Rumour GFC 2024 Player Trading, Drafting FA, Rumours and Wish lists Pt 2

[cats_09]

Ask and we'll try our best to assist - so here's 2024 Provisional AFL Draft Order

As normal, would like to acknowledge & thank Lore for creating this, keeping it up to date and making it available for all users on BF to use and keep track of the picks ahead of the upcoming draft





I'll also sticky this post to ensure it's easily accessible for discussion of our hypothetical trader


Also,

2024 Free Agency Period​

The AFL introduced free agency at the end of the 2012 season, giving players another vehicle where they can transfer from one club to another. Free agency is a common form of player movement in major football and sporting codes around the world.

Free Agency Opens: Friday October 4 at 9.00am
Free Agency Closes: Friday October 11 at 5.00pm

Continental Tyres AFL Trade Period​

Trade Period Opens: Monday October 7 at 9.00am
Trade Period Closes: Wednesday October 16 at 7.30pm

 

[Greg Brady]

I find it really interesting how quickly people forget that Oliver is a two time AFLCA Player of the Year winner.

To have an opportunity to bring in a player like this (ever) through trade is incredibly rare.

Would there be a risk here? Yes.
Is said risk why this is actually conceivable? Also Yes.

If we can make this work and think we have the structure in place to get Oliver back to anywhere near his best, it's a great opportunity and will improve our biggest area of weakness.

I'd back them in on this.

 

[calder_daddy]

I find it really interesting how quickly people forget that Oliver is a two time AFLCA Player of the Year winner.

To have an opportunity to bring in a player like this (ever) through trade is incredibly rare.

Would there be a risk here? Yes.
Is said risk why this is actually conceivable? Also Yes.

If we can make this work and think we have the structure in place to get Oliver back to anywhere near his best, it's a great opportunity and will improve our biggest area of weakness.

I'd back them in on this.

Na he had one bad off season.

He’s poison.

I’m not being serious

 

[Pure_Ownage]

100% agree with this. And to further your point, our four biggest trades in the last two decades have been resounding wins:

Jezza which the media went hard at because of 3xFR picks.
Tim Kelly being traded away, we won that simply because of what we did with those picks… turned them into a known commodity - Jezza.
Ottens. Enough said.
And as a bonus you can add in the Bowes deal, which we were able to pull off because of the way we manage our salary cap.




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All of those are very different and great examples of why not to trade for oliver.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

So a kid who didn’t take his footy serious when he was 17 and has one off the rails post season and you’re going to write him off.
May as well not even be a competition if that’s the way you feel.
Imagine using a 17 years olds behavior against them.
We all made mistakes back then and if you said you didn’t then sir you are a liar

Clubs dont draft players all the time because of conditioning issues and professionalism. Why should this be any different especially when its a 6 year huge money contract? This is how life and its consequences are.

 

[Interdimensional Bigfoot]

I dare say it was something that hadn’t kicked off yet.
Think about it.
Everything Oliver did wrong and got found out by with videos and photos was in a 3 month period. Not after one post season then some from another.
He was off the rail significantly, he got back to playing AFL but his post season into pre season ruined his fitness and we all know the issues with any player who doesn’t do a pre season.
They all struggle.
I want him, I want him badly.
I only want him if his contract is slightly paid by Melbourne.

 

[calder_daddy]

Clubs dont draft players all the time because of conditioning issues and professionalism. Why should this be any different especially when its a 6 year huge money contract? This is how life and its consequences are.

I have said I want Oliver but I don’t like his contract.
You may have inside word due to your opinion of him and I’ll trust the club whether they do or do not trade for him.
His season is over and the trade period is in 2 months.
It will say a lot whether he’s got his shit together or not.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Caddy looks every bit a gun I’m afraid.

Possibly but that still doesnt mean id regret not taking him.

 

[catempire]

Possibly but that still doesnt mean id regret not taking him.

I don’t yet, but I will if COS doesn’t also become a gun.

 

[cats_09]

I don’t yet, but I will if COS doesn’t also become a gun.

Can't we just swoop in and make a m trade offer

Then we can have both

 

[Tristan34]

We will only take on Oliver's contract if Petracca comes as a package... They can keep their first, we wont need it..

 

[calder_daddy]

Very active on this thread and something Joel said on the commentary was something I don’t think I’ve heard before.

The pies tried to get Dempsey off us in the Henry trade.

 

[calder_daddy]

This is a bad response from one of your leaders, the club must be actually stuffed internally

 

[Greg Brady]

Clubs dont draft players all the time because of conditioning issues and professionalism. Why should this be any different especially when its a 6 year huge money contract? This is how life and its consequences are.

Because he's shown he can win an AFLCA award. Twice.

 

[FishGutz]

All of those are very different and great examples of why not to trade for oliver.

Nah, not really.

Ottens was maligned when we got him.

Jezza came off a below par season.

Tim Kelly looked like a top 3 player in the league.


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[CatToTheFuture]

Very active on this thread and something Joel said on the commentary was something I don’t think I’ve heard before.

The pies tried to get Dempsey off us in the Henry trade.

Never heard it but boy oh boy I'm glad that didn't happen

 

[FishGutz]

Our midfield and defence got spanked tonight vs Saints.

If you think we wouldn’t be better with a fit and firing Oliver and Smith in the midfield you have rocks in your head.

And as others and I have said, Nick Haynes

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Nick Haynes

Age

32

Ht

192cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.4

4star

K

11.4

4star

HB

4.9

4star

M

6.2

5star

T

1.6

4star

MG

326.8

4star

D

17.4

4star

K

13.9

5star

HB

3.5

2star

M

8.0

5star

T

1.5

2star

MG

326.8

5star

D

7.8

2star

K

4.4

2star

HB

3.4

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

2.2

4star

in defence would’ve been extremely handy.

Alas, this season at hand is troubling.


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[OzeSparky]

Our midfield and defence got spanked tonight vs Saints.

If you think we wouldn’t be better with a fit and firing Oliver and Smith in the midfield you have rocks in your head.

And as others and I have said, Nick Haynes in defence would’ve been extremely handy.

Alas, this season at hand is troubling.


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Fish calm down.

You realise we just F afl

The way it stands no finals in vic week 1 maybe even week 2

 

[FishGutz]

Very active on this thread and something Joel said on the commentary was something I don’t think I’ve heard before.

The pies tried to get Dempsey off us in the Henry trade.

That pricked my ears up as well.


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[year of the cat]

Very active on this thread and something Joel said on the commentary was something I don’t think I’ve heard before.

The pies tried to get Dempsey off us in the Henry trade.

They can have him back if they want.

 

[FishGutz]

This is a bad response from one of your leaders, the club must be actually stuffed internally

This type of response and honesty is almost unheard of. I can’t emphasise enough how massive this is.


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[Vallace96]

Our midfield and defence got spanked tonight vs Saints.

If you think we wouldn’t be better with a fit and firing Oliver and Smith in the midfield you have rocks in your head.

And as others and I have said, Nick Haynes in defence would’ve been extremely handy.

Alas, this season at hand is troubling.


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Defence has been horrible this year but in the first half when our pressure was up and they were just bombing it in they were intercepting everything.

Second half showed just how shit our midfield is and it it affects the rest of our game.

We NEED hard edged midfielders who actually want to win the ball and can deliver it forward.

 

[catempire]

Giving any more than a single FR pick for Smith is a bad idea. Praying for Mackie to understand expected value here.

I really hope we don’t **** this up.

 

[calder_daddy]

This type of response and honesty is almost unheard of. I can’t emphasise enough how massive this is.


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Sounded over it

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Because he's shown he can win an AFLCA award. Twice.

Thats lovely but hes also shown he lacks professionalism and clubs wont ignore it.

 

[FishGutz]

Fish calm down.

You realise we just F afl

The way it stands no finals in vic week 1 maybe even week 2

I’m tilted from this loss haha. Wanted a “home” game badly.


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