Traded Tim Taranto [Traded to Richmond for #12 and #19]

[Morro]

Think the Giants (slightly) win this trade, but still a very good get for Richmond

It's good there is actually a couple of trade done on the first day for a change.

As a tigers supporter I think it’s fair

The other aspect to consider is the type of player we desperately needed.

 

[Andre the Giant]

Richmond fans you will love his gut running, ability to find the pill, and team first attitude.

You will hate his kicking and lack of agility.

In our side full of similar players he became surplus to requirements.

In your side which is skillful, quick, structured, and hard working he will probably work out really well.

All the best with him.

 

[fargothegreat]

Richmond fans you will love his gut running, ability to find the pill and team first attitude.

You will hate his kicking and lack of agility.

In our side full of similar players he became surplus to requirements. In your quick, structured, well balanced side that has speed he will probably work out really well.

All the best with him.

Hopefully you guys get a gun or two with those picks and we can look back on this trade as a genuine win-win

 

[Andyy]

Great job both clubs, getting it done nice and early.

You can bet your bottom dollar they have something in the works for Hopper so it'll either happen soon (likely F1 + 30) or they are working on a steak knife.

 

[HumanMeatball]

Richmond fans you will love his gut running, ability to find the pill and team first attitude.

You will hate his kicking and lack of agility.

In our side full of similar players he became surplus to requirements.

In your side which skillful, quick, structured and hard working he will probably work out really well.

All the best with him.

Seems like the type you’d actually play as an inside mid not half foward

 

[GoTheSwannies]

Tigers have made it as fair as possible, but still win the trade given they've traded in a ready made player (And will have 2 by the end of the trade period). They're surplus to GWS needs, so overall a decent result for them as well.

 

[Morro]

Basically our first pick and CCJ (thanks to North)

As a Tiger supporter, you couldn’t write a script so beautiful

 

[10571z]

Suprised this was done day one. Good by both clubs to get it done

 

[Morro]

Richmond fans you will love his gut running, ability to find the pill, and team first attitude.

You will hate his kicking and lack of agility.

In our side full of similar players he became surplus to requirements.

In your side which is skillful, quick, structured, and hard working he will probably work out really well.

All the best with him.

We don’t rely on elite kicking anyway.

We love the chaos

 

[Morro]

Suprised this was done day one. Good by both clubs to get it done

100% thought the AFL would make the clubs wait until the final hour just for the drama

 

[My Cotchin Rules]

But doesn't that mean you have no picks left in this draft?

Yeah seems that way. I'll back in our recruiting strategy in this one. Was only last year that we brought in 5 players from the draft so happy to use all 4 if it means getting these two.

Edit. TT for 12 & 19.
So I'm guessing it may leave JH for 30 & F1 but this one may need longer negotiations.

 

[nut]

Tigers have made it as fair as possible, but still win the trade given they've traded in a ready made player (And will have 2 by the end of the trade period). They're surplus to GWS needs, so overall a decent result for them as well.

How could a 21 year old BF, in a GF finishing side, be surplus to your needs?

 

[My Cotchin Rules]

Pays off to be a good club to deal with with no fussing. Hats off to GWS aswell

 

[bird_man]

Interesting they’ve done Taranto completely separately from Hopper….

Not surprising though

Gets the easy deal out of the way. Giants have a couple of extra picks to use on other deals in the meantime if there's any toing and froing on the Hopper deal

A future first and 30 seems pretty fair though

 

[harimal12]

Awesome work Tiges...1st round pick and CCJ North pick

 

[citizen-erased]

Dodoro scratching his head at these ****ing amateurs doing deals day one.

Tidy business by both. Shame for GWS, but they still have a gun midfield.
Taranto alongside Hopper, Prestia, Bolton...sigh. that's a good midfield for the next 5+ years

 

[Barnzy]

On face value GWS win the trade. If they held out I have zero doubt GWS would've accepted pick 12 flat out. But Richmond aren't that type of club and they prefer to let the other club "win" on the margins to create good relationships for future business.

And I think pick 12 would've been fair. Yes he was pick 2 but he's 6 years into a career, coming off a down year and out of contract. And had injury problems this season.

But a lot of factors go into it. We could look back and say this draft absolutely sucked. Hard to say right now.

 

[richoatthedisco]

Bargain. Flags incoming.

 

[GoTheSwannies]

How could a 21 year old BF, in a GF finishing side, be surplus to your needs?

Perhaps I should have said, had too many similar types in the same team and TT was most likely to eventually leave, or they paid others ahead of him and can't pay him enough retain him. Overall list balance/ salary cap reasons.

 

[Nick Daicos Fan]

Fair trade and good fit for Richmond.

Taranto is a B+ grade accumulator that applies good defensive pressure.

Kicking is one of the worst in the AFL, has a low contested possession and clearance ratio for an inside midfielder, which are 2 factors holding him back.

Also severely lacks hurt-factor and point of difference.

But at Richmond his well-rounded attributes will be valuable.

 

[Orange Agent]

Nothing back for Taranto. GWS may play hardball on the Hopper trade too, F1 and 30 and nothing back. Or maybe something late if the Tigers needs to actually have picks on draft day.

30 needs to move up about 10 spots. Hopper is just as good as Taranto.

 

[Orange Agent]

How could a 21 year old BF, in a GF finishing side, be surplus to your needs?

Coniglio and Tom Green didn't play that year.

 

[nut]

Coniglio and Tom Green didn't play that year.

Coniglio

And Tom Green is on our future shopping list

 

[Jhye Clark 13]

Like list management guru SOS says, pick 12 is enough for Taranto, which makes next year's first enough for Hopper.

Done before morning tea on day one, lead me to the iced vovos.

You were right about 1 thing.

 

[dean33]

Think the Giants (slightly) win this trade, but still a very good get for Richmond

It's good there is actually a couple of trade done on the first day for a change.

I find it interesting how these trades are seen as win or loss either way. Giants could draft 2 duds with these picks and Taranto could win a premiership and Brownlow with the trade. Would Richmond slightly win the trade then?