Confirmed Dan Houston - Joins Collingwood as part of 3-way trade with Port and GC

[Jeremias]

For anyone who missed the prior warning:

Take the Carlton v Collingwood shit fight elsewhere.

Infractions will be handed out.

 

[Rusty Beam]

The opposite, happy and excited! I'm sure you would be concerned considering Leppa just blew up your future.

Compared to the plethora of exciting young players who are Carlton’s future…

Pick 3 better be good to make your youth look even the slightest bit decent.

 

[gutsroy]

Not having a crack at any one, just thought this was a good take on the meme...

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Death, taxes and Crows / Port fans engaging in knife fights over semantics.
This thread is the digital Ramsgate.

Nah, I agree with most Port supporters that they were ripped off on this trade.

More intriguing has been the responses of some Blues fans to missing out on Houston & then this battle with Pies over who has the best younger players...

 

[Trent the flight Steward]

Lukosious has to turn into a cross between will day, prime Jack gunstan and prime Corey enright to make this trade okay and richards kick more goals than owies.

Collingwood are a 6 goal better side now. Houston can even go through the middle and push Caicos to half back at times. Collingwood have to be premiership favourites

 

[Cyclops]

Lukosious has to turn into a cross between will day, prime Jack gunstan and prime Corey enright to make this trade okay and richards kick more goals than owies.

Collingwood are a 6 goal better side now. Houston can even go through the middle and push Caicos to half back at times. Collingwood have to be premiership favourites

...for the next 4!

Jokes aside if you get Baz and Claz in the door we can lock in Cat Pie gfs for a decade

 

[Apex36]

The opposite, happy and excited! I'm sure you would be concerned considering Leppa just blew up your future.

As opposed to betting the farm on a single top end draft pick? How’s that been working for you guys for the past 25+ years?

 

[Pablito]

As opposed to betting the farm on a single top end draft pick? How’s that been working for you guys for the past 25+ years?

Yeh because a potential superstar 18 year old in a superdraft who can play for 15 years is a worse option than a 28 year old overrated one trick pony who will be lucky to stay on the park for 3 years as you tumble down the ladder further? Your list manager has no recruiting experience outside of he could play really well 20 years ago.

You guys are seriously ****ed.

Edit: and I forgot to mention tassie will scoop up the best talent as you are down the bottom of the ladder. You guys are seriously ****ed.

 

[No SPIN]

Yeh because a potential superstar 18 year old in a superdraft who can play for 15 years is a worse option than a 28 year old overrated one trick pony who will be lucky to stay on the park for 3 years as you tumble down the ladder further? Your list manager has no recruiting experience outside of he could play really well 20 years ago.

You guys are seriously ****ed.

Edit: and I forgot to mention tassie will scoop up the best talent as you are down the bottom of the ladder. You guys are seriously ****ed.

You’ve wasted so many Top picks in the last 20 years and won spoons not flags.
So this time will be different- ok then.

 

[CCurnow3votes]

Oh my!

Future first , Noble , Richard’s & 36

For Houston - yeeeouch!

 

[CCurnow3votes]

Still a red headed heart throb

He dyes his hair to stand out.

Sad fact.

 

[Scud2]

Houston is a jet, I can understand Port fans being deeply upset at his departure and ultimate return.
For a win now team like Pies are currently in, this is a steal.

 

[DopeMaster]

Yeh because a potential superstar 18 year old in a superdraft who can play for 15 years is a worse option than a 28 year old overrated one trick pony who will be lucky to stay on the park for 3 years as you tumble down the ladder further? Your list manager has no recruiting experience outside of he could play really well 20 years ago.

You guys are seriously ****ed.

Edit: and I forgot to mention tassie will scoop up the best talent as you are down the bottom of the ladder. You guys are seriously ****ed.

lol Carlton fans exceptionally salty. Glorious.

 

[coolidge1000]

The opposite, happy and excited! I'm sure you would be concerned considering Leppa just blew up your future.

You realise we have a father son next year that will be a top 10 pick, hence why we used it

 

[FAIRANDBALANCED]

Yeh because a potential superstar 18 year old in a superdraft who can play for 15 years is a worse option than a 28 year old overrated one trick pony who will be lucky to stay on the park for 3 years as you tumble down the ladder further? Your list manager has no recruiting experience outside of he could play really well 20 years ago.

You guys are seriously ****ed.

Edit: and I forgot to mention tassie will scoop up the best talent as you are down the bottom of the ladder. You guys are seriously ****ed.

So in 2025 you think we are buggered?

I don't give a shit about 2026, life is short.

 

[taurus]

 

[Johnny Bananas]

I wonder why neither GC nor Port preferred to deal with North. Their first pick next year should be a good one.

 

[Interdimensional Bigfoot]

Haha no one cares what you wrote, he wanted to play for Carlton, we didn't want him so he settled for the Pies.

.....that's not what happened.

 

[gutsroy]

Nah, I agree with most Port supporters that they were ripped off on this trade.

More intriguing has been the responses of some Blues fans to missing out on Houston & then this battle with Pies over who has the best younger players...

Yeah, I missed that, but it looks like they've been kind enough to kick off round two since I jumped back into this thread

Taking emotion out if it, it is a significant price to pay for a bloke who might have 3 years of topline output, 5 years of pretty fair output ahead of him and we're an already aging list.

I think it overestimates where we are at, but it is done now and Houston is a topliner, so no point throwing toys out of the cot.
GCS did really well, Port hard to say but see them more on the negative side like us on the whole the way it will probably play out.

 

[eddiesmith]

2 VFL players and a second round draft pick for a dual All Australian, yeah I can see why Carlton fans think that’s a bad deal…

 

[Johnny Bananas]

Port can still deal with North. Just on trade Pick 13 for Norths F1

I thought Port were adamant about having picks this year. I think they have a potential first round NGA player next year.

 

[Ugene41]

I thought Port were adamant about having picks this year. I think they have a potential first round NGA player next year.

Well that's probably why they didn't deal with North. Apart from their F1 next year that they would then trade for Pick 13 this year for Houston plus maybe their pick 25 there's not much more they could've offered. That's not better than what Port ended up getting.

They aren't going to get their pick 2 this year involved.

 

[Walter H White]

He couldn't wait.

Kane Cornes is the GOAT. Love him so much.

 

[Johnny Bananas]

Well that's probably why they didn't deal with North. Apart from their F1 next year that they would then trade for Pick 13 this year for Houston plus maybe their pick 25 there's not much more they could've offered. That's not better than what Port ended up getting.

They aren't going to get their pick 2 this year involved.

Looks like I was wrong actually, Port's top NGA prospect is in 2026. So maybe they still can trade for North's future pick.

 

[kaiserchief13]

Decent deal for the Suns. Port ripped off. Collingwood only giving up 1 first rounder and some crap players for Houston is a bargain. Collingwood should have been forced to at least provide another 2nd rd pick or a player who is actually decent