Confirmed Liam Baker - Now a West Coast Eagle

[Jeremias]

Time for some house cleaning.

1) Do not drag discussions or individual posts over here from other threads or boards.

Feel free to respond to those posts wherever they were posted, if you so choose.

2) Enough with the personal attacks. It’s a long season and this one may go the distance, so if you want to remain a part of the discussion, do it respectfully.

We will use thread bans and infractions if necessary.

 

[Cobbler]

No. That was the joke.

Seems my uno reverse card has you discombobulated.
Up is down, down is up and you’re unsure where this dance goes.

This is where I now place a F2 on the table for Baker and wait to see…

 

[Freomaniac]

Delusional, compare what you got for Shulz, then double it. BTW this Baker page !!

Ok then.... Liam baker to Freo...

Richmond gets pick 9 (freos 1st) , pick 10 (Collingwood 1st) pick 16 (port 1st) freos 2025 1st rounder and freos 2025 2nd rounder. Deal?

 

[Freomaniac]

Is Baker an elite mid that will guide West Coast when they are next challenging? No, so he is 100 per cent not worth downgrading from 3 to 10. He is a very handy utility with good leadership skills, every team needs them, but they are not match winners. West Coast are rebuilding, they need picks 3 and 13 for the foundation of their next finals team, I don't think they are going to hand them over to a team in the same position as us and give them a leg up.

Reckon talk about pick 6 for Rioli has resulted in a general overrating of players' worth on the open market for Richmond fans, particularly one who is out of contract.

I know it's off topic.... 99 percent certain that west coast will keep pick 3 or take pick 3 to the draft.

Unless some random Victorian side offers up something tempting or way overs.

At least pick 10- 12 ish, a pick between pick 20-22 and a future 1st for pick 3

Last time a team I can think of that traded pick 3 was Freo in 2016 for pick 8, pick 32, pick 72 and Cam McCarthy.

 

[Freomaniac]

No way Richmond are giving up Pick 21 or F2nd in the trade.

BTW your last trade suggestion you realise values Baker at only the upgrade from Pick 6 to Pick 3. No way he is traded for that. There is some serious delusion going on here. Those in the West seem to excel at throwing the delusion around at Richmond fans on here, but then throw their own ridiculous trade suggestions out there.

Most teams wouldn't offer pick 21 for a future 2nd. Unless Richmond hands pick 21 to north Melbournes 2025 Future 2nd.

I just don't like all these Richmond players being traded off in the one off Season. Sounds like Freo of 2022

 

[Monsterdarlz]

I know it's off topic.... 99 percent certain that west coast will keep pick 3 or take pick 3 to the draft.

Unless some random Victorian side offers up something tempting or way overs.

At least pick 10- 12 ish, a pick between pick 20-22 and a future 1st for pick 3

Last time a team I can think of that traded pick 3 was Freo in 2016 for pick 8, pick 32, pick 72 and Cam McCarthy.

We traded pick two for 8 (Ginbey) and 12 (Hewett) not the final draft positions but pre academy and bidding so using the above a slide back from pick 3-9 for baker would value baker at approx pick 10-13 no thanks

 

[tigs2010]

Ok then.... Liam baker to Freo...

Richmond gets pick 9 (freos 1st) , pick 10 (Collingwood 1st) pick 16 (port 1st) freos 2025 1st rounder and freos 2025 2nd rounder. Deal?

You can keep the F2.

 

[Freomaniac]

You can keep the F2.

Fine then.

But if a 170 cm tall Victorian that plays for Freo wants to come home to Richmond, I can use Liam Baker as an excuse LoL

 

[tigs2010]

Fine then.

But if a 170 cm tall Victorian that plays for Freo wants to come home to Richmond, I can use Liam Baker as an excuse LoL

(if they nominate another club)

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

At this rate Liam Baker

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Liam Baker

Age

26

Ht

173cm

Wt

72kg

Pos.

D/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.7

4star

K

7.8

3star

HB

7.9

5star

M

3.2

3star

T

2.6

4star

MG

222.2

3star

D

14.6

4star

K

6.8

3star

HB

7.9

4star

M

3.8

4star

T

1.8

3star

MG

191.9

3star

D

14.4

4star

K

6.2

3star

HB

8.2

5star

M

1.6

2star

T

1.8

4star

MG

224.2

4star

may be the first player in AFL history to get booed when he gets his first touch on his new team

 

[Cobbler]

At this rate Liam Baker may be the first player in AFL history to get booed when he gets his first touch on his new team

Imagine the derbies. Booed by both sides.
The club he selects because - ‘we don’t need him’
The club he doesn’t select because - ‘he insulted us by going to that rabble’

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

Imagine the derbies. Booed by both sides.
The club he selects because - ‘we don’t need him’
The club he doesn’t select because - ‘he insulted us by going to that rabble’

Then he knocks a Freo player on his ass, gets 6 weeks suspension and comes back a West Coast hero

 

[gungho]

Serong
Brayshaw
Young
Treacy
Ryan
Jackson
Darcy
Amiss
Pearce
Clark
Chapman
Switkowski
Frederick
Walker
Sharp / Sturt

Age wise and potential I’d have Nathan O’Driscoll, Matt Johnson and Josh Draper comfortably ahead too.

Realistically, he’d be better than everyone from Clark down, so about our 12th best player. There are also guys like Jackson who is inconsistent, Darcy who is not durable, and Pearce and Ryan who will probably drop off with age.

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

Realistically, he’d be better than everyone from Clark down, so about our 12th best player. There are also guys like Jackson who is inconsistent, Darcy who is not durable, and Pearce and Ryan who will probably drop off with age.

Imagine paying 800k for your 12th best player...

Its not a smart idea for Freo

 

[Morro]

Imagine paying 800k for your 12th best player...

Its not a smart idea for Freo

That is an incredibly simplistic way of looking at it.

 

[DragoDelph]

He also isn’t being offered that much from Freo.

Closer to 600k

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

He also isn’t being offered that much from Freo.

Closer to 600k

No chance Eagles are offering him that... It would be 5/4 mill atleast

 

[benfica]

Reckon baker will be at freo because eagles will be going all in on chad Warner

1

Chad Warner

Age

23

Ht

185cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

7.0

2star

K

4.5

2star

HB

2.5

2star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.5

3star

CL

0.0

1star

D

7.0

1star

K

4.5

2star

HB

2.5

2star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.5

2star

CL

0.0

1star

D

7.0

2star

K

4.5

2star

HB

2.5

3star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.5

4star

CL

0.0

1star

 

[eastfreo75]

Reckon baker will be at freo because eagles will be going all in on chad Warner

As they should.

 

[richoatthedisco]

"Freo has pick 10 on the table and I expect West Coast will have pick 13 on the table as well." - Cal Twomey.

 

[bzparkes]

"Freo has pick 10 on the table and I expect West Coast will have pick 13 on the table as well." - Cal Twomey.

So, Cal doesn't actually know what pick WCE have on the table?

 

[richoatthedisco]

So, Cal doesn't actually know what pick WCE have on the table?

Sounds like it.

 

[Rich01]

"Freo has pick 10 on the table and I expect West Coast will have pick 13 on the table as well." - Cal Twomey.

Baker and Bolton at Freo will push them up into contention next year.

Bold move but would be exciting as a Freo supporter.
They know what they want and look to be going all out to get it.

 

[Coach_Required]

Baker is an idiot if he chooses West Coast.

 

[Snuffaluphagus]

"Freo has pick 10 on the table and I expect West Coast will have pick 13 on the table as well." - Cal Twomey.

While I will blow the place up if they give 10 for Baker, the other spin on this is it's not 9 and 10 for Bolton

 

[tigs2010]

"Freo has pick 10 on the table and I expect West Coast will have pick 13 on the table as well." - Cal Twomey.

Holy shit