]

Re: Early Trade Rumours 2023

This is great. Over to you Rory because I would be respectful AF ...

After the way he finished the year (not just against Geelong) you still feel like this?

Consider our other 2R/FWD option was injured for much of the year and just isn’t ready, I don’t get the continued angst.

If we return to winning ways, he’ll play his part. We’re wedded to Tim as (AA) first ruck, so we should back him in.

[bulldogsthru&thru]

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End of first round pick confirmed for Gresham deal.

I don't know what's worse. The compensation system or essendon.

[Rocket Science]

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After the way he finished the year (not just against Geelong) you still feel like this?

Consider our other 2R/FWD option was injured for much of the year and just isn?t ready, I don?t get the continued angst.

If we return to winning ways, he?ll play his part. We?re wedded to Tim as (AA) first ruck, so we should back him in.

Call me demanding but I suppose I feel that any perceived structural needs he might fulfil on paper hinge on him playing more than one, or two serviceable games a year, and actually being selected, full stop.

Plus, there's the not insignificant matter of his head.

Yuge year looms for Lobb to restore some credibility and repay some faith but I'm just not sure he's wired to respond that way and we'll get another year of Rory being Rory.

[Twodogs]

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Call me demanding but I suppose I feel that any perceived structural needs he might fulfil on paper hinge on him playing more than one, or two serviceable games a year, and actually being selected, full stop.

Plus, there's the not insignificant matter of his head.

Yuge year looms for Lobb to restore some credibility and repay some faith but I'm just not sure he's wired to respond that way and we'll get another year of Rory being Rory.

It's certainly an interesting head. That's for sure.

Imagine if, in the Godfather, rather than a horse's head that the bloke woke up next to he woke up to Rory's head in the bed next to him. That would have been awesome.

[Dancin' Douggy]

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This is pretty much my thinking exactly.

Call me demanding but I suppose I feel that any perceived structural needs he might fulfil on paper hinge on him playing more than one, or two serviceable games a year, and actually being selected, full stop.

Plus, there's the not insignificant matter of his head.

Yuge year looms for Lobb to restore some credibility and repay some faith but I'm just not sure he's wired to respond that way and we'll get another year of Rory being Rory.

[The Adelaide Connection]

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End of first round pick confirmed for Gresham deal.

I don't know what's worse. The compensation system or essendon.

Watching Essendon burn cap space this trade period is therapeutic.

[1eyedog]

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Dodoro and Scott is a match made in heaven. They've gone back to the old ways. Great to see.

[bulldogtragic]

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They paid Gresham $700,000 a season. McKay $800,000. Whatever for Goldy & Duursma won’t be cheap. Probably over $2M a season combined added to their cap.

FMD.

[ReLoad]

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They paid Gresham $700,000 a season. McKay $800,000. Whatever for Goldy & Duursma won’t be cheap. Probably over $2M a season combined added to their cap.

FMD.

Its awesome, none of those players will even get close to them winning any more games.

May the ineptitude flow eternally!

[Topdog]

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Yuge year looms for Lobb to restore some credibility and repay some faith but I'm just not sure he's wired to respond that way and we'll get another year of Rory being Rory.

He has had 1, maybe 2 really good consistent years in his 10 year career so the odds certainly aren't in our favour.

[Bulldog Joe]

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You know I shouldn't be surprised if it turns out they have someone manually enter all the data every time they need to run the calculation.

That would require them to have an actual formula.

What is the point of entering data when clearly they need to DECIDE the compensation.

[bulldogsthru&thru]

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That would require them to have an actual formula.

What is the point of entering data when clearly they need to DECIDE the compensation.

Maybe they play pluck-a-duck.

[Bulldog Joe]

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End of first round pick confirmed for Gresham deal.

I don't know what's worse. The compensation system or essendon.

The compensation system is designed to give outcomes that the AFL consider appropriate. It is achieved by not really having a system.

This year
North Melbourne are encouraged to accept FA compensation for McKay.
St Kilda want end of first round for Gresham or they will force Essendon to trade.

AFL want to help both North Melbourne and Essendon become more competitive so facilitate both players getting to Essendon by effectively having every club drop down the draft board.

The compensation picks are way above what any club would pay if they were trading them in.

If the AFL won't publish a formula for how this is calculated they just need to cease compensation altogether.

[bulldogsthru&thru]

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They paid Gresham $700,000 a season. McKay $800,000. Whatever for Goldy & Duursma won?t be cheap. Probably over $2M a season combined added to their cap.

FMD.

Plus they voluntarily pushed their own first round pick back 1 spot!

[Rocco Jones]

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The compensation system is designed to give outcomes that the AFL consider appropriate. It is achieved by not really having a system.

This year
North Melbourne are encouraged to accept FA compensation for McKay.
St Kilda want end of first round for Gresham or they will force Essendon to trade.

AFL want to help both North Melbourne and Essendon become more competitive so facilitate both players getting to Essendon by effectively having every club drop down the draft board.

The compensation picks are way above what any club would pay if they were trading them in.

If the AFL won't publish a formula for how this is calculated they just need to cease compensation altogether.

This would sound like a wacky conspiracy theory if it wasn't the AFL and completely true.