Rumour 2024 Hypothetical trade and FA Thread

[Strapping Young Lad]

2024 Picks



2025 Picks

 

[Bugs1977]

Have you missed the Josh Battle talk all season? The talk about Tom Barrass? Harry Perryman speculation?

Prior to this season we were almost always never linked to any FA or trade candidates. There has been multiple players we've been rumoured to be chasing but we were either a footnote or not mentioned at all and as I said earlier the only time we got mentioned was if we missed out.

 

[perrdan86]

Prior to this season we were almost always never linked to any FA or trade candidates. There has been multiple players we've been rumoured to be chasing but we were either a footnote or not mentioned at all and as I said earlier the only time we got mentioned was if we missed out.

Like Ben Mckay and Esava?...

 

[Bugs1977]

Like Ben Mckay and Esava?...

Good times

 

[RoughysMullet]

Cal can hardly contain his excitement about someone knocking back a hawks offer

 

[Lickmesocks]

I look forward to this causing the Gold Coast having to let about 3-5 players go cheaply over the next few years because they've clearly gone overboard on one player again.

There will be another Jack Bowes salary dump coming.

 

[Lickmesocks]

Cal can hardly contain his excitement about someone knocking back a hawks offer

Cal was happier than a dog with two dks last off season when his Bombers won the race to Ben Mckay, picked up Duursma, Gresham and Goldstein and said they were the big winners of the period.

 

[CHUBBSS]

Its genius, we make everyone overspend, a game within a game

 

[The Seaword]

I think it was the Midweek tackle where they were saying the AFL is suggesting theyll be keeping a pretty close eye on any potential Cotton On deal after the Visy/Judd shambles. Whether that eventuates or not is another thing.

Yep AFL have put Mr Magoo on to the case. No pay rises at cotton on but he will squat on 25 acres of land and gain ownership by possession in 5 years.

 

[I got the outside word]

There will be another Jack Bowes salary dump coming.

Luko?

 

[butlers hawks]

Wait so was it Hawthorn offering the huge contract speculated last week?

 

[mustang]

Will be interesting what Dear gets in his next contract if clubs come for him when his contact comes up.

 

[VandoHawk]

There will be another Jack Bowes salary dump coming.

Hope we land it this time.

 

[hardway]

Will be interesting what Dear gets in his next contract if clubs come for him when his contact comes up.

The kid would do it as a love job for hawthorn!

 

[tl92]

I hate to give credit to the NRL - but when the Storm salary cap debacle came out they owned it and took very harsh action which needed to happen. If the AFL found anything the Fagg's Mitre 10 would be sold out of brooms within minutes.

Keith Fagg is an unfortunate name

 

[smish]

The volKano’s about to explode!!

 

[user33]

I really hope the AFL scrutinize this Bailey Smith deal heavily with cotton on etc. Will they have the behind the scenes look at trade week and discuss this dodgy contract, that was done on Fox Footy

It’s Geelong. They got given a top 8 pick to take on a quality player in Bowes too.

They can do what they like

 

[cryptor]

An obvious Hawks long play for Reid.

Systematically getting the other clubs to lock in their best young talent on moster deals and pricing themselves out of the impending race for Harl’s signature.

 

[peetoo]

Its genius, we make everyone overspend, a game within a game

The player agents know hawthorn has the most salary cap to spend.

Join the dots

 

[Faraway Hawk]

This is like GC holding pocket aces on big blind and going all in when we just matched blind to see what's coming up on the flop. GC won the pot as everyone else including us (with a pair of deuces) fold and GC is feeling pretty good now.

 

[Ned Ryerson]

The player agents know hawthorn has the most salary cap to spend.

Join the dots

Surely we don’t have the most cap flexibility any more. St Kilda must have stupid money to offer - being that you’d be pretty stupid to take it.

 

[JZedd]

I think McCabe is a fair way off it- as well as learning his craft his twig like legs are going to take multiple pre seasons to develop before he’s not pushed around at the top level.

True. It's a pity McCabe was injured.
We didn't get to see him develop.

 

[KermitJagger]

This isn't just sour grapes at us missing out on Andrew (I wasn't even aware we were that interested) but surely he hasn't shown enough to warrant a 9 year investment?

Bud got offered that tenure off the back of being the best key forward in 2 decades, perhaps ever. That's the type of performance you want to lock in for almost a decade. Andrew has been good but still a fair way off the best in the league, and now you've essentially locked him in at that level. Where's the incentive to get better and fulfil his potential if he's getting over a mil a year regardless?

 

[Flamin Joe]

This isn't just sour grapes at us missing out on Andrew (I wasn't even aware we were that interested) but surely he hasn't shown enough to warrant a 9 year investment?

Bud got offered that tenure off the back of being the best key forward in 2 decades, perhaps ever. That's the type of performance you want to lock in for almost a decade. Andrew has been good but still a fair way off the best in the league, and now you've essentially locked him in at that level. Where's the incentive to get better and fulfil his potential if he's getting over a mil a year regardless?

Yes to be honest I hadn't seen or heard much of him until he kicked that goal after the siren vs the Bombers then all of a sudden he seemed to the talk of the town and money was being thrown at him.

But this is just typical GC list behaviour which I've touched on before, throwing ridicolous amounts of money and contracts at players while they are hot then having no qualms later on if things don't quite work out and dumping them and their contract in a fire sale.

 

[Ned Ryerson]

Credit where it’s due - pretty sure HoldingThe Ball had the good mail on our interest in Andrew.

 

[JZedd]

Credit where it’s due - pretty sure HoldingThe Ball had the good mail on our interest in Andrew.

Do we really need Mac Andrews. I prefer Mac'n Cheese. It's OK. I'll show myself out the door.