List Mgmt. COLLINGWOOD Trade and F/A Discussion 2023

[Soups]

Good Chance Adam's Trade will be 1 of the Last Trades done this Trade Period

Think you say this about every player we are chasing or trading

 

[Chrispiesssss]

Hawkins disgusting shame on you all.

Agreed.

 

[unplugged]

I wanted Hawkins 2 years ago or whenever it was he was last OOC. Now I'm not sure he'd get through another season let alone two.

 

[brysie]

How does that inflate his value? If anything it deflates his value.

Adams clearly isn't going to change his mind about destination.

The longer a player's contract, the more the acquiring club is likely to have to pay to obtain the player, as the seller can just hold the player under contract. If a contract ended at the end of 2024 however, the acquiring club could wait a year and acquire the player in free agency.

I wasn't suggesting Adams would, nor that St Kilda has any interest in him. It was merely an observation.

 

[Horaceg]

Wright said we have mild interest in Billings

I hope that’s polite for Get F#$ked

 

[JuniorB]

I wanted Hawkins 2 years ago or whenever it was he was last OOC. Now I'm not sure he'd get through another season let alone two.

He could teach our forwards how to manhandle opposition defenders and get away with it.

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

Yes please

No chance Hawkins leaves Geelong. Has a farm in Geelong. 3 little kids. No way.

 

[brysie]

I wanted Hawkins 2 years ago or whenever it was he was last OOC. Now I'm not sure he'd get through another season let alone two.

Same. I think he was kept out of games this season with a calf injury, which isn't surprising given his age and build.

Perhaps it's why Geelong are dragging their heels in agreeing an offer which will take him to the end of his career?

 

[WakeUpPies]

Hear me out, with Hawkins we won’t have to worry about Billy forward ever again

 

[legendstatus]

Just watched Billings highlights from 2021, suppose an upgreade on Ginn just a lot older.

 

[Pistol Night]

Hear me out, with Hawkins we won’t have to worry about Billy forward ever again

Or him kicking 5 against us

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

Hear me out, with Hawkins we won’t have to worry about Billy forward ever again

Bill kept Andrews out of the game. That was his only role. And he did it.

 

[unplugged]

The longer a player's contract, the more the acquiring club is likely to have to pay to obtain the player, as the seller can just hold the player under contract. If a contract ended at the end of 2024 however, the acquiring club could wait a year and acquire the player in free agency.

I wasn't suggesting Adams would, nor that St Kilda has any interest in him. It was merely an observation.

I think you'll find it's in St Kilda's best interests to offload Billings contract from their books as he isn't playing enough nor at the level he was when he re-signed to his current value.

For all we know their books are tight and they're using the likes of Billings and Gresham's money to cover Henry and Dow. Perhaps even another target this year or next.

 

[Cousin of Daicos]

Dean's not even a miss yet. He's only 22. Plenty of footy left in him yet and his latest VFL game was a really strong performance.

No I know. Even Kreuger is only 23 or 24.

Both of them actually need a chance to show what they can do before we write them off.

I probably worded my post poorly.

Kreuger especially given he's now been "injury free" for 2 months or more really needs a massive pre-season and should be trying to push Checkers out

 

[unplugged]

Bill kept Andrews out of the game. That was his only role. And he did it.

Except in the last quarter when he got absolutely dominated

 

[Hardas]

I hope that’s polite for Get F#$ked

The actual interview with Wrighty seemed more about him being available than us being interested.

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

Except in the last quarter when he got absolutely dominated

It's very rare a good player is kept quiet for the whole game. He also spent a bit of the last qtr on the bench...

 

[HFF]

Maybe they see Billings as being able to play that half forward role Adams will vacate and has been playing all year for us as a more or a natural to it.

Either way…I don’t want us to release Adams for anything less than what he is worth.

 

[Horaceg]

Bill kept Andrews out of the game. That was his only role. And he did it.

He could have marked a couple of those easy ones.

 

[brysie]

I think you'll find it's in St Kilda's best interests to offload Billings contract from their books as he isn't playing enough nor at the level he was when he re-signed to his current value.

For all we know their books are tight and they're using the likes of Billings and Gresham's money to cover Henry and Dow. Perhaps even another target this year or next.

Maybe. They still have the option of holding firm if they don't receive what they consider to be fair value for him.

Guess it comes down to the reasonableness of their list manager. Some might hold firm to try and 'win' the exchange (i.e. Dodoro) while others might be prepared to accept less in order to move onto other targets (i.e. Wright). Hopefully Silvagni falls into the latter characterisation if we're interested.

 

[12kilos]

If we do pick up Billings surely nothing more then a 4th rounder or forget it

 

[Moore of the Same]

Wright said we have mild interest in Billings

Ewwwww.

 

[Sweeetleftfoot]

Is this as good as your Naughton to Pies intel?

To be fair to MM the fact naughton signed for 8 years, I’d say his intel had some legs.

 

[JuniorB]

Ewwwww.

If you see what Wrighty said, it barely even constitutes "interest":

"We have, I suppose, mild interest. Not so much that we don't admire him as a player. It's a matter of, OK, what's the right fit for us?

"But I have heard that he might be having a look."

 

[12kilos]

Ewwwww.

Mild interest is mild interest.
We had mild interest last year on Fiorini nothing happened, so all those guys who think Billings is a good fit , or a good gamble don't get your hopes up.
Salvagni was always a hard nut to crack when he was at the gws, so don't expect a deal to be done