Mega Thread 2014 FA, Trades, Rumours and Facts (pre-draft thread).

[dubber]

I still think Swan has only hanged around because he knows how much he would lose not finishing a one club player

Mate, for every player that hangs around you guys say that he has done this for selfish reasons but for every player that leaves you say the club is stuffed. Come on, cake and eating it too, greedy buggers.

 

[Primetime Pricey]

Andrew Moore any chance?

Unlikely but would rather Young from them. Some reason he isn't in the team but everyone over here rates him and you watch him play in the SANFL and he is a step above down there. Tough as nails he is

 

[Primetime Pricey]

Will throw one from left field as well. I watch Port in the SANFL a lot and they have a kid called Mason Shaw who is on the Power list. He could be anything and plays key fwd for Port. I would try and get him somehow being Port has a lot of key fwds as it is

 

[MAGPIE2013]

My mate suggested this offer:

Brisbane :trade pick 4,merret and patfull to th dees

Dees-pick 2 and pick 3 to collingwood

Collingwood:beams,second round to brisbane

 

[Rusty22]

My mate suggested this offer:

Brisbane :trade pick 4,merret and patfull to th dees

Dees-pick 2 and pick 3 to collingwood

Collingwood:beams,second round to brisbane

derek hine would be barring up at that!

 

[Ketchup]

My mate suggested this offer:

Brisbane :trade pick 4,merret and patfull to th dees

Dees-pick 2 and pick 3 to collingwood

Collingwood:beams,second round to brisbane

Lol, Melbourne will throw that out before the offer even lands on their doorstep.

 

[BEEG]

Any think about if we kept Shaw we might have been able to keep Beams which would have landed us Clark?

 

[Lockyer24]

We are going to have a serious crack in FA next year. Can't wait

 

[SugarCoat]

We are going to have a serious crack in FA next year. Can't wait

They say that every year but nothing happens.

 

[Rusty22]

They say that every year but nothing happens.

yeah they just sugar coat it

 

[SugarCoat]

Ask yourself why would a FA want to come to Collingwood?
And then ask yourself what big deals Collingwood have done and attracted lately?

 

[Shade]

They say that every year but nothing happens.

Pretty much all the big fish will get re-signed anyway,

 

[morgoth]

Ask yourself why would a FA want to come to Collingwood?
And then ask yourself what big deals Collingwood have done and attracted lately?

Things can change quickly. Yes we have problem, I am not happy either but if you look at our list next year it could have 7 first rounders in 3 years (I am including Darcy and pick 4), 8 if you include Taylor Adams. Still some good leaders and a good spine. We need a bit of luck on the injury front but momentum us a funny thing. We won't challenge for a flag but we may show the worst is over.

And to be honest from what I am seeing, the gun players who do leave, leave for one main reason, $$$ and we will be offering plenty and offer plenty of off field opportunities.

 

[SugarCoat]

We are going to be a bottom 4 side next year.
That is pretty much fact.
The amount of hysteria and pressure that will bring to the club will be even worse than this years.
Forget about FA's.
You pay way over the odds.
You pretty much stuff up your salary cap.
That says the club hasn't got the patience to set out their current strategy.
Why would a FA want to come here when the media discussion will be brutal about the club and coach next year?
We are like St. Kilda now and their rebuild.

 

[Primetime Pricey]

We are going to be a bottom 4 side next year.
That is pretty much fact.

LOL. Ok then

 

[Buena]

derek hine would be barring up at that!

Melbourne would be crazy to give up 2 & 3 for Sauce Merrett & Glass Patfull. They would have to be the sort of side that drafted Watts instead of Natanui, & Toumpas instead of Wines. Oh wait....

 

[Rusty22]

wow GC sacked mckenna, all the coaches around where we finished on the ladder are falling like flies, we trust bucks !!

 

[MightyPies1]

We are going to be a bottom 4 side next year.
That is pretty much fact.
The amount of hysteria and pressure that will bring to the club will be even worse than this years.
Forget about FA's.
You pay way over the odds.
You pretty much stuff up your salary cap.
That says the club hasn't got the patience to set out their current strategy.
Why would a FA want to come here when the media discussion will be brutal about the club and coach next year?
We are like St. Kilda now and their rebuild.

I stopped reading at this point. The only fact of the matter is that you are wrong, it is your opinion and not a fact.

 

[PieNSauce]

We are going to be a bottom 4 side next year.
That is pretty much fact.
The amount of hysteria and pressure that will bring to the club will be even worse than this years.
Forget about FA's.
You pay way over the odds.
You pretty much stuff up your salary cap.
That says the club hasn't got the patience to set out their current strategy.
Why would a FA want to come here when the media discussion will be brutal about the club and coach next year?
We are like St. Kilda now and their rebuild.

Wow! It's hard to imagine how anybody could find a way to be more negative! You may think it's a fact but the FACT is that it's speculation which to me clearly ignores the reasons for our poor second half in 2014. What you say may happen but if that's an indication of your outlook on life I'm very sorry for you.

 

[SugarCoat]

I stopped reading at this point. The only fact of the matter is that you are wrong, it is your opinion and not a fact.

Mate, I'm a realist.
We have lost about 2300 games of experience.
We are about to lose our second best player.
We are already down McCaffer in our midfield group.
Ball has retired.
Maxwell has retired.
Harry is going.
You can't lose all this experience and not suffer. It's fact.
If you look at every stat and key indicator in the last 11 rounds, we were a bottom 4 side.
There is a trend and only a fool would deny it.

 

[Primetime Pricey]

Mate, I'm a realist.
We have lost about 2300 games of experience.
We are about to lose our second best player.
We are already down McCaffer in our midfield group.
Ball has retired.
Maxwell has retired.
Harry is going.
You can't lose all this experience and not suffer. It's fact.
If you look at every stat and key indicator in the last 11 rounds, we were a bottom 4 side.
There is a trend and only a fool would deny it.

Thats 1 way of looking at it.
You could also look at the fact Reid will hopefully play more then a couple games.
Freeman will be like a new recruit.
Karnezis will finally play, we will get something with pick 4 and another decent player to come in and contribute.
Nathan Brown will be back helping out Frost.
Harry was shit and has been for a while, Ball was on last legs and hadnt been the same player for a while.
All this and we missed the 8 on percentage. To say we are guaranteed bottom 4 is nothing further from the truth.
How about we let the trade and draft period play out before going with outlandish statements

 

[PieNSauce]

Mate, I'm a realist.
We have lost about 2300 games of experience.
We are about to lose our second best player.
We are already down McCaffer in our midfield group.
Ball has retired.
Maxwell has retired.
Harry is going.
You can't lose all this experience and not suffer. It's fact.
If you look at every stat and key indicator in the last 11 rounds, we were a bottom 4 side.
There is a trend and only a fool would deny it.

Interesting that the only things you mention are the things we have lost. I'd have thought a realist would have thrown in some of the potential positives. That post looks very much the work of the ultimate pessimist to me.

 

[SugarCoat]

Interesting that the only things you mention are the things we have lost. I'd have thought a realist would have thrown in some of the potential positives. That post looks very much the work of the ultimate pessimist to me.

What have we gained exactly?
Draft picks?

 

[anshell]

Ask yourself why would a FA want to come to Collingwood?
And then ask yourself what big deals Collingwood have done and attracted lately?

Why would they not come to Collingwood?Most players are mercenaries these days,so if we offer the right money they should come.

 

[Ketchup]

Why would they not come to Collingwood?Most players are mercenaries these days,so if we offer the right money they should come.

If we have to rely on money to convince people to come to our club were no better than Bulldogs, St kilda, Melbourne, Carlton etc and are going no where. fast.