Player Watch #26: Luke Parker - Welcome to North Melbourne - Konstanty and Parker traded for Pick 44

[CharlieMortdecai]

Well we don't know what has been offered. Swans might want 44 and not a F3, and we don't want to give that up.
We'll find out what happens.

So much this. Seems a bit rich to blame Brady for not getting the deal done, while simultaneously demanding he give up no more than our previously stated offer of 62

 

[Luke72]

Logue… With free picks!

They threw in Darcy Tucker so the jury is still out on that one.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Sydney F3 to North
North F3 to Sydney.

Get it done.

I think 44 is too valuable for us, as it's a pick that we might be able to sneak into the 30's live trading on draft night.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Why are we the only ones who struggle to get a trade done for a player who nominates us?

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Why are we the only ones who struggle to get a trade done for a player who nominates us?

Because opposition clubs know that Brady caves.

 

[BigRedRoo]

Why are we the only ones who struggle to get a trade done for a player who nominates us?

I think this reflects very poorly on Sydney.
Parker has been a great servant for them, done everything one could ask of a player and now that he want to extend his career and move back to Melbourne, Sydney are asking an outrageous price for him.

 

[Only Forwards]

Because opposition clubs know that Brady caves.

They know that we have a tendency to pay overs.

 

[Horizons_00]

Because opposition clubs know that Brady caves.

Thats what I have said previously

His reputation plus how shit we are, we are a laughing stock

 

[wolvesRoos]

They should say well we got enough out of them last year for Stephens and just hand him over for pick 64

 

[gerry101101]

I think this reflects very poorly on Sydney.
Parker has been a great servant for them, done everything one could ask of a player and now that he want to extend his career and move back to Melbourne, Sydney are asking an outrageous price for him.

Nothing reflects on anyone until the trade period ends and we see who blinks. Not unreasonable for Sydney to hold out to see what they can get - including to see if other deals throw up other pick options, and not unreasonable for us to hold out. Then in the last 24 hours if no-one has blinked presumably sense prevails. That's just a reasonable approach to a ridiculously drawn out trade period.

 

[Roosurgence]

Not sure how this trade got to the second last day of the trade period, unless they have an in principle agreement and are just seeing what minor picks move towards the end of the period?

If they are still poles apart it’s a joke.

 

[Rooboys Rool]

There’s a lot of posters in this thread and the main thread saying that pick 44 will move in a lot due to bids, but that’s unlikely to happen.

I think most might be forgetting that when a F/S or academy player is bid on, them being inserted into the draft then pushes all picks back a spot. So, if two picks are used to match a bid then the later picks only move up by one spot.

Added to that, the need to match list spots to draft picks only applies prior to the start of the draft. Once the draft starts, that rule goes and we typically see clubs that need to match bids then trade their picks in the 20s and 30s for more later picks.

That’s not to mention the fact that F/S and academy players often seem to go later in the draft than anticipated, requiring clubs to use less points to match.

What has actually happened in the past is picks in the 30s get pushed back, picks in the 40s stay about the same, picks in the 50s come in a bit and picks after that come in a lot.

I hope we keep pick 44 and only hand over pick 62 for Parker, but that pick 44 will still end up in the 40s - not the 30s.

 

[Cyber_punk]

What an absolute joke

 

[northbergs]

Why are we the only ones who struggle to get a trade done for a player who nominates us?

Would it be possible we’re holding out before all options for Houston have been exhausted?


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[bennymate]

Starting to get worried now

 

[DuckYeah]

Sydney are a bunch of campaigners. They have our ****ing FS playing for em.

 

[koshari]

Sydney are a bunch of campaigners. They have our ****ing FS playing for em.

Alternately why make a trade easy for your opposition.

 

[Roosurgence]

Alternately why make a trade easy for your opposition.

Alternatively why **** over someone who has given you 298 high quality games of service and is wanting to move to extend their career?

 

[desie]

I’m assuming we’re hoping to acquire a pick between 44 and 62.

I would have thought the Swans would prefer to deal in futures for the points.

 

[TurnoverMerchant]

Why are we the only ones who struggle to get a trade done for a player who nominates us?

Adelaide for Peatling?

 

[Caracas]

Alternatively why **** over someone who has given you 298 high quality games of service and is wanting to move to extend their career?

Given the Swans have waved goodbye to Luke at their B&F, doesn’t it make sense to get any other deals/jockeying out of the way first and finalise Luke at the very end of the process. Why rush it when you know you’re going to do it in the end anyway? It doesn’t necessarily equate to us not being able to get deals done, in my view. Of course, if it all falls through, that would be an entirely different story.

 

[Masked Avenger]

44 is fair for Luke.

We got Pick 30 for Shaun Higgins

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Not sure hanging onto a third round pick inspires me with too much confidence. With very few exceptions, we couldn't hit the side of a barn after pick 25.

 

[The Nostradamus]

swans got nothing else on this trade period so dragging this out

 

[Roosurgence]

I heard the Sydney List Manager is still waiting for us to throw in that Tender Toucher voucher.

Sees it as his big chance to lose his virginity.

 

[R00StaR]

Because opposition clubs know that Brady caves.

Because they know we struggle to even get players nominating us, so when they do theres extra pressure for us to make it happen. Look at this board, 10% would give up pick 2 for him.