Strategy Trade and List management Thread Part 6 (opposition supporters - READ posting rules before posting)

[Smiley Boy]

Very solid ITK says Houston wants to play for Carlton. Just about rule him out.

Carlton and their endless salary cap

 

[RWnBluey]

Very solid ITK says Houston wants to play for Carlton. Just about rule him out.

Edmund linking him to the Saints

 

[BEaston]

Very solid ITK says Houston wants to play for Carlton. Just about rule him out.

but why would you

 

[Dogs Rule]

Edmund linking him to the Saints

With each day I'm more convinced Edmund has NFI and just talks s*** to get clicks, but hey, that's SENs whole business model, right?

 

[dergert]

Edmund linking him to the Saints

Id back this very solid ITK over Edmund any day during the week though Petracca may complicate things

 

[dergert]

With each day I'm more convinced Edmund has NFI and just talks s*** to get clicks, but hey, that's SENs whole business model, right?

To be fair he called out Bailey Smith to Geelong last year

 

[Hoges64]

To be fair he called out Bailey Smith to Geelong last year

To be fair I called out Bailey Smith to Geelong last year. This wasn't that hard to see.

 

[bobs head soup]

With this year's draft being deep and heavily compromised Tas drafts not far away, it's seems a no-brainer to hit this draft as hard as possible.

Struggling clubs looking to trade out top 40 picks out for established players are being borderline negligent for mine, but need to sell that sugar hit.

I don't think we need to join that circus. Get what we can for Baz and whoever wants more opportunity and hopefully get 3 or more picks inside 40.

 

[Dogs Rule]

To be fair he called out Bailey Smith to Geelong last year

Broken clocks and all that...

 

[VitalDread]

HOPEFUL DOG WANTS TO STAY
All-Australian Caleb Daniel

35

Caleb Daniel

Age

28

Ht

171cm

Wt

72kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.3

5star

K

11.5

4star

HB

9.8

5star

M

3.5

4star

T

2.9

4star

CL

1.4

4star

D

19.5

4star

K

11.1

4star

HB

8.4

4star

M

3.6

4star

T

2.0

3star

CL

1.0

3star

D

16.4

4star

K

7.2

3star

HB

9.2

5star

M

3.4

4star

T

2.6

4star

CL

0.2

2star

says he hopes to still be at the Western Bulldogs next year, having appeared to come out the other side of a roller coaster home-and-away season.
The classy ball user was dropped by Luke Beveridge multiple times this season and has played eight games in the VFL, his first state league football since 2017.

But he played in the Dogs’ final five games of the regular season and had a strong outing against GWS on Sunday, kicking a goal from 23 disposals.

When asked by this masthead whether he will be at the Dogs next year, 191-gamer Daniel was not definitive.
“I hope so. At the moment I am contracted for another two years,” he said.
“I’m really excited with the group we have got and keen to keep playing and pushing the case for the next four weeks.”
Daniel, 28, won All-Australian honours and claimed the club’s best-and-fairest in 2020, as a superb halfback distributor.
He has been shifted to a mid-forward role in the last two seasons.

The South Australian product can play multiple positions and is clearly an AFL-standard player but at times has found himself tipped out by Beveridge as the coach moulded a team more based around leg speed.
Teammate Jack Macrae similarly was pushed out but has returned to the side in recent weeks.
Macrae also holds a contract at the Dogs next year.

 

[WAbulldog]

Carlton and their endless salary cap

Nothing to see here.

 

[stefoid]

Am I imagining it, or are macrae and daniel playing with increased zip and urgency now they are back in the team?

 

[RWnBluey]

Id back this very solid ITK over Edmund any day during the week though Petracca may complicate things

yeah not casting judgement on who’s right or wrong. Just passing on what I’ve read

 

[Golden_6]

The issue with Caleb & Macrae is their salary compared to their output over the next couple of years.

I’m sure the club actually wants to keep both players as they are well loved, very professional and still young enough to continue to make an impact.

The problem is whether the club is willing to continue to pay these guys like they are top 5-7 players at the club when in all reality they seem to sit between 20-26 in the pecking order.

 

[maddog37]

Am I imagining it, or are macrae and daniel playing with increased zip and urgency now they are back in the team?

I thought the same thing.

 

[Bulldog in Kiev]

Houston would have links to Voss when he was at Port I’d say.

 

[Bald]

I'm probably at the Pat Lipinski level with Garcia now. I'd be happy to keep him but not too fussed if we lose him, his last run of 3 games were pretty underwhelming.

 

[threenewpadlocks]

The South Australian product can play multiple positions and is clearly an AFL-standard player but at times has found himself tipped out by Beveridge as the coach moulded a team more based around leg speed.

Just isolating out this sentence, this is the first time we've seen what is so blatantly obvious to Dogs fan actually be highlighted by anyone in the media all season

 

[threenewpadlocks]

I'm probably at the Pat Lipinski level with Garcia now. I'd be happy to keep him but not too fussed if we lose him, his last run of 3 games were pretty underwhelming.

We'd want more midfield depth beyond this though. A lot of our onballers, centre bounce atendees at VFL season other than Macrae, Sanders and Garcia were VFL listed players. Even if it's another cheaper recyled player to draft him or more draftees.

 

[JohnnySteel]

Sanders is next in line for midfield minutes. Garcia is well down in the pecking order.



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[Golden_6]

We'd want more midfield depth beyond this though. A lot of our onballers, centre bounce atendees at VFL season other than Macrae, Sanders and Garcia were VFL listed players. Even if it's another cheaper recyled player to draft him or more draftees.

I think we have plenty of midfield depth outside of any new prospective draftees. This was always the draft to look at midfielders so the first we get for Smith should be used there + a later midfielder in the draft. That gives us a good mix for the next 3-5 years as the older brigade transition out.

Older - Libba, Treloar, Macrae
Still going - Bont, Harmes
Younger - Richards, Sanders, Gallagher

 

[dergert]

I do think Garcia can be a first line midfielder.
He offers burst speed and great contest work. Kicking is shonky but we can carry him.

 

[stefoid]

The issue with Caleb & Macrae is their salary compared to their output over the next couple of years.

I’m sure the club actually wants to keep both players as they are well loved, very professional and still young enough to continue to make an impact.

The problem is whether the club is willing to continue to pay these guys like they are top 5-7 players at the club when in all reality they seem to sit between 20-26 in the pecking order.

So you reckon the club would be open to moving them on

 

[Pugz89]

I think Garcia is the kind of player now that is worth far more to us than what we'd get for him if he left. He can play midfield and pinch hit as a pressure forward, yet we'd be lucky to get an early third round pick for him. Would definitely prefer to keep him, but as history shows, if they're not signed on now, they're far more likely to be out the door than staying.

 

[dergert]

Is Brandon Parfitt a spud?