Rumour 2024 Hypothetical trade and FA Thread

[Brucie Buffer]

Battle is a massive no-brainer imo. He'd be best 22 in our team and will make us all stress less when occasionally doesn't get up! Really hoping we get him.

With him, I assume we go into next year with our first choice back 6 looking like;

Sicily - Blanck - Battle
Impey - Scrimshaw - Weddle

You've then got D'Ambrosio, Hardwick and Amon that are locks in the 22 that can play in and through defence.

Frost & Blanck going head to head over preseason for the full back position is going to be epic.
DGB, Ryan, Mccabe, Serong, Mitchell and Phillips will all be pushing for spots.

Blanck has never played at the level Frosty is this year. No way he walks in as first choice before Frost.

 

[smeltitdeltit]

Blanck has never played at the level Frosty is this year. No way he walks in as first choice before Frost.

Mitchell loved frosty when he was the old “Frostball” Frosty of last year. Now he’s playing out of his skin. Good luck unseating him.would literally take All Australian full back level at this point if he manages to continue.

 

[Hawk the Talk]

I know I’m going early on Scaife and much is to be learned about him through exposed form, but he really looks ready.

I don’t see any obvious flaws or weaknesses in his game or physical development that would impede him from settling into the team quickly.

I compare him to other very highly rated junior KPP and he looks every bit as good.

Add to that his form in the vfl within a month of arriving at the club and it all seems to reinforce my perception that this guy is ready to make an impact.

I am more optimistic about his impact in the short term than I was about Dear, and I was one of the early posters pushing for his debut. With Dear I just wanted to see his box hill form rewarded w a bit of exposure to afl level. I did not expect him to do so well bc he was so under developed physically.

Scaife has even better form at box hill and is physically immense already, and not in a big lad among boys, overgrown ape kind of way. He looks like he’s had 3 pre-seasons of development already.

I think my optimism is well placed given the above, but the proof is in the pudding.

I do share your optimism with Scaife, he has some real high quality traits that should translate to AFL level… especially with a preseason and a bit more time to understand the system.

I do think saying his form is better than Dears was at BH is a bit of a stretch though. Dear played some excellent footy before getting his opportunity. It’s amazing really, Dear has already shown more in his first season than most 1st round KPF generally do.

 

[I got the outside word]

Faux tough guy who goes missing for big chunks of games. Pass for mine.

The whole team has gone missing for like 15 years or what ever. I would imagine that a player that spends most of his time forward could be affected by that.

 

[RoughysMullet]

We don’t need another key forward and there’s none on the market anyway- just keep developing Dear, Scaife and Ramsden and Lewis will come back in 12 months- give the bloke a chance to return to his best after his injury. Curnow missed like 3 years and look at him now…

 

[TylerDurden]

We don’t need another key forward and there’s none on the market anyway- just keep developing Dear, Scaife and Ramsden and Lewis will come back in 12 months- give the bloke a chance to return to his best after his injury. Curnow missed like 3 years and look at him now…

This.
We'll try to nail our 2 FA targets and Smith. Or go to the draft again.

 

[tommyk72]

I get it, just wouldn't spend that on Battle

Who would you spend it on? It's not like we just pluck anyone from anywhere.

Incremental list improvement is what we're trying to do.

 

[tommyk72]

Will be interesting as a forward line of Chol,Dear, Scaife in 2025 doesn’t win us a final so we need to work our a plan this year I think.

Maybe doesn’t even get to the finals and will struggle.

Not sure I agree with you. I think it would, when adding in Ginnivan, Watson, McDonald, etc.

 

[Back Pocket Rocket]

We don’t need another key forward and there’s none on the market anyway- just keep developing Dear, Scaife and Ramsden and Lewis will come back in 12 months- give the bloke a chance to return to his best after his injury. Curnow missed like 3 years and look at him now…

I hope we draft one with pick 6-10.

 

[extractasam]

The knock on effect of signing Battle is huge for us imo. Going to give us a lot of flexibility and probably even allows Hardwick to be permanent forward if you are shifting Weddle/Scrim to play on/off a small rather than being a key defender.

People have been frustrated at us not utilising Weddle a bit more but this full season deep in defence will pay dividends in the future

 

[Blackhawk42]

The knock on effect of signing Battle is huge for us imo. Going to give us a lot of flexibility and probably even allows Hardwick to be permanent forward if you are shifting Weddle/Scrim to play on/off a small rather than being a key defender.

People have been frustrated at us not utilising Weddle a bit more but this full season deep in defence will pay dividends in the future

I had that thought also.

You could keep Weddle down back and just have Hardwick replace Breust who is likely retiring.

I still envision Weddle being a midfielder though.

 

[TassieGrown]

I had that thought also.

You could keep Weddle down back and just have Hardwick replace Breust who is likely retiring.

I still envision Weddle being a midfielder though.

Weddle will become the line breaking A grade midfielder we lack, all hale the Weddle

 

[mustang]

Could Wingard still Play AFL I wonder if a club could offer something if they think he could be the difference between a flag or not.

 

[PenAndPaper]

Could Wingard still Play AFL I wonder if a club could offer something if they think he could be the difference between a flag or not.

He'd be able to move to any club for free at the end of this year so we'd get nothing for him anyway.

 

[Hawk the Talk]

Chad’s playing days are done. He’ll be staying at the club but in an off-field role next year.

 

[CD Xbow]

Could Wingard still Play AFL I wonder if a club could offer something if they think he could be the difference between a flag or not.

No and no, sadly he's done.

 

[lyger]

Chad’s playing days are done. He’ll be staying at the club but in an off-field role next year.

It’s great if he is staying with the club, but really sad if we never get to see him playing for the Hawks again.

 

[Yardie]

Weddle will become the line breaking A grade midfielder we lack, all hale the Weddle

Another theory. Battle to replace Weddle who replaces Lewis at CHF.

 

[TassieGrown]

Another theory. Battle to replace Weddle who replaces Lewis at CHF.

Don't mind it

 

[bigmaxi]

Weddle moves up the ground.
Blanck and Frost compete for 1 spot.
DGB and Phillips are either at Box Hill or elsewhere.
Serong solid depth.

McCabe the interesting one. How quickly can he come on?

We dodged a bullet on Ratugolea and our interest in him still remains the only questionable attempt McKenzie and Sam have made re: List management IMO.

Do you think we could play Blank at FB and Frosty as a lock down CHB with Sicily and Scrimshaw on each flank? Weddle goes to the middle, he relished his time as a fill in ruck/rover.

 

[The Chad and I]

Hayden Young

26

Hayden Young

Age

23

Ht

189cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.0

3star

K

6.6

3star

HB

3.4

3star

M

3.2

3star

T

1.4

3star

MG

160.0

3star

D

10.0

3star

K

6.6

3star

HB

3.4

2star

M

3.2

3star

T

1.4

2star

MG

160.0

3star

D

10.0

3star

K

6.6

3star

HB

3.4

3star

M

3.2

4star

T

1.4

4star

MG

160.0

3star

is a guy we should make a big push to sign.

 

[StillAtLarge]

Hayden Young is a guy we should make a big push to sign.

Tough to pry anyone out of Freo at the moment, they're in contention up to their ears right now

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Tough to pry anyone out of Freo at the moment, they're in contention up to their ears right now

Freo lose players annually.


But Young is a pipe dream.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Hayden Young is a guy we should make a big push to sign.

Would be a dream signing. He's got such a weapon of a boot and has become a goal kicking midfielder.

 

[The Chad and I]

Would be a dream signing. He's got such a weapon of a boot and has become a goal kicking midfielder.

Yup.

Dream signings in order of Vince McMahon faces...

3. Young
2. Callaghan
1. Reid