Strategy Trade and List management Thread Part 6 (opposition supporters - READ posting rules before posting)

[darklake]

Side note: am I the only one trying figure out the 3 letter swear word starting with P?

Three words -- piece of shit.

 

[weltschmerz]

wouldn’t mind more mass exoduses like this

 

[Munnez]

Why did we even draft him then? Barely got a few weeks in and then tore a hammy. Very harsh given you need a full preseason in the system at least, to know whether you have what it takes or not.

Must have decided that his body isn't going to stand up to the required training loads would be my guess. The toll of the injuries just won't allow the resilience to recover sufficiently hence the two hamstring injuries in a short space of time

 

[Sentinel]

Would be a different conversation if Macrae had one or two contract years left but the whole point of trading him is to get the salary off the books. If we're truly challenging for a flag, it matters more that draft picks.

Given he has $2 million or more guaranteed money left if anything I'd be willing to package a draft pick to get rid of 100% of it like a Jack Bowes deal or something (not entirely necessary as without Smith we don't have a salary cap crunch but the point holds true).

Don't give Geelong ideas.

"We'll do you a huge favour and take Macrae off your hands, but at the same time you have to pay some of his salary and also give us Bailey Smith, all for a token 4th rounder"

 

[ossie_21]

If there is 2 sides to every story, I’d like to know what story 1 is first.

 

[DannyB4]

Do we have any use for someone like Dan Houston

5

Dan Houston

Age

27

Ht

186cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.2

5star

K

11.8

4star

HB

6.4

4star

M

4.9

5star

T

3.0

5star

MG

289.2

4star

D

17.6

4star

K

11.6

4star

HB

6.0

3star

M

3.3

3star

T

3.4

4star

MG

319.9

5star

D

16.6

4star

K

12.4

5star

HB

4.2

4star

M

7.0

5star

T

2.6

4star

MG

279.8

5star

?

 

[Foxman98]

Why did we even draft him then? Barely got a few weeks in and then tore a hammy. Very harsh given you need a full preseason in the system at least, to know whether you have what it takes or not.

Mid season picks are flakey options at the best of times

 

[Lindsay_Gilbee]

The more stuff that comes out about Bailey the more it’s clear he isn’t the type of bloke supporters like at the dogs. He can **** off. Reckon it’ll be Stringer levels of animosity the first time we play him. What a flog.

 

[DannyB4]

Also I love Bevo but its rare to see a coach stay for more than 10 years and be successful. Sometimes I'm stuck between backing Bevo in and wondering what a fresh voice at the club can achieve.

 

[Lindsay_Gilbee]

What’s the side he’s gonna have a to tell? Played round round one in his first season? Never played VFL? Club backed him after caught on the gear? Let him go to Europe while injured? Sounds like Footscray was like auschwitz for poor Bailey.

 

[redmania]

The more stuff that comes out about Bailey the more it’s clear he isn’t the type of bloke supporters like at the dogs. He can **** off. Reckon it’ll be Stringer levels of animosity the first time we play him. What a flog.

No one admires bailey smith more than bailey smith.

 

[adammonerz]

Alright boys in the know, what could the cotton on king be talking about, his clothing line launch? , his drug habit?, someone told him his mullet looked bad? Spill

 

[ttomred17]

Hope we don’t have to wait for Baz’s book.

 

[Libbaaaa]

What’s the side he’s gonna have a to tell? Played round round one in his first season? Never played VFL? Club backed him after caught on the gear? Let him go to Europe while injured? Sounds like Footscray was like auschwitz for poor Bailey.

If you believe the experts he played centre half forward which he didn’t like!

 

[DiamondDogs8]

Jacko is currently on 249 games at the club… gee that sucks - wish him nothing but the best of luck. Having said that, an early second rounder would be ideal, and give us a good chance to start replenishing the list with some speed.

A big off season for our BullGods, with JJ and CDs futures at the club looking less than guaranteed.

 

[DannyB4]

Hope we don’t have to wait for Baz’s book.

$1000 bucks it'll have a giant photo of himself on the cover

 

[DannyB4]

Jacko is currently on 249 games at the club… gee that sucks - wish him nothing but the best of luck. Having said that, an early second rounder would be ideal, and give us a good chance to start replenishing the list with some speed.

A big off season for our BullGods, with JJ and CDs futures at the club looking less than guaranteed.

I hope the AFL Fixturing Department are smart and schedule us to play RD1 against whichever club Macrae goes to.

 

[rodogs]

Another positive from a Macrae trade - the selection of Jordan McMahon 24 years ago continues to pay off a few more years.

…and can confirm McMahon was at the Elim final Friday night, no less with a Dogs scarf on. Win. Win. Win. Etc.

 

[PocketRocket08]

Why did we even draft him then? Barely got a few weeks in and then tore a hammy. Very harsh given you need a full preseason in the system at least, to know whether you have what it takes or not.

I agree with you. Only thing I think is they believe his body won’t handle the rigours of afl if tearing his hammy twice in the vfl. Poor fella had horrific leg injury in his draft year

 

[bobs head soup]

Hope we don’t have to wait for Baz’s book.

He's too millennial for a book, maybe a published compendium of his Instagram history.

 

[Bulldogs85]

Interesting

 

[redmania]

He's going to tear it up at Geelong. The fixtures, the management, the coaching and recruitment....they'll just permanently be in finals.

 

[RWnBluey]

Interesting

Not really. It’s all about the optics. The AFL want to be seen to be monitoring this closely but nothing will come of it. Tank it to the bank

 

[Mojorisin]

Not really. It’s all about the optics. The AFL want to be seen to be monitoring this closely but nothing will come of it. Nothing is more certain

They will dig just deep enough to appear like they're actually interested.

 

[RWnBluey]

The tweet has been deleted, but here's a screenshot I just grabbed:

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Tom also updated his Twitter profile before deleting it. Lucky I was able to grab a screenshot before it disappeared.