Early Trade Rumours 2023

[jazzadogs]

Re: Early Trade Rumours 2023

We're already working on the 2018 draft with going after Coffield.

It's our new strategy it seems.

Hunter Clark is GETTABLE (TM) as well I believe.

[Grantysghost]

Re: Early Trade Rumours 2023

We're already working on the 2018 draft with going after Coffield.

It's our new strategy it seems.

2017

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Early Trade Rumours 2023

Hunter Clark is GETTABLE (TM) as well I believe.

Having missed Shiel, freed up cap with Billings, I wonder if a guy like Macrae would enter their thinking…

[GVGjr]

Re: Early Trade Rumours 2023

Hunter Clark is GETTABLE (TM) as well I believe.

I suspect the Saints will keep him. They can't lose two top 10 picks from one draft leave.

[Dry Rot]

Re: Early Trade Rumours 2023

This guy could have been useful for us

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1051822/north-melbourne-kangaroos-to-revive-ex-sydney-swan-toby-pinks-afl-dream-four-years-after-delisting

[Axe Man]

Re: Early Trade Rumours 2023

Long article on Billings:

Why aren?t clubs chasing Jack Billings?

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Early Trade Rumours 2023

Long article on Billings:

Why aren?t clubs chasing Jack Billings?

Full on! Surely everyone agrees he’s not our answer.

[Grantysghost]

Re: Early Trade Rumours 2023

Full on! Surely everyone agrees he’s not our answer.

I'd prefer Harmes.

[Happy Days]

Re: Early Trade Rumours 2023

We can’t take any more scrubs on, even if it would be unbelievably funny.

[bulldogsthru&thru]

Re: Early Trade Rumours 2023

We can’t take any more scrubs on, even if it would be unbelievably funny.

Then we'll never bring anyone in.

[Axe Man]

Re: Early Trade Rumours 2023

We can?t take any more scrubs on, even if it would be unbelievably funny.

[hujsh]

Re: Early Trade Rumours 2023

North a offering rubbish for pick 1.

They're trying to keep picks 2&3 and offer a range of end of first round picks instead

One option would be (Picks) 15, 18, 21 and an end of first-round pick next year. Or 15, 21 and two end of first-round picks next year - Twoomey

Whatever the deal is it has to be 2 or 3 plus something worthwhile to get up to 1, you can't just package a bunch of speculative picks about to be pushed back by academy/FS bids if you're serious.

WC obviously want to trade down because they see more value to them in getting Curtin at 2 with a sweetener than Reid at 1 so maybe North are trying to call their bluff and make them get Curtin at 1?

[Twodogs]

Re: Early Trade Rumours 2023

There's that word again. IF.

If Croft nominates.
If Harmes can be good again.
If we make top 4.
If bloody if!

Not speaking about your post as much as im worried we might be gambling a bit here thinking we've got a house of cards but we are actually holding a uno reverse card.

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too

[Twodogs]

Re: Early Trade Rumours 2023

I'm going to buck the trend here.

First, let me preface this by saying I was in favour of rebuilding because I think this group has failed too many times to go back to battle. I felt we could have rebuilt quickly if we made some tough decisions to trade quality players.

However, it's clear the club still thinks it can contend. Fair enough - I can respect not dying wondering. Our recruiting is in line with that.

Given that direction, Harmes and Coffield make sense. Why wouldn't Billings (and possibly other Moneyball options) too? I've never been a BIG fan of Billings, but he's never really been part of a good team. He's cream, not cake. I could understand our rationale if we thought benefit outweighed cost and traded for him.

All depends what he's worth, and what role he would play.

If it means we rarely see McNeil, R Smith, Vandermeer etc. that's only going to improve our depth and, in turn, improve our results.

Good post.

[bulldogsthru&thru]

Re: Early Trade Rumours 2023

North a offering rubbish for pick 1.

They're trying to keep picks 2&3 and offer a range of end of first round picks instead



Whatever the deal is it has to be 2 or 3 plus something worthwhile to get up to 1, you can't just package a bunch of speculative picks about to be pushed back by academy/FS bids if you're serious.

WC obviously want to trade down because they see more value to them in getting Curtin at 2 with a sweetener than Reid at 1 so maybe North are trying to call their bluff and make them get Curtin at 1?

What a bunch of entitled, spoilt and deluded pricks.

This is what the AFEL has created. An organisation built on handouts due to its self created failure. Now it thinks it can get whatever it wants for free.