Player Watch #7: Liam Baker - Traded to West Coast for pick 14

[Coach_Required]

IF I see one post mention how Baker is or will always be 'a Richmond man', I'll spew up (in my best Terry Wallace voice).

He will always be a Richmond man.

 

[Coach_Required]

Getting picks for these guys leaving is a win win. They were all great players and served us well but now we need to rebuild and they are giving us value in trades and deals that we will benefit from in the long term. I see an opportunity to be had here before the Tassie team pillages future drafts …

I agree, they are actually doing the club a huge favour. Means we get to rebuild the right way instead of trying to hold on for dear life staying mediocre on the ladder never getting the best pick.

This will ensure we get first crack at top quality kids and build our next team.

 

[4tune8]

Should that be the other way around?

How can a pick 4 picks later make Baker's valie 7 picks higher?

Haha, nope

It's about the value of pick 3, if we give a lower value pick then that values Baker higher to balance the books. The pick values are also calculated on a sliding scale.

Anyway, pick values are only any good for valuing bid matching, I was just using it for indicative value.

 

[Groupie_]

if yze hadnt played him forward all year we'd have actually gotten a decent return for him

now we'll get dicks

 

[Muddiemoose]

Bidding War with the WA clubs ?

Should be go hard for WCE Pick #3 as they might prefer more picks down the order ?

Should we deal with Dockers in a package deal for their 3 first rounders and next year first round and give them Baker, Bolton and a combination of our second and third round picks ?

Won’t be a bidding war
Baker is just seeing who ends up coaching West Coast to assess what club he would prefer to land at

 

[Truetiger]

if yze hadnt played him forward all year we'd have actually gotten a decent return for him

now we'll get dicks

Yze has nothing to do with it. Stop flooding most threads saying the same thing. Believed for awhile this was a given heading home.

 

[Groupie_]

west coast are worse than us

if we had no injuries we wouldve finished well above them

good luck you little campaigner

 

[Groupie_]

Yze has nothing to do with it. Stop flooding most threads saying the same thing. Believed for awhile this was a given heading home.

what do you mean ? he played him forward where he has been incredibly shite all year

if he hadnt have played him there we'd actually get a grouse return for him. now we'll get nothing

 

[Truetiger]

what do you mean ? he played him forward where he has been incredibly shite all year

if he hadnt have played him there we'd actually get a grouse return for him. now we'll get nothing

You will be surprised will get something worthwhile. But on every thread blaming Yze nah. All i say is anyone that wants to leave let em.

 

[Grockadoc]

Baker's best position is and always has been as a half back who can.push up into the middle. He should honestly have been playing in Short's role.

 

[Groupie_]

You will be surprised will get something worthwhile. But on every thread blaming Yze nah. All i say is anyone that wants to leave let em.

we'll get something but it wont be what we wouldve got had yze not played him forward

thats on yze simple

 

[Groupie_]

Baker's best position is and always has been as a half back who can.push up into the middle. He should honestly have been playing in Short's role.

and thats where he'll play at his new club because they arent morons and recognise what his best position is

how many times has yze moved balta forward and then back, forward and back, forward and back

 

[Tiges1229]

Another ungrateful campaigner , we picked him when nobody else would , now things get tough ****s off to WA , gimp ****er

 

[_jrtp09_]

this is more news we needed to move foward..
all the best Bakes and I wish you well.

Thanks for your service Bakes.

He’ll always be a Richmond man.

 

[guruisatiger]

just as cute too

I call him the baby bogan

 

[Steely Brown Eye]

I call him the baby bogan

I call him cupcakes

 

[Sol23]

Goldy will get Dan, shai will be a Docker and eagleS will nab Baker..... JGTI will stay a tiger, take it to the bank.

How much you wanna have on it Graham goes?

 

[A Tiger 4 lyf]

All the best baker, this a really good decision for the club and himself

Still expect boos though


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[richoplzbreed]

Not fussed he's leaving. Lousy forward. Dreadful midfielder. A good average defender who's 5'8". Scraps hard and gets the most out of himself. His last 2 months he was checked out and I'm 100% convinced that training concussion was bollocks. Any time you can get 100+ games and the best years out of a rookie and flip them for a pick around 10 is a phenomenal day. It's certainly sweeter than seeing 1st rounders lost to AFL without getting so much as pick 90 in return.

 

[Truetiger]

All the best baker, this a really good decision for the club and himself

Still expect boos though


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He would love that attention tbh.

 

[captain cotch 9]

Not fussed he's leaving. Lousy forward. Dreadful midfielder. A good average defender who's 5'8". Scraps hard and gets the most out of himself. His last 2 months he was checked out and I'm 100% convinced that training concussion was bollocks. Any time you can get 100+ games and the best years out of a rookie and flip them for a pick around 10 is a phenomenal day. It's certainly sweeter than seeing 1st rounders lost to AFL without getting so much as pick 90 in return.

Is that you Corey Ellis?

 

[THE_GUN]

When doe JGTI tell us he is leaving for the E-Girls

 

[_RT_]

Sad to see him go and it was clearly a tough decision for him to make. Glad he has told us early so that the club can get to work on the deals we'll need to make. Bring on the next generation

 

[lvt06]

Liam Who?

This is now a Steely Green thread.

 

[Greggy]

Wish he had Broads gratitude, no one gave him a chance but us, oh well. Was a great servant.

1st rounder please.