Player Watch Jason Horne-Francis - You were always one of us

[Schulzenfest]

Once the AFL turned trade week into trade fortnight, they gave clubs the chance to dither around for another week trying to squeeze out that tiny bit extra.

If this is done before Tuesday next week, I for one will be mighty surprised.

In the meantime, here's a cracked Adam Cooney trade to keep you entertained. And bear in mind, at least one Eagles supporter thought this was Port making out like bandits.

Honestly if you took the future second out of it (which under AFL rules we wouldn't be able to trade along with the future first anyway, and North are getting enough without it), I've seen worse. Duursma for Rioli is overs, but not by as much as some on here would have you believe, and cancelled out by the two mid firsts for JHF being unders.

 

[Granny Duurs is Lovely]

West Coast are actually good for this situation, ignoring the Rioli aspect. Eagles need bulk high picks because they're at the start of a rebuild and need much more quantity than quality compared to North who have already taken a bunch of top end talent over recent years.

That's why they're interested in trading pick 2 for multiple firsts. If we can get a decent second rounder for them (21/25 from Brisbane?) They will jump at that.

Bonner and a 3rd to turn into that early second I'd suggest. Leaves us to throw in 33 with pick 2 to satisfy North.

Ratugolea still up in the air. Wouldn't be surprised if we're interested in Tomlinson either based on his managers comments just now (few clubs potentially interested but doing other deals first)

 

[EskimoPAFC]

Port are winners, they need to be bent over more than pick 8, a future first, a future second and a highly rated first round pick from 4 years ago. 3 firsts and a second is not being bent over. I swear people completely lose their minds this time of year. Unfortunately all of the north fans are now just trying to direct their anger at us and are just being pathetic.

If they're gonna direct anger anywhere other than themselves it should be at Hawthorn.

 

[dav3]

That level of insane toxicity is the main board thread on this trade it’s not worth it anymore

Norf fans have gone off the deep end

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Port are winners, they need to be bent over more than pick 8, a future first, a future second and a highly rated first round pick from 4 years ago. 3 firsts and a second is not being bent over. I swear people completely lose their minds this time of year. Unfortunately all of the north fans are now just trying to direct their anger at us and are just being pathetic.

To use another Tarantino film analogy, they want us to be Marcellus Wallace in the Pawn Shop basement of Pulp Fiction.

 

[longdonkey]

They'll come for Georgy and piss in his manager's ear every year like we do with players of interest.. it doesn't mean you get them

Well already you have someone on this forum talking about dealing Georgiades. Not that it matters at all what anyone on here says or thinks they are trying to attune our thinking to the possibility of us losing Georgiades. That's why the media comes out and says we have to pay up for JHF. You don't hear them do that when Taranto goes to Richmond its all psychological conditioning to think that its right for the Vic club to get a windfall.

If roles are reversed the rhetoric would all be about us losing the player the next year in PSD so we should trade whatever to get the deal done.

 

[robbo1981]

Can't wait for the melts and then some re reading of some forums

 

[manureid]

He will probably want 2 1st rounders and Butters for the badge

 

[carlfromport]

Is there a chance we don't land him this year? Is there a link to the paper saying North are pulling out of talks or something?

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

So Horne-Francis' value last year was pick 1 and despite doing next to nothing in his debut season his value is now pick 2, a future second round pick and Xavier Duursma.

SURE MATE

As its a draft he cannot be worth more than pick 1. NM were offered a lot for that pick as clubs even then knew he was worth more.

 

[manureid]

Is there a chance we don't land him this year? Is there a link to the paper saying North are pulling out of talks or something?

It would be such a North thing to have a guy who clearly does not want to be there, probably playing reserves if at all, for a whole year, thus devaluing him even more and end up with less in a trade next year. That is how poorly run that club is.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Is there a chance we don't land him this year? Is there a link to the paper saying North are pulling out of talks or something?

The deal will get done. Ignore the media, they have to write 24/7 for 12 days.

 

[carlfromport]

It would be such a North thing to have a guy who clearly does not want to be there, probably playing reserves if at all, for a whole year, thus devaluing him even more and end up with less in a trade next year. That is how poorly run that club is.

Thats what im worried about 100% can see them doing that.

 

[Ports1870]

What North fans don’t seem to understand is we can’t just give them one of our young guns if they don’t actually want to go there.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

Is there a chance we don't land him this year? Is there a link to the paper saying North are pulling out of talks or something?

If we have put an offer on table as good as two first rounders for a bloke that's gonna leave them, I really doubt it.

If he does stay its not the end of the world though. We go get Busslinger, and likely still pick him up next year for way less than we are offering now, and get him in under a new coach too.

 

[PowerBaz]

If we have put an offer on table as good as two first rounders for a bloke that's gonna leave them, I really doubt it.

If he does stay its not the end of the world though. We go get Busslinger, and likely still pick him up next year for way less than we are offering now, and get him in under a new coach too.

‘Yeah but we can get him home now’ … S.Rowe

 

[longdonkey]

If JHF came out today and said he was willing to sit out of footy for a year rather than play for North Melbourne I may die of a laughing fit.

 

[JimmyBC]

Well already you have someone on this forum talking about dealing Georgiades. Not that it matters at all what anyone on here says or thinks they are trying to attune our thinking to the possibility of us losing Georgiades. That's why the media comes out and says we have to pay up for JHF. You don't hear them do that when Taranto goes to Richmond its all psychological conditioning to think that its right for the Vic club to get a windfall.

If roles are reversed the rhetoric would all be about us losing the player the next year in PSD so we should trade whatever to get the deal done.

Don't worry about all that the media don't make the deal.

 

[Ports1870]

If it falls through and so does Dunkley to Brisbane do we have another crack at Dunkley?

 

[Jonts]

What people fail to understand (especially on the main board) is managers don't re ask the player over the trade period except in very unusual circumstances

All of Ports blue chips have said no
That's it. They dont get asked again
They dont really wanna speak to their manager this time of year

 

[EskimoPAFC]

If it falls through and so does Dunkley to Brisbane do we have another crack at Dunkley?

Hope not. He made his choice.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Once the AFL turned trade week into trade fortnight, they gave clubs the chance to dither around for another week trying to squeeze out that tiny bit extra.

If this is done before Tuesday next week, I for one will be mighty surprised.

How long did Chris Davies say he waited for Dodoro to give us pick 73 as part of the Fantasia deal at that December 2020 Big Footy Focus group at the club? 4 days? In the end we didn't even use it for either points to get Lachie Jones, or draft someone with it.

Its a waste of time but some marketing genius at AFL house said but we will have media coverage for an extra week as the plebs sit around waiting for all the news. And Hutchy and his Trade Radio guys would have pushed the longer period to death.

 

[Interstater]

I propose a new trade:

Dunkley, Ratugolea, JHF, Pickett and Rioli for Pick 8 and our future first.
(This is how you do it right?)

I would hate to be one of the players whose name is being bandied around just to create clickbait.
It's time for the media to face the consequences of their bullshit.

 

[Grave Danger]

If it falls through?

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[ClintEastwood]

I propose a new trade:

Dunkley, Ratugolea, JHF, Pickett and Rioli for Pick 8 and our future first.
(This is how you do it right?)

I think we have a new trade manager, fellas