2019 trading, drafting and list management: players and personnel

[Beerman]

2019 trading, drafting and list management: players and personnel

I think 5 & 25 for Daniher is not unreasonable, assuming the docs have given him the “all clear”. But if Essendon aren’t interested at that price, I would just walk away.

At most I would throw in one of our NEAFL players.

[Blue Sun]

Telstra AFL Trade Radio on Twitter: ""My strong belief is that the Swans have offered their first and second round pick. They have picks 5 and 25 as it stands. If that's the offer, it's a flat no (from the Bombers)"

- Matthew Lloyd re: Daniher trade

#AFLTrade"

Thats great news. Perfect. Now lets work on keeping Papley.

[Ralph Dawg]

i think you will find he was originally from Echuca

Melbourne a helluva lot closer to Echuca than Sydney. Actually it's closer to Bunyip too..........

[KSAS]

Thats great news. Perfect. Now lets work on keeping Papley.

Just heard on SEN Mitch Cleary reporting that the Papley deal is more likely to happen than it was a week ago (no reason given though). Wondering if that's based on our Lewis Taylor 3 year deal offer? But when i heard the Ollie Wines - Carlton speculation, i thought that would strengthen Papley staying reasoning they would need to give their Pick 9 to secure Wines?

[Jeynez]

Just heard on SEN Mitch Cleary reporting that the Papley deal is more likely to happen than it was a week ago (no reason given though). Wondering if that's based on our Lewis Taylor 3 year deal offer? But when i heard the Ollie Wines - Carlton speculation, i thought that would strengthen Papley staying reasoning they would need to give their Pick 9 to secure Wines?

Carlton said no to Wines.

[goswannies]

At his best, he's a contested ball beast. I'd be willing to offer pick 5 for him. He would make more of an improvement to our list than Daniher and doesn't have his injury history.

Having said that, he most probably wants to go home, hence the approach to a Melbourne club ????

Ollie definitely had a shoulder recon a couple of years ago, but his rehab went really well. I think I recall a wrist injury before that? Shoulder recons mostly do pretty well if rehabbed well.

Melbourne a helluva lot closer to Echuca than Sydney. Actually it's closer to Bunyip too..........

It’s a 2 hour drive from Melbourne to Echuca (I was from Rochester which is about 15 minutes closer).

Hour and a half flight from Sydney to Melbourne?

[Ralph Dawg]

Ollie definitely had a shoulder recon a couple of years ago, but his rehab went really well. I think I recall a wrist injury before that? Shoulder recons mostly do pretty well if rehabbed well.


It’s a 2 hour drive from Melbourne to Echuca (I was from Rochester which is about 15 minutes closer).

Hour and a half flight from Sydney to Melbourne?

Echuca is a beautiful place. Was posted there as a Med student and made the drive down to Melbourne for a weekend with friends (actually half interested in a girl ????), all back in 1997!

I guess the point is that places like Bunyip and Echuca etc are all an easy drive as opposed to flying. I wanted to live in Terrigal a few years ago (wife vetoed it) to be closer to my family in Sydney, even though Brisbane is a comparable trip, time wise when flying.

[Markwebbos]

Buckenaras view on the Daniher trade (selects):

Category: | Herald Sun

Daniher wants to be traded to Sydney and at his best, pre-groin injuries, he would have been worth two top-10 picks. But he’s not any more. He’s played 11 games in two years ...

it’s a dangerous game to be holding a player to his contract who doesn’t want to be there, especially a player who is coming off a serious injury and who has barely played in two years. If you don’t grant the trade request, how dedicated will he be the following year? ..,

Daniher has a long history with Essendon, so he wouldn’t have made this trade request on a whim. It would have taken weeks and months to a) think and b) come to terms with leaving. That also plays into the risk of keeping him around.

[Ludwig]

Had an on my bike ride today. Plenty of time to think on tranquil rice paddy roads. It goes like this:

1. We finish all our other trades: Papley, Jones, Cameron, Taylor.
2. It's Wednesday morning and we tell Dodo that whatever offer we made, it's now off the table.
3. The clock runs out. Daniher remains contracted to Essendon.
4. Thursday: Daniher announces he's quitting the club and will stay out of football in 2020 and get his body right.
5. Meanwhile, the Swans have told Joe that the $800,000 salary lost is not lost at all, but we will add 200k a year to the contract we already offered to him for the next 4 years, 2021-2024, so he is not out of pocket. This money will come from the savings of not having to pay Daniher in 2020.
6. Daniher walks to the Swans for nothing (Mummy signing) after the draft next year.
7. Dodo gets sacked.
8. Matthew Lloyd has his Essendon life membership rescinded.
9. A desperate EFC hire Ludwig on a million dollar contract to fix up their footy club.
10. Ludwig changes the name of the club to the Bangkok Bombers and moves the club to Thailand.
11. Ludwig wins Nobel Prize for literature after writing the book: Too Much Dope, Too Many Dopes : The Downfall of The Essendon Football Club.

[Blood Fever]

Had an on my bike ride today. Plenty of time to think on tranquil rice paddy roads. It goes like this:

1. We finish all our other trades: Papley, Jones, Cameron, Taylor.
2. It's Wednesday morning and we tell Dodo that whatever offer we made, it's now off the table.
3. The clock runs out. Daniher remains contracted to Essendon.
4. Thursday: Daniher announces he's quitting the club and will stay out of football in 2020 and get his body right.
5. Meanwhile, the Swans have told Joe that the $800,000 salary lost is not lost at all, but we will add 200k a year to the contract we already offered to him for the next 4 years, 2021-2024, so he is not out of pocket. This money will come from the savings of not having to pay Daniher in 2020.
6. Daniher walks to the Swans for nothing (Mummy signing) after the draft next year.
7. Dodo gets sacked.
8. Matthew Lloyd has his Essendon life membership rescinded.
9. A desperate EFC hire Ludwig on a million dollar contract to fix up their footy club.
10. Ludwig changes the name of the club to the Bangkok Bombers and moves the club to Thailand.
11. Ludwig wins Nobel Prize for literature after writing the book: Too Much Dope, Too Many Dopes : The Saga of The Essendon Football Club.

That's way more than one idea!

[Thunder Shaker]

Eddie Betts returns to Carlton for a future fourth-round pick.

Crow no more: Eddie makes fairytale return to Carlton

[Ludwig]

That's way more than one idea!

Not for Ludwig.

[MattW]

Eddie Betts returns to Carlton for a future fourth-round pick.

Crow no more: Eddie makes fairytale return to Carlton

Meaning Adelaide are paying his salary.

[Auntie.Gerald]

Ludwig
I’ve been wondering how much Essendon have been taking into account the possibility of JD stepping out for a year in 2020

No doubt it has been thought of by JD and his manager and no doubt the swans management also

If JD came up to Sydney to see the same dr that buddy, JpK, hannes and Menzel have used Re groin surgery etc you would think that JD is ready to rock come jan feb next year so unlikely needing to sit out a season

If it was an ACL this season then it would be totally real that 2020 could be a sit out year

[crackedactor]

Very sensible Ludwig, sense unfortunately in very short supply at Essendon.

Walk away Swans

Yes Swans walk away now!! Pick 5 , pick 25, Blakey, Parker, fiorent, McCartin all for a hack that Dr Larkins believes may never play again! End Talks now.


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