List Mgmt. Trade & Free Agency talk Pt 5

[Rocco sifreddi]

Will the afl learn from this shitshow of painfully long trade week?
No becouse they are dumbcampaigners.

 

[daird]

Only 7 minutes left to squeeze the Curnow and Mitchell trades through

 

[Sir_Loin]

Not sure why some if these deals couldn't be done in the first day.

Week and a half haggling for hacks and future 3rd picks. Surely most of these trades can be done over a 5 minute phone call.

thinking the doco is less hoop dreams and more come dine with me

 

[prodigy]

Not sure why some if these deals couldn't be done in the first day.

Week and a half haggling for hacks and future 3rd picks. Surely most of these trades can be done over a 5 minute phone call.

List managers will literally delay for the sole purpose of getting a better deal. Regardless of the pedigree of the player. It's so stupid.

 

[Roksman]

Lol Glen Bluff better stick to Supercoach.

Imagine asking for a future 2nd for Xerri.

 

[Damo80]

I'd imagine the AFL would be keen to see a bombshell trade happen for their little doco. I hope we approached them with the offer of making a big fish trade if they'd give us the extra salary cap. You know. To do them a favour for their doco...

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[Tiger_Of_Old]

5mins to go before the fun begins.
SaCk BlAiR HaRtLeY thread opens up.

 

[tigs2010]

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because of these campaigners

****ing hell did they all just roll out of bed? Pathetic

 

[YeOldTiger]

I think the great “lie” of trade week is the idea that it’s supposed to be interesting, something worth following closely and full of intrigue…

In reality it’s just a week and a half window for clubs to hash out and submit trades; time they actually legitimately need to haggle with each other and plan, or change previously made plans.

The media being all over it makes it seem like something big and crazy should be happening and keeping us entertained, but it rarely does. It’s not supposed to.

We don’t help ourselves by checking for news every five minutes and thus it feels like a massive let down. Would be better just to check once a day…

Our obsession with American-ising everything, particularly Australian football has some very dodgy side effects. We are a unique sport in a tiny market and the game evolved the way it did because of its unique origins. Not every American system of growing the game is going to fit like a glove. If it smells bad it's probably because it is bad.

Trade week is full of delicious rumours, innuendo, scuttlebutt, backstabbing and tribalism. And that's just Collingwood. The AFL media go from turning a silk purse into a sow's ear with little accountability.

Loyalty has been the big casualty of everything being about eyeballs.

 

[tugga]

Will the afl learn from this shitshow of painfully long trade week?
No becouse they are dumbcampaigners.

Allowing clubs to trade picks after free deadline has contributed to the shitshow as well.

 

[Hoos]

Always thought he looked like Heimie from Get Smart

 

[Roksman]

Allowing clubs to trade picks after free deadline has contributed to the shitshow as well.

This.

Also, the gap between trade period and the Draft us ridiculously long. I understand this year it's due to year 12 exams and Covid but it's too long historically as well.

Should be within a week of each other.

 

[tigland]

Holly cow what a bonanza last 10min of trade week

 

[Damo80]

Underwhelming end to trade month...

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[Sir_Loin]

This is the worst run pro sport in the world **** off

 

[austyn08]

Now our game starts, Blair has played this beautifully

 

[Hoos]

This is the worst run pro sport in the world fu** off

And worst commentated.

 

[Frustrated Tiger]

Close thread.

 

[Crumpet_avenger]

When do our dellistings happen?

 

[GhostofJimJess]

Always thought he looked like Heimie from Get Smart

Matthew Lloyd has Himey's personality.

 

[Sterge]

Trade period should just run until the day before the season, let clubs trade picks and players live at the draft and continue after.
Clubs trade anyone anywhere under contract but players are free agents as soon as the contract is up none of this compo bullshit

There you go i fixed trade week

 

[Calcium Man]

This.

Also, the gap between trade period and the Draft us ridiculously long. I understand this year it's due to year 12 exams and Covid but it's too long historically as well.

Should be within a week of each other.

it’s always because of year 12 exams. They run from last week of October to mid November and the draft is usually around 25th.

 

[Muddiemoose]

Did we get Narkle?

 

[Cevap_Roll]

Close thread.

Open the 22 trade thread or too soon?

 

[Infamy]

This.

Also, the gap between trade period and the Draft us ridiculously long. I understand this year it's due to year 12 exams and Covid but it's too long historically as well.

Should be within a week of each other.

The delay for the draft also means that the 1st year players get a delayed start to pre-season as well.
You'd think that you'd want to give them as much chance as possible to get their body ready for their 1st year.


As for the trade period... probably the most boring one in over a decade