List Mgmt. COLLINGWOOD Trade and F/A Discussion

[Apex36]

So did his Dad and that didn't end well!

Er, his dad wanted to get to Carlton.

 

[manicpie]

Mitchell would be 1, still need another clearance specialist this off-season.

Looks like Fiorini will be the other one

 

[MyManLynch]

No, he didnt. he wanted to go to Carlton, but we had an earlier pick and selected him even though we knew he didnt want to come.

Exactly…he didn’t want to be at Collingwood.
Couldn't wait to get out & transfer to Carlton (after 1 season 1993).
Didn’t play in the 95 Grand Final.
Played his best Footy at Sydney (early to mid 20’s).
Never reached those heights at Collingwood/Carlton.
Went into decline from age 27…retired age 30.

 

[TakingThePies]

Wright hates the Contract Grundy is on

The entire football department hate it, And Thank goodness.

 

[danielnajdek]

Wright hates the Contract Grundy is on

So does everyone else. I said when it happened it was a horrible contract.

 

[Apex36]

So does everyone else. I said when it happened it was a horrible contract.

Many of us did, and were howled down by the sycophants about it.

 

[TakingThePies]

Brown Brothers
Madgen
Henry
Chugg
Grundy
Poulter

All gone.

 

[Matt_352]

Looks like Fiorini will be the other one

Yep Mitchell + Fiorini

 

[manicpie]

Yep Mitchell + Fiorini

Some nice depth there

 

[Everybody Panic]

Equally the club could say to Grundy, no, your staying because offers are not good enough- who has the strength in those circumstances?

Of course we can. It's not a very compelling strategy if we want him to go though.

 

[PIEWITHSAUCE]

Imagine if we met McStay in the grannie

Ideal scenario - Geelong get the boot and we avenge 02/03 against Brissie 20 years later with McRae as coach. Couldn't have scripted it better .

 

[soreplums]

Brown Brothers
Madgen
Henry
Chugg
Grundy
Poulter

All gone.

Henry’s a shame

 

[The Royal Sampler]

Some nice depth there

Presumably we’ll lose the Brown brothers, so we will have some actual depth at the position instead of pretend depth.

 

[TakingThePies]

Henry’s a shame

Wright isn't a big fan. Lots of J. Stephenson attitude problems with Henry.

 

[soreplums]

Wright isn't a big fan. Lots of J. Stephenson attitude problems with Henry.

I get the attitude issues. Just feel he is extremely talented and goor we get a good return for him

 

[KinderSmock]

Fiorini's not playing for the Suns today in their VFL clash despite being a strong contributor all year. Interesting.

 

[Apex36]

Fiorini's not playing for the Suns today in their VFL clash despite being a strong contributor all year. Interesting.

Not really. He’s played more than 12 AFL games this year so he’s not eligible to play finals iirc.

 

[KinderSmock]

Not really. He’s played more than 12 AFL games this year so he’s not eligible to play finals iirc.

Ah okay. I thought he'd played fewer but that makes sense.

EDIT: He's played 14 matches this year.

 

[Quicky]

Agree.
People writing off Grundy, and dismissing McCrae’s ability to bringing him back to his best is ridiculous.

AND Cap goes up by $1.5mill., we are under no pressure to dump Grundy.

I thought the cap was only increasing by 650k?

 

[Quicky]

Wiedlman only 1 that Might be

I wouldn't go near Weideman, he's dead cap space.

 

[Quicky]

I think the Herald Sun estimate of the top 100 paid players had him at $550-650k.
Still enormous value, but not quite the number you're suggesting.

Still, I think it puts perspective on McStay's value. We shouldn't be offering him much more than $500k, even if he does require shifting from a competitive club. If he wants to return to Vic and also be at a competitive club, he can sign for similar to what Brisbane are offering. We shouldn't be paying him overs as a role player.

That's still 50k a year above his rumoured Brisbane offer also.

 

[Quicky]

Many of us did, and were howled down by the sycophants about it.

I thought the reports were inflated at the time. I can't believe we gave Grundy that contract.

 

[Matrix10]

No, he didnt. he wanted to go to Carlton, but we had an earlier pick and selected him even though we knew he didnt want to come.

Bad decision by the Pies powerbrokers of the time , recruited Mitchell to stitch Carlton up, knowing full well that Barry was only interested in getting too Carlton , which he did after the one year with us , his heart was never fully committed in his brief stay with us , hopefully if Tom does make his way to the Pies , he is doing so with total focus and desire , which going by his character, he will most certainly do .

 

[Quicky]

Wright isn't a big fan. Lots of J. Stephenson attitude problems with Henry.

I'm betting you have no clue about Henry's attitude.

 

[Mollythedolly]

It's 2022 and he was average to ok before being injured. 2021 he was average. 2020 cracks were showing however COVID wrecking everything at that point. 2019 he was elite.

I don’t play any of the fantasy footy stuff but those rankings had him the number 1 ranked ruck in 2019 and the 2nd ranked ruckman behind Gawn in 2020 and 2021. I think Tim English had pushed him to 3rd early in 2022. I’m just gonna say I have more faith in that than your opinion. I thought he was below his 2018-2019 best but the extent of that is way overblown.