List Mgmt. 2018 Draft, Free Agency & Trade Hypotheticals thread, Part II: Nothing happened!

[bedford]

Just thought we might start afresh , as it's now live.

 

[Edmund hunt]

Just thought we might start afresh , as it's now live.

So we could get Duryea during this period?

 

[Wayne Swan]

So we could get Duryea during this period?

Yes, he's free to a good home!

Saw elsewhere that after FA compo picks are given for Lynch, Gaff, Lycett & Dahlhaus our picks will be 13, 34, 39 then a pick in the 70s

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

Yes, he's free to a good home!

Saw elsewhere that after FA compo picks are given for Lynch, Gaff, Lycett & Dahlhaus our picks will be 13, 34, 39 then a pick in the 70s

Dahlhaus would be an end of third round compo pick at best.

 

[Ed_Gein]

Duryea? Christ.

 

[Olian]

Duryea? Christ.

Had more success than most on the Swans list.

 

[doona]

Dahlhaus would be an end of third round compo pick at best.

Lol Motlop got an end of first round. The AFL give whatever they want.

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

Had more success than most on the Swans list.

Not so much in recent times.

 

[BloodySwan]

Had more success than most on the Swans list.

I think only Buddy has as much success on our current list

 

[Olian]

Lol Motlop got an end of first round. The AFL give whatever they want.

That was then used to get Ablett back from the Suns. AFL make it up as they go as Franklin was only worth an end first round pick. Compensation picks are a lottery.

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

Lol Motlop got an end of first round. The AFL give whatever they want.

Aye Doona. Opening up a goat's entrails and watching which way the steam blows at the Delphic Oracle to determine the future makes as much as sense as AFL decisions on most issues.

 

[sthmelb_dimmies]

Duryea? Christ.

If that happens, please let the “Doc” nickname remain at Dingley

 

[anotherletdown]

Dahlhaus would be an end of third round compo pick at best.

AFL site suggesting pick after their second.... I could understand any 3rd rounder but a 2nd is an obvious priority pick under a different name.

With all the father son and various academy picks the draft is going to get very much diluted towards the mid to late 2nd round.
Edit-WC getting two end of 1sts is dubious too. Lycett compo looks like a Gaff square up if ever I saw one.

 

[Syd]

AFL site suggesting pick after their second.... I could understand any 3rd rounder but a 2nd is an obvious priority pick under a different name.

With all the father son and various academy picks the draft is going to get very much diluted towards the mid to late 2nd round.
Edit-WC getting two end of 1sts is dubious too. Lycett compo looks like a Gaff square up if ever I saw one.

Are you implying that the A(V)FL would make policy decisions on the run and manipulate the outcome for undisclosed reasons?

Unpossible!

 

[RUNVS]

So when does the free agent period open? Is it 9am today?

 

[doona]

Saints are not even going to use pick 4 for Shiel.

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

Harley on SEN. Denied interest in May, Shiel and stressed we are not chasing big fish.

He emphasised a better injury list would keep us competitive and admitted interest in the three known players in Ryan, Durea and VDB.

So seems it looks like a quiet trade period beyond some salary shedding.

 

[doona]

Harley on SEN. Denied interest in May, Shiel and stressed we are not chasing big fish.

He emphasised a better injury list would keep us competitive and admitted interest in the three known players in Ryan, Durea and VDB.

So seems it looks like a quiet trade period beyond some salary shedding.

Not unexpected.

 

[MarkP]

So when does the free agent period open? Is it 9am today?

Officially 9.01 am. Papers can be lodged then.

I may have made that up just to get a post in on the new thread. I am admitting to nothing at this time.

 

[MarkP]

Harley on SEN. Denied interest in May, Shiel and stressed we are not chasing big fish.

He emphasised a better injury list would keep us competitive and admitted interest in the three known players in Ryan, Durea and VDB.

So seems it looks like a quiet trade period beyond some salary shedding.

bedford not being nasty but how does that jibe with what you have heard.

I fully understand public announcements by clubs are worthless time wasters but have we gone cold on the target or has the target accepted elsewhere perhaps?

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

I am admitting to nothing at this time.

Sounds like you have bought into the spirit of Trade Week, the traditional theme song of which is "Lawyers, Guns and Money"

 

[Caj]

Had more success than most on the Swans list.

Right place, right time

Having said that I'm not against picking him up as a freebie

 

[sthmelb_dimmies]

Harley on SEN. Denied interest in May, Shiel and stressed we are not chasing big fish.

He emphasised a better injury list would keep us competitive and admitted interest in the three known players in Ryan, Durea and VDB.

So seems it looks like a quiet trade period beyond salary shedding.

This doesn’t make any sense at all.

They at least need to fill the void created by Tippett jumping ship. It wasn’t just the injury list that had the 2018 swans fighting blindfolded and with a hand tied behind their back.

 

[The King!]

Has Tom Harley ever gone close to a big fish/any fish since he joined the club

 

[TheMase]

This doesn’t make any sense at all.

They at least need to fill the void created by Tippett jumping ship. It wasn’t just the injury list that had the 2018 swans fighting blindfolded and with a hand tied behind their back.

Could be a case of no high quality free agents/available players wanting to come here this year and we could be working something for next year. Front load some contracts this year and open up more space next year.

Also define what a big fish is I suppose. We could target a contracted 21/22 year old that we can guarantee more opportunity and $$$. Given some teams are still completing their best and fairest, particularly sides that went deeper into finals and therefore more likely to have a surplus of quality players who aren’t getting, or perhaps won’t get (due to other trade acquisitions) their fair opportunity then perhaps we may still see someone targeted (but isn’t a “big fish” yet per se).