Rumour 2024 Hypothetical trade and FA Thread

[Strapping Young Lad]

2024 Picks



2025 Picks

 

[Ned Ryerson]

He will have substantial involvement.

He said himself he gives input but that list management is in the hands of McCartney and McKenzie.

 

[Topiary]

He said himself he gives input but that list management is in the hands of McCartney and McKenzie.

Be assured, Sam will have substantial involvement.

 

[Kommbat]

Although we all love the idea of barrass coming, important not to pay too much for a play who realistically will be 29 next season and have maybe 3-4 more years left at a stretch considering the way he plays and how he throws his body at the high ball.

Barrass is only one year younger than Lake was when he came to the hawks.

I'd like to see Barrass come as long as it doesn't cost too much draft capital, this year's 1st rounder + DGB (or even ideally future 1st rounder + DGB and maybe swap our future R2 for their future r3 (hopfully not too much of a downgrade) (EDIT: even this might be overs considering his injury history)

Very good player yes, but would it surprise anyone if his body was cooked at age 31/32 the way he plays the game?

 

[Simon Crawshay]

Id be leaving Sicily down back and moving Weddle up the ground. I can only imagine the kind of games Sicily would put together if he has Barras, Frost and Scrim taking the tall fwds and Sic can just roam freely.

Sicily would flat out go ballistic in that scenario.

It would be like a final form, super saiyan form of Sic!

 

[satan1]

Although we all love the idea of barrass coming, important not to pay too much for a play who realistically will be 29 next season and have maybe 3-4 more years left at a stretch considering the way he plays and how he throws his body at the high ball.

Barrass is only one year younger than Lake was when he came to the hawks.

I'd like to see Barrass come as long as it doesn't cost too much draft capital, this year's 1st rounder + DGB (or even ideally future 1st rounder + DGB and maybe swap our future R2 for their future r3 (hopfully not too much of a downgrade)

Very good player yes, but would it surprise anyone if his body was cooked at age 31/32 the way he plays the game?

Particularly given back/hip injuries.

AFL premiership hero reveals full extent of terrifying ‘forever’ injury

The 28-year-old admits he was ‘very lucky’ not to become a quadriplegic, just months after his second son was born.

7news.com.au

Star at the right price, but could have a tail end of his career like Gunston, backs are fickle.

 

[Roddy]

How good would it feel for Sammy, going into these types of meetings with players, with the form we've shown in the last 10 weeks or so....

 

[Kommbat]

Particularly given back/hip injuries.

AFL premiership hero reveals full extent of terrifying ‘forever’ injury

The 28-year-old admits he was ‘very lucky’ not to become a quadriplegic, just months after his second son was born.

7news.com.au

Star at the right price, but could have a tail end of his career like Gunston, backs are fickle.

i've just lowered my bidding price after reading that...

 

[Hawk the Talk]

Barrass is going to cost our first round pick at the very minimum. Better get use to the idea

 

[Manila_Hawk]

He's a WA boy. And his neck/back is Code F.

He would be crazy to uproot his family and move across the country when he is one more crunch away from not playing.

 

[Hawked Wings]

Let’s just back the Coach in, he knows what he’s doing

 

[H00t]

Let’s just back the Coach in, he knows what he’s doing

He knows what he’s doing but at the same time we lucked out avoiding Esava, McKay and Henry last year.

And those guys would have cost a lot less than Barrass.

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

You understand the backline’s a unit, yeah? And you understand Blanck’s only played 20-odd games, yeah?

Yeah? Yeah?

Relax. He's a very good player. I think the other two are better.

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[Mr Meeseeks]

I covered battle at the end.

So you did. I missed that.

Given the key forward depth, there is room for all of them.

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[earthworms]

For pick 10 barrass would be worth every penny. Sicily, Scrimshaw, Weddle, Battle, Frost would make one of the most formidable back lines in the league.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

He knows what he’s doing but at the same time we lucked out avoiding Esava, McKay and Henry last year.

And those guys would have cost a lot less than Barrass.

Who’s to say that they wouldn’t all be having the seasons that Chol, Mass and Frosty have had if they were with us instead.

One thing we seem to do extremely well is identify talent on offer, and then we(touch wood) get the best out of it.

 

[KermitJagger]

Particularly given back/hip injuries.

AFL premiership hero reveals full extent of terrifying ‘forever’ injury

The 28-year-old admits he was ‘very lucky’ not to become a quadriplegic, just months after his second son was born.

7news.com.au

Star at the right price, but could have a tail end of his career like Gunston, backs are fickle.

Tom's injury is such an unusual one in footy history, it's hard to say what it means for him going forward. T-Spine injuries are a different beast and much more frightening initially than the lumbar spine injuries that most other players with back issues in the AFL have, but if he were going to have continued issues with it he would have had more difficulty in his return. As it stands he was back within a year and back to something resembling his best form. I don't think there are signs there of a player on the decline.

Gunston is struggling because he ended up requiring multiple bouts of surgery (very hit or miss, an absolute last resort) to get through it, Barrass is playing fine with no surgery, just ongoing physio. Generally if a player sees a sharp decline it's because things were bad, they tried surgery as a last ditch, and have accepted that high level football is probably beyond them. That's the case for Gunston, Carlisle, Fyfe who all very quickly deteriorated. On the flip side, those who can manage without surgery like Hawkins has been since 2012 seem to avoid that rapid decline.

The back injury is something that likely cuts a bit of the trade value West Coast would receive, but it wouldn't turn us off in the slightest.

 

[unitedhawk]

Particularly given back/hip injuries.

AFL premiership hero reveals full extent of terrifying ‘forever’ injury

The 28-year-old admits he was ‘very lucky’ not to become a quadriplegic, just months after his second son was born.

7news.com.au

Star at the right price, but could have a tail end of his career like Gunston, backs are fickle.

That is a very serious injury.

I know a bit about back issues, having had to manage a dicky back for the past 20+ years with regular physio/chiro visits. It's a pain in the proverbial - and I don't play sport for a living. Suffice to say I stand rather than sit at a height-adjustable desk.

I trust we'll be doing all the necessary medical check-ups before we decide to invest in Barrass for 4-5 years.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Baz must already be well engrained in the club if he knows we aren't signing Barrass but are definitely getting Battle. Mitchell must be letting him in on all the plans.

 

[user33]

He's a WA boy. And his neck/back is Code F.

He would be crazy to uproot his family and move across the country when he is one more crunch away from not playing.

Almost requested a trade to Sydney last year and his sister lived in Sydney at the time, which was a big factor.

His sister is moving to Melbourne this year fwiw

 

[earthworms]

Almost requested a trade to Sydney last year and his sister lived in Sydney at the time, which was a big factor.

His sister is moving to Melbourne this year fwiw

sister factor

 

[theiaofseed]

If his back was truly ****ed West Coast would be shipping him off first chance they get, specially with what Sydney offered last year, that isn't what happened so people can put their injury concerns to ease.

 

[SammyC]

Lake (and frawley) released gibbo to win b&fs in premiership teams.

barrass / battle would do the same for sicily.

 

[Roddy]

Yeah? Yeah?

Relax. He's a very good player. I think the other two are better.

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Oh man, sometimes all you can do is facepalm....

 

[triple treat]

Look what we got when Clarko asked Jordan Lewis to go to the Gold Coast. If you try and force a player out they end up choosing a club they prefer in their home state and you get a crappy deal.
West Coast are in for years of pain and none of our VIC players are going to agree to be traded to them.

You keeping saying none of our players will want to go WCE but they dont have too, have you heard off 3 way trades?

 

[Luke_Hodgey_15]

You keeping saying none of our players will want to go WCE but they dont have too, have you heard off 3 way trades?

Surely Richmond look at our list and see a few on the fringes that they'd like to add, with Baker headed west