Koby Stevens - Welcome to the dogs

[Bornadog]

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Seems to be suggestions that no later picks are involved.

Stevens for #44 is good, anyway.

We have a down grade of a later pick, but no details yet.

[Topdog]

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I'd have prepared 51 but it's not a big deal. Welcome to the kennel Koby! Finally happy with a move we made this trade period

[Bornadog]

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Video highlights

http://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/bulldogs%20tv/tabid/8663/contentid/499316/default.aspx

[always right]

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Like the extra pick we were gonna get from Sydney in the Vezpremi deal?

You appear to be living in a very very dark place Chops. Reach out to your Bulldog brethren and we will be there for you.

[LostDoggy]

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You appear to be living in a very very dark place Chops. Reach out to your Bulldog brethren and we will be there for you.

Insert smirk with snort from Hobdog

[Bulldog4life]

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You appear to be living in a very very dark place Chops. Reach out to your Bulldog brethren and we will be there for you.

Gave me a chuckle.

[Eastdog]

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Welcome Koby. Hope everything goes well for you at our club and you establish yourself as a very good midfielder for our team.

[GVGjr]

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Video highlights

http://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/bu...6/default.aspx

His run on the HFF, reminded me of Leon Cameron.

[SlimPickens]

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Happy with this signing best of luck to Koby. Here's hoping for a longer successful career down at the kennel

[turtle]

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Good luck Koby!
What I like most about this trade is that it is consistent with the clubs strategy (whether its the correct strategy or not is another discussion) Unlike the Dee's who seem to be interested in everyone we seem determined to stay on the path that has been set. I hope we don't do anything stupid in the last hour on Friday!

[Grantysghost]

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Some good quotes in this article - "Hard as a cats head" made me laugh. Think we've done well getting him across.

Koby Stevens ideal recruit for WB

[1eyedog]

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Goes back with the flight and smashed Hayes with a beaut tackle. Good size and committed.

[Sedat]

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You appear to be living in a very very dark place Chops. Reach out to your Bulldog brethren and we will be there for you.

Chops makes a good point. Stevens cost us a higher pick than what we wanted to initially outlay. West Coke stood their ground (on an uncontracted player mind you) and once again we caved.

Add to that the instances where we have been promised additional picks in previous deals (Hall and Vesz) which never materialised. We are officially the easybeats of trade week negotiations. That's not to suggest we shouldn't have gone after Stevens, and I hope he has a sensational career at the kennel.

[jeemak]

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It's funny that we always bemoan particular clubs for being pricks to deal with and not giving any ground towards what would be reasonable compensation within deals, yet we want our club to behave in a similar manner in pretty much every case.

44 seems like a reasonable outcome to me, though it all depends on whether 51 lands us the player we have in our sights at that point of the draft.

We need to close out the deal as well, which means ensuring we receive the picks we're entitled to.

[FrediKanoute]

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Chops makes a good point. Stevens cost us a higher pick than what we wanted to initially outlay. West Coke stood their ground (on an uncontracted player mind you) and once again we caved.

Add to that the instances where we have been promised additional picks in previous deals (Hall and Vesz) which never materialised. We are officially the easybeats of trade week negotiations. That's not to suggest we shouldn't have gone after Stevens, and I hope he has a sensational career at the kennel.

Negotiation though is an art not a science, especially in the AFL where you are re-negotiating with same people every year. It pays not to screw your opponents to the wall and sometimes compromise. When you negotiate you should never lose sight of what you are trying to achieve. In our case we wanted Stevens. We identified him as a fit. The price of missing Stevens to screw the WCE over companred to dropping 7 places in the draft is probably not that material. Hopefully Stevens will be a better player than anyone we could have taken at 44.