Bluemour Melting Pot XXI - Like seriously, the polar ice caps have got nothing on us

[cfc4life]

The draft falls away after Rowell and Anderson.
We have the 3rd pick in the PSD, no guarantee we get Martin.
Don't sugarcoat this.

 

[DIG]

With 3rd pick in the PSD, Martin will walk and put a huge price on his head agreed with us.

Demons with #2 will baulk as their salary cap is already pretty full.

And if Suns with #1 really hold him to ransom, and re-Draft him - imagine the message that sends to any young Sun recruit:

“COME TO US AND WE’ll LOCK YOU IN OUR SHITHOLE FOR LIFE!”

I’m gutted like most here about how today played out but we’ll get Martin for nothing and we’ll be laughing in a few weeks.

My only concern is if the AFL step in and give Martin a lucrative “ambassador” role to make him stay. Fair risk of that too the ****ers.

 

[chunkylover53]

I’m SOS’ biggest fan and no way should we sack him but he butchered this one.

 

[WFGodot]

Angry!

 

[No1Suspect]

Why?? Cos I'm angry we were promised so much and delivered nothing??? We needed those players and got nothing. It's a joke

What were we promised? 2 players nominated and their respective clubs played hardball. Get some perspective or maybe a hobby your reaction is really quite pathetic.

 

[HBF]

Why?? Cos I'm angry we were promised so much and delivered nothing??? We needed those players and got nothing. It's a joke

Not if we have to pay overs for them. GC were asking too much for Martin, and Sydney were never going to trade Papley if Daniher didn't go there. Its disappointing, but sometimes trades simply don't happen

 

[Wily trout]

Thanks for the updates all the itk posters, shit happens. Very gutted atm, but still feel we are a strong chance of Martin in the psd. Really wanted Papley, but Eddie gives us another years buffer to have another crack at him next year. Result of nobody blinking I suppose. SOS targeted who we need, but wasn’t prepared to be shafted, is how it seems.

 

[F_therest]

Love the spin by some people here. This is a fail for SOS, no other way to see it.
He had players we need (small forwards) nominating us, and he wasn't able to land them.
Future players will be apprehensive nominating CFC given SOS' inability to seal a deal.
Add to that missing out on Cogs.
A massive fail. We'd want to get Martin in PSD that is all I can say.

what can he do with Papley though if Sydney refuse to trade him if they don't get Daniher? Nothing SOS can do about that.
It comes back to Dodo.

Also GC are ****ed for not accepting our future 2nd & 3rd picks for an OOC Martin, while letting Ah Chee go for Brisbane's future 2nd & 4th.
SOS was fair and reasonable, the other clubs weren't.

 

[Opine]

Watch all the excuses poor from the club now, we want to improve as a club and we had the chance to get players in to help us climb the ladder, disgusting period

The process isn’t over Wilson there‘s still a PSD; but a flat ball wouldn’t know that. Wilsooooooon wake up.

 

[happydude]

Trade period over.
NFL time

 

[Dropagrogan]

He is a perfect fit for Melbourne, that’s my worry

not if our offer will be 1.5 million over one year!!

 

[KohPhi]

Ok, I'm going to try and look at this without emotion.
1) Swans had every right to hold Papley to his contract. If we swap Papley for Charlie Curnow who had 2 years to run, would the majority here be ok seeing us trade him? Perspective.
2) We got GC at a time when it is make or break. They have leaked good players like a sieve. This might be their 'line in the sand' moment. They also probably see us as a 'direct competitor' in rising up the ladder. Why make us stronger.
Maybe they are prepared to lose Martin in the PSD to put off future players doing the same.
3) Many here think SOS has opposition Recruiting Managers 'shaking in their boots'. I hope this proves once and for all what a load of shit that is. Not everyone is as stupid as Justin Reid.
4) We bag the Saints, but they got ALL their targets. Kudos.
5) I appreciate and enjoy reading what our ITK posters provide. But I can also understand the angst amongst our group about their information.
My response to that is two fold. Firstly, NOTHING is done until it's done. People here need to understand that.
But where I do see an issue is the language used by some off the ITK's. I could quote 2 dozen posts that were definitive in their language. If I can provide some advice, maybe 'soften' the language, maybe use more than 4 or 5 word posts that give off an impression of certainty.

Anyway, I'm sure the internal review of our trade period will be far more rigorous and probing than anything us plebs write here..

Go Blues.

 

[BrisbaneCFC]

Why?? Cos I'm angry we were promised so much and delivered nothing??? We needed those players and got nothing. It's a joke

LOL. Clown. No one was promised anything.

 

[Arr0w]

Ultimately, you cannot overpay. Unfortunately some trading partners don’t come to the party. Our net position is better having not pursued the terms put to us.

We are all frustrated, but it’s the right move. Now, which gun are we going to get at pick 9?

Rivers

 

[ctwenty1]

How many knees have they done between them?

Too many but that’s not the point if u want to “win” trade week

 

[Bluesome]

Problem of course now is, if Papley requests a trade again next year, no chance he will nominate us...

 

[TBellicious]

They’ve been saying ALL YEAR that they were going to trade pick 9

yet here we are.

 

[BringBackSimmo]

Well I'm off research the draft because I have absolutely know idea who there is this yr other than Rowell and Anderson because I wasn't expecting us to have any early picks

Sam Flanders hopefully lasts until 9.

Flanders is a medium forward with enough strength to play midfield and shrug off opponents with a strong core, smarts and clean hands in close.

Sam Flanders

DRAFT ANALYSIS: "An explosive mid-forward with clean hands and a high X-factor, Flanders just has to build his consistency throughout matches to take his game to the next level."

afl.draftcentral.com.au

 

[Mr_Plow]

We can also take Martin in the ND. We've got 43 and 57.

 

[WeninRome]

Papley is contracted. Chase contracted players and you will get burnt from time to time which is expected.
We are in a crappy position with Martin now though. If we get him in the PSD he will be paid overs which apparently we won’t do anymore.
We didn’t read the environment very well to miss out on Butler.

Poor offseason. Somethings were out of our control but we weren’t smart enough to get ahead of the curve.

Hill had two years left on his deal and I'm sure that Freo didn't want to lose him either.

 

[Derogue]

The melts in this thread are great reading.

 

[HBF]

SOS is p1ssed

Thats what I gathered as well.

 

[My Hat]

Disappointing, but not the end of the world. We need a small forward; next year we have Betts, the year after we have another chance to trade one in, either Papley or someone else.

Martin will hopefully still make it across.

Wouldn't mind if we do some sort of trade involving #9 and someone else's future first to improve our trade position next year.

Not blaming SOS. Negotiations are never entirely in your control.

 

[FanofFev]

Do we go to the PSD and rookie drafts and go all out on Martin, Sam Murray and Bennel now?


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[rampar]

No Caldwell
FAIL
Good on St Kilda, clearly won trade period

Geelong smashed it mate