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News Port to Make Massive Offer for Ebert / Phil Walsh
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Random idea popped into my head.
If Port want Ebert, how about we get Butcher involved in the deal. There is speculation that he wants to leave back to Victoria. So how about we broker a 3 way deal, for example...
Ebert to Port
Butcher to Carlton
Yarran to Eagles
Currently, Carlton would be losing in that deal, but Butcher's potential is huge. Furthermore, Port can use the impending departure of Butcher to snare their boy Ebert.
If Port want Ebert, how about we get Butcher involved in the deal. There is speculation that he wants to leave back to Victoria. So how about we broker a 3 way deal, for example...
Ebert to Port
Butcher to Carlton
Yarran to Eagles
Currently, Carlton would be losing in that deal, but Butcher's potential is huge. Furthermore, Port can use the impending departure of Butcher to snare their boy Ebert.
PS. the Villains are the best
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I say we should stop throwing up Butchers name being involved in a potential deal. He would definitely be untouchable. And even if Port were resigned to the fact he is going to leave, then Ebert will not get the deal done.
Of course not. Yet Ebert is no spud either. It's impossible to trade exact like for like. Unless of course you had Quinz's clone machine.
Nevertheless, I think that can be the foundation for a good deal. Additional player or pick, would make it more equitable for all clubs involved.
I'd give up Ebert + pick 23 for Yarran.
Can't see Carlton giving up Yarran though, even for Butcher.
Blues would offer Hampson + a pick for Butcher and be much better off.
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And Port would be getting royally screwed in that deal.
i would expect better from a poster on a wa board who should have seen people make assumptions from out of state about his club based on misinformation and ill-conceived notions.
firstly, things always look shiny bright when things are going good and vice versa. when all the out of state clubs were winning premierships they held big meetings about what was wrong with victorian football, now everything is all rosy the only difference i can see is a mass of priority picks in that state.
secondly if you dont count home derbys when vic sides are buoyed by 2 home sides fans ( ie richmond v collingwood) but look at attendences vs teams from out of state ( richmond v west coast) there is very little difference between what we average and they do. i actually believe our home crowds vs out of state teams is larger than a few of the victorian clubs average against out of state teams.
financially port has been bound by the ropes installed when the crows first come into being by an agreement between the afl and sanfl. the sanfl takes both clubs earnings and plunges back into it as necessary, but the sanfl is their first priority. moves have been made to free us from this but it will take a considerable bit of time. the move from a stadium 20 mins from town ( much more in peak traffic like game time) that gave us sfa back in gate takings to an inner-city location with easier access and a better deal at the gate will help us going forward.
where do you get the idea we are under-resourced from?? you do realise we have some of the best faccilities in the league dont you?? you may be throwing a blanket assumption over the entire club off one thing in the laidley case in which we were hand-tied by laidley asking to go home to his family and the options being part-time bailey, camporeale, an unknown, or throw enough money at another assistant to get him to walk away from his current club. crows and essendon ( or carlton i forget now?) fans have very poor opinions of campo as a coach, the club has said they did not rate any available assistant as being better than a part-time laidley. as for the other option either we could not lure a contracted assistant to walk away from his club or could not offer them what it would take to convince someone to make that move ( an effect of sacking choco we had to pay out his contract).
i never followed afl without port adelaide and would lose that passion for the game if they were no longer in the competition. many fans would be the same.
the only way the crows will have serious competition???
are you aware that the record between the 2 teams is 17 wins to 14 in ports favour?? or that port are the only sa team to win a grand final in the last decade?? that adelaide are only several wins above us and have sacked their coach this year but you single us out??
butcher will re-sign as all our young gun kids have been. one day if he does decide to go elsewhere every team needing a gun forward will be at his door and any offers of goodish / average player will be uttered at cost of their own credibility.
as for ebert well im hoping we dont go after him. he does ok for you guys but is an honest tryer who will give his best effort but never have the skills to be a damaging player. the kind of player you dont really bust yourself to get but somehow end up with a few who maybe didnt turn out what you wanted. absolute no way it will involve our first pick no matter what other things get thrown in. as our pp/ 2nd round in an average draft ( at least at that depth anyway) will be below what you would expect i find it hard to see a deal unless we trade a player or in a 3way. i dont see alot of our available ( ebert/ mots etc) trade players to carry much weight that would get us any higher pick than our 2nd round either. we have a high psd pick but i dont see that as likely in this case from the club and especially unlikely from the player. i really cannot see a way it would work easily. to be honest port adelaide have massive depth in the good to average midfielder department we barely need another one. what we need is a couple more top class mids with great skills ( ie a couple more top 5 picks would be great!!).
as for ebert well im hoping we dont go after him. he does ok for you guys but is an honest tryer who will give his best effort but never have the skills to be a damaging player. the kind of player you dont really bust yourself to get but somehow end up with a few who maybe didnt turn out what you wanted. absolute no way it will involve our first pick no matter what other things get thrown in. as our pp/ 2nd round in an average draft ( at least at that depth anyway) will be below what you would expect i find it hard to see a deal unless we trade a player or in a 3way. i dont see alot of our available ( ebert/ mots etc) trade players to carry much weight that would get us any higher pick than our 2nd round either. we have a high psd pick but i dont see that as likely in this case from the club and especially unlikely from the player. i really cannot see a way it would work easily. to be honest port adelaide have massive depth in the good to average midfielder department we barely need another one. what we need is a couple more top class mids with great skills ( ie a couple more top 5 picks would be great!!).
sTeel - its Friday arvo mate a time to look forward to the weekend and chill. All will be Ok in the end
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Don't you just wish you could get in there and provoke a few melees.
I imagine it'll be tame as **** though.
