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

[s_wd6]

Hamling made a bad football playing career decision but financially he locked 2 years of salary. He may have been delisted after 1 year with us. We originally offered him a rookie spot and then upgraded to primary list but for only 1 year.

His presence would have definitely impacted development of Draper (and Hugh Davies) in terms of playing AFL.

We ended up offering him two years in the end. He's said that himself.

 

[freo_leo29]

Hamling made a bad football playing career decision but financially he locked 2 years of salary. He may have been delisted after 1 year with us. We originally offered him a rookie spot and then upgraded to primary list but for only 1 year.

His presence would have definitely impacted development of Draper (and Hugh Davies) in terms of playing AFL.

We offered 2


That offer then went to McDonald

 

[Taylor]

Oscar McDonald

21

Oscar Mcdonald

Age

28

Ht

196cm

Wt

100kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.2

3star

K

7.9

3star

HB

5.2

4star

M

4.2

4star

T

1.6

4star

MG

191.4

3star

D

11.3

3star

K

7.7

3star

HB

3.7

3star

M

3.7

4star

T

1.7

3star

MG

157.7

3star

D

14.8

4star

K

5.4

2star

HB

9.4

5star

M

4.4

4star

T

0.4

3star

MG

138.4

3star

is three years younger than Joel Hamling

29

Joel Hamling

Age

31

Ht

194cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.6

3star

K

6.2

2star

HB

5.4

4star

M

5.0

5star

T

1.4

3star

No current season stats available

D

11.8

3star

K

7.6

3star

HB

4.2

4star

M

5.8

5star

T

1.0

3star

, potentially a longer period of mature body depth.

 

[arsesmart]

The fact that no other clubs are interested is the only way that the AFL will allow us to have a father-son selection.

The AFL might be forcing the F/S selection as an equalisation measure. Can't have a club starved of F/S action after all.

 

[Paracleet]

Hamling made a bad football playing career decision but financially he locked 2 years of salary. He may have been delisted after 1 year with us. We originally offered him a rookie spot and then upgraded to primary list but for only 1 year.

His presence would have definitely impacted development of Draper (and Hugh Davies) in terms of playing AFL.

He shouldn't even have been offered that. He was finished as an AFL player. Lost too much athletism. I suspect if our list demographics weren't so lopsided he wouldn't have been offered it.

For his sake hopefully Colon cut a good him a good enough deal to get a foot on the bottom wrung of the Sydney property ladder.

 

[Taylor]

Perhaps the side going on to win the flag being interested in the mid season draft might make for people feeling a bit better about drafting a mature age, albeit 190cm player as a father son off very limited top level exposure.

 

[Paracleet]

Going back a bit but Ethan Hughes.

Hughes I'd have in a different category (Like Stanley, but successful). He was still playing in Bunbury the year he turned 19 I think, he was never part of the system. Then got drafted off the back of 1 year of ressies the next year (including 36 touches off half back in the last game and breaking into the Swannies league team for finals).

Whereas with Humphries and Carr they where in / have been the in the system a few years.

 

[freo_leo29]

Oscar McDonald is three years younger than Joel Hamling, potentially a longer period of mature body depth.

McDonald's injury history is crazy bad

 

[Taylor]

McDonald's injury history is crazy bad

It is.

2,15,20,25,12,7,3,2,0,1
11,12,22,18,22,0,1,1,4,0

I've removed the first three years off one of McDonald/Hamling's season game totals. It's just the last game that makes it obvious who is who.

Hamling is on 91 total, McDonald on 87 total. Just that Oscar is three years younger.

We shifted sideways with that spot.

 

[freo_leo29]

It is.

2,15,20,25,12,7,3,2,0,1
11,12,22,18,22,0,1,1,4,0

I've removed the first three years off one of McDonald/Hamling's season game totals. It's just the last game that makes it obvious who is who.

Hamling is on 91 total, McDonald on 87 total. Just that Oscar is three years younger.

We shifted sideways with that spot.

Think it looks worse if you include vfl/wafl stats

McDonald did have a good run at vfl level right before we took him though