List Mgmt. 2023 Trade & List Management discussion

[Nunez]

IMO >

Hodge - Masterstroke.

Birchall - Fair.

Gunston -

Fev was a Hindenburg. Gunston was so low risk and cost us nothing.

 

[M Malice]

Fev was a Hindenburg. Gunston was so low risk and cost us nothing.

Fev was Hiroshima.

 

[Nunez]

Fev was Hiroshima.

No, that's Port.

 

[dlanod]

Gunston was a failure. We move on

Some won't

 

[Clarkythelion]

Could it also be contributing to the fact there has been no progress yet on the Fullarton trade?

It is done, played golf with his dad this morning.

 

[Elixuh]

Just taking a break for lunch. Have felt sick all day. This is the worst day of my life. More to come.

 

[M Malice]

Just taking a break for lunch. Have felt sick all day. This is the worst day of my life. More to come.

 

[SizeMatters]

Would be more behind the scenes stuff with Gunston. Partner, lifestyle, role etc. many factors at play especially at 31.

 

[3KZ is Football]

Some won't

It is BREAKING NEWS. Give it a day to blow over. At the end of the day, those who “potted” Gunston’s recruitment were proven right. Even Gunston was proven right when he “potted” himself.

Sun comes up tomorrow.

 

[M Malice]

Does Jack Gunston

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Jack Gunston

Age

33

Ht

193cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.5

4star

K

10.5

4star

HB

5.0

4star

M

5.7

5star

T

2.2

4star

G

1.9

5star

D

10.6

3star

K

8.0

3star

HB

2.6

2star

M

4.3

4star

T

1.7

3star

G

1.6

5star

D

11.2

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

4.2

4star

M

3.2

4star

T

2.6

4star

G

0.6

3star

moving on close our flag window?

 

[3KZ is Football]

Does Jack Gunston moving on close our flag window?

Not if someone was recording those leading patterns.

 

[golions]

Just play Big O 70% up forward and have Fort mostly as a ruck

Agree with this. Just plant Big O in the goal square and ruck relief for Fort as primary ruck. Allow Hipwood to roam more. I remember someone said Hipwood’s field kicking is elite.

 

[Nathan Barley]

Agree with this. Just plant Big O in the goal square and ruck relief for Fort as primary ruck. Allow Hipwood to roam more. I remember someone said Hipwood’s field kicking is elite.

Then Oscars opponent starts 25m in front of him and intercepts any passes to our half forwards and rebounds the ball down the other end

Game has gone a long way past planking someone in the goalsquare

 

[SpecialBruce]

So does Hawthorn have anymore old farts Fagan may look to get?

 

[Harris Specter]

Losing Gunston will be worse than losing the Grand Final.

Anyway which key forwards are available?

 

[Happy_Neale]

Had high hopes for Gunners when we got him but in hindsight we would have been better off ponying up to keep Mcstay

 

[dlanod]

So does Hawthorn have anymore old farts Fagan may look to get?

We could launder Isaac Smith.

 

[Ceebee]

Had high hopes for Gunners when we got him but in hindsight we would have been better off ponying up to keep Mcstay

McStay had a huge offer from Collingwood . He was never going to stay .
Gunston was a mistake , not a disaster ..

 

[Dom PC]

If you're not making mistakes, you're not trying.

I have no problems with us trading to get Gunston and this outcome eventuating.

 

[The Flying Belgian]

Not that it matters because you've been doing this boring bit all year but you do know that it's the list manager that does the actual "list management" of the club, not the coach? It's not the 1980s anymore. You can complain about the bringing in of ex-Hawks players but in the end it's the list manager that makes the calls.

I look forward to whatever player you target with this gimmick next year.

Hyperbole needs to be hyperbolic.

 

[Happy_Neale]

McStay had a huge offer from Collingwood . He was never going to stay .
Gunston was a mistake , not a disaster ..

Wasn't it rumoured around the 600k mark? Not a massive contract especially with the increased salary cap over the next few years.

 

[Viceregal]

McStay had a huge offer from Collingwood . He was never going to stay .
Gunston was a mistake , not a disaster ..

At least he just never gelled with the playing group rather than fracturing our culture (cf Fev) ... such as is was back then!

 

[Jim Stynes11]

I don't buy into all the hand wringing about the club transferring Gunston in. As others have said, he didn't cost much and it was a shot to (almost) nothing.
Understand also he had personal stuff going on at the time and wanted to be out of Melbourne.

But, a bit annoyed about how this trade request has come about, if what's reported is to be believed. To throw in a transfer request half way through trade week, without giving anyone the heads up, while overseas on holidays.
I dunno, maybe it's accepted that this is the way things happen in footy, but in any other industry you would be seriously burning bridges by carrying on like that.
I have left jobs in the past for different reasons that were beneficial to my family (including moving interstate) but have kept people within company informed so they could plan for this as best they could.

 

[McIvor]

McStay had a huge offer from Collingwood . He was never going to stay .
Gunston was a mistake , not a disaster ..

Hence Lionheart saying we should’ve ponied up to keep McStay; I mean it’s not as if the money the Pies are paying him are exorbitant and i bet you wouldn’t get close to his calibre of player entering his prime on that sort of money elsewhere; just a dumb decision not to retain Dan.

 

[Tom14]

Hence Lionheart saying we should’ve ponied up to keep McStay; I mean it’s not as if the money the Pies are paying him are exorbitant and i bet you wouldn’t get close to his calibre of player entering his prime on that sort of money elsewhere; just a dumb decision not to retain Dan.

I have absolutely no inside knowledge at all, but the vibe I got was that while Collingwood's offer was compelling financially, even if we'd come to the party $ wise he'd have preferred to return to Victoria.