Why did Port Adelaide trade their 2xAA backman Dan Houston for half-eaten dorito chip

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

AFL list managers seem to weirdly put emotions and comradery in the centre of negotiations which allows teams to make enormous unders because they want to feel like a good guy.

AFL industry is just odd that way. We are as ruthless as a kitten playing with a blanket.

This is not a Port Adelaide issue. Its across most of the competition. We have what id say 4 teams outside this rule. Richmind/Geelong/Hawks/Collingwood . Not surprising to me why they are the most successful teams. It is to others for some odd reason

 

[Daniel_Rich]

AFL list managers seem to weirdly put emotions and comradery in the centre of negotiations which allows teams to make enormous unders because they want to feel like a good guy.

AFL industry is just odd that way. We are as ruthless as a kitten playing with a blanket.

This is not a Port Adelaide issue. Its across most of the competition. We have what id say 4 teams outside this rule. Richmind/Geelong/Hawks/Collingwood . Not surprising to me why they are the most successful teams. It is to others for some odd reason

Your side and mine have both been more successful than the Pies and Tigers in the AFL era.

 

[Freomaniac]

Your side and mine have both been more successful than the Pies and Tigers in the AFL era.

Yeah true.... Had the swans won a couple of more grand finals in 2014, 2016 or 2022, you could of added Sydney on that list too

 

[Bunk Moreland]

No matter how many plaudits they have… half back flankers really aren’t worth that much, and the league knows it.

They're very easily replaced.

 

[voorhees]

So ...
Atkins is a perma-sub, the wrong side of 30 and played 3 games last year.
Richards is a mature-age recruit yet to prove anything at the level

Why bring these two in? Let alone trade for them.

it's the one question on most people's mind!
would seem to most to be a bizarre decision, with no upside to it.
Would be extremely frustrated if being a Pt Adel member.

 

[Trent the flight Steward]

Because Connors manages petracca as well as houston. Managers were never dealing with Melbourne, after not letting petracca go. They then tell port they won't push players their way when they fall our of contract. They have far too great a say in the footy landscape and it's created tiers within the comp and "destination" clubs where they funnel players to their mates.

It's an old boys club mentality and Andrew Dillon should be spending far more time on this ruining our game rather than Josh fahey on a mad Monday