List Mgmt. Our Trade/FA, Suburban & Country Town Thread

[NMBB]

Many on the Blues board are resigned to the Pies getting Houston and are pointing to the fact that a Pies player is going to GCS as part of trade for pick 13 and another Pies player is headed to Port as part of the trade for Houston.

They'd know

 

[live fast pieyoung]

Happy to get Houston. Haven't seen much of him tbh.
But doesn't seem to be a list need for me. Not sure his impact will be huge, but happy to be told otherwise.

From a list build perspective, you can usually develop flankers, and its a good position to develop youth.
I'd think that we should be using our picks on key pieces and needs: KP and inside/gun mid.

 

[Horaceg]

If Dan Houston trade happens be in Final Hour of Trade Period

Probably right but would love for it to just happen without much fuss.

Assuming

 

[76woodenspooners]

What's your point?

Sometimes things just need to be appreciated for what they are. Art. Poetry. Cat videos. Not everything needs a point.

 

[Pragmatic Shill]

Justin Leppitsch

Justin Leppitsch

Age

49

Ht

191cm

Wt

97kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.2

3star

K

8.3

3star

HB

3.9

3star

M

4.5

4star

T

1.2

3star

No current season stats available

D

8.2

2star

K

5.8

3star

HB

2.4

3star

M

0.6

1star

T

1.0

3star

looks like a stockier version of Ned Guy.

 

[Bramax]

If you told me in 2003 that one day McRae and Leppa would help me overcome my childhood Brisbane trauma I’d have been very skeptical.

So far they have repaid 50% of our pain.

 

[gouki88]

Happy to get Houston. Haven't seen much of him tbh.
But doesn't seem to be a list need for me. Not sure his impact will be huge, but happy to be told otherwise.

From a list build perspective, you can usually develop flankers, and its a good position to develop youth.
I'd think that we should be using our picks on key pieces and needs: KP and inside/gun mid.

I think it is a huge need. We've suffered a lot, in my view, in losing the back half attack Nick provided through having him in the midfield (which is where he belongs, don't get me wrong). To add perhaps the premier attacking half back in the comp, with years and years of good footy left, is a huge boost.

 

[TradeDraft]

Collingwood socials team look like they’re preparing for a big recruit (Houston). It’s a small thing to notice, but just judging by their activity it looks like something is coming.

Based on?

I seen nothing to say that

 

[Pistol Night]

Happy to get Houston. Haven't seen much of him tbh.
But doesn't seem to be a list need for me. Not sure his impact will be huge, but happy to be told otherwise.

From a list build perspective, you can usually develop flankers, and its a good position to develop youth.
I'd think that we should be using our picks on key pieces and needs: KP and inside/gun mid.

An All Australian from the past 2 seasons is a list need for any club

 

[76woodenspooners]

Justin Leppitsch looks like a stockier version of Ned Guy.

Man, I thought exactly the same thing!

 

[Scodog10]

Hard to get a read on Brady Rawlings' confidence of North getting a deal done for Houston.

The follow up discussion seemed to be the way I’d interpret it. Basically if Houston is happy in Melbourne and willing to go anywhere he’s North bound, but if the other deals are close enough he’ll wind up at Carlton or Collingwood.

 

[AmericanMustard]

Justin Leppitsch looks like a stockier version of Ned Guy.

Ned Guy. What a man, build the backbone of our 2023 premiership!

 

[devize]

Happy to get Houston. Haven't seen much of him tbh.
But doesn't seem to be a list need for me. Not sure his impact will be huge, but happy to be told otherwise.

From a list build perspective, you can usually develop flankers, and its a good position to develop youth.
I'd think that we should be using our picks on key pieces and needs: KP and inside/gun mid.

Don't remember when we were losing games this year not being able to exit our 50, with calls for Nick to go back to his old half back role?

That's where his impact will be. Has a mighty leg on him.

 

[Pistol Night]

Justin Leppitsch looks like a stockier version of Ned Guy.

Hopefully he negotiates stockier also

 

[CollSea]

Watching trade radio, most list bosses responding like they have someone's hand wrapped around their prostate. In contrast Leppa looking relaxed and confident is refreshing.

Proof will be in pudding at end of trade period to properly rate his performance as list boss. However love the early confidence and swagger

 

[Pleasedontfail11]

It’s not a full team sheet, but it’s the skeleton of a handy one …

B: ——- ——- ——-
HB: Noble Keane ——-
C: Poulter Adams ——-
HF: ——- Keeffe Stephenson
F: Richards Henry Ginnivan

Fol: Treloar Grundy ——-

Int: ——- ——- ——- ——-

Traded in:
Cameron > $$$$ Grundy (current version)
Mitchell > Adams
Crisp < Treloar (similar but giving it just)
Hill > Richards
Schultz >Ginnivan
McStay> Keeffe
Houston (hopefully) >>Noble
WHE > Stephenson
Lipinski > Poulter
Frampton < Keene
Perryman = Henry (different position but whatever)

 

[Pragmatic Shill]

Watching trade radio, most list bosses responding like they have someone's hand wrapped around their prostate. In contrast Leppa looking relaxed and confident is refreshing.

Proof will be in pudding at end of trade period to properly rate his performance as list boss. However love the early confidence and swagger

Leppa is definitely the alpha male of all of the list managers that have currently rolled through.

 

[Pleasedontfail11]

Between Bolton and rioli, who would you say is more valuable?

Prefer Bolton. Younger and more upside.

 

[Jafo]

Unlike the Pies to do this much coverage of the Trade Period unless there’s actual movement, but this year they are building it up more. You only do that if you believe you’re about to land something pretty decent.

They’re preparing to do more content similar to the Perryman announcement, which is why they added a “2025 new players” playlist. We are definitely cooking something up.

Just hopefully not what the Baggers been cooking the last couple of decades

 

[Pistol Night]

Watching trade radio, most list bosses responding like they have someone's hand wrapped around their prostate. In contrast Leppa looking relaxed and confident is refreshing.

Proof will be in pudding at end of trade period to properly rate his performance as list boss. However love the early confidence and swagger

He a 6'4 redhead built like a brick shithouse. All those other little wimps in there will be too scared to upset him

 

[Bramax]

Justin Leppitsch looks like a stockier version of Ned Guy.

Big difference in size.
Justin Leppitsch looks like he ate Ned Guy.

 

[Piewithsauce13]

Justin Leppitsch looks like a stockier version of Ned Guy.

Don’t underestimate physical stature in negotiations

 

[ThePhantom777]

Houston is good but in the deepest draft for a while it'd be nice to have a top 30 pick

 

[iGNITER]

Just makes sense.

Port want Richards, Richards has nominated Port.
GC want Noble, Noble has nominated GC.
GC are looking for future picks and looking to offload pick 13.

Houston keen to move back to VIC. Plays for Port who are keen on one of our players.

Surely this can get done.

 

[Scodog10]

Happy to get Houston. Haven't seen much of him tbh.
But doesn't seem to be a list need for me. Not sure his impact will be huge, but happy to be told otherwise.

From a list build perspective, you can usually develop flankers, and its a good position to develop youth.
I'd think that we should be using our picks on key pieces and needs: KP and inside/gun mid.

I think you make some good points, but the way I describe it is Houston hits the best two kicks I’ve seen in GF’s (McCluccage’s in the 1st Q 2024 and Maynard’s in the 2nd Q 2023) on a weekly basis. He can literally pick the eyes out of it over a 60 metre range and is the best to do it in that part of the ground since Jimmy Clement, IMO.

If you can add that D50 rebound layer back to our game to give us a bit of Brisbane’s hold hold go it really shores up our ball movement which deserted us for large stretches of 2024. As a middling stoppage team we need to be good in transition and Houston is better than 2022 Nick in that capacity.