News Dan Houston traded to Collingwood

[Hammer#8]

Pretty respectful all round and what's best for the footy club. Also no nonsense talk of building 'Brand Houston'

 

[bringbackbucky]

Gonna be hard watching him line up against us...

 

[Portmagpies36]

As Chewy316 has noted several times, we are not pushing Houston out. This has been driven entirely by him. And he's not even sure he wants to press the accelerator.

Keep him I say

 

[Flash of power]

Well the Fiveaa breakfast team have a pretty good record of getting their comments players to move interstate. Maybe they can get Hinkley to do the segment next year just to make sure its his last.

Good luck to Houston, hope he stays but if he wants to go home he wants to go home, can't really blame him for that.

 

[simba_]

I want a divorce but I will stay if I can't find a hotter woman because I do love her

 

[Bump Bailey]

Turned a #45 rookie pick into what should be a bumper trade haul with his consistently excellent performances over seven years.

And as much as the Rankine suspension hurt us later in the season, the ball was there, the player was wide open and he absolutely took no prisoners. Which is what we've always demanded from our players.

He'll always be one of us, go well my son.

 

[DaTBird187]

Dan has a new relationship with a female who happens to live in Melbourne.

And it must be Easter everyday.

 

[TeeKray]

I can't see any good reason why players can't just be honest but that's just where the AFL world is at with these things. Don't hate the player, hate the game, etc.

 

[all seeing eye]

Not many suitors out there except those with crap draft offerings.

 

[RangaInTeal]

Think we should get the Luko deal done first before the Dan deal, don't show our hands with first round picks, give GC a F2 and may a sweetener and tell them we're helping them out with their salary cap

Can see a 3 way trade here between Pies, Suns and Port

Noble and F2 Port and lots of picks from Pies to Suns
Luko to Port
12 to Pies and they give up a plethora of picks to help match the Lombard bid

Why not North pick 2 and next years First Rounder, 2 and 24 for Gold Coast first and Lukocious? Get them a pick before the bid comes

 

[Peninsula Boy]

Not many suitors out there except those with crap draft offerings.

Give it time. Let it percolate.

 

[Addy23]

Why not North pick 2 and next years First Rounder, 2 and 24 for Gold Coast first and Lukocious? Get them a pick before the bid comes

North's pick this year + next year is overs for Houston.

Gold Coast already have pick 6 so they'll get a player before the Lombard bid comes in

 

[agmsy]

Straight swap for Norfs Pick 2. Then we can downgrade Pick 2 if we want, for whatever else we need.

What could we realistically turn pick 2 into?

Only Gold Coast (6 and 12) and Fremantle (9, 10, 15) currently have multiple picks in the first round of this year's draft (pending any FA compo).

Trading with GC gets complicated because we'll already be trying to deal for Lukosius, they'll have a particular view about their academy picks, and they may not think pick 2 is worth picks 6 and 12.

I don't know what Fremantle might want, or how likely they'd be to trade out one or both of picks 9 and 10, but their best pick may not be a top 10 pick after bids (it would be good to take a genuine top 10 pick to the draft).

Particularly Melbourne (but also St Kilda and maybe Essendon) may feel that their 2024 ladder position doesn't reflect the strength of their list/football program, so they might be happy with their current position in the first round, making them less willing to trade up to pick 2 because of what else they would need to give up.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

What could we realistically turn pick 2 into?

Only Gold Coast (6 and 12) and Fremantle (9, 10, 15) currently have multiple picks in the first round of this year's draft (pending any FA compo).

If Houston wants a longer career and an up and coming young team, the Kangaroos are stacked.

If we got 2, I would want two later draft picks like you've mentioned.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

I want a divorce but I will stay if I can't find a hotter woman because I do love her

Hall Pass for Houston

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Not many suitors out there except those with crap draft offerings.

Then he stays. Simples.

 

[macky99]

2 x first round picks. Come on down.

Good luck with that for a player who will be 28 next year.
One 1st rounder & with something else is more realistic.

 

[Minotaur2]

Might end up being Houston to the Dogs for whatever they get for Bailey Smith

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Bailey Smith

Age

23

Ht

185cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.3

5star

K

8.5

3star

HB

9.8

5star

M

2.3

2star

T

3.8

5star

CL

2.7

4star

D

19.8

5star

K

9.6

4star

HB

10.2

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

3.2

4star

CL

3.2

4star

D

14.8

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

7.2

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

3.4

5star

CL

1.6

4star

 

[The Hobo]

Well you play hard ball ..

A very good pick or kozzy

Or your staying..

No way is Kozzy = Houston.

 

[The Hobo]

What an embarrassing moment for Dan, to go on radio and lie is just poor taste

He did the right thing by the club at the time. If he said he was leaving, it would have distracted the club from the finals campaign.

Should just ban reporters from asking players questions around their future when they're contracted players.

 

[JimmyBC]

I can do without the 'love the club' crap it'd be like saying to your missus look I'd rather be with the chick from Bunnings but you'll do if I can't seal the deal.

 

[The Hobo]

Saints give: pick 7, future first and pick 24

Port give: Houston, Soldo and pick 36

Done

If we keep 36 or trade out a later pick than 36, then maybe

 

[The Hobo]

I can do without the 'love the club' crap it'd be like saying to your missus look I'd rather be with the chick from Bunnings but you'll do if I can't seal the deal.

Don't blame him though, think about the $$$ you can save at Bunnings.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

I can do without the 'love the club' crap it'd be like saying to your missus look I'd rather be with the chick from Bunnings but you'll do if I can't seal the deal.

Hold up, what's the staff discount?

 

[The Hobo]

Hang on, no one leaves because they play and come here for Ken, what gives?

Pot Ken all you want, but player retention has absolutely been his strength.

Even when Houston is leaving, he's done the right thing by his club as well as he can.