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AFLW 2024 - Round 9 - Indigenous Round - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
Maybe we should take the same stand then. Player retention is not only an issue at Brisbane, we are hurting from it too.I'm confident they won't trade. This 'Sign or go to the PSD' came from Leigh Matthews who won't **** around. I think they'll be hoping that Aish resigns or gets picked up in PSD by a club he doesn't want to play for, so other Brisbane players will face the same thing in the future. They have to draw the line somewhere. If they keep trading they won't hold on to anyone.
Aren't we in a similar situation?It's a terrible situation to be in, but they have to stand firm on this. Short term pain, long term gain move for the footy club.
Culture is a powerful thing.
Brisbane is far worse. Most of their good young players and early picks want out. Must be a bad culture at the club.Maybe we should take the same stand then. Player retention is not only an issue at Brisbane, we are hurting from it too.
Please organise a trade for him. We can surely organise a better trade than the Pies! Casboult and picks?
It's only a weak draft due to the depth of players. The top players are actually good. Outside the top 20 very slim pickings.Wouldn't Lennon... a pick 12 in the 2013 draft... be more valuable than pick 12 in this supposedly weak 2015 draft? Especially now that 3-4 academy selections are rated in the top 10-12.
Yarran for Lennon straight swap would be super awesome fantastic!
Maybe we should take the same stand then. Player retention is not only an issue at Brisbane, we are hurting from it too.
I really hope we don't take anyone on a package more than they are worth: Treloar included. If we are to learn one thing from Hawthorn, it should be that no one player is bigger than the team, and no one player should be paid disproportionately. We need to accept that we need to develop our talent in-house, and if we can't do that, there is no amount of buying in that is going to make a difference.
If we look at the Dogs and the Boyd deal, which appeared to be bold but may have turned out to be reckless, they weren't expecting the in-house growth this year... and now they potentially find themselves in a position where they need to find money for Stringer, Bont and Wood (amongst others). Their commitment to Boyd may see them lose one of their in-house players in the future.
While we aren't likely to throw that sort of money around (here's hoping that the Boyd --> Blues rumours are just that), paying any plater to much will have a negative impact, and might cost us the balance across the list necessary to really compete.
I really hope we don't take anyone on a package more than they are worth: Treloar included. If we are to learn one thing from Hawthorn, it should be that no one player is bigger than the team, and no one player should be paid disproportionately. We need to accept that we need to develop our talent in-house, and if we can't do that, there is no amount of buying in that is going to make a difference.
If we look at the Dogs and the Boyd deal, which appeared to be bold but may have turned out to be reckless, they weren't expecting the in-house growth this year... and now they potentially find themselves in a position where they need to find money for Stringer, Bont and Wood (amongst others). Their commitment to Boyd may see them lose one of their in-house players in the future.
While we aren't likely to throw that sort of money around (here's hoping that the Boyd --> Blues rumours are just that), paying any plater to much will have a negative impact, and might cost us the balance across the list necessary to really compete.
So we don't want to give up Pick 1 this year, even for Treloar.
What's the vibe on offering next year's first instead? Stronger draft, but the quality is in the mids. If we recruited Weitering, Treloar, Plowman, Tomlinson and one of Aish/Lennon, we should theoretically win an extra game or two at least, meaning we may give up pick 2-4.
Even if we ended up with Pick 1 next year - it's likely to be a potential gun 18-year-old mid vs. Treloar.
I think Brisbane will hold firm and force Aish to resign or go into the draft.
They need to make a stand once and for all on their young players leaving for unders.
Sacrificing a pick in the 20's to make a stand and potentially help end this player exodus would be a sacrifice worth taking
Wouldn't mind 5 picks inside the top 20 of ND and the first 5 picks of the PSD if those all slide to there....In order of likeliness on who we'll get in the PSD:
1. Lamb
2. Aish
3. Treloar
4. Carlisle
5. Lennon
Yep make Henderson walk to the PSD and he can reuinite with us or Brisbane.... that'll show him !!Maybe we should take the same stand then. Player retention is not only an issue at Brisbane, we are hurting from it too.
Lamb is contracted it won't be himIn order of likeliness on who we'll get in the PSD:
1. Lamb
2. Aish
3. Treloar
4. Carlisle
5. Lennon
Genius move by the Blues if true!Surely our interest in Treloar is only a tactical move to ensure Collingwood pay overs/sekl the Farm for him, and have nothing left worth trading for Aish who then slips to us for free in the PSD. Unless (fingers crossed) we get pick nine for Hendo, not sure we could get a deal done that would satisfy GWS for Treloar.
Still plenty to play out, but its enjoyable seeing Collingwood squirm a bit.
To be fair, they've been saying that for a while.Balme said the Treloar deal is very close to being completed and will get done early in the piece. Read the article on Treloar by Jake Niall, a very connected jorunalist come trade time, his brother Ben is a leading player manager.