List Mgmt. 2024 Trade Thread - No.2

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It’s a F3 for Macrae or no deal for me. Pick 43 will be a damn good 18yo and we should retain this pick at all costs, including missing out on Macrae.

We should draw a line with the WB, they can get absolutely ****ed.

Bruce for nothing
Coffield for nothing
They’re current CEO for nothing

Cordy, Wallis, Liberatore, Hunter, Cordy, West, Darcy, Croft all for NOTHING

Ugle-Hagen, Khamis NOTHING

Go and get absolutely ****ed with your pick 24 in a strong draft for a bloody 30yo
We will have to give this years almost certainly but I otherwise agree with you, this draft that pick is going to be in the mid 30s by the time bidding selection is done and this draft is very deep. Bulldogs will absolutely draft a good player using that one, I have no doubt.

Also, on Merrett, his manager was the one who approached the Saints attempting to drum up interest to force a contract renegotiation with Essendon. Scummy as hell.
 
hawks brought in the iffy mitchell who then won a brownlow.

Lions brought in an iffy neale who did the same, twice.

There are truckloads of examples of teams trading in 'iffy' mids and having success- those are just the headline grabbing ones where it was a gigantic homerun.
Lots of less dramatic (but still successful) examples exist also.

Hell, carlton brought in a very iffy goat from freo- and that turned out pretty well for them

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I have to push back on this a bit.

Neale was 25, a 2x BNF winner and probably Freo's best player besides Fyfe at the time of that trade, I wouldn't call that iffy.

Tom Mitchell was averaging 50 touches a game in the NEAFL and just couldn't crack the absolutely stacked Swans midfield.

Matt Kennedy is so far from either of those, I like him and want him in but he's not going to transform a midfield situation like the examples you provided. Acres is a better example
 
We will have to give this years almost certainly but I otherwise agree with you, this draft that pick is going to be in the mid 30s by the time bidding selection is done and this draft is very deep. Bulldogs will absolutely draft a good player using that one, I have no doubt.

Also, on Merrett, his manager was the one who approached the Saints attempting to drum up interest to force a contract renegotiation with Essendon. Scummy as hell.
We don’t HAVE to do anything.

Offer F3 or nothing and be willing to walk. Let’s have a nutsack for once. They hold 0 cards.. as if they will keep a 31yo 850k player rotting out of position who requested a trade.

We’ll be fine without him. We need to keep 43
 

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Also, on Merrett, his manager was the one who approached the Saints attempting to drum up interest to force a contract renegotiation with Essendon. Scummy as hell.
I'm confused (and maybe a little concerned) about what we could have possibly offered that is "life changing" for a footballer who has already been earning ~900k for a good part of his career and drives around in a Lamborghini. A few extra overseas holidays and some extensions on the house, sure, but life changing? They're easy words for him to say now but no doubt Zach was either a little more interested in getting out of Essendon than he's letting on here, or was just using us as a wedge for negotiations with the club to which he is professing all this loyalty. Either way sounds like he's achieved his goal
 
It’s a F3 for Macrae or no deal for me. Pick 43 will be a damn good 18yo and we should retain this pick at all costs, including missing out on Macrae.

We should draw a line with the WB, they can get absolutely ****ed.

Bruce for nothing
Coffield for nothing
They’re current CEO for nothing

Cordy, Wallis, Liberatore, Hunter, Cordy, West, Darcy, Croft all for NOTHING

Ugle-Hagen, Khamis NOTHING

Go and get absolutely ****ed with your pick 24 in a strong draft for a bloody 30yo
This is magnificent.
And I couldn't agree more
 
We don’t HAVE to do anything.

Offer F3 or nothing and be willing to walk. Let’s have a nutsack for once. They hold 0 cards.. as if they will keep a 31yo 850k player rotting out of position who requested a trade.

We’ll be fine without him. We need to keep 43
A lot hinges on the Battle and Membrey compensation picks. Not adjusting for picks sliding around, best case is something like 7, 8, 24, 38, 43 (Band 1 Battle, Band 4 Membrey). Worst case it's 7, 19, 24, 43 (Band 2 Battle, nothing for Membrey).

In the first case I think 43 is expendable and I'd rather keep the F3 which might not be far off that mark anyway. Wouldn't be offering much more than that though. Maybe 38+43 for Macrae+44 gets it done.
 
The Bulldogs also pinched Bevo off us when he was set to be our football manager or coaching manager alongside Richo.

He could have been our caretaker coach instead of Ratten when Richo got the axe so he owes us and he knows it, pay up.
 
A lot hinges on the Battle and Membrey compensation picks. Not adjusting for picks sliding around, best case is something like 7, 8, 24, 38, 43 (Band 1 Battle, Band 4 Membrey). Worst case it's 7, 19, 24, 43 (Band 2 Battle, nothing for Membrey).

In the first case I think 43 is expendable and I'd rather keep the F3 which might not be far off that mark anyway. Wouldn't be offering much more than that though. Maybe 38+43 for Macrae+44 gets it done.

Not sure where 38 has apparated from but happy to hold it in your hypothetical.

7, 8, 38, 43 should be the best possible 18yos. This draft looks to drop off after 50 but any player from 11-40 could be as good as each other so no chance in the world I’m willing to give a leg up to the bulldogs.

Macrae can play half forward again next year and purchase an investment property for all I care.
 
Le Archie and any other Essendon supporters wandering around here: "we might be a joke but St Kilda is the punchline"

That doesn't make any sense. If you are the joke then you are also the punchline. And make no mistake you are both. The rest of the footy world is laughing at your club's continued failure to rise to its supporters' lofty expectations, year after year since equalisation wiped out Essendon's advantage and it was bound by the same rules as the rest of us.

Now let's get it straight. We know what we are, we know our history, and if we somehow forgot we've got no-marks like you lining up to remind us. The spoons, the one cup, the dumb decisions and cruel twists of fate. We're still here, still fighting with the rest of the comp looking down on us and tipping the scales whenever they can.

Essendon supporters carry on like their club is a powerhouse of the comp but it isn't and hasn't been since before the invention of the iPod (remember those). Since then, it's been comedy hour at Windy Hill, as well as highly illegal and immoral activities. This last couple of years have been a perfect illustration of what the Bombers are now. Failed to get Clarkson, failed to get Lyon, forced to sack Rutten, removed CEO Thorburn after 1 day(?) In the job, veering on a lawsuit for doing so. Then bringing in players who promise much and deliver little at ridiculous expense. We ourselves gave you the most Essendonny of all our players and his ridiculous salary demands this time last year. Did it stop you losing? Only enough to give you enough hope to hang yourselves with.

You guys all thought you were finally going places this year with Bad Scott and his band of merry mercenaries but we stepped in to kick you out of finals.

I still remember that call by Anthony Hudson in the 3rd quarter: "WHERE ARE YOU ESSENDON?"

Where indeed! They'd downed tools as usual. Could be good, But it's too much effort.

Oh yes, we all know where they are, on the bloody Hindenberg about to burst into flames. Richmond have their 3 premierships to keep them warm at the foot of the ladder for the next couple of seasons, but what do you have? Fading memories of Lloyd and Hird making your lot look good, but you carry on acting like it's just a blip and when you're back you can all pretend that you didn't shame yourselves for decades, from the board and various presidents, to the cavalcade of useless coaches to your meme-worthy uberfraud of a list manager - fistpumping after snaring Irving Mosquito - right through to the gutless players no other club wants because they've been tainted with the red and black streaks of fraudulence and profligacy, fighting with Carlton players for the title of biggest disappointment of an AFL career.

Those player gifs the Dons made a few years ago, that just about sums up the skillset of an Essendon player and supporter; talking a big game. You're the only club with supporters who created a viral YouTube account purely to mock their own club's inadequacy yet so many supporters still want to throw shade on other clubs and pretend you're Nutty Kevin Sheedy twirling his jacket round like a pillock.

Do yourselves a massive favour: Lose the hubris, get back in your box, and concentrate on supporting your own club in its continuing time of trouble. Stay off oppo boards and always remember, any mockery your players or club get is entirely justified.
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Almost forgot about that live trade last year to get the bonus 2nd rounder that was incredible
It was amazing, from memory, overall it ended up something like.

Out: StK Future 2nd, In: Henry.
Out: StK 1st, In: Wilson & ADE Future 2nd.

Overall: Henry for a 2024 2nd Round Pick upgrade!


AFL Media took no notice and were too busy swooning over Essendon overpaying for Caddy.

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It was amazing, from memory, overall it ended up something like.

Out: StK Future 2nd, In: Henry.
Out: StK 1st, In: Wilson & ADE Future 2nd.

Overall: Henry for a 2024 2nd Round Pick upgrade!


AFL Media took no notice and were too busy swooning over Essendon overpaying for Caddy.

On Pixel 6a using BigFooty.com mobile app
Who tf is James Leake?! He better be good!
 

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You are worse than mediocre. Most embarrassing club in the comp. Have been utter trash for 2 decades, despite attempting to cheat and risking the health of your own players.

Any success you have had as a club was pre equalisation. You blokes couldn't run a lemonade stand. Have kept dodo in a job for years despite being the biggest flop in footy and your captain is upset because you are not offering a pedo that brings bikkies into the room an extra year.

Ha ha, you guys are beyond cooked. Biggest joke in the AFL.
Haha risking death. Calm
 
It was amazing, from memory, overall it ended up something like.

Out: StK Future 2nd, In: Henry.
Out: StK 1st, In: Wilson & ADE Future 2nd.

Overall: Henry for a 2024 2nd Round Pick upgrade!


AFL Media took no notice and were too busy swooning over Essendon overpaying for Caddy.

On Pixel 6a using BigFooty.com mobile app
All in all it was a standout performance from SOS & Co.
The players traded out have done precisely nothing whilst we got Henry, Dow and 5 draftees. The net cost to our position was,
wait for it,,



zero.
 
One thing that stands out is how he says "I had to talk to my girlfriend as it's life changing money". The guy is already on close to a million a year, a bit of perspective wouldn't go astray.
This.

Got caught with his hands in the cookie jar, threw his gf under the bus.

Then demanded more cookies from his club.
 
One thing that stands out is how he says "I had to talk to my girlfriend as it's life changing money". The guy is already on close to a million a year, a bit of perspective wouldn't go astray.
Disgusting behaviour that he would air private conversations between club and managers to attempt to make himself look innocent. Actually just made him look worse. Very happy that he’s not coming to our club.
 
It was amazing, from memory, overall it ended up something like.

Out: StK Future 2nd, In: Henry.
Out: StK 1st, In: Wilson & ADE Future 2nd.

Overall: Henry for a 2024 2nd Round Pick upgrade!


AFL Media took no notice and were too busy swooning over Essendon overpaying for Caddy.

On Pixel 6a using BigFooty.com mobile app
This is probably going to look worse over time given Essendon gave up the pick that was used on Mannagh.
 
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