Rumour 2024 Hypothetical trade and FA Thread

[Bardo State]

Not nominating a club gives a lot of credence to Bailey not being deadset on the cats.

Has the feel of him needing to know what trade capital certain clubs have to make a deal after other things shake out.

Barrass and Battle had no issues nominating Hawthorn, so I don't buy that it's a matter of respect to clubs still in finals. I think it points to him not knowing what certain clubs (read; Hawthorn) are able to commit to in bringing him over.

 

[The Golden Glenferrie]

Barrass - announced us
Battle - announced us
Smith - not specified

Cats told him to say nothing. We would not have demanded secrecy

 

[Geead]

We didn’t seem to mind Barass and Battle nominating. Can’t imagine we would tell Smith to stay quiet if it’s us?

Maybe it's because Cats are the front runners but he actually wants us, so he's undecided

 

[Leather Poisoning]

Looking very different to our other two recruits. And I'm totally fine about that

 

[Geead]

Not nominating a club gives a lot of credence to Bailey not being deadset on the cats.

That's how i biasely read it

 

[arupist]

Barrass - announced us
Battle - announced us
Smith - not specified

Ross Lyon Cats told him to say nothing. We would not have demanded secrecy

FIFY

 

[hawkinoz]

I'd prefer us not to have Soldo as he's been pretty poor at Port + would hate to see him get games over Ramma. Ramma looked solid in patches this year against the Pies/Suns earlier this year.

Would prefer someone not given opportunities or someone on the otherside of 30 to provide experience but a solid backup (almost like a 3rd keeper in soccer). Soldo is neither of those and clearly wants to be a teams no.1

Ramma has been good in my eyes and seems to play better when he has decent amount of ruck to do. He should become stronger next year and won't be a bad option to trial him as KPD too. He is extremely agile for his size & can become a copy of Meek.

Reeves, Serong, Mitchell are all in contract, so unless offers are better than decent, no need to budge. IMO we have to sign up Finn for another 2 years, so again offers for him need to be better than normal.

DGB whatever we get or delist and rookie him.

Frosty is the other one we need to extend to 2026 with triggers or his head will turn at offers. I understand we want to keep him for depth but at his age, his family security will be a big factor.

PS : I am still hopeful that Ross Lyon sees the value of a role player like Harry Morrison in his team and trades for him to avoid devaluing their Battle compo pick, we in return should structure battle deal to avg 900K for 5 yrs & rest for yr 6.

 

[HoldingThe Ball]

 

[BIGHAWK23]

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Please tell me you dont think thats Darcy

 

[DogDaySonny]

Not nominating a club gives a lot of credence to Bailey not being deadset on the cats.

Has the feel of him needing to know what trade capital certain clubs have to make a deal after other things shake out.

Barrass and Battle had no issues nominating Hawthorn, so I don't buy that it's a matter of respect to clubs still in finals. I think it points to him not knowing what certain clubs (read; Hawthorn) are able to commit to in bringing him over.

It’s still Geelong. Geelong don’t want the distraction of the Bailey hype during finals. We got our trade/FA hype out of the way before finals started.

100% Geelong.

 

[The Golden Glenferrie]

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[cryptor]

Not nominating a club gives a lot of credence to Bailey not being deadset on the cats.

Has the feel of him needing to know what trade capital certain clubs have to make a deal after other things shake out.

Barrass and Battle had no issues nominating Hawthorn, so I don't buy that it's a matter of respect to clubs still in finals. I think it points to him not knowing what certain clubs (read; Hawthorn) are able to commit to in bringing him over.

Barrass and Battle were certainties to get done. I reckon we already have an in-principle deal agreed with West Coast. Probably gets done day 1 of trade period. Battle an UFA so there's no barrier there.

Baz on the other hand is a very different matter. I think the difference between what the Bulldogs want and what we'd be prepared to trade (assuming we still have any interest) is probably pretty far apart.

The club's appetite to bring him in might hinge on what happens with other players on our list, or even on the irons in the fire that we don't even know about yet.

 

[The Golden Glenferrie]

It’s still Geelong. Geelong don’t want the distraction of the Bailey hype during finals. We got our trade/FA hype out of the way before finals started.

100% Geelong.

Yep. It's the type of shenanigans this mob play.

Same shenanigans that would have seen Day and Frost ready to play until 40 mins before the bounce. They're shitheads

 

[mustang]

With smith not naming his club of choice, is this so clubs offer there best contract, and he picks the club that has the best contract in front of him.

 

[Da Game]

Tom Morris on Footy Furnace last night said that Geelong are happy for Smith to nominate them if he requests a trade. Given he didn't nominate a team maybe its not clear cut to Geelong as may seem to suggest.

 

[Howe Amazing]

With Ward showing what he can do let’s hope we aren’t in the Bailey Smith

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Bailey Smith

Age

23

Ht

185cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.3

5star

K

8.5

3star

HB

9.8

5star

M

2.3

2star

T

3.8

5star

CL

2.7

4star

D

19.8

5star

K

9.6

4star

HB

10.2

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

3.2

4star

CL

3.2

4star

D

14.8

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

7.2

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

3.4

5star

CL

1.6

4star

bidding unless we up trade price so Cats pay up

 

[The Golden Glenferrie]

With smith not naming his club of choice, is this so clubs offer there best contract, and he picks the club that has the best contract in front of him.

Purely about cash would be fun. That might mean a last day trade

 

[Maybloomer]

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It's going to be hard offering our future first to anyone. It'll be a pick in the 20's

 

[Jethro!]

With smith not naming his club of choice, is this so clubs offer there best contract, and he picks the club that has the best contract in front of him.

My gut feeling is that he's not headed to the Hawks.
Maybe though we've told him that given we're committed a 1st at least for Barrass it would depend on a deal being able to be done?

 

[Cyril says]

Bailey Smith

6

Bailey Smith

Age

23

Ht

185cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.3

5star

K

8.5

3star

HB

9.8

5star

M

2.3

2star

T

3.8

5star

CL

2.7

4star

D

19.8

5star

K

9.6

4star

HB

10.2

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

3.2

4star

CL

3.2

4star

D

14.8

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

7.2

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

3.4

5star

CL

1.6

4star

didn’t nominate a club. I assume because Cats are still playing, but we can stil dream

 

[Ned Ryerson]

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Ahhh yes, renowned AFL journalist Chris Sm53350061!

 

[kazzooka]

There is no way Battle goes forward next year.

Battle is to replace Weddle in the backline. Then we can just put Weddle wherever we want and not upset any structures. Wing, ruck, on ball, high half forward, full forward.

 

[HoldingThe Ball]

Please tell me you dont think thats Darcy

Ahhh yes, renowned AFL journalist Chris Sm53350061!

Yes, I know.

The 14 followers was a clue.

Got the conversation flowing though, which was the idea.

 

[Lickmesocks]

No trade or player movement is ever done easily with Connor Sports Management.

 

[I got the outside word]

We didn’t seem to mind Barass and Battle nominating. Can’t imagine we would tell Smith to stay quiet if it’s us?

Cats could get crafty if they know it’s us. Don’t know how but I could see them trying to throw a spanner somehow.