Rumour 2024 Hypothetical trade and FA Thread

[Strapping Young Lad]

2024 Picks



2025 Picks

 

[butlers hawks]

And in what alternative reality would Jones "be a starter" for us?

Maybe if Scaife doesn't come on.....

would be a starter...on our injury list

 

[westhawk]

One of Ralph’s reason for Geelong was their new training facility making a good fit for baz. When exactly would that training facility be in place? Doesn’t quite add up, he is 85% moron and 15% fuken idiot.

That training facility will probably be ready by the time Smith is retiring. Plus the beaches was a reason. If that’s the case,then he might head over to Miami , and play for the dolphins. You can’t go in the water down Geelong way for 10 months of the year, as too cold. Ralph is a total tool.

 

[moginie]

would be a starter...on our injury list

I mean, why bother, right?

I may be biased, but Calsher Dear has shown more in his 8 games than Jones has in his career.

 

[westhawk]

Evidently not

We all know they operate on a completely different set of rules up there.

 

[butlers hawks]

I mean, why bother, right?

I may be biased, but Calsher Dear has shown more in his 8 games than Jones has in his career.

exactly...were told to put out 5 names though I guess and obviously Bailey Smith is 85% signed with Geelong so no point mentioning

 

[RoughysMullet]

Ralph saying Baz to Scats makes me feel more confident we’ll get him

 

[smish]

Call it copium or whatever, but how often does the “likely” destination in June/July eventuate for a player? Genuinely

 

[Leather Poisoning]

So it’s an 85% chance based on the vibe and “beaches”?

And Cotton On - because apparently he works at their head office 5 days a week

 

[I got the outside word]

That training facility will probably be ready by the time Smith is retiring. Plus the beaches was a reason. If that’s the case,then he might head over to Miami , and play for the dolphins. You can’t go in the water down Geelong way for 10 months of the year, as too cold. Ralph is a total tool.

Really keen surfers will surf anywhere all year as long as the surf is good. I don’t know if Bailey fits that category or not but their is also surf the same distance from Dingley as Geelong is from Torquay and the back up to Bells Beach pro not a heap further from Dingley either. Straws are being clutched to try and guess where he is going by some I think.

 

[ahhhhhh]

Really keen surfers will surf anywhere all year as long as the surf is good. I don’t know if Bailey fits that category or not but their is also surf the same distance from Dingley as Geelong is from Torquay and the back up to Bells Beach pro not a heap further from Dingley either. Straws are being clutched to try and guess where he is going by some I think.

I don't think the guy even surfs. If he does I hope he is a lot better at it than Weightman.

 

[The Chad and I]

And in what alternative reality would Jones "be a starter" for us?

Maybe if Scaife doesn't come on.....

Harrison Jones averaged +1.2 goals per game in his first 2 seasons.
For some reason, he has regressed to 0.4 goals per game last season, playing 3/5 games as a sub, and now 0.8 goals per game this season.

There may be a value trade in there for a team, but we're set for KPF now.

 

[kirbatron]

Think about how d'orazio would be advising Smith.

Geelong can offer him the midfield role & time he wants to be the best player he can be. this is the most important thing with his decision.

geelong are still competitive & have plenty of evidence re avoidance of cliff.

that's where he's going.

 

[Platten44]

Call it copium or whatever, but how often does the “likely” destination in June/July eventuate for a player? Genuinely

85%, 50% of the time

 

[Harry Yorkie]

I’m not saying this because he just signed. McDonald is bog average.

Agreed, his stats for his first 60 odd games are very similar to Timmy O's except for a few goals, overrated because of his draft position.

 

[mustang]

Hopefully we are into Noah Balta

21

Noah Balta

Age

25

Ht

194cm

Wt

105kg

Pos.

D/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.8

2star

K

6.7

3star

HB

3.1

3star

M

2.7

3star

T

1.9

4star

MG

236.3

4star

D

12.0

3star

K

6.7

3star

HB

5.3

3star

M

4.0

4star

T

0.3

1star

MG

233.0

4star

D

7.0

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

2.0

2star

M

1.8

2star

T

1.8

4star

MG

217.4

4star

for 2025 as a RFA.

 

[westhawk]

Really keen surfers will surf anywhere all year as long as the surf is good. I don’t know if Bailey fits that category or not but their is also surf the same distance from Dingley as Geelong is from Torquay and the back up to Bells Beach pro not a heap further from Dingley either. Straws are being clutched to try and guess where he is going by some I think.

From what I have heard, Smith has never surfed a day in his life. So that beach talk is just crap from Ralph.

 

[peetoo]

Now he's not so sure.

So a guess like the rest of us

 

[The Golden Glenferrie]

From what I have heard, Smith has never surfed a day in his life. So that beach talk is just crap from Ralph.

But the hair...

 

[peetoo]

From what I have heard, Smith has never surfed a day in his life. So that beach talk is just crap from Ralph.

A low percentage of beach goers surf

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Think about how d'orazio would be advising Smith.

Geelong can offer him the midfield role & time he wants to be the best player he can be. this is the most important thing with his decision.

geelong are still competitive & have plenty of evidence re avoidance of cliff.

that's where he's going.

The Geelong role makes absolute sense for Smith, but I know that D’orazio has long been a fan of our list and build under Sam.

If it’s true that Smith has long been decided on where he’s headed as Twomey has said, then why not us?

He was pretty keen to jump on board last year and we’ve gone up a level since then.

 

[Roger Rogerson]

I just can’t understand why people listen to journos opinions about players futures and post about it.

 

[CHUBBSS]

It’s a genius move from the media just flooding the media cycle with smith to Geelong, he hasn’t said anything, they bank clicks then it likely gets a reaction and they can keep playing the flip game for clicks. It’s a pyramid scheme and they make bank from it

 

[TylerDurden]

It’s a genius move from the media just flooding the media cycle with smith to Geelong, he hasn’t said anything, they bank clicks then it likely gets a reaction and they can keep playing the flip game for clicks. It’s a pyramid scheme and they make bank from it

But why would Cats generate more clicks than us??

 

[CHUBBSS]

But why would Cats generate more clicks than us??

Oh then they will do one about us, then one that his even considering staying then back to Geelong 150k clicks per story? Reckon they have the next 2 months planned out

 

[Roger Rogerson]

Imagine Newk on a wing for a season in 2025 channeling the great man Dipper with Baz in the centre square…