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AFLW 2024 - Round 9 - Indigenous Round - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
If we are paying large portion of his salary then it must be #7 & #8 and giving later picks not #20Goes against what I've said previously but I am more open to trading away our senior players following the proposed changers to the draft system that came out today. The ability to trade away cap space for picks is a incentive to tank and with contract situations (Baker), Dimma connection (Rioli) and Freo being desperate (Bolton) it might be the right time to blow it up especially given we are starting next season 4 players down with ACL injuries and Lynch is a complete unknown right now with his inability to stay fit.
With that in mind:
Trade 1 - Rioli to GC for Picks 7 and 20, exchange of later picks for points. Could pay large portion of his salary to balance things out.
Trade 2 - Bolton to Freo for picks 12, 13, 15 and future first. Could pay large portion of his salary to balance things out.
Trade 3 - Baker and Pick 12 via Freo to West Coast for pick 3.
At minimum head to draft with Pick 2, 3, 7, 13, 15, 20.
if they want bolton we will have SerongSturt's an honest player, but I don't want someone like him if we're losing Bolton.
If they want Bolton, they have to give up something big. Treacy is something big.
Agree although how nice would it have been to trade the RCD & Thomson Dow picks for cap space and have been able to target a FA for 2019 or 2020. Didn't matter as we won the flags anyway but could have really stacked the deck in our favour.I don’t like the selling of cap space for picks they should just extend the ability to bank salary cap not used one year in order to be able to exceed the salary cap in later years
if we could pull this off or even close to it, I would donate multiple bricks to the grandstand build !!!Goes against what I've said previously but I am more open to trading away our senior players following the proposed changers to the draft system that came out today. The ability to trade away cap space for picks is a incentive to tank and with contract situations (Baker), Dimma connection (Rioli) and Freo being desperate (Bolton) it might be the right time to blow it up especially given we are starting next season 4 players down with ACL injuries and Lynch is a complete unknown right now with his inability to stay fit.
With that in mind:
Trade 1 - Rioli to GC for Picks 7 and 20, exchange of later picks for points. Could pay large portion of his salary to balance things out.
Trade 2 - Bolton to Freo for picks 12, 13, 15 and future first. Could pay large portion of his salary to balance things out.
Trade 3 - Baker and Pick 12 via Freo to West Coast for pick 3.
At minimum head to draft with Pick 2, 3, 7, 13, 15, 20.
I’ll be shattered if the Rioli’s leave
They are Richmond through and through..
would have to be epic deal to calm me down
no chanceif we could pull this off or even close to it, I would donate multiple bricks to the grandstand build !!!
imagine the excitement on draft night.
be bold ,be brave , get it done Richmond
I don’t like the selling of cap space for picks they should just extend the ability to bank salary cap not used one year in order to be able to exceed the salary cap in later years
I’ll be shattered if the Rioli’s leave
They are Richmond through and through..
would have to be an epic deal to calm me down
I cant see MJ going as I don't think Dimma thought much of him. MJ looked much better this season under Yze than he ever has under Dimma.As much as I love D Rioli, he’s 28yo start of 2025. If we get a deal involving a top-10 pick then it’s hard to turn your back on that. MRJ is 22yo start of 2025 with loads of upside, so I wouldn’t want to lose both.
However … both Rioli’s for 7,8 and 20….. once again, D Rioli has only 3-4 years of top-line footy remaining in his career.
To be clear, I wouldn’t push D Rioli out and would only support this if one or both were open to the trade and/or keen for a fresh start.
The club should go to his manager and say “We love Dan and want him to stay, but if he’s genuinely torn about whether to stay or go, we’d be open to seeing what GC would offer, and if it’s massive overs, given the need for elite youth we’d consider it if both Dan and the club could benefit long term. But if it’s not an offer that’s too good to refuse then we will close down negotiations immediately”
Dimma isn’t silly … he knows the wolves will
be at his door if GC don’t make finals in 2024 and are looking like missing again in 2025 … he will be telling GC to do whatever it takes to get D Rioli as he’s the major missing piece in their team.
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Could we be positioning ourselves to nab the best possible midfielder at pick 2 and then using the remaining early picks to go after KPP talent?
It would make sense as there seems to be a range of KPP talent that is going to be available across the first couple of rounds and given they take a bit of time to develop getting them in now would tie in with us beginning to challenge again in 2-3 years time.
I can see Tassie chasing Reid when his contract is up for grabs as they would receive extra money for the first few seasons to attract marquee players. They would blow everyone out of the water with a huge contract & only a short flight home to be with family.Harley Reid
West Coast would have to hand returning midfield star Harley Reid a fourth-year deal worth up to $2 million to get him to extend his mandatory three-year contract.
The reason? Melbourne clubs have indicated they would be prepared to offer him 10-year deals worth up to $18 million if he was prepared to move back east.
Reid has given no indication he wants to move home and the Eagles continue to work hard to put offers to his management that might see him extend his current deal.
He is in no hurry given his form line – and price – can only rise in coming years.
The Eagles are believed to be willing to open up the chequebook on that fourth-year option given it will – in effect – reward him for three years of being underpaid on the new three-season mandatory deals for first-round picks.
They are prepared to offer up to $1.5 million, but it isn’t likely to be enough.
Harley Reid isn’t in a rush to sign a contract extension. Picture: Paul Kane/Getty Images
Under new rules, Reid will be paid a $130,000 base and $4000 per game this year, but is ineligible for the Brownlow Medal and Rising Star so he cannot earn lucrative bonuses for 2024.
If he plays 18 or more games, he would add $60,000 to his base salary for 2025 so could make $300,000 in his second season.
But under those new rules, he cannot broker a new deal by his third season, so the Eagles would need to pay him a huge sum in his fourth season to make up for the fact he is so underpaid early on.