Confirmed Bailey Smith: 4-way trade: B. Smith (WB) & pick 45 to Geel / pick 38 to Carl / Macrae (WB) to StK / pick 17 & Kennedy (Carl) to WB

[supahoops]

Yeah, but imagine if you could get a $30 pizza for the price of a Domino's pizza?

The pizza has been known to have drug issues and he's torn part of his crust, but the ingredients are still there we hope.

Of course, we can't know for sure though.

The ‘Torquay’ has pineapple on it down this way mm tasty

 

[GetDimmaBack]

You may well get one if you pick wisely with pick 15. We got Holmes with 20.

Dogs want a ready-to-go replacement. That's unlikely to be this year's #15.

Cats need to think about who they might take with #15.

 

[year of the cat]

Dogs want a ready-to-go replacement. That's unlikely to be this year's #15.

Cats need to think about who they might take with #15.

You don’t get how this works do you?

 

[GetDimmaBack]

You don’t get how this works do you?

Indeed I do.

You might need to rethink your expectations on this one.

Very quickly.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

What TB got to do with this? It's about Bailey not TB.

Plus Hawks don't need TB as much as Cats need Bailey. We got battle and Frost, if we had Frost against Port we probably win.

Our defence doesn't rely on a key 1v1 defender, whilst it's great to have, we have Frost did the job fine in 2024... and he was behind Blanck on the pecking order

The only reason Frost looks AFL standard at the moment is because of the bolded. You defend further up and make Frost look good. If that game plan at all comes unstuck so does your backline. There is a good reason you're chasing 2x KPDs.

 

[TylerDurden]

Why?

We need a Smith replacement - onfield, anyway.

Holmes is probably enough.

Didnt Cats just sign Holmes to an absolute thumper of a deal?

 

[GetDimmaBack]

Didnt Cats just sign Holmes to an absolute thumper of a deal?

Don't know. Doesn't matter.

 

[Kobe Gryant]

Don't know. Doesn't matter.

There's about as much chance of that happening as us getting Sam Darcy out of the kennel.

Haven't you been the guy calling out the trolling in here? Why bother?

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Dogs reportedly still not happy at all with Cats 1st+2nd, and Cats don’t want to offer more.

Looks like Geelong losing last night didn’t change the trade scenario after all.

I hate this time of year.

1st and 2nd/future 2nd was always going to be the opening offer, they still have weeks to go back and forth over it.

 

[GetDimmaBack]

There's about as much chance of that happening as us getting Sam Darcy out of the kennel.

Haven't you been the guy calling out the trolling in here? Why bother?

You think I'm trolling?

Okay

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Dogs want a ready-to-go replacement. That's unlikely to be this year's #15.

Cats need to think about who they might take with #15.

The cats would either be using #15 in this trade or using it on bailey in the draft (if worse comes to worst which i doubt it will). Either way geelong wont have #15 to use on a young player.

 

[GetDimmaBack]

Either way geelong wont have #15 to use on a young player.

Haven't I warned about absolute statements?

Don't be too confident about #15...

 

[Dogs_r_barking]

Ok

How do you feel about two firsts for a contracted Tom Barrass?

Bailey is out of contract, Barrass isn’t.

Bet your tune changes.
What’s that? It’s somehow different?

“They chased him hard for 18 months, the onus is on them to make sure they have the capital to get it done, not promise the world without being able to pay...”

I don’t think the Hawks have been chasing Barass for the past two years, unlike Geelong, who don’t seem to think chasing a contracted player is fair, including Scott meeting with him while still under contract.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Haven't I warned about absolute statements?

Don't be too confident about #15...

Explain to me how you think geelong will be using #15 on an u18 player?

 

[Pure_Ownage]

I don’t think the Hawks have been chasing Barass for the past two years, unlike Geelong, who don’t seem to think chasing a contracted player is fair, including Scott meeting with him while still under contract.

I must have missed the bit where mitchell met with barass while he was under contract. Im not sure exactly what your point is.

 

[GetDimmaBack]

Explain to me how you think geelong will be using #15 on an u18 player?

They will need to draft someone with it.

 

[Dirty_banchez]

He will get to Geelong. Out of contract, he's basically a RFA now.

 

[TylerDurden]

He will get to Geelong. Out of contract, he's basically a RFA now.

Other than the fact you don't have to broker a trade for a RFA.

 

[STPer18]

Other than the fact you don't have to broker a trade for a RFA.

Unless you're Geelong!

 

[FootyLad0]

I don’t think the Hawks have been chasing Barass for the past two years, unlike Geelong, who don’t seem to think chasing a contracted player is fair, including Scott meeting with him while still under contract.

Ahahaha oh hell no! You actually think that only one team does it….no no no wait you think ALL 18 TEAMS are just causally sitting around “NOT” meeting with contracted players?

Please oh please explain to me what the hell were the Dogs doing meeting with Dan Houston (CONTRACTED BTW) just this past week?….now how could they be doing that? That would mean that they were meeting with a contracted player? Doing the very thing you’re demonising right?

Now would you say your club are a bunch of hypocrites if that is the case? Or….is Sam Power just being competent at his job and trying to lure a player who most likely wants to come Home to the club that he works for?

See how pointless that argument is? It’s totally irrelevant to Smith who is

A) Out of Contract
B) Says he doesn’t want to be at the Dogs
C) Will in due time say where he wants to go

He’s not being handcuffed and dragged from Whitten Oval

Come on bro, every team meets with contracted players all the time…you’re not actually that naive

 

[FootyLad0]

Unless you're Geelong!

Twice, only team ever to have it done to them and it’s happened twice.

It’s why I laugh when people say Cats aren’t fair traders. Historically Cats have gone above and beyond to get guys to the club. They don’t get salty and pull out of deals, they say they want a trade done they go and get it done.
It was that way under Wells, it’s still that way under Mackie.

Cats are the ONLY TEAM that’s had to trade for a Restricted Free Agent and they’ve done it not once but twice.

But Bailey isn’t even a Free Agent so once again it’s not applicable to this thread.
Bailey is just Out of Contract, a deal will get done and everyone can move along their merry way.

 

[rye]

getting luke jackson

9

Luke Jackson

Age

23

Ht

199cm

Wt

102kg

Pos.

F/R

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.3

2star

K

3.3

1star

HB

5.0

4star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.0

3star

G

0.3

3star

D

8.3

2star

K

3.3

1star

HB

5.0

3star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.0

2star

G

0.3

3star

D

8.3

3star

K

3.3

2star

HB

5.0

4star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.0

3star

G

0.3

3star

trade thread vibes on this one

 

[FootyLad0]

getting luke jackson trade thread vibes on this one

 

[Cringle]

#15 before academy picks is definitely unders. Would end up closer to #20.

Adding pick #30ish in next years draft - again before academy picks - doesn’t seem enough to bridge the gap.

Potential Trade

B.Smith, #32 and F3 for #15 and F1.

Would value Smith at around pick 8-12.

 

[Pencil case]

#15 before academy picks is definitely unders. Would end up closer to #20.

Adding pick #30ish in next years draft - again before academy picks - doesn’t seem enough to bridge the gap.

Potential Trade

B.Smith, #32 and F3 for #15 and F1.

Would value Smith at around pick 8-12.

Not a bad go, but I think Dogs would want to keep 32.