Unrestricted Free Agent Josh Battle [UFA 2024] “Make me a Hawk”

[stavro#4]

Tom Morris says Battle is right on the borderline of band 1

Whateley & Morris say the saints believe its band 1

 

[Demon in Hell]

Pick 8 for Josh Battle

26

Josh Battle

Age

26

Ht

193cm

Wt

93kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.9

3star

K

9.0

3star

HB

3.9

3star

M

5.0

5star

T

2.4

4star

MG

196.8

3star

D

11.0

3star

K

7.3

3star

HB

3.8

3star

M

4.0

4star

T

1.8

3star

MG

142.8

3star

D

10.8

3star

K

6.2

3star

HB

4.6

4star

M

3.4

4star

T

2.0

4star

MG

175.6

3star

.....the world has gone ****en mad.

 

[The Golden Glenferrie]

Pick 8 for Josh Battle.....the world has gone ****en mad.

The Aints "win" again

 

[stavro#4]

Pick 8 for Josh Battle.....the world has gone ****en mad.

The Aints "win" again

Well I’d argue it’s nowhere near as bad as pick 3 for McKay.

 

[The Golden Glenferrie]

Well I’d argue it’s nowhere near as bad as pick 3 for McKay.

Touche chap. Touche indeed

 

[hawksalltheway]

Tom Morris says Battle is right on the borderline of band 1

Whateley & Morris say the saints believe its band 1

what else would the saints say? if they came out and said they believe it is band 2 what do you think they would get...

 

[stavro#4]

what else would the saints say? if they came out and said they believe it is band 2 what do you think they would get...

Okay…

If we also say we want 4 band 1 picks will that also occur?

 

[SSSSSS]

Pick 8 for Josh Battle.....the world has gone ****en mad.

What pick did you guys get for Frawley?

He was a gun but was definitely overs.

 

[FB19]

Scenes at the AFL commission handing out compo picks…

 

[The acurate one]

Pick 8 for Josh Battle.....the world has gone ****en mad.

Pick 3 for Ben Magoo trumps the shit out of pick 8 for Battle.

And I hope the Saints get band 1 compo. I’m not a fan of this whole process as it’s the smaller clubs that tend to lose players.

 

[richoatthedisco]

It just doesn't work that way.

Could north bring players in
Could gold coast
Crows have too much cap space, but can't find players to come to them

A. There's no law saying you have to bring in free agents.
B. Shit clubs can stop being shit clubs when they start being smart clubs. Players will go there then.

Too many clubs run by idiots addicted to Mama AFL's teat. The AFL loves having those clubs on the teat because allows its own useless campaigners to remain unaccountable, and stacks the power against the clubs that actually know what they're doing and want a fair dinkum competition that rewards excellence, as opposed to punishing it while propping up incompetence.

No wonder they didn't want Brendon Gale in the top job. He'd have done some good and ended several cushy executive do-nothing careers.

The top sporting league in the country, run by the Dill and Laughing Laura (ran Norf into the ground, clearly deserved a promotion), their closed sheltered workshop dumb**** management constantly bailed out by the best sport in the world, unquestioned by a sycophantic media without two brain cells to rub together to enable it to ask any of the right questions, or the guts to do so if they did.

 

[The acurate one]

My advice for Saints fans is to ignore this thread.
Last season, many a poster explained to us why we wouldn't be getting band 1 compo for Magoo.
There was some very good posts that went into great detail about why we wouldn't. I agreed, as it made sense to me.
While at the same time, I was checking the mock drafts looking to see who we'd pick up with our band 1 compo.

I think Duursma will be a great player for us in time. Who's looking likely Sainters with you brand spanking new pick 8?

And you'll push Essendon back a notch. lol.

 

[SaintsSeptember]

What pick did you guys get for Frawley?

He was a gun but was definitely overs.

It makes no difference whether he was a gun or not. It was age/paydeal, and in when he made tier 1, the position Melbourne finished.

 

[jimmytigs]

My advice for Saints fans is to ignore this thread.
Last season, many a poster explained to us why we wouldn't be getting band 1 compo for Magoo.
There was some very good posts that went into great detail about why we wouldn't. I agreed, as it made sense to me.
While at the same time, I was checking the mock drafts looking to see who we'd pick up with our band 1 compo.

I think Duursma will be a great player for us in time. Who's looking likely Sainters with you brand spanking new pick 8?

And you'll push Essendon back a notch. lol.

yep nothing is surer than the fact that those nuffy trolls taunting no band 1,will be nowhere to be found if it is band 1

other fact is we get pick 8 or 21/22 whatever,both back a few spots with ashcroft/lombard,maybe 1 or 2 others affecting the pick if its band 2,so in a very even deep draft we get 7 8 24,or 7 21 24,the lesser scenario will have us spit and piss at the afl a bit,but in either scenario we are walking away with 3,maybe 4(splitting pick 8 possibility)very good players

we shall survive this

 

[Vindicater]

I assume it will be band 1.

 

[HairyO]

I bet he wishes the deal was done last year.

 

[Hawkk]

I bet he wishes the deal was done last year.

Who wouldn't want to get around Ross the Boss and ‘Saints Footy’

 

[jumperfan]

Who wouldn't want to get around Ross the Boss and ‘Saints Footy’

I agree! Who wouldn't?

 

[HairyO]

I agree! Who wouldn't?

Brad Hill was in the Hawks room after the game too.

 

[Hawkk]

Brad Hill was in the Hawks room after the game too.

Could be a worth a fourth rounder? Would the Saints and Ross the Boss do it???

A chance to become probably the 20th or 30th Hawk to get a fourth flag?

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

I assume it will be band 1.

Why?

 

[Vindicater]

Why?

Same reason I assumed McKay would be band one.

North upped their offer to band one territory. (Like Saints)

Rumours/media started that we had a lesser deal offered to him. (Like rumours/media of Hawks having a lower offer.)

It might, it is just my assumption it will be band one when all said and done.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Same reason I assumed McKay would be band one.

North upped their offer to band one territory. (Like Saints)

Rumours/media started that we had a lesser deal offered to him. (Like rumours/media of Hawks having a lower offer.)

It might, it is just my assumption it will be band one when all said and done.

He’d already agreed to Hawthorn’s offer. Saints late offer was exactly that.

 

[SSSSSS]

Might have to work his way in to the side via Box Hill.

We can have him airlifted in by a chopper like Huddo.

 

[Bugs1977]

He’d already agreed to Hawthorn’s offer. Saints late offer was exactly that.

Worth keeping in mind in the post match wrap up Ralphy mentioned that only 2 Hawthorn players are on more than 750k. If this is the case then don't be surprised if the offer for Battle only gets them Band 2.