Trade : Get him to the Club

**Bumper Bulldogs** · 04-09-2025, 06:49 AM

Originally posted by Danny the snakeman

Would be nice if some big name players wanted to come to us.

Do you think the fact we are not playing in September this year had brought us back to the field a little.

Players want to play finals and maybe they look at us and think others are closer to it than us.

We don’t have dick heads like Steven May belting people, we have a very good and respected coach, we have Bont, we have great training felicitates

**doggies ftw** · 04-09-2025, 08:08 AM

Originally posted by Bumper Bulldogs

Do you think the fact we are not playing in September this year had brought us back to the field a little.

Players want to play finals and maybe they look at us and think others are closer to it than us.

We don’t have dick heads like Steven May belting people, we have a very good and respected coach, we have Bont, we have great training felicitates

Players want money, it’s proven time and time again that money (and role, security ie money for longer…) wins out.

All these guys leave shit clubs under the guise of success and take the highest offer.

im glad we didn’t chase Silvagnis st kilda offer that was way over the top in the end - 900k is absurd. But at some point we do need to overpay and actually use some of our cap to upgrade the list. I like the sound of targeting younger, still developing players who we see potential in and overpaying based on our projections of them - easiest way for a club like us to bring in quality where their heads can be turned by their first big pay check, when we can’t land the top liners.

**Danjul** · 04-09-2025, 08:20 AM

Originally posted by Danny the snakeman

Would be nice if some big name players wanted to come to us.

It is an indication of how people in the real world outside the club feel about how the club is going. Need a period of consistent success, and finishing in the middle of the ladder never counts as success.

**azabob** · 04-09-2025, 09:52 AM

Originally posted by Grantysghost

Um. Baz is exactly what we are missing and Kennedy, albeit a good player is Dunkley lite.

Spot on GG. Can't stand Baz off field but on field damn he is so what we need.

Dunkley is #Life - I still have not forgiven jennak for moving him on.

**azabob** · 04-09-2025, 09:57 AM

Originally posted by Bumper Bulldogs

Do you think the fact we are not playing in September this year had brought us back to the field a little.

Players want to play finals and maybe they look at us and think others are closer to it than us.

We don’t have dick heads like Steven May belting people, we have a very good and respected coach, we have Bont, we have great training felicitates

I don't think finals has anything to do with it.

Simply put we need to pay well above market rates to attract players who will make a difference (this includes role players such as Silvagni.)

**Bornadog** · 04-09-2025, 10:10 AM

Originally posted by azabob

I don't think finals has anything to do with it.

Simply put we need to pay well above market rates to attract players who will make a difference (this includes role players such as Silvagni.)

We have very rarely offered a huge deal to any players to come to the club. The last one was Tom Boyd.
I am hoping we do for Butters - will make a huge difference.

**kickit2Koly** · 04-09-2025, 10:15 AM

Silvangi would have been a good get at $650 but I am happy the club didn't get in a bidding war for a guy that has average 10 games a year.

The market(3 different clubs) set his value at around $2.5 Mil and the saints paid him $4+Mil. I am no list manager but paying someone 20-25% over market value seems bad for business.

**Mofra** · 04-09-2025, 12:58 PM