2024/2025 Gold Coast Draft & Trade Periods

[Jirik13]

I would imagine, based on current players on the list:

Rosas, Walter, Long
Flanders, King, Ainsworth

Then a traded-in player (like Dusty ) or rested mid like Humphrey, Anderson or even Touk.

Not the best, not the worst.

King with 50+ is good returns. I think our smalls are all capable of close to 20 goals if they stay fit. If one could be a 30+ goal small that would be great! Long seems most likely based on this year, tbh.

Depends if Rosas also requests a trade, too. If he does, we need to get the best available small we can—preferably same age or higher—who can make an impact. Can’t rely on Holman or Swallow to do that role. Otherwise we force Humphrey to stay in that role…

Not happy you completely ignored Rogers

 

[KaySwizzle]

Not happy you completely ignored Rogers

Fair. I actually have him on the bench in my team currently, but he slipped my mind. Down the order at the moment though for me. Needs to have a good pre-season I think.

Could also be Lombard. But I was trying not to rely on first or second year players for improvement in forward line function. They can break in if they can break in sort of thing.

 

[DTLSchulzy16]

Moore, MacDonald, Ginnivan, Watson
Miers, Mannagh, Close, Stengle
Ainsworth, Humphrey, Rogers, Rosas?

Need to create some goal kickers out of the fwd/mid types since we don’t really have the small goal kicking forwards (apart from Rosas at times, if he even stays)

 

[sunsofanarchy]

So only pick 6?

6 and a late 1st rounder or f2 coming back (I've all but given up on gc keeping 6)

 

[JayDee987]

I said a couple of years ago how I thought luko isn't providing as much as he possibly could for the team.

I'm actually just sick of high draft picks bleeding the team of money and then producing very little. I swear I read somewhere that he was going to be on $900k next year and the year after. We can't pay that money to such a low performing player.

Maybe he'll show more at Port Adelaide? There'll be a lot more pressure on him to perform and that seems to be what motivates some players. I don't think it was ever going to work here for him and I don't think we should accept that kind of output as a club for how much money he was being paid. He had a lot of opportunities...

 

[RowellAnderson12]

I said a couple of years ago how I thought luko isn't providing as much as he possibly could for the team.

I'm actually just sick of high draft picks bleeding the team of money and then producing very little. I swear I read somewhere that he was going to be on $900k next year and the year after. We can't pay that money to such a low performing player.

Maybe he'll show more at Port Adelaide? There'll be a lot more pressure on him to perform and that seems to be what motivates some players. I don't think it was ever going to work here for him and I don't think we should accept that kind of output as a club for how much money he was being paid. He had a lot of opportunities...

Dimma figured out pretty quickly. Sent him packing

He’ll be ports new whipping boy

 

[Iva Bigun]

With Ballard re-signing, hopefully this is the last time we ever have to deal with Crows supporters

In fairness it was mainly ABAB with his nonsense, a few others chimed but not to his extent, Luko and pick 12 for $2M in cap relief was a particularly loopy along with ITK posters being used to confirm he was going to the Crows 100% LOL

 

[Iva Bigun]

It will be rare air for me…
Normally I hold a grudge when players leave.
But I just can’t be mad at Luko. He didn’t want to leave. Poor cap management and perhaps him not fitting into the plans is to blame.

Agree, I don’t know if Cameron is forced to back end deals to get a longer look at who we want to keep but it’s frustrating as a fan as it makes the organisation look amateurish

All the best to Luko, the failure was the Suns not his.

 

[Jirik13]

Agree, I don’t know if Cameron is forced to back end deals to get a longer look at who we want to keep but it’s frustrating as a fan as it makes the organisation look amateurish

All the best to Luko, the failure was the Suns not his.

It’s actually perfect for us. Luko is not in Dimma’s best 22. We paid him probably around 550-600K first 2 years.

 

[Iva Bigun]

Dimma figured out pretty quickly. Sent him packing

He’ll be ports new whipping boy

Hopefully he thrives as a few have once they have left but if he becomes Jack Watts 2.0 I wouldn’t be totally surprised either

 

[rusted on]

For all the talent Luko has, if he is in a one on one in the goal square would I back him to take a contested mark? No. If hes 35 m out on a 20 deg angle i'm looking through my fingers whilst he kicks. If he's on the wing can he kick a 50 m laser to a free man? you bet he can. But for the money he was on, you need him to do the first 2 not the third.

 

[DTLSchulzy16]

If we play Port in Darwin. Lock in Luko for 6

 

[thurls64]

would Gary Rohan

23

Gary Rohan

Age

33

Ht

189cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.6

2star

K

6.6

3star

HB

3.0

3star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.5

4star

G

1.0

4star

D

8.8

2star

K

6.0

2star

HB

2.8

2star

M

3.4

3star

T

2.3

3star

G

1.0

4star

D

9.8

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

3.0

3star

M

2.2

3star

T

4.2

5star

G

1.2

4star

or Parfitt be worth offering a 1 year deal to?

 

[Supersuns]

would Gary Rohan or Parfitt be worth offering a 1 year deal to?

God no. Rohan is horrid and Parfitt is a VFL player

 

[Choppers]

would Gary Rohan or Parfitt be worth offering a 1 year deal to?

Wouldn't think so......as even Bowes was ahead of Parfitt in Scott's plans....

 

[RowellAnderson12]

For all the talent Luko has, if he is in a one on one in the goal square would I back him to take a contested mark? No. If hes 35 m out on a 20 deg angle i'm looking through my fingers whilst he kicks. If he's on the wing can he kick a 50 m laser to a free man? you bet he can. But for the money he was on, you need him to do the first 2 not the third.

My last memory of Luko will be losing a 1 on 1 with norths 40th best player Jackson Archer

 

[Ben Drever]

Or Isaac heeny

 

[Maybe Tomorrow]

Agree, I don’t know if Cameron is forced to back end deals to get a longer look at who we want to keep but it’s frustrating as a fan as it makes the organisation look amateurish

All the best to Luko, the failure was the Suns not his.

Explain the bold bit please if you wouldn't mind?

 

[Maybe Tomorrow]

My last memory of Luko will be losing a 1 on 1 with norths 40th best player Jackson Archer

Always had Jack Watts vibes. Players can learn toughness, but I think 6 seasons in it would be apparent in Luko if he was going to learn it.

 

[Maybe Tomorrow]

I would imagine, based on current players on the list:

Rosas, Walter, Long
Flanders, King, Ainsworth

Then a traded-in player (like Dusty ) or rested mid like Humphrey, Anderson or even Touk.

Not the best, not the worst.

King with 50+ is good returns. I think our smalls are all capable of close to 20 goals if they stay fit. If one could be a 30+ goal small that would be great! Long seems most likely based on this year, tbh.

Depends if Rosas also requests a trade, too. If he does, we need to get the best available small we can—preferably same age or higher—who can make an impact. Can’t rely on Holman or Swallow to do that role. Otherwise we force Humphrey to stay in that role…

Andrew playing forward (despite what he is saying) seems the obvious solution. Means Read can be eased in as a 3rd tall defender, which is an easier role.

 

[Jirik13]

My last memory of Luko will be losing a 1 on 1 with norths 40th best player Jackson Archer

My last memory of Luko will be spraying Miller in open position against Tigers.

 

[Jirik13]

Andrew playing forward (despite what he is saying) seems the obvious solution. Means Read can be eased in as a 3rd tall defender, which is an easier role.

Not only Andrew is saying that. King, Walter, Read is our forward trio for now. Until Dimma makes a change, haha (like in round 2 2025).

 

[Jirik13]

So what’s the forward line?

King/Mac/Walter/Long
King/Walter/Long
King/Walter/Read/Long
King/Long/Dusty
King/Long/Sexton
King/Walter/Himm/Long
King/Walter/Gulbin/Long

Aren’t we suppose to being playing finals next year

Gulbin, you cracked me up.

 

[Southern Sun]

Will be interesting to see Read progress through this preseason, if he adds a bit of strength and size I could see him improving rapidly.
A bit smaller forward might be the go-
Long King Humphrey
Ainsworth walter Flanders

Read and lombard or rogers on the bench, read to play 3rd tall and ruck. That's without dusty who could rotate through and rosas who needs to prove himself again.

 

[Iva Bigun]

Explain the bold bit please if you wouldn't mind?

I feel he was forced out by the weigh of his contract, I think Dimma would of given him another year if he was on $600 not $900 and it’s another example of us paying on potential