Mega Thread 2018 Trade Period Discussion part 2! (cont. in Part 3 - link in OP)

[Samcro24]

Port showing how to climb the draft order to grab an SA kid.

If port are doing it, and you think we should do it...

...that suggests its not the right play.

 

[hippyhippy]

I cant believe the trade that brisbane did... Omg noble...

 

[Danger in Texas]

Bullshit. Lycett is average, Mayes is shit.

They lost two of their top 5 and go to the draft, where their record of drafting and development is shit.

Its poor list management. Im sure Kane will declare Cripps has won the period. Again. Goes well with the April flags.

Lycett will be okay for them. Mayes might be too, if he’s in the right headspace. Burton will be great IF he gets back to his 2017 form, big chance the injury comes back to haunt him though

We’ll see with their development, they’ve been decent with developing top 6 or 7 picks (Wingard, Polec, Boak, Wines - none are complete spuds)

 

[jo172]

Port showing how to climb the draft order to grab an SA kid.

Grabbing an SA kid at the cost of giving up the premiership window you spent all of last year trying to trade/fa yourself into.

Bit of seeing the wood from the trees is necessary here.

 

[GameofSloanes]

Well once again the crows have been slow off the mark, hate being beaten by Port. They are locked in now for Rankine. Meanwhile we'll probably get some of the lower ranked SA players.

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Not really, as we haven't had to trade 2 of our top 6 in the B&F to get where Port have. They've made the best of a bad situation. If we'd traded Greenwood & Doedee (who finished in the same spots in our B&F) we may have been able to get to the same position as Port have, but would we really have been happy with that?

 

[Drummond]

As they did last year. I'm sure you had them winning the flag last October too.

You're insufferable. Honestly just the worst ever.

 

[jo172]

If we traded Laird + M Crouch + 8 for pick 1 we'd have traded up for an SA Kid.

Wouldn't have been worthwhile though.

 

[Murray2503]

Lol amazing. Good thing I no longer care about footy, or else I'd be really upset by this.

Port have stolen the show.

Have given us a masterclass in how to trade. Anyone who doesn't admit that is not viewing things honestly. ****ing disappointing.

 

[Stiffy_18]

Well once again the crows have been slow off the mark, hate being beaten by Port. They are locked in now for Rankine. Meanwhile we'll probably get some of the lower ranked SA players.

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And when we review the draft in a few years time, I am willing to bet that Adelaide would have done better than Port Adelaide. Our drafting record and our player development record speak for themselves. I would back us in against any other team out there. That is one area of the club that are truly high achievers.

 

[Runnin Blue]

Where’s GROTTO ?

I need a laugh.

 

[StonesThrow]

Well once again the crows have been slow off the mark, hate being beaten by Port. They are locked in now for Rankine. Meanwhile we'll probably get some of the lower ranked SA players.

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Do you understand they've lost two of their best players in the process? Both still young and both from SA?

 

[phill5158]

No they're not.

I think he's a good chance to slip to them, but regardless they'll get a very good player

Rankine
Rozee
Smith

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[Samcro24]

Lycett will be okay for them. Mayes might be too, if he’s in the right headspace. Burton will be great IF he gets back to his 2017 form, big chance the injury comes back to haunt him though

We’ll see with their development, they’ve been decent with developing top 6 or 7 picks (Wingard, Polec, Boak, Wines - none are complete spuds)

Okay, might, if.

Not very compelling words for what is meant to be a great trade period for them.

 

[Danger in Texas]

So Port are looking at:

Out: Wingard, Polec, Pittard, Pick 23, Pick 30, Pick 49
In: Pick 5, Pick 15, Future 3rd (Fremantle), Burton, Mayes

Reckon that's a slight loss overall. Wingard for 5. Polec for 15. Burton for 23. Mayes for 49. Pittard for nothing. Downgrade 2nd to future 3rd for nothing.

Getting rid of Pittard for nothing is a win, really

 

[Magma]

all that being said, i wouldn't want to give up an established star to move up from pick 8 (or whatever it is now) for pick 4 to take a chance on a kid, no matter how talented.

 

[jo172]

This reminds me of the melts about "Port beating us to Motlop and Rockliff"

Guarantee you the same posters who thought the sky was falling at this time last year are the same ones posting here now.

 

[Johnny Rutten]

At this stage, Port are only guaranteed Jackson Hately. Every chance Lukosius, Rankine, Rozee will be top-4. Having said that, I think they'll try and parcel up 5 & 10 to move into the top-4. They are hell-bent on one of the SA boys, and good luck to them.

 

[woopedazz]

Port have done well considering the position they put themselves in. IF Wingard was truly a cancer and IF Lycett does well and IF they get their target.
I think all of those IFs will work out in their favour and they will come out of this trade period in semi-rebuild mode, but fair enough considering how alst year went for them. But shit, if Wingard wasn't a cancer they've messed up, and if they miss the draftee they are targetting, they've messed up.

 

[NikkiNoo]

Is this one of those trade periods where we wait and wait and wait for us to do something more and it never happens?

If so, it’ll be a bit disappointing, but I’m happy with our top 4 picks.

We did do something. We gained two players in areas of need, lost one player from that same area. Gained another first round draft pick to add to the two we already had from last year. We have four picks in top 21. That's a strong showing and yet there is still a long way to go into November to see how it will all plan out in the end.

 

[Danger in Texas]

Okay, might, if.

Not very compelling words for what is meant to be a great trade period for them.

What you’ve said is basically everything going wrong for them (their draft picks end up spuds, Lycett and Mayes will underperform etc). My point is I highly doubt that happens

 

[ltdamn]

If they get one of the two of Luko or Rankine then they've achieved their goal. They're taking a risk and trying to change their future. Waiting to see what we do with the rest of the day but they've definitely been a lot less cautious than we have. Is that a good thing? Time will tell, but last year at this time we thought we'd made out like bandits and couldn't wait for this draft because of the great SA talent, and we've effectively been leap-frogged by them in the order.

 

[Johnny Rutten]

Port showing how to climb the draft order to grab an SA kid.

Yes, by trading to away 2 of their best 6 players. Do you think we should have done the same?

 

[GameofSloanes]

You're insufferable. Honestly just the worst ever.

Is she wrong though?

 

[jenny61_99]

You're insufferable. Honestly just the worst ever.

 

[Crow Envy]

The Port Brisbane trade means there are only 2 clubs that we can trade with to get pick 4 or better, means any trade may be more costly.