Oppo Camp Other Clubs News/General Discussion

[gouki88]

Chad Wingard has retired.

So glad we didn't pick him last year.

I remember him kicking 40-50 goals a year for Port as a 20 year-old and thinking he'd be anything. Never happened

 

[Jafo]

Looks like there’s going to be some very well payed players soon. Andrew Mac apparently set to be offered $12 million over 8yrs (GC).

 

[sr36]

I remember him kicking 40-50 goals a year for Port as a 20 year-old and thinking he'd be anything. Never happened

Wingard should have become a superstar, halfway between Didak and Rankin.

 

[JuniorB]

Wingard should have become a superstar, halfway between Didak and Rankin.

His best footy was fantastic.
He clearly realised he would struggle to get a game at Hawthorn next year.
Achilles injuries are bastards.

 

[Gilbert_Grape]

Not easy tho. Any team who wants to make a play for him in the next year or two need to 1) get him to commit 2) keep cap space available 3) get Melbourne to agree to a trade.

A club could do the first two only for Dees to again refuse to trade. Does a club hold off on other targets while chasing Petracca? Most big deals are agreed up to a year out. If we have cap space, we can't be distracted with the possibility of Petracca, we need to be chasing more certain targets. That may then rule us out from Petracca should he again want out and Dees agree to move him, but that's life.

Reckon we'd keep an eye on this, but wouldn't be making any firm plans around a possible Petracca deal. The difficulty of forward planning for a deal will make his exit difficult.

Career opportunity for J Stephenson post footy to freelance consult: "How to get traded in 10 days".

Can't do a Bootsma, but might get away with a Stringer? Leave an undercooked eclaire in Gawn's locker?

Needs to do worse than Oliver to get it done...

 

[JLC]

Looks like there’s going to be some very well payed players soon. Andrew Mac apparently set to be offered $12 million over 8yrs (GC).

Good luck to him but that's a ridiculous contract.

 

[Jen2310]

 

[gerryg400]

I wouldn’t have minded a one-off trial of wildcard round this year.

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

I wouldn’t have minded a one-off trial of wildcard round this year.

Could you imagine the whining from oppo supporters?

AFL will do anything to get Pies in the finals

 

[OniAu]

Looks like there’s going to be some very well payed players soon. Andrew Mac apparently set to be offered $12 million over 8yrs (GC).

Isnt there rumours his off field is pretty average

 

[Jen2310]

 

[Mark W]

I wouldn’t have minded a one-off trial of wildcard round this year.

Under the previous incarnation of the final 8, without the bye, only 4 teams had a realistic chance of winning the flag. Bloody impossible to win 4 on the trot straight after a marathon home and away season. The (unintended)? consequence of the bye essentially gave 5-8 a chance... a chance to recuperate get some troops back. Wildcard round will reduce the number of teams with a chance to win the flag back to 6. Not an ice block's chance in hell that any 7-10 team is going to win 5 in a row

 

[OniAu]

Under the previous incarnation of the final 8, without the bye, only 4 teams had a realistic chance of winning the flag. Bloody impossible to win 4 on the trot straight after a marathon home and away season. The (unintended)? consequence of the bye essentially gave 5-8 a chance... a chance to recuperate get some troops back. Wildcard round will reduce the number of teams with a chance to win the flag back to 6. Not an ice block's chance in hell that any 7-10 team is going to win 5 in a row

Does the Week off get moved between Prelims and GF?

Wildcard
1 v 4 - 2 v 3 5 v winner of wildcard 6 v winner of wildcard
Semi Finals
Prelim
Bye
GF

 

[JuniorB]

Apparently Sydney are interested in Stringer:

Stringer 'line ball' to stay at Bombers as surprise suitor emerges

A surprise rival has emerged as a potential suitor for Essendon forward Jake Stringer

www.afl.com.au

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

Shock, horror

 

[JuniorB]

We were screwed by the AFL by having to play opening round after the shortest preseason of any team other than Brisbane.
And if we were to have a wild card round, we might just as well hand out participation cups to every team.
It's not junior sport FFS!

 

[Jen2310]

 

[Markfs]

no opening round sounds drastic... i suppose we'll have to wait until 2026

 

[Jafo]

Not surprised. Thought there was rumblings about this during the season? Aka another Taswegian joining the ranks.

 

[Kirby]

 

[Jafo]

Good luck to him but that's a ridiculous contract.

And if that’s what they’re offering him imagine Naicos, Reid, JHF when the time comes

 

[Jafo]

Isnt there rumours his off field is pretty average

Even so. Apparently a Vic club has thought about this offer. I wonder which club.

Victorian club reportedly planning $12 million move for Gold Coast young gun: AFL trade news

A mammoth offer is said to be in the works for one of the AFL's brightest emerging stars.

www.zerohanger.com

 

[magpie_marty]

Brisbane Coach Fagan did an interview about the 2023 GF
He commented that Bobby Hill was our igniter and he should have spent more work into planning for him.

 

[Obese Arachnid]

 

[Jen2310]