News Dan Houston traded to Collingwood

[Willsy10]

We are holding firm and have every right to hold Dan to his contract because his reason for wanting to break this contract doesn't exactly tug at the heartstrings.

Over the years we've been a very fair club with trades for players wanting to return home, particularly in those circumstances where they are out of contract or have legitimate personal reasons. This one just doesn't quite fit the bill.

I think we will eventually let him go, i don't think he is coming back, there seems to be enough interest to suggest we will get compensated pretty well and make good out of a shit situation but it 100% has to be to the club that offers the best deal. If you are that desperate to be joined at the hip to your new girlfriend then you go to the club offering the best deal, the circumstances do not allow the player to make the choice here.

I want the club to show some balls but there is also big part of me that doesn't want him back and i only really want to hold him to his contract for the club to flex their muscles but the situation with Houston does seem untenable now dare i say.

 

[theouthouse]

Hasn't Boak been single for over a decade now

Probs decided its not worth committing to anything while the hammers still sniffing around.

 

[Coobk001]

yeah they wont give up both

Cal Twomey is the most credible journo, carlton is definitely back in the mix though

He is never wrong

They don't have anything else to give, so I don't believe they're in the mix at all, unless we find a 2nd rounder to send back their way that they are happy with, but I doubt it. They'll take those picks to the draft.

 

[Coobk001]

North Melbourne has offered its future first round pick for gold coasts pick 13 + more draft capital as well

Gold Coast would be crazy not to accept the Kangas first.

 

[agmsy]

Lmao what are Hawthorn doing?

I suspect pick 13 would form (part of) their deal for Barrass.

 

[gbear]

......... and round and round we go

Where we stop nobody knows

 

[TazD]

I suspect pick 13 would form (part of) their deal for Barrass.

But they had pick 14

 

[Coobk001]

North Melbourne has offered its future first round pick for gold coasts pick 13 + more draft capital as well

Gold Coast to today decide whether it pulls the pin on a complex multi-club trade for pick 13

Gold Coast will today decide whether it pulls the pin on a complex multi-club, multi-player trade.

www.sen.com.au

Gold Coast will today decide whether it pulls the pin on a complex multi-club, multi-player trade that has pick 13 and Dan Houston’s future as its centrepieces.

The Suns are giving serious consideration to aborting the protracted negotiations with Collingwood and Port Adelaide and doing separate deals for Jack Lukosius, John Noble and pick 13 – as well as acquiring Dan Rioli from Richmond.



It’s understood the main reason the Suns would abort the complex three-way trade is because North Melbourne has blown rivals out of the water for Gold Coast’s pick 13.

The Kangaroos’ enthusiasm in getting that pick has grown significantly since Melbourne pulled out of the running by doing a deal with Essendon for pick 9.

North Melbourne has a future first round pick on the table for Gold Coast’s pick 13, but has now added more draft capital on top of that future pick that will most likely be high at the end of 2025.

A North, GC, Port 3-way makes a lot more sense, there's a lot more picks to play with there.

Gold Coast North Melbourne

6, 13, 23, 29, 41, 50, 78, 84 2, 25, 44, 62, 80

And both have their futures in tact.

Maybe some variation on this

PORT
OUT: Houston, 39
IN: 13, 25, Lukosius

NORTH
OUT: F1 & 25
IN: Houston & 39

GC
OUT: 13 & Lukosius
IN: F1


GC would probably want a little more which could probably be achieved with points for them to match the bid for their man.

 

[Schulzenfest]

A North, GC, Port 3-way makes a lot more sense, there's a lot more picks to play with there.

Gold Coast North Melbourne

6, 13, 23, 29, 41, 50, 78, 84 2, 25, 44, 62, 80

And both have their futures in tact.

Maybe some variation on this

PORT
OUT: Houston, 39
IN: 13, 25, Lukosius

NORTH
OUT: F1 & 25
IN: Houston & 39

GC
OUT: 13 & Lukosius
IN: F1


GC would probably want a little more which could probably be achieved with points for them to match the bid for their man.

None of this works unfortunately. North are reportedly already offering their F1 flat for 13, so this deal just has Gold Coast effectively giving us Luko for free. And even without that factor, we're not getting 13 AND Luko AND a pick upgrade on top for Houston.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

You'll believe a man can talk out of his arse

 

[blackholeguns]

Probs decided it’s not worth committing to anything while the hammers still sniffing around.

Boak still suffering ptsd even after hammers wedding

 

[Coobk001]

we're not getting 13 AND Luko AND a pick upgrade on top for Houston.

We might not, but we should be.

 

[Hammer#8]

So is it really about getting back to Vic, or specifically monkey branching to a big 4 Vic club?

 

[Ford Fairlane]

As of now, Dan has not nominated any club. His 'preferences' are only media speculation.

 

[Wargreymon90]

So is it really about getting back to Vic, or specifically monkey branching to a big 4 Vic club?

I don’t know why people are shocked by this. It is possible to want to return home whilst having a preference on where to play.

I mean, JHF wanted to return home but nominated us.

Can’t have it both ways.

 

[agmsy]

But they had pick 14

Maybe they have a particular view about where they expect to finish next year, relative to Carlton, in which case getting Carlton's picks in and then packaging up their own for a trade is a shrewd bit of business? Even if they directly turn Carlton's picks into Pick 13 (because GC want points?), turning pick 14 into pick 13 for free is a good deal.

Maybe West Coast (or whoever expects to eventually receive the 2024 first rounder Hawthorn send to West Coast for Barrass) views the distinction between pick 13 and 14 as non-trivial because of how they are rating and projecting players in this year's draft?

I agree it doesn't seem like the most urgent deal (trading pick 14 out and then trying to trade pick 13 back in), but it's not obviously pointless or disadvantageous to me.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

5 & 9 would do it
Thanks

Cash that cheque immediately.

 

[Shaucob_Burjan]

Give our footballer's girlfriends a job at the club instead of the Hinkley clan.

 

[snozulu]

Give our footballer's girlfriends a job at the club instead of the Hinkley clan.

Maybe if they're influencer's they can influence the football committee to sack Ken

 

[port_adelaide_1870]

Who I trust in the media in terms of the Houston trade (out of a 1 to 10 rating)

Cal Twomey- 9/10
Tom Morris- 6/10
Damien Barrett- 4/10
Sam McClure- 5/10
Jon Ralph- 0/10

 

[Expat power]

Hasn't Boak been single for over a decade now

Single but not lonely

 

[PowerLil]

Give our footballer's girlfriends a job at the club instead of the Hinkley clan.

None left.

 

[n4nirvana]

can we just pack soldo up as steak knives for North as well


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[Ford Fairlane]

Pick 13 watch

 

[Gryllis]

Dan hasn't nominated a club because his manager hasn't advised him that either Collingwood or Carlton can get the deal done yet. Smart move.

I'm sure he would have if either was serious enough to present a genuine offer. As it stands, he has 2 days left and neither look to be that serious about getting him - they both seem happy to give it a miss if he doesn't land in their lap.

He probably did tell his manager he doesn't really want to go to North, but now it's decision time. That's the path back to Vic this year if that's his priority.