Rumour 2024 Hypothetical trade and FA Thread

[earthworms]

My take on the trade period rn:

Keep Reeves, Morrison, Frost.
Trade Serong
Delist DGB

I would like to keep Serong but if we don't let go of him he will be playing VFL all year and is clearly better than that. Walked straight into the final against the dogs and played reliably and did his job.

Keep Reeves since we need a backup ruck, unless we can get somebody else in. Meek will inevitably get injured.

Morrison uses the ball cleanly, gives experience and stability so keep.

Don't know if we should trade Finn or not. Fumbles the ball a lot which slows down our run and carry but good stamina and tagging and still young.

Keep Ward, CJ, Mckenzie. Shouldn't even be a question

 

[unitedhawk]

Expect we’ll try to generate a few more picks - it’s supposedly a good and deep draft and MM has a good record with later picks.

Unfortunately, so will all other clubs for exactly the same reason. Looks like being quite a cat-and-mouse game, this trade season - and I'll back MM's nous to strike us the best possible deals.

 

[excitingnews]

Really enjoying eagles fans shouting ad nauseam about how barrass is a contracted player and that we HAVE to pay up because of this, but then in the same sentence will propose a scenario where Richmond give them a sweetheart deal for both baker and the contracted Bolton

 

[cryptor]

Really enjoying eagles fans shouting ad nauseam about how barrass is a contracted player and that we HAVE to pay up because of this, but then in the same sentence will propose a scenario where Richmond give them a sweetheart deal for both baker and the contracted Bolton

It is funny how some people on Big Footy will argue with anyone for pages about how a trade deal will go a certain way or a free agent will get their club a certain level of compensation. So invested in convincing strangers on the internet that something that they have absolutely no influence over will or won't happen.

 

[Ned Ryerson]

Really enjoying eagles fans shouting ad nauseam about how barrass is a contracted player and that we HAVE to pay up because of this, but then in the same sentence will propose a scenario where Richmond give them a sweetheart deal for both baker and the contracted Bolton

You’re right - but our posters are some of the very best at ‘we should play hardball with them but get everything in for a packet of chips’. All boards are probably the same.

 

[peetoo]

My take on the trade period rn:

Keep Reeves, Morrison, Frost.
Trade Serong
Delist DGB

I would like to keep Serong but if we don't let go of him he will be playing VFL all year and is clearly better than that. Walked straight into the final against the dogs and played reliably and did his job.

Keep Reeves since we need a backup ruck, unless we can get somebody else in. Meek will inevitably get injured.

Morrison uses the ball cleanly, gives experience and stability so keep.

Don't know if we should trade Finn or not. Fumbles the ball a lot which slows down our run and carry but good stamina and tagging and still young.

Keep Ward, CJ, Mckenzie. Shouldn't even be a question

And suppose we need to do the same with Serong in 2025? Why get a pick which may become Serong in 2-3 years time

 

[peetoo]

Really enjoying eagles fans shouting ad nauseam about how barrass is a contracted player and that we HAVE to pay up because of this, but then in the same sentence will propose a scenario where Richmond give them a sweetheart deal for both baker and the contracted Bolton

Wasn’t it embley for buddy once?

 

[excitingnews]

You’re right - but our posters are some of the very best at ‘we should play hardball with them but get everything in for a packet of chips’. All boards are probably the same.

Agreed, everyone does it, but it is very funny to see it happen in the exact same trade proposal

 

[hawkinoz]

Very uneasy about giving them future first tbh. Pick 13 is a fair deal.

I feel like someone from the Club and many fans have got Eagles used to the idea of 2 1st round picks. We were so caught up in our form that we felt like a flag was almost ours and so we didn't push back against such media beatups.

the media is still talking of 13 + F1 which means we are not pushing back and are indulging the Eagles. The fact they are able to do this while undervaluing other players on trade talk is astounding.

Really enjoying eagles fans shouting ad nauseam about how barrass is a contracted player and that we HAVE to pay up because of this, but then in the same sentence will propose a scenario where Richmond give them a sweetheart deal for both baker and the contracted Bolton

Infuriating to read the trade chat on Baker/Bolton/Smith and how other club fans are trying to sell the best deal for their clubs.

 

[MrPremiership]

"Two firsts" is just optics.

Do you want pick 3 or picks 16 & 18?

 

[hawkmang]

If we are planning on delisting DGB and the Eagles want him I reckon he will be added as steak knives in the Barrass deal.

The optics of it are better for all involved, particularly for DGB and us. Hawks sell it as honouring a homecoming request so we save face on losing an early first rounder, and DGB doesn’t have the indignity of being dumped from the squad.

 

[TazHawk15]

It is funny how some people on Big Footy will argue with anyone for pages about how a trade deal will go a certain way or a free agent will get their club a certain level of compensation. So invested in convincing strangers on the internet that something that they have absolutely no influence over will or won't happen.

This times 200 trillion.

 

[unitedhawk]

I feel like someone from the Club and many fans have got Eagles used to the idea of 2 1st round picks. We were so caught up in our form that we felt like a flag was almost ours and so we didn't push back against such media beatups.

the media is still talking of 13 + F1 which means we are not pushing back and are indulging the Eagles. The fact they are able to do this while undervaluing other players on trade talk is astounding.



Infuriating to read the trade chat on Baker/Bolton/Smith and how other club fans are trying to sell the best deal for their clubs.

Because that's not the way we work. Other clubs might feel the need to leak stuff to the media but that's not our style. Did anyone in the media have any clue to us landing Mass/Chol/Ginni last year?

As others have alluded to, I'm pretty sure the Eagles and us, both good clubs when it comes to doing trade business, have already agreed a deal.

 

[Mopar Jason]

AFL.com reporting that Clayton Oliver

13

Clayton Oliver

Age

27

Ht

189cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

27.8

5star

K

9.5

4star

HB

18.4

5star

M

3.2

3star

T

6.3

5star

CL

6.3

5star

D

25.1

5star

K

11.1

4star

HB

14.0

5star

M

3.6

4star

T

5.6

5star

CL

5.9

5star

D

19.2

5star

K

4.6

2star

HB

14.6

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

4.4

5star

CL

3.8

5star

is being shopped around again it'll be interesting to see if this goes anywhere.

 

[The Golden Glenferrie]

AFL.com reporting that Clayton Oliver is being shopped around again it'll be interesting to see if this goes anywhere.

Cotton on gig and a $5m property portfolio under the table plz

 

[Leather Poisoning]

AFL.com reporting that Clayton Oliver is being shopped around again it'll be interesting to see if this goes anywhere.

Surely Richmond need bring SOMEONE in

 

[Mississippi]

My gutfeeling is that - while we're all going through the machinations of the predicable trades (esp Barrass and Battle) and the trade value of our fringe players, ad nauseam - there'll be a couple of unpredicable and unforseen trades that will jump out at us.

Sam and MM have proven themselves to be aggressive and innovative recruiters and I'd be really surprised if we don't get blown away with something clever and left-field.

(and I wouldn't be shocked if Baily Smith is still a prospect).

 

[suburb whispers]

Cotton on gig and a $5m property portfolio under the table plz

Not too far from the truth by the sounds of it…

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

(and I wouldn't be shocked if Baily Smith is still a prospect).

I would. All the good mail is we lost interest in him.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

If we are planning on delisting DGB and the Eagles want him I reckon he will be added as steak knives in the Barrass deal.

The optics of it are better for all involved, particularly for DGB and us. Hawks sell it as honouring a homecoming request so we save face on losing an early first rounder, and DGB doesn’t have the indignity of being dumped from the squad.

Why would the Eagles do that?

It makes no sense for them.

 

[BIGHAWK23]

Why would the Eagles do that?

It makes no sense for them.

Sam reason we traded for Mass

Certainty around being at the club from day 1

 

[hawkmang]

Why would the Eagles do that?

It makes no sense for them.

Not going to make a material difference to the trade.

 

[eaglevision]

It’s unlikely we’d offer DGB a main list spot or that he’d be part of the Barrass trade. If he’s delisted by the Hawks and there’s mutual interest we may offer him a chance to train over summer with a view to take him via the SSP. Perhaps a rookie spot at best but that’s not to say there wouldn’t be other clubs interested in him or for the Hawks to rookie him. By all accounts he’s enjoying living in Melbourne and may not wish to pursue a move back to WA.

 

[Mrzohs]

I would. All the good mail is we lost interest in him.

Spot on. Same issues off field as Oliver.

I am not surprised any suitors have come forward in the public for either party.

 

[Ned Ryerson]

Sam reason we traded for Mass

We traded for Mass because if we didn’t he’d have become a free agent every time his contract was up. MM outwitted Dodo at every turn on that deal.