Strategy Trade and List Management Thread Part 7 (opposition supporters - READ posting rules before posting)

[Doggy]

Not sure how reliable, but the kid seems like a bit of a flog.
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Probably should be in the opposition thread... but this is symptomatic of the Hawthorn flog culture.

Watson and Ginnivan are shocking. There are certainly others but they're at the top

 

[ArNcHiSe]

Was I imagining things or did I hear some media brainiac suggest trade period should be longer...

FFS that grub Morris and whinger Hannebery were so bored yesterday they were flogging some purple milkshake at a fast food joint. That's how much of a dirge trade period has become. To be fair it's Hutchy so they would be flogging s*** anyway, but still.

Trade period should run until mid-season to be honest. People need to stop listening to trade radio everyday expecting there will be 10 trades a day.

 

[Bulldogs85]

 

[JohnnySteel]

Power isn’t taking any shit. Hence why there hasn’t been any reported movement on any of our trades. He is setting a price and not budging. Good on him.

Whilst also doing his own thing and actively trying to move up the draft order.
Love his work - hopefully we get what we’re asking in the end.

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[threenewpadlocks]

a Freudian typo tweet

 

[WAbulldog]

Guess someone didn’t do a spellcheck.

 

[dergert]

The Geelong PR machine is nauseating.
We're the bad guys apparently.

 

[gangsta deluxe]

The Geelong PR machine is nauseating.
We're the bad guys apparently.

Glad we don’t attend to such nonsense.

 

[Anja_Nees]

A bit of a taste of the kind of player that might be available with Geelong’s first pick, based on the 2017-19 drafts.

 

[Testekill]

God, I'd love if the Hawks just swooped in and picked up Smith if he went into the draft. At this point we're being attacked for wanting fair value for a player that the Cats have been chasing for 18 months while the Cats can't do anything wrong.

 

[Testekill]

“Geelong has a history of not doing that (making a player go to the national draft), they get these deals done and understand the human side of it — (list guru) Stephen Wells is the best negotiator in the business and Andrew Mackie

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has shown he’s very good at it,” Gullan added.
“And (Smith’s manager) Paul Connors ... they won’t let that happen, they’ll manipulate the whole set up.

This dick riding, have some ****ing shame.

 

[threenewpadlocks]

“Geelong has a history of not doing that (making a player go to the national draft), they get these deals done and understand the human side of it — (list guru) Stephen Wells is the best negotiator in the business and Andrew Mackie has shown he’s very good at it,” Gullan added.
“And (Smith’s manager) Paul Connors ... they won’t let that happen, they’ll manipulate the whole set up.

This dick riding, have some ****ing shame.

Other than the dick riding, it's so funny how the media can just openly discuss what amounts to list management rule manipulation.

We all get that Smith will, in all practice, find his way to Smith.

But the rules in theory allow for other teams to draft Smith if no trade is executed.

"They won't let that happen, they'll manipulate the whole set up".

So you're basically admitting they'll tamper?

 

[Doggy]

God, I'd love if the Hawks just swooped in and picked up Smith if he went into the draft. At this point we're being attacked for wanting fair value for a player that the Cats have been chasing for 18 months while the Cats can't do anything wrong.

They traded out pick 14

 

[dergert]

Gullan is a dogs man too

 

[HELMET!]

What in the world is an "ice cream cup" measurement meant to be lol.

With inflation these days that's worth more than previous drafts so this could end up quite expensive for the cats.

 

[stevieg1969]

Gullan is a dogs man too

I love listening to Scotty (on RSN) but you can’t be 100% invested as a Dogs’ supporter if you host a Cats’ podcast and write rubbish like this.

 

[0utsider]

Suspect the end result of the Baz trade will be a complicated mix of picks back and forth.

Obscures the overall value for each team and both can walk away with an argument for having “won” the trade.

 

[Dannnnnnnnnn]

Suspect the end result of the Baz trade will be a complicated mix of picks back and forth.

Obscures the overall value for each team and both can walk away with an argument for having “won” the trade.

Agree entirely. This year's first and then some futures for currents and seconds for thirds and whatever else bullshit we can throw into the mix will be the end result.

 

[Libbaaaa]

Do not give a shit about Smith’s feeling if he gets sent to the draft. You’re a professional footballer who is still going to make millions, cry me a river.

 

[_Cerberus_]

The fact the AFL isn't in house to sign off anything over the weekend, makes having the trade period over the weekend pointless. Might as well just make it Monday to Friday, instead of pointlessly dragging it out. Its more a weekend of behind the scenes chat, if managers are even allowed at Marvel over the weekend?

That being said, the extreme lack of trades so far, feels like it could be the AFLs doing behind the scenes. Watch all the big trades go through "at the last minute". So they can make a show of it.

 

[The Inbetweener]

Do not give a shit about Smith’s feeling if he gets sent to the draft. You’re a professional footballer who is still going to make millions, cry me a river.

He’s not our player anymore so it’s not really up to us to be worried about it, it’s on the Cats and if they are willing to put him through it.

 

[Northernsoul74]

“Geelong has a history of not doing that (making a player go to the national draft), they get these deals done and understand the human side of it — (list guru) Stephen Wells is the best negotiator in the business and Andrew Mackie has shown he’s very good at it,” Gullan added.
“And (Smith’s manager) Paul Connors ... they won’t let that happen, they’ll manipulate the whole set up.

This dick riding, have some ****ing shame.

Manipulate is an interesting choice of words.