Game Day 2024 Trade Period - Lian Yu - that liminal space between trade and draft.

[Moist Biscuit]

How Is Griffen Logue not on that list?

 

[Silencer83]

That trade makes no sense at all for Freo, swap a midfielder and picks for another midfielder and a backup kpp.

Cooney is really playing up the ridiculous.

 

[serial_thrilla]

That trade makes no sense at all for Freo, swap a midfielder and picks for another midfielder and a backup kpp.

Cooney is really playing up the ridiculous.

I don't think anyone wins that trade tbh. It makes all four clubs worse.

 

[go_the_dockers]

go_the_dockers

Get excited.

It means 2 or 3 people are looking at him. (I think that is criteria for a state invite)

He is a DFA, so should not need to go through the draft. Will be interesting to see if he goes any where, and how he goes.

My comments around getting him have always been he is better than 10 people on our list, and if he was playing as well as he did this year, and was on our list then people would be calling for him to come into the best 22.

I could see him playing a role like Ah Chee did for Brisbane this year.

 

[Ge3ks]

So allen would be nice but I’ll take a small forward thanks

Good grief man, you're gonna awaken Ysaye.

It's Allan. Allan!

I just hope it's not too late.

 

[thebillynade]

That trade makes no sense at all for Freo, swap a midfielder and picks for another midfielder and a backup kpp.

Cooney is really playing up the ridiculous.

They're just made to be provocative.

Eagle's fans get mad cause they trade their skipper.

Saint's fans get teased by a big fish.

Freo fans get mad by landing a key forward we don't want or need and losing a leader and star.

Swans' fans get mad cause they lose Chad and Logan, who a lot still overrate, and think can be a star.

Perfect storm for clicks and shares.

 

[One_Wing]

So trade radio is 11 hours a day for 15 days? Thats 165 hours of content.

The audiobook for War and Peace is 61 hours. So you could listen to War and Peace almost 3 times in this time period.

I really don't think there is enough meat on them bones to justify this amount of discussion.

 

[arsesmart]

In other words, Cornes is an idiot.

Says idiotic things... regularly.... but by doing so has forged him a lucrative position in the media.

 

[arsesmart]

So trade radio is 11 hours a day for 15 days? Thats 165 hours of content.

The audiobook for War and Peace is 61 hours. So you could listen to War and Peace almost 3 times in this time period.

I really don't think there is enough meat on them bones to justify this amount of discussion.

It must have a lot of cash in it ie a lot of listeners. I wonder how much they make out of War & Peace?

 

[One_Wing]

It must have a lot of cash in it ie a lot of listeners. I wonder how much they make out of War & Peace?

I'm sure selling crack is pretty lucrative as well.

 

[Snuffaluphagus]

Curious we've had not one interview anywhere from the club yet. There must be some serious machinations going on behind close doors they cant risk talking about yet.

 

[arsesmart]

I'm sure selling crack is pretty lucrative as well.

A little bit more dicey forging a career in crack though.

 

[Docker82]

So Warner and McDonald are worth Picks 7, 9, a future first from St Kilda (a similar pick next year) and pick 27.

Seems legit. There's a very strong case to be made that Brayshaw is actually a better footballer than Warner.

Wish I could get paid to write this sh**. I'd probably need to live in another country with no Internet for twelve months to actually be clueless enough to think up trades as bad as Adam Cooney and convince myself they're decent though.

Oscar Allen is about as likely to leave West Coast as Brayshaw is to leave us or a Logan McDonald leaving Sydney after being contracted five ago as well.

 

[GingerDocker]

A little bit more dicey forging a career in crack though.

More honourable

 

[Moo]

I agree that Allan looks as good, if not better, than the likes of other recent WA picks like Ginbey and Johnson. Erasmus was the best of the U18s for me though.

I guess ultimately it comes down to the fact that I think guys like Reid, Berry, Travaglia and Lindsay are better prospects - and better fits for us. And the WA factor doesn’t get Allan over the line for me.

I also wouldn’t be surprised if Hamish Davis ended up the better WA player. Riskier, but potential ceiling is higher I think. And given we have very limited list spots (unless guys like Switkowski and Brodie request trades), I’d be more interested in finding a way to maximise our picks around 20-30 as opposed to taking Allan in the top 15.

I’m certainly not going to be unhappy with Allan though.

Chris

Just a shout out- I really appreciate your input.

We're lucky to have you.

 

[arsesmart]

More honourable

C'mon! Where else can you get wall to wall footy content across two and a half weeks?

 

[mattis117]

If we bring Bolton and another small forward and HBF onto our list this year I can easily see midfield being our biggest need in 2025.

No idea what people are on about saying Allan isn’t a player we should target. He can play most positions on the ground that aren’t key position, he’s a good athlete for his size and has already played plenty of footy against men. If we draft him he’ll be a solid contributor for us as soon as 2026.

You could say the exact same things about Devon Robertson.

 

[arsesmart]

Curious we've had not one interview anywhere from the club yet. There must be some serious machinations going on behind close doors they cant risk talking about yet.

Walking quietly, but carrying a big schtick?

 

[Polo342]

Curious we've had not one interview anywhere from the club yet. There must be some serious machinations going on behind close doors they cant risk talking about yet.

I dunno. Im seriously starting to think its only Bolton. Im greedy though so thought Pickett was a shout.

 

[arsesmart]

They're just made to be provocative.

Eagle's fans get mad cause they trade their skipper.

Saint's fans get teased by a big fish.

Freo fans get mad by landing a key forward we don't want or need and losing a leader and star.

Swans' fans get mad cause they lose Chad and Logan, who a lot still overrate, and think can be a star.

Perfect storm for clicks and shares.

"Light hearted entertainment" might be the best description. The melts and clicks are a side bonus.

 

[CaseySibosadoHOF]

Personally I wouldn’t have Allan as a top target. Got nothing to do with him not being a quality prospect, but I just think we have bigger needs. Allan doesn’t really offer much that Johnson, O’Driscoll and Erasmus don’t already give us.

Others around the same mark offer far better skills, speed or goal kicking. All things I would target first.

I’d probably trade that pick for a future first, target someone like Davis or Oliver with our first live pick and then Urquhart later as midfield depth - rather than just take Allan.

Assuming Bolton is 9 and 16, there's nothing else significant enough to involve pick 10, and we don't trade pick 10 into the future: would you want us to trade down from 10? If yes, would you feel differently if we somehow managed to make it 10 and 16 (with significant steak knives going Richmond's way)?

It feels like that's around the first drop-off point (bearing in mind father-son and maybe academy): if you're holding a pick btwn 5 and 8 you're likely gonna get someone that a team in the top 3 was having a serious look at, but 9 and 10 maybe not so much.

 

[Docker82]

You could say the exact same things about Devon Robertson.

No you couldn't. Devon Robertson is average - he'll get 2-3 years at West Coast before dropping out of the AFL system altogether.

 

[thebillynade]

How Is Griffen Logue not on that list?

Norf don't have enough fans to generate clicks.

 

[Docker82]

"Light hearted entertainment" might be the best description. The melts and clicks are a side bonus.

Titus O'Reilly is footy related "light hearted entertainment".

Adam Cooney's mega trades are just cringe at best.

 

[Snuffaluphagus]

I dunno. Im seriously starting to think its only Bolton. Im greedy though so thought Pickett was a shout.

Most likely it will be just Bolton but I dont think they will die wondering, even if we dont get to hear the full story.