Mega merged trading thread

[BSA5]

Not according to everyone else in AFL. There was never anything suspect about him except how big a star he would become.

You might be getting confused with his brother Nathan.

Nathan was actually rated higher as a junior, from memory. Gary wasn't rated highly at all, certainly not in the top echelon in that draft.

[DeadlyAkkuret]

We should be going for Toovey imo. We need to get one back on Collingwood, anyway.

[ugg]

Port talking to Seaby, although it will be hard to see what they can offer us if they've ruled out their first round pick, their priority pick and look set to use their second round pick for Brad Ebert. Any Port players pique our interest?

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/port-adelaide-plots-for-brad-ebert/story-fn69a32t-1226164307001

[BSA5]

Port talking to Seaby, although it will be hard to see what they can offer us if they've ruled out their first round pick, their priority pick and look set to use their second round pick for Brad Ebert. Any Port players pique our interest?

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/af...-1226164307001

We'd be mad not to enquire about Pearce, but Seaby wouldn't get the job done alone, you wouldn't think. Seaby would be a great fit for Port though.

[ugg]

Would he want to go though? Rohde has come out and said that they are looking for a mature player to act as backup to Lobbe who they see as their number 1 ruck going into 2012.

[DeadlyAkkuret]

Lol Seaby forever a backup ruck. Must really irritate him you'd think.

[liz]

We'd be mad not to enquire about Pearce, but Seaby wouldn't get the job done alone, you wouldn't think. Seaby would be a great fit for Port though.

Seaby would be not even close to securing Pearce, and Port would be nuts to trade him unless a club offered a completely OTT trade.

Would he want to go though? Rohde has come out and said that they are looking for a mature player to act as backup to Lobbe who they see as their number 1 ruck going into 2012.

If I were Seaby and I was pretty sure that Pyke was seen as the most likely support ruck to Mumford, and possibly even on an even footing as back-up first ruckman if Mummy was injured, I would want to go. Worst case for him is that he spends the last few years of his career playing SANFL rather than NEAFL.

And maybe I am being naive about the Swans' attitude, but I could see them letting him go with their blessing and not driving too hard a bargain. Maybe Port have a fringe player of interest to Adelaide that could be used as part of a deal to secure Armstrong, given they have reportedly turned up their noses at our fringe players.

[cruiser]

Normal practice. It doesn't matter who, someone would have bid in the first round to make sure Sydney used their first round pick for a talent that could have gone top 10.

An act of bastardry by Freo who have now earned my contempt (to think we use to be 'friends').

[Big Al]

An act of bastardry by Freo who have now earned my contempt (to think we use to be 'friends').

So your saying the other clubs should just let us take a gun kid at pick 300. The rule was changed so that wouldn't happen. Freo did exactly the right thing and it was up to Sydney to whether Tom was worth our first rounder at pick 21. We got an absolute bargain in my view.

[Go Swannies]

So your saying the other clubs should just let us take a gun kid at pick 300. The rule was changed so that wouldn't happen. Freo did exactly the right thing and it was up to Sydney to whether Tom was worth our first rounder at pick 21. We got an absolute bargain in my view.

If that's so, why didn't Geelong need to use its first pick for Jed Bews and Carlton for Dylan Buckley? Only the Swans appear to have been forced to give up first choice for Mitchell. I'm hoping he really is a gun for us for years to come but the three F/S deals seem unequal.

[liz]

If that's so, why didn't Geelong need to use its first pick for Jed Bews and Carlton for Dylan Buckley? Only the Swans appear to have been forced to give up first choice for Mitchell. I'm hoping he really is a gun for us for years to come but the three F/S deals seem unequal.

Because Mitchell is deemed to be a player who would be taken in the first round if not a FS and the others aren't. The deals are unequal because the players involved are thought to be unequal. Not rocket science.

[Dosser]

I just cant believe this discussion.

Bews and Buckley didnt get any interest from other clubs because they arent as good. End of story.

If we saw that a club was going to get a steal with a FS pick of a top 10 player at pick 60 then we would want to stop that - oh hang on, we already did with the Bulldogs. I'm sure that if Freo hadnt bid on Mitchell then the last club in the round would have bid on him just to ensure that we dont get away with a steal. It is logical and fair and we have done it, too.

So stop thinking that Fre have done the dirty on us because if it wasnt them then one of the other clubs would have just to keep it all fair.

[Big Al]

If that's so, why didn't Geelong need to use its first pick for Jed Bews and Carlton for Dylan Buckley? Only the Swans appear to have been forced to give up first choice for Mitchell. I'm hoping he really is a gun for us for years to come but the three F/S deals seem unequal.

Which means the new rule works. Tom is regarded as more valuable than those other two so you should have to pay more. If not for the f/s rule it's evident that Tom doesn't get to pick 21 so we got a bargain.

[Go Swannies]

Because Mitchell is deemed to be a player who would be taken in the first round if not a FS and the others aren't. The deals are unequal because the players involved are thought to be unequal. Not rocket science.

Makes sense. So the Cats and Blues could have picked up their players with a last pick in the 70s anyway without invoking the F/S provisions at all?

[Melbourne_Blood]

Toovey, is he the right fit for us ? Is he worth what he will be askking for money wise ? And do we have anything to trade for him ...