News Dan Houston traded to Collingwood

[remfan101]

2nd rounder draftee a year ago and from SA. So it might be the equivalent of getting North F1 and a second.

*First round last year, was always going to take ages

 

[PowerBaz]

This is where they want first round picks and probably don't see him as irreplaceable as us perhaps.

There is only one person who can’t be replaced…

I agree with what you said before, it’s likely to be a variation of this somehow…

 

[Alberton Proud]

what’s your favourite colour
Black and white

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !

 

[VineValerian]

To North? Dan

Well, tough enchiladas, Danny old son.
You want to walk from a 4 year contract, hen you go where you're told.
Or stay at Port.

 

[Danog]

Won’t know until Dan says he wants to play for North.

They can split pick 2 and land two first round picks across two drafts (ironically pick 13)

Tiges trade 6 and 11 to North for 2 and 25?

North trade 11 and F1 for Houston and F2 maybe?

 

[manureid]

So basically Leppitsch thought he could just offer whatever and get Houston. Our trading team should just block this idiots number.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

And fair enough. Plus Collingwood were giving up very little to gain a lot. Port and GC doing all the heavy lifting in a lopsided trade.

 

[Shaucob_Burjan]

So basically Leppitsch thought he could just offer whatever and get Houston. Our trading team should just block this idiots number.

And it sounded like it almost worked without our outrage.

 

[Alberton Proud]

CD

Stick your job up your arse

Stick your trade up your arse

George is back baby !

 

[crafty_bernardo]

The Pies believed it was as good as done.

Sensational. Wish I saw Leppitsch's reaction

 

[240volt]

IMO we have two players who want to join Port next year.
We should be dealing with Collingwood for a trade with Richards and The Suns for Luko.
Dan wants to leave so he can wait, he’s last off the list.
Once we have deals done on the players that want to play for us next year then and only then we deal with the ones that want out.
We are under no obligation to get involved in complicated deals just so one player can live with his GF.
Sorry Danny Boy but if you want out you’re going to need to be more flexible where you go.
In other words fk him.

 

[Coobk001]

As the period goes on, I lean more towards letting him go now and getting the best possible for him before his value only decreases next year, but still that deal was just unacceptable and it's crazy that it wasn't even being celebrated by Collingwood or Houston's camp.

Really hope we move onto dealing with North.

Do Atkins and Luko separately. Future 2nd and we take all that cap hit, and relieve them of Atkins.

Richards for a 3rd rounder.

Then see what North can table for Dan.

 

[Shaucob_Burjan]

If Dan stays I'll be stoked.

If he does, I hope he goes back to the guy that was passionate and loved the club.

 

[TeeKray]

And can we all agree that Chewy316 has no idea what's going on at the club apart from having a mate who knows a guy..

 

[240volt]

As the period goes on, I lean more towards letting him go now and getting the best possible for him before his value only decreases next year, but still that deal was just unacceptable and it's crazy that it wasn't even being celebrated by Collingwood or Houston's camp.

Really hope we move onto dealing with North.

Do Atkins and Luko separately. Future 2nd and we take all that cap hit, and relieve them of Atkins.

Richards for a 3rd rounder.

Then see what North can table for Dan.

Basically what I said above but in a much nicer way.
This trying to attach other deals to the Dan deal can only end up bad for us and less cost to the side that gets him.

 

[DaTBird187]

John Ralph in the herald sun
'The houston camp are furious'

Good.

Don't pick clubs that can't deal in good faith and complete the trade.

 

[ploppy]

Need to convince b smith to come to port straight swap for Houston

 

[avs]

Meanwhile Richmond is getting pick 6 and 23 from GC for Danial Rioli ..........

 

[afl2004]

Need to convince b smith to come to port straight swap for Houston

 

[El_Scorcho]

As the period goes on, I lean more towards letting him go now and getting the best possible for him before his value only decreases next year, but still that deal was just unacceptable and it's crazy that it wasn't even being celebrated by Collingwood or Houston's camp.

Really hope we move onto dealing with North.

Do Atkins and Luko separately. Future 2nd and we take all that cap hit, and relieve them of Atkins.

Richards for a 3rd rounder.

Then see what North can table for Dan.

Just on the bolded part, i'm not sure it does at all really. He's still going to be one of the best halfbacks in the league, he's still going to have 2 years on his deal. I think he probably commands roughly the same value.

 

[El_Scorcho]

The only thing that has shaken me at all this week was Chewy saying that we were considering taking the earlier deal. It was absolutely miles off. Glad we made the right decision but it feels like we're not far away from letting him go for a bad deal.

 

[El_Scorcho]

And it sounded like it almost worked without our outrage.

If I had to have a guess i'd suggest that Collingwood offered that deal and then leaked it to the media to ramp pressure up on us to take it.

Our 'consideration' probably consisted of "Hey we'd like these players and a 1st and we'd like to get Houston where he wants to go, how badly are we willing to get ****ed in this deal to make it happen?" and then they realised that it was nowhere near enough.

 

[SC_Power]

 

[Launchpad McQuack]

If Dan goes to Norf how do we get our man from GC?














I'm talking about Rory.

 

[davesnothere]

You can BET that that absolute weasel Connors leaked this to try and put pressure on port to accept it as it was out there as news.

That's more likely than not.

Port where absolutely clear that another end of 1st pick was required.

Wouldn't be shocked if Carlton made a call to Port to blow up negotiations with Collingwood.