Player Watch Joe Richards

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Bevoman said:
Bundle him up with an offer for Dan Houston where another bundle with Noble may drag pick 13 from the Gold Coast
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We’re all hoping for this! Shafts Carlton, gives PA a first round pick, a good small forward prospect & likely a future pick, and Pies get a gun! Win win win!
 
jmac70 said:
I reckon he’s decided to leave.
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Me too.

Consider how it probably happens.

It’s not as if he’s a big name player who is entering free agency.

He was drafted at pick 48 and has just finished his second year.

He’s a small forward who has kicked 6 goals in the 9 games he’s played. He’s never played a finals game.

Of course we all love him and reckon he’ll be a decent player, but we’re all Collingwood nuffies blind to the fact that there are 17 other clubs who also have exciting young developing players.

The fact is Richards is a nobody in the comp. There would have to be at least 500 active AFL players who have a higher profile than him.

And now Port Adelaide - a team he’s never even played against (and he’s never even played in Adelaide) suddenly want to throw a three year deal at him?

My guess is that doesn’t happen unless his agent shops him around. And an agent doesn’t shop a player around unless the player wants to be shopped around.

Richards wouldn’t be the first player under the current regime to want out. Henry, Ginnivan, Adams … there’s some handy names there.
 

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76woodenspooners said:
Me too.

Consider how it probably happens.

It’s not as if he’s a big name player who is entering free agency.

He was drafted at pick 48 and has just finished his second year.

He’s a small forward who has kicked 6 goals in the 9 games he’s played. He’s never played a finals game.

Of course we all love him and reckon he’ll be a decent player, but we’re all Collingwood nuffies blind to the fact that there are 17 other clubs who also have exciting young developing players.

The fact is Richards is a nobody in the comp. There would have to be at least 500 active AFL players who have a higher profile than him.

And now Port Adelaide - a team he’s never even played against (and he’s never even played in Adelaide) suddenly want to throw a three year deal at him?

My guess is that doesn’t happen unless his agent shops him around. And an agent doesn’t shop a player around unless the player wants to be shopped around.

Richards wouldn’t be the first player under the current regime to want out. Henry, Ginnivan, Adams … there’s some handy names there.
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If Richards helps us land Houston then I will love him forever.
 
We should get Ivan Soldo to have a chat to him
 
When Fly praised Joe in his speech last night and said he "looks forward to seeing what Joe can do in a Pies jumper for years to come" I wrote it off as Fly being the supportive coach and emphasising his distance from list management/trading.

Now I'm starting to wonder if he really would've said that if Joe had turned down the club's offer.

Ah well..........barring his (part in) getting us Houston I hope he stays.
 
PIEWITHSAUCE said:
When Fly praised Joe in his speech last night and said he "looks forward to seeing what Joe can do in a Pies jumper for years to come" I wrote it off as Fly being the supportive coach and emphasising his distance from list management/trading.

Now I'm starting to wonder if he really would've said that if Joe had turned down the club's offer.

Ah well..........barring his (part in) getting us Houston I hope he stays.
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I didn’t watch the Copeland, but note that Joey got an award and spoke to that.

Was there any hint as to his future?

Even a nod or a wink?😉

I want to keep him, and I hate this waiting game for a player we’d prefer to keep. Ollie Henry was the last player of note to put me/us through this, and it’s torture.
 
Rash said:
I think port would push for 2 seperate deals, should dan houston go to pies.

It would dilute ports returns for houston if richards is aport of the deal

Thats how our list boss opperates
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Wouldn't the same theory mean separating the deals means the returns that Collingwood and GC get for Lukosius are maximized?

It's ideally set for the holy grail of trade week - a mega deal.
 
Rash said:
I think port would push for 2 seperate deals, should dan houston go to pies.

It would dilute ports returns for houston if richards is aport of the deal

Thats how our list boss opperates
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given that we’d need 13 to satisfy you guys that involves the suns on the trade. I wouldn’t be surprised that if there is a deal it a 3 way that sees port get Richards and Lukosius, collingwood Houston and the suns noble, with a whole bunch of picks involved to satisfy all parties.
 

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sr36 said:
Wouldn't the same theory mean separating the deals means the returns that Collingwood and GC get for Lukosius are maximized?

It's ideally set for the holy grail of trade week - a mega deal.
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Chameleon75 said:
given that we’d need 13 to satisfy you guys that involves the suns on the trade. I wouldn’t be surprised that if there is a deal it a 3 way that sees port get Richards and Lukosius, collingwood Houston and the suns noble, with a whole bunch of picks involved to satisfy all parties.
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Yeah thats true
 
Richards is an interesting one. If the money/years offered by Port is not well above the Pies offer he'd be smarter to stay. There's always a risk involved in moving clubs. As a speculative pick he's already had some success at Collingwood in his first year. Building on that is the better option than the risk of moving clubs.

Much more comes into a decision, but purely on football terms I think he'd do better to stay.
 

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