News Ivan Soldo's trade to St Kilda falls through

[JakeNeadeFan]

If you haven't already come to this conclusion, Ivan does not seem like the most likeable bloke.

Probably fits in well with the Jordan Peterson clique.

 

[elbarton]

I’m running a sweep on the first poster to sincerely suggest we try him as a KPD

 

[Duck Farmer]

Tie him to the malls balls and force feed him frog cakes while hosing him down with farmers union 'n west end.. I want the hatred to boil over into rage.

 

[powermacs]

I couldn’t give 2 shits about his political allegiance. Our list is better with him on it. He’s clearly not that bright but I don’t care. Just win farken.

 

[JakeNeadeFan]

St Kilda and Victorian Liberals have a lot in common though. Can see why he thought he would fit in.

 

[n4nirvana]

how do the saints look in this, sell him the world to him/manager - enough for him to go FU To the club on the way out, trashing the city, not turning up to the bnf, only to pull the rug under him


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[El_Scorcho]

I feel like Soldo is copping too much shit here for his performances.

He was at worst marginally worse than Sweet across the season. He played some pretty good footy for us. He could easily be starting ruck for periods next season if he stays fit.

 

[Expat power]

Well Port weren't going to accept a future 4th, so blaming the medical is a good way for the Saints to back out whilst saving face.

Did he ever have the medical?

 

[PAFC66]

Awkward

 

[Windy Cindy]

If he stays he better not rob visentini of valuable game time..

 

[RossFC]

Some people here were worried that Visentini wasn't even good enough to be a 2nd choice ruck.

 

[El_Scorcho]

If he stays he better not rob visentini of valuable game time..

Visentini is talented but he's still a long term project. If Sweet does a knee, playing a whole season with Vis as 1st ruck puts us back to 2023 mode.

I'd expect that if Soldo gets traded out we'd be looking for an AFL experienced ruck with a rookie pick or similar. Soldo staying just solves that problem

 

[agmsy]

He's a very handy backup and may even challenge for the starting spot again. Certainly not the end of the world if it doesn't go through.

I was content to keep him until a few minutes ago when I saw him post an Instagram story indicating he's at a Victorian Young Liberals event.

Closer to the Melbourne branch of the Ustaše than anyone would like to admit.

 

[Chewy316]

That's still a lot to pay a backup ruck. Can't see anyone going after him as their #1 so he was relying on a team like St Kilda that might've thought they could play two.

It evens out because neither Sweet or Dante would be on big money.

One thing I'm not concerned in the slightest is Port's ability to manage the cap. They're arguably the best in the league at that.

Did he ever have the medical?

Yes and he passed to my knowledge, though they're bailing because they thought they'd get him cheaper given his knee injury.

I suspect his manager has been playing funny business and it's toppled over.

Won't be surprised to see him elsewhere next year though.

 

[Coobk001]

Soldo is as good a second ruck as there will be in the competition. Brisbane showed the importance of a ready to go solid back up this year. He can fight for a first ruck spot with sweet and play afl whenever required and do a good job. Happy to keep him unless it was a pick in the 20’s or early 30’s on offer.

Players get a shitload out of being able to train against the best. Putting Soldo, Sweet and Visentini all up against each other at training is good for all their development.

 

[Coobk001]

Saints only wanted to give up a future 4th at the most.

I won't.be surprised though if another team pops up late for him, just like Port popped up late for him 12 months ago.

Future 4th hahahahaha

Jesus Christ it's amazing how the Melb clubs just operate on a completely different level to the absolute bounty Rich scored from us last year.

 

[chiwigi]

I could be way off here, but he sounds like a shite bloke who’d be a culture killer. What little culture we have left that is.


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Or someone who doesn’t give a shit so will call out Hinkleys hypocrisy?

 

[gbear]

how do the saints look in this, sell him the world to him/manager - enough for him to go FU To the club on the way out, trashing the city, not turning up to the bnf, only to pull the rug under him


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It’s kind of funny really

 

[SteppingTiger]

Lcoemwe ckab Ivan!

Can someone explain the ‘lcoemwe’ part? Seen it on the player thread but never found out why

 

[GoPorts]

Future 4th hahahahaha

Jesus Christ it's amazing how the Melb clubs just operate on a completely different level to the absolute bounty Rich scored from us last year.

It's probably not far off what we should have paid for him in the first place

 

[Windy Cindy]

Visentini is talented but he's still a long term project. If Sweet does a knee, playing a whole season with Vis as 1st ruck puts us back to 2023 mode.

I'd expect that if Soldo gets traded out we'd be looking for an AFL experienced ruck with a rookie pick or similar. Soldo staying just solves that problem

Im playing visentini if sweet is injured.. time to give the kid a good run at it.. we aren’t winning anything next year with this coach and coaching staff.

I think in time visentini will be our main ruck, so I want him to get as much experience as possible..

 

[agmsy]

Can someone explain the ‘lcoemwe’ part? Seen it on the player thread but never found out why

 

[Jojay]

Im playing visentini if sweet is injured.. time to give the kid a good run at it.. we aren’t winning anything next year with this coach and coaching staff.

I think in time visentini will be our main ruck, so I want him to get as much experience as possible..

100%. We should not be stunting the development of Dante for this Soldo bloke.

 

[agmsy]

Won't be surprised to see him elsewhere next year though.

Which other Melbourne teams would be in the market? Footscray?

 

[Jojay]