Rumour 2024 Hypothetical trade and FA Thread

[Strapping Young Lad]

2024 Picks



2025 Picks

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Every win from here makes a trade for Smith using this season's first more palatable.

It also makes us look more appealing to someone like Battle, who has plenty of options.

 

[Billyc]

They have enough young talent as it is though - Reid wouldn’t change a thing for them at present. Now that it’s healthier you’d take West Coast’s list every day of the week, regardless of Reid.

He’d be their best player already

 

[cs61]

I like Battle for us. Has the body size and shape to play either forward or back for us and looks like the real honest/reliable type that would fit in well for us.

Provides depth similar to Himmelberg at GWS in that he can play both forward and back. As an individual not a world beater, still very solid (and Saints would hate to lose him) and having him would allow our elite flankers to do their roles and stay in their preferred positions. I think we can get by next year without him, but he would make our key position depth chart closer to a finals standard side.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

I imagine signing Battle would mean that we could release Weddle.

 

[Ned Ryerson]

He’d be their best player already

Yes but that would be tallest midget stuff. If Norf had Reid they’d still be winless because their forward line is impotent, they have no decent KPD and Clarkson hasn’t come up with a competent gameplan since Malcolm Turnbull was Prime Minister

 

[The hands of stone]

I don’t think he took a pay cut did he
The hands of stone

They paid a lot more than they hoped and planned too .....the last part is probably the interesting bit to it

 

[The hands of stone]

No way the bye beats us

Not in our current form

 

[wahawk]

They paid a lot more than they hoped and planned too .....the last part is probably the interesting bit to it

Can only hope the last part finally gets here

 

[Simon_Nesbit]

I imagine signing Battle would mean that we could release Weddle.

Welease Weddle?

 

[Platten44]

The bye has saved them from another heavy loss this weekend

They didn’t beat the bye, still winless

 

[Lickmesocks]

Blanky will be our full back next season. Sammy loves him, where he has come from and how hard he works.

I like Weddle across HB long term for us.

I think Battle as our version of Mihocek would be superb. Lead up, hard working mobile forward.

 

[Billyc]

Yes but that would be tallest midget stuff. If Norf had Reid they’d still be winless because their forward line is impotent, they have no decent KPD and Clarkson hasn’t come up with a competent gameplan since Malcolm Turnbull was Prime Minister

Perhaps, but they’d be in a better position moving forward with Reid than without him. Not getting him last year was a disaster, whether by winning that last game which achieved nothing or by not using the draft gifts they were given to trade for him.

 

[Topiary]

Im sure the club has a strategy in regards to how many first rounders they want to take before targeting trades/FAs but, with this emergence of Calsher looking like a extra first rounder I wonder if we now feel like we can offer up our first rounder this year for B Smith?

I am very much looking forward to seeing how young McCabe goes.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

I don’t think he took a pay cut did he
The hands of stone

He had 'em over a barrel

 

[Rocket72]

I am very much looking forward to seeing how young McCabe goes.

How good was it to see him kicking and marking the ball again.

 

[tl92]

Geez I’m itching for an ITK update. In my head I’m convinced Battle and Smith are coming but can’t even remember if this was ITK mail or pure speculation.

 

[Howe Amazing]

Geez I’m itching for an ITK update. In my head I’m convinced Battle and Smith are coming but can’t even remember if this was ITK mail or pure speculation.

Just a ‘the war with cotton on has been won’ will be enough

 

[cryptor]

Geez I’m itching for an ITK update. In my head I’m convinced Battle and Smith are coming but can’t even remember if this was ITK mail or pure speculation.

@Keeper_Leaguer

 

[Topiary]

Geez I’m itching for an ITK update. In my head I’m convinced Battle and Smith are coming but can’t even remember if this was ITK mail or pure speculation.

Just stick to your knitting!!!!

 

[tl92]

Just stick to your knitting!!!!

 

[HedgeFund]

Welease Weddle?

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[big footy cyril]

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[Mercy Seat]

Reckon North might have a different outlook on this discussion when watching Reid do what he's doing.

North were handed pick 3 on a silver platter with the wink wink nudge nudge it would go to west coast and it would be a win win for both clubs. That’s the bigger indictment on North, that they couldn’t even get that right.

 

[Topiary]

I should add, the players will come.

 

[cryptor]

I should add, the players will come.

Huge if true.