Trade Rumours 2024

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So he’s calling it quits at the club he’s contracted to? Retiring is he? His salary won’t determine any aspect of trades?

Why not just say he will possibly assess options. The rest is completely talking out his arse.

[jeemak]

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Could be his manager putting out the feelers?

So he’s calling it quits at the club he’s contracted to? Retiring is he? His salary won’t determine any aspect of trades?

Why not just say he will possibly assess options. The rest is completely talking out his arse.

The dickheads at Fox Footy thought there was an appetite for more bullshit speculation about football during the week so they put a bunch of caffeine advocates on the TV without thinking that they have to find the right balance between research for content, and just generating bullshit content themselves.

They're all muddled up.

[The Underdog]

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Could be his manager putting out the feelers?

Macrae is a 30 yo former All Australian playing VFL footy. His manager would be negligent not to be talking to other clubs.

[bulldogtragic]

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The dickheads at Fox Footy thought there was an appetite for more bullshit speculation about football during the week so they put a bunch of caffeine advocates on the TV without thinking that they have to find the right balance between research for content, and just generating bullshit content themselves.

They're all muddled up.

Yes and no.

They speak their diarrhoea on the show. Then other journos report on what they said in print and online media, using it as a source. It’s brilliant really. They don’t have to actually do work anymore, increase their profile and collect a wage. It’s a system George Costanza would have created.

It’s utterly infuriating as someone who would like some actual reporting. This whole industry just give no f*cks about the people while the money flows around. **** them all.

[Grantysghost]

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https://www.afl.com.au/news/1195556/premiership-melbourne-demon-alex-neal-bullen-requests-trade-home-to-south-australia

MELBOURNE premiership player Alex Neal-Bullen has requested a trade home to South Australia at season's end.
The Demons announced on Wednesday that Neal-Bullen, 28, wanted the move due to family reasons.
Neal-Bullen has become an important part of the Dees' side, playing 174 games for the club since being drafted in 2014, including the 2021 flag.
"Since day one, I've felt the love from the footy club, so to make the decision to head home is an incredibly hard one," Neal-Bullen said.
"It's something that I thought long and hard about, and had some really open and honest conversations with my wife, Georgie, about where our best future lies.
"The decision became clear that I need to put my family first, and move our family back to South Australia"

[Rocket Science]

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And I am one of them ...

[bulldogtragic]

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https://www.afl.com.au/news/1195556/...outh-australia

MELBOURNE premiership player Alex Neal-Bullen has requested a trade home to South Australia at season's end.
The Demons announced on Wednesday that Neal-Bullen, 28, wanted the move due to family reasons.
Neal-Bullen has become an important part of the Dees' side, playing 174 games for the club since being drafted in 2014, including the 2021 flag.
"Since day one, I've felt the love from the footy club, so to make the decision to head home is an incredibly hard one," Neal-Bullen said.
"It's something that I thought long and hard about, and had some really open and honest conversations with my wife, Georgie, about where our best future lies.
"The decision became clear that I need to put my family first, and move our family back to South Australia"

At least they have Hunter & Schache.

[angelopetraglia]

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Jon Ralph

Richmond superstar Shai Bolton has formally told the Tigers he wants to be traded, aware he will have to stay put if WA-based clubs cannot put up a vast trade bounty for his services

[Axe Man]

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Richmond premiership hero Shai Bolton requests trade away from Punt Rd

Richmond superstar Shai Bolton has formally told the Tigers he wants to be traded, aware he will have to stay put if WA-based clubs cannot put up a vast trade bounty for his services.

Bolton might be playing his last AFL game for Richmond this weekend against Gold Coast, with the Tigers reconsidering their hard-line position on the 25-year-old.

When his name was floated as a trade possibility mid-year Bolton was still happy to stay, having made the call only 18 months before to play out his career in Richmond.

But with a second baby on the way later this year. Bolton and his partner are increasingly aware of the challenges of remaining away from family who find it difficult to get to Melbourne to support them.

He has four more years on a deal of $1.1-$1.2 million, with Fremantle and West Coast keen but the Dockers a much more likely home given their trio of first-round picks.

Richmond had been resolute that they would not trade him under any scenario.

But with Tasmania?s introduction around the corner and the Tigers? list issues making a mini-rebuild likely, they are now open to at least assessing what a deal might look like.

They are now aware they will have to be open-minded about all trades to improve their list, with Gold Coast chasing Daniel Rioli hard as an attacking half back despite his Tigers contract to 2027.

Fremantle?s current draft hand is picks 9, 10, 17 and 26, with Richmond sure to ask for two first-rounders for Bolton given he is at the peak of his career.

Richmond has told Bolton if he stayed they would build a team around him as they seek to stockpile early draft selections under list boss Blair Hartley and new recruiter Chris Toce.

But they will never get a better chance to secure ?overs? for Bolton and vice-captain Liam Baker, who is set to return to Perth.

Richmond has also offered free agent Jack Graham a deal as he assesses West Coast?s free agency offer.

Bolton is fully aware that if the Perth-based clubs cannot satisfy Richmond he will remain at Punt Road next year given he signed his most recent deal in December 2022.

Richmond will also be aware another year in Melbourne is unlikely to assuage the couple?s homesickness, so if Fremantle plays ball it might be the perfect time to get maximum compensation this year.

Baker would ideally play for West Coast but Fremantle?s early selections and premiership window mean they have a better chance of securing both players.

The Dockers could offer up all three first-round draft picks for the pair, which would give Richmond picks 1, 9, 10, 17, 21 and 30 before any dealings with the Suns on Rioli.

Bolton would not seek a pay rise on his current deal but might ask for an extra year or two on the current four-year contract, with both WA-based clubs able to afford that money in their salary cap.

West Coast is interested but even if they secure a trade for defender Tom Barrass is unlikely to have the draft capital to secure Bolton, who at 25 is not the perfect age for their list build.

Bolton?s Richmond teammate Marlion Pickett is more likely to retire than ask for another one-year contract as he battles injury concerns.

He has battled calf issues and returned to Perth recently for his father?s funeral, and given Richmond is likely to be stripped of experience they had been open to a conversation on another deal.

But he will have discussions with the club in coming days about his future, having made AFL history when he debuted in a Grand Final victory for the Tigers.

A court case for commercial burglary charges is due to be set in October after repeated delays.

But with the start of that court case to be set 18 months into the future it would not prevent Pickett from playing on in 2025.

He is likely to remain in Melbourne in coming years after coming to Richmond as the No. 13 pick in the 2019 mid-season draft then finding his way into the premiership side after Graham?s shoulder injury.

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So WCE really have to trade Barrass to seriously compete for Bolton. Good for the Hawks.

[ReLoad]

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Would/should/could we ask about Petracca?

[angelopetraglia]

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Would/should/could we ask about Petracca?

Straight swap for Baz, Daniel and Macrae.

[Bornadog]

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Straight swap for Baz, Daniel and Macrae.

Happy to swap with Baz, but no need to throw in those guys.

[GVGjr]

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Would/should/could we ask about Petracca?

If Libba was a likely retirement then perhaps the question could be asked. They would rightly ask for
2 x top 10 picks and something else though and we have bugger all currency at the moment

[angelopetraglia]

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Happy to swap with Baz, but no need to throw in those guys.

I would do that deal everyday of the week and twice on Sunday. For chunks of the year we have played our best footy without those three in our team. Trac is a beast. He is a match winner.