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AFLW 2024 - Round 10 - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
Ok now hear me out, if Bakes stays for 1 yr, we have a heap of cap space being freed up, we pay him whatever is needed next yr to get him to be a RFA. Otherwise as a UFA we'll get Graham compo all over againThat’s not a bad plan B.
Only thing is , FA comp will probably be reviewed and we’ll get screwed.
I'm hearing a lot of judgmental 'shoulds' from a man who just quoted Lasso's 'be curious and not judgmental'For the life of me I can’t see who or where this would come from mate.
Brisbane needed points and a lot of them. No one had more to spare than us.
If we bid on Ashcroft at 1 and Marshall at 14 they are up for an extra nearly 1000 points in deficit than now. That threat alone should have given us leverage.
We give the hand we did, we should have got back a pick for next year as well at the very least or kept Pick 42 and given them 395 points less.
having three tiger jumpers in that top 10 draft photo would be juicyWe get 6 for Rioli. 10 and 18 for Bolton.
So we have 1, 6, 10, 18, 20, 24, 51, 61, 70, 76
Do we ?
Trade 6 and 18 for Norf’s pick-2
Trade 10, Baker and a F2 for Eagles pick-3.
Enter draft with 1, 2, 3, 20, 24, 51, 61, 70, 76
FOS, Lalor and Jagga guaranteed, with a couple more quality picks to come in the 20’s, and another likely pick-1 gun in 2025 draft.
So when it’s all said and done it’s basically Rioli, Bolton and Baker for picks 2 and 3. You’re doing that every day of the week aren’t you?
I just hate the idea of FOS, Jagga, Draper and Langford all being better than Lalor and we miss out on them all and have to watch them dominate for other clubs.
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I'm hearing a lot of judgmental 'shoulds' from a man who just quoted Lasso's 'be curious and not judgmental'
I am also curious about the competitive dynamics, but my base case assumption is that they had a good reason - we only know the outcome, not the process.
Sure it feels expensive, but clubs seem to be frothing to claw up the board this draft. I'm not judging the outcome.
Haha, you're more likely to hear than I am mateWhen you hear the reason, please let me know
They can but they won't. Clubs will just use this time to thrash out the inner workings of the complex deals.so can trades happen on the weekend?
Just a wild guess here, could it be once they match their bids they may trade us a a pick swap on draft night? maybe we get a future pick back from there? With Ashcroft there'd be a "handshake", could there be one we don't yet know about?View attachment 2138685
Did they?
Do you mean they would’ve also included pick 28 as well? So their entire draft hand except 5 for Pick 20? I don’t buy it tbh. On top of that they would want Sharp?
No club had the capacity to trade for pick 20. We also had the added leverage of using the bid for Ashcroft at one to sell the idea.
I’m not gonna cry over it and gonna wait to see what occurs by trade period end, but yes, we drastically overpaid here. I’m not certain why.
You say 'extra 800' as if the lions would have traded net zero change in amount of points.There was two ‘shoulds’
Calm down.
Your base assumption is they had good reason? So just full blown trust despite the extra 800 points? Our draft picks went from full flexibility, to now, not so much.
I’m just curious as to why we did it when it doesn’t seem like we had to.
Will be very interested to see how our trade period goes in the end and see how this all makes sense.
Just a wild guess here, could it be once they match their bids they may trade us a a pick swap on draft night? maybe we get a future pick back from there? With Ashcroft there'd be a "handshake", could there be one we don't yet know about?
It's a pure hunch, but as you seem to be "in the know" & mentioned there'd be a reason why, it's just a thought that came to me. It'll make sense in the end. Could be that Bris need the pts for bids (clearly) & atm aren't sure what they can give back, till after the bids are matched of course then they can balance it out with us.As good a theory as I’ve heard to why.
You say 'extra 800' as if the lions would have traded net zero change in amount of points.
The points differential between the F1+F2 pick bids for GC's pick 13 would be a fair bit greater than 800.
When clubs are trading later picks for a first rounder, do you know what the average additional points paid for that pick is?
We clearly had to - Blair isn't running a charity. I question why you have a belief that we didn't have to, based on limited information.
We don't use the draft picks for points, mate. They don't matter. Get over it.
800 - 395(Pick42) = 405 points differential. Thats not net zero is it? It’s still an extra 405 points. Plus a hand shake agreement on not bidding on Ashcroft at 1 (+500 points) and Marshall before Pick 20.
Blair isn’t running a charity? Well he’s donating like he is supporting one.
Who else has a better deal for Brisbane in this draft? I’m still waiting to hear it.
Obtaining pick 20 is a good thing, I’m just querying as the price we paid was overs and why we felt we had to do it.
Ben Lennon and Corey Ellis were our last 2 picks at no.12!At pick-20 we will get a player rated top 10-12 in most drafts. Granted there is more depth right through the 30’s and 40’s, but it remains a crap shoot in regards to getting high quality players in that range.
So I believe we acted swiftly and didn’t leave anything to chance to just lock that pick away, as it’s like pick 10-12 in a normal draft year.
Or … clubs will be clambering on the phone to get that pick in live trading, offering future firsts for the privilege.
As we saw today with the Eagles, you snooze, you lose.
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Brisbanes other points upgrade. To Carlton. I’ve made an assumption Carlton getting Brisbanes future second round will be 45 next year after another flag.
As you can see, not a 800 point difference. Carlton gave them an upgrade. Not as much as we did.
There was two ‘shoulds’
Calm down.
Your base assumption is they had good reason? So just full blown trust despite the extra 800 points? Our draft picks went from full flexibility, to now, not so much.
I’m just curious as to why we did it when it doesn’t seem like we had to.
Will be very interested to see how our trade period goes in the end and see how this all makes sense.
If we get 10+18 For Shai
We might offer that to wce for 3 and it might be more appealing than 12&14 to have a pick ahead of Freo
And Carlton don’t get 3
1 LALOR
3 FOS
6 LANGFORD/JAGGA
Shai for pick 3 essentially
Or offer 10+Baker for 3+ and keep 18
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I was thinking about this earlier in terms of what I think we'd be willing to give up for pick 2.Melbourne will be after pick 2, to get FOS. So will Richmond. (If the jungle drums are right and we're taking Lalor at 1. Otherwise we'll be after it to get Lalor.)
North will trade down with one of them and take Tauru at 5 or 6. That's what I'm picking up.
Melbourne is going hard for GC's pick 13 so they can trade it with 5 for 2. Richmond is likewise trying to get 13 to trade it with 6 for 2. If Melbourne gets 13 Richmond will have to offer 6 and 10 or 11.
Let's see if Jason Taylor gets Mark McGowan to write that Melbourne is keen on Tauru at 5. See if Thursfield flinches like Rosa did.
Anyway. That's my theory.