News Dan Houston traded to Collingwood

[68vette]

Cripps had probably rejected the trade and then the board came in today and demanded it be done.

Afterall have to serve their real masters at the AFL. Can't have 3 of the big 4 Vic teams missing finals again.

The AFL executives will not get their bonuses on top of their 6 and 7 figure salaries if they don't meet those KPI's.

 

[raptalia]

You know, at the end of the day, players come and go all the time and a loss yes but we will cover for Houston.

No we won't. Houston's kicking was an asset and I cannot think of another player who will cover. You do not easily cover for a player who has been All Australian two years in a row.

 

[manureid]

None of those quotes really make much sense. Has he had a stroke?

 

[PowerBaz]

WTF does this even mean?

It was Dans situation…. He seemed powerless to stop it apparently.

Edge of cliff incoming.

 

[Alyx]

I put this in Google Translate and it broke.

 

[Shaucob_Burjan]

WTF does this even mean?

He's basically saying yes without trying to rip Connors and Dan

 

[port_adelaide_1870]

Don’t really understand what he is saying. He seems confused

 

[Lagooner]

None of those quotes really make much sense. Has he had a stroke?

No just talking out of his arse.

 

[port_adelaide_1870]

Why were we stressed about pick 13 when north had pick 2 and a future first that they could had used elsewhere.

 

[backtozero]

WTF does this even mean?

It means that they bent us over a barrell but we're not going to accuse them of that because we're scared.

 

[port_adelaide_1870]

Same bullshit they say about Ken

“I think Ken has a tough job, look at the squad he has”

 

[Jonts]

Why were we stressed about pick 13 when north had pick 2 and a future first that they could had used elsewhere.

We also could've kept him that Davies seems to be forgetting
3 year contract and all

 

[backtozero]

I'd actually rather have Dodoro handling our trades at the minute. At least we wouldn't fold like a house of cards.

 

[WillemDaDrew]

A shame he's gone to Collingwood, but time to accept the fact and move on.
Best of luck to Dan he's serviced the club well.

It'll be hard replacing an AA player.
Though hopefully the likes of Sinn & Lorenz step up and fill the void.

 

[PAFC Since 1870]

We also could've kept him that Davies seems to be forgetting
3 year contract and all

100%. It’s not like he had a year to go and we were scared he might walk

 

[Chrizzt]

WTF does this even mean?

It means that yes Connors Sports Management has us, and most other clubs, bent over a barrel to the point where we can't say anything remotely negative about them in public.

But at the same time... they ****ed us, once again. People complaining about Cripps and Connors being on good terms are looking at it wrong, things would be worse if Cripps didn't have that relationship.

But I know Port (and to a lesser extent, as always, the crows) have been a big supporter of Ben Williams to try and introduce more competition in the player management market.

 

[Gryllis]

Sack CD after that interview - mindless ramblings.

Who cares if pick 13 was going elsewhere. That's Collingwood's problem. They were the ones who needed to find the picks to give us.

 

[Lagooner]

I had this really weird dream last night that we traded Houston for Pick 29 and 3x VFL players and get this one of them was Rory F@&king Atkins of all people LMAO I really shouldn’t eat cheese at midnight!

 

[n4nirvana]

WTF does this even mean?

He said Dan is the reason they had to accept unders

that + what Chewy said --> sounds like Dan said/did something in the past 24 hours that made it untenable

 

[TeeKray]

In the end it's pretty clear that nobody actually believed that we would hold Houston to his contract if push came to shove. We wanted to trade Houston because a) he was definitely not happy to stay and let the club know this in no uncertain terms and b) we wanted early picks in this draft. Once the other clubs figured this out we had no leverage and got the minimum offer imaginable.

 

[simba_]

another win for Anti-Port Adelaide

 

[Capital Power]

Yes, but it wasn't up to us to get the #13 out of Gold Coast, that was up to Collingwood. At least that is the way it should have worked but it would not surprise me if we did the hard yards.

I am actually surprised the Lukosius part of the deal went as smoothly as it did. I expected Gold Coast to play hard ball.

You mean taking two salary dumps yet somehow still sending over a first? No wonder it went smoothly, they're still running around the table with their pants down...

 

[Us against the rest]

No we won't. Houston's kicking was an asset and I cannot think of another player who will cover. You do not easily cover for a player who has been All Australian two years in a row.

Understand he was a great kick but what I meant was it's easier to cover for a half back than a kp player but players come and go, so we will have to make do
If we were better coached maybe we could offset his loss, our bigger problem is Hinkley.

 

[Finest of Wines]

How about you stop re-tooling the squad on the run and actually plan the squad build methodically and forward looking

 

[Jojay]

WTF does this even mean?