2018 trading, drafting and list management: players and personnel

[caj23]

Gained:
Hall
Polec
Tyson
Pittard

Yep, the Polec $'s aside they have recruited extremely well at little cost. I'm sure we'd all be very happy if we had those 4 coming in to our team

[Plugger46]

I'm sure we'd be putting a positive spin on all of them but I'm not as convinced. Polec's handy. Clearly getting overs but he should be pretty useful. Pittard just kicks it to the opposition and panics under any sort of heat. If they're able to get Hall and/or Tyson to produce their best on a consistent basis they'll be good additions. But they weren't able to do that at their previous clubs so the jury is out on both.

[Auntie.Gerald]

Probably an easy way is too look at match ups

My concern is we are falling behind a team that came 9th last season and we do need to free up jones and mills ASAP into our midfield via another serious defender join us

Ie Swans vs north midfield rotation

Given that north almost beat us with a midfield that didn’t have the new 4 midfield recruits and only lost one fringe midfielder

North have definitely have improved significantly and I think we will see them attack even stronger then this year via their mids........so how do we get ahead now of a building team like north ?

Higgins
Zeibel
Cunnington
Polec
Hall
Tyson
Anderson
Simpkin
Pittard
Dumont

[troyjones2525]

Gained:
Hall
Polec
Tyson
Pittard

For me North were extremely competitive via their midfield

Lots of close losses and finished just behind us at 9th on the ladder

Any games I watched I enjoyed watching Norths midfield move the ball fast and forward

I’m fairly amazed by their recruitment and for me it concerns me greatly that we still have not found the defender recruit to free up jones and mills into the midfield

A team like north with those 4 midfield recruits will be very deep and definitely pushing up the ladder

Totally agree. Great recruiting again and we will continue to see this from North as I have said in earlier posts, the Scott brothers teams have seemed to really take to the trade periods and free agency! Unfortunately we seem a lot more conservative and far less aggressive than than them and appear to settle for far less...

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[troyjones2525]

I'm sure we'd be putting a positive spin on all of them but I'm not as convinced. Polec's handy. Clearly getting overs but he should be pretty useful. Pittard just kicks it to the opposition and panics under any sort of heat. If they're able to get Hall and/or Tyson to produce their best on a consistent basis they'll be good additions. But they weren't able to do that at their previous clubs so the jury is out on both.

All 4 of them would be comfortably in our best 22 and have potential to be even better than what they've shown in their careers so far! I'd be very happy if this was our recruitment haul...

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[Plugger46]

All 4 of them would be comfortably in our best 22 and have potential to be even better than what they've shown in their careers so far! I'd be very happy if this was our recruitment haul...

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All 4 would play for us I agree but I'm not sure they'd take us to the next level. Pittard would give me nightmares.

Time will tell on North. I was reading the same things about Port's wonderful recruiting spree last year.

[Auntie.Gerald]

Did anyone hear today how March payments work re injured players

Dal said that most contracts are fixed amount which is the base then a payment per match played in Snrs but if injured you are paid for not playing

The only time u are not paid a match payment, with a contract like above, is when u are not in the snr team because not selected due to form

I wasn’t aware that players on a contract that is a base plus match payments got paid match payments when injured

There was conjecture as to if this cuts out after 8weeks or if it is to the end of a contract ie 2yrs

I suppose it makes sense as it is a form of income protection like lost people have at their work place if injured or sick and can’t work

The downside is you pay the player that is injured match payments plus the promoted player that fills in Snrs match payments also

Which is the same as the normal workplace but the $ may come from an insurer rather then the club

[Auntie.Gerald]

Aaron hall for pick 68

I suppose north offered a lot
Suns didn’t want to match

Cap space free

Not a bad deal of hall at his best with an experienced deep midfield

[Mark26]

Probably an easy way is too look at match ups

My concern is we are falling behind a team that came 9th last season and we do need to free up jones and mills ASAP into our midfield via another serious defender join us

Perhaps we need to back who we already have into our squad. I'd like COR to stay in and maybe we need to test Maibaum? We already have Macca, AA, Lloyd, Rampe, Reg, Smith. Surely those names alone frees up Mills and Jones.

[KSAS]

Perhaps we need to back who we already have into our squad. I'd like COR to stay in and maybe we need to test Maibaum? We already have Macca, AA, Lloyd, Rampe, Reg, Smith. Surely those names alone frees up Mills and Jones.

You can also add Melican to that list, but not sure if selectors would be comfortable for he, Reg & AA playing alongside each other. Would like to see Rampe used as a rebounding defender rather than a lock down one.

[Mark26]

Forgot about Melican!

[troyjones2525]

Now Hawthorn get Scrimshaw who was pick number 7 two years ago and had some injuries for a future 3rd round pick...

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[barry]

Aaron hall for pick 68

I suppose north offered a lot
Suns didn’t want to match

Cap space free

Not a bad deal of hall at his best with an experienced deep midfield

Very bad deal for Gold Coast I would say.
Steal by Norf.

Norf have won trading this year.

[longmile]

Now Hawthorn get Scrimshaw who was pick number 7 two years ago and had some injuries for a future 3rd round pick...

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Wasn't it for pick 53?

[stevoswan]

Forgot about Melican!

Are you serious?! Melican is best 22....we suffered without him.