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I love Petracca as much as anyone but reckon we should instead really be going all-in to land 23 y.o. inside midfielder James Peatling from GWS.
Peatling is out of contract and has been starved of opportunities, especially in his preferred inside-mid role. But when he has played there he has been terrific, even getting the perfect 10 coaches votes against Brisbane two games ago. He’s the right age and an absolutely critical positional need first us. And he has baulked at signing the contract that GWS has offered, so seems gettable.
I reckon our 2024 and 2025 second rounders would be enough to get it done and would still leave us our 2025 first rounder.
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2 second rounders for a midfielder that has barely established himself in the best 22, drafted from the MSD. No thanks. Defeats the whole purpose of going for a moneyball approach. What do you think Noble would get us in a trade? Our 2024 second rounder is our only chance of trying to land something in this year's strong draft and our 2025 second rounder will actually be valuable as ideally we want to use second rounders to match Mcguane next year.
I'm not against getting Peatling. But paying 2x 2nd rounders is excessive for someone who you admit is GWS's 7th best midfielder and is constantly a sub.Have you actually watched Peatling play or just looked up how he was drafted?
He’s a future gun but stuck behind the likes of Green, Coniglio, Kelly, Daniels, Bedford, Callaghan, etc. He’s way better than the likes of Macrae, Sullivan, Long and Lipinski. Against Melbourne, whose midfield is strong, he had 28 disposals (18 contested), 8 clearances, 11 tackles and 5 marks.
Two second-rounders is exactly what we gave up for an equally not-quite-established but talented Bobby Hill.
Peatling would immediately be a Best 22 centre square mid for us, solving what is currently a massive problem.
And we’ll still have our 2025 first rounder to trade for a combo of other picks to land McGuane and someone else.
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Two second-rounders is exactly what we gave up for an equally not-quite-established but talented Bobby Hill.
Hopefully Pendles and Sidey have signed extensions on largely reduced dollars like Hawkins etc at GeelongUnless I'm mistaken, I believe the rumoured cap space comes when our older players retire. So think it's more referring to 2025 and beyond.
Actually we traded only our future second and upgraded our current (at the time) 3rd rounder from 43 to 40 for Hill. He was an absolute steal.Have you actually watched Peatling play or just looked up how he was drafted?
He’s a future gun but stuck behind the likes of Green, Coniglio, Kelly, Daniels, Bedford, Callaghan, etc. He’s way better than the likes of Macrae, Sullivan, Long and Lipinski. Against Melbourne, whose midfield is strong, he had 28 disposals (18 contested), 8 clearances, 11 tackles and 5 marks.
Two second-rounders is exactly what we gave up for an equally not-quite-established but talented Bobby Hill.
Peatling would immediately be a Best 22 centre square mid for us, solving what is currently a massive problem.
And we’ll still have our 2025 first rounder to trade for a combo of other picks to land McGuane and someone else.
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These are the types of deals that built the premiership squad and what we need to get back to! Peatling’s a guy that walks straight in and is in our midfield for the next decade two 30+ picks is a Hill level bargain!Have you actually watched Peatling play or just looked up how he was drafted?
He’s a future gun but stuck behind the likes of Green, Coniglio, Kelly, Daniels, Bedford, Callaghan, etc. He’s way better than the likes of Macrae, Sullivan, Long and Lipinski. Against Melbourne, whose midfield is strong, he had 28 disposals (18 contested), 8 clearances, 11 tackles and 5 marks.
Two second-rounders is exactly what we gave up for an equally not-quite-established but talented Bobby Hill.
Peatling would immediately be a Best 22 centre square mid for us, solving what is currently a massive problem.
And we’ll still have our 2025 first rounder to trade for a combo of other picks to land McGuane and someone else.
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Peatling and Bailey Smith would be a good get and I think possible, will set up our midfield for the next 6 years.I don’t have any source of info but I still think Bailey Smith is a very good chance to nominate us come seasons end.
That's not how it works, the older players get they don't get more money just because they won a premiership. The club has money to spend now and will have even more at the conclusion of the 2025 season.There are no retirements.
Any relief, through not having to pay Stephenson, Treloar and Grundy will be muted through increases to premiership player contracts.
Again, there is no price, he's not getting traded.Peatling and Bailey Smith would be a good get and I think possible, will set up our midfield for the next 6 years.
Would love Petraca but I think price would be just too high
It’s forum for debate and discussion.You do it all the time in just about every thread.
Shall I name you 5?
If we are talking to Sydney about trading our F1 for their two first rounders (or better still GC) happy to offload 1 for Smith and Dogs cap relief and take the other to the draft.GeelongI don’t have any source of info but I still think Bailey Smith is a very good chance to nominate us come seasons end.
Why would Sydney do that though?If we are talking to Sydney about trading our F1 for their two first rounders (or better still GC) happy to offload 1 for Smith and Dogs cap relief and take the other to the draft.
Pick difference between Swan’s first and Geelong first would be minimal
Yes, but I keep reading that the pick wouldn't have helped us get all the way to 10th on the ladder or it might, wait for it, be a bust, so I'm glad it's gone...We aren't getting Smith the reason we arent getting petracca. No first round pick.
That boat sailed months ago.
Why would Sydney do that though?
I didn’t expect you to accept the feedback from your fellow posters.It’s forum for debate and discussion.
What do you expect?
Yep - he is the one I want. Not out of reach for us.I love Petracca as much as anyone but reckon we should instead really be going all-in to land 23 y.o. inside midfielder James Peatling from GWS.
Peatling is out of contract and has been starved of opportunities, especially in his preferred inside-mid role. But when he has played there he has been terrific, even getting the perfect 10 coaches votes against Brisbane two games ago. He’s the right age and an absolutely critical positional need first us. And he has baulked at signing the contract that GWS has offered, so seems gettable.
I reckon our 2024 and 2025 second rounders would be enough to get it done and would still leave us our 2025 first rounder.
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There was another news source I saw last night (I forget exactly where) that said even Gawn’s communication (to him and from him to the rest of the group) was very lax. So most players were in the dark of knowing what was going on and amongst that, Trac had permission to go up Nth for longer.Jake Lever was just asked on SEN about the Petracca situation.
Amongst mostly positive stuff he said some players may have asked "Where's Trac?" but it supposedly wasn't a frustration that he wasn't there. He also revealed that they probably didn't quite understand what he was going through.
Look, don't get me wrong... but is that possibly not a huge red flag in this whole situation? They didn't know what he was going through? And couldn't understand why he wasn't at work?
Unless he's just being reclusive or has a huge grudge against the medical staff etc... which would also be a huge red flag.