2020 trading, drafting and list management: players and personnel

[barry]

2020 trading, drafting and list management: players and personnel

And to prove it here is my last post in the epic tippet thread:
"Good call Meg. He was a gun. And ordinary players dont get 459 pages of RWO discussion."

(Point made, the rest is offensive and unnecessary and has been deleted.)

[SeanM]

I would rather not sign Daniher given the uncertainty over list sizes, salary cap and the club's financial position. Free agents generally have big contracts. I would rather leave space in the salary cap in case it gets reduced and then struggle to retain the players we have.

[Captain]

Getting Daniher for free would be amazing. Perfect replacement for Buddy.

[TheBloods]

And to prove it here is my last post in the epic tippet thread:
"Good call Meg. He was a gun. And ordinary players dont get 459 pages of RWO discussion."

(Point made, the rest is offensive and unnecessary and has been deleted.)

I would've thought the opposite. If you're above ordinary, there's not much to discuss is there? There aren't pages and pages of discussion about Buddy, Kennedy, Parker, Rampe etc.

[Ralph Dawg]

With pressure on salary caps, maybe we could get Daniher for a reasonable price. Injury prone and hasn't played in nearly 2 years. There may be little interest in him by season's end. Certainly wouldn't want to pay top dollar for him though.

[Velour&Ruffles]

I read that in the Hun too. I’d love a fit JD at the Swans

Unfortunately there is no such thing as a fit JD. He exists only in our fantasies.

[bloodspirit]

I'm in favour of recruiting JD, with a couple of caveats: 1. he's fit; and 2. the price is right. He should come relatively cheap both in draft and salary terms given both his recent injury history and the cuts with the pandemic etc. It's a gamble but a gamble worth taking. Can also structure the contract to reflect the amount he actually plays.

[Markwebbos]

I'm in favour of recruiting JD, with a couple of caveats: 1. he's fit; and 2. the price is right. He should come relatively cheap both in draft and salary terms given both his recent injury history and the cuts with the pandemic etc. It's a gamble but a gamble worth taking. Can also structure the contract to reflect the amount he actually plays.

He’s a RFA so presumably we’d have to make an offer that the Bombers are unwilling to match. Which might make it difficult to get him on the cheap. He could threaten to walk.

[Cosmic Wizard]

Braeden Campbell highlights looks really good, especially that goal on the run from 55 meters out at the beginning of the AFL video.

What we need big time.

Screw DH, why even take the risk on a player who has so many issues and may cost us so much money and/or draft picks.

Lets go to the draft.

[Blood Fever]

Braeden Campbell highlights looks really good, especially that goal on the run from 55 meters out at the beginning of the AFL video.

What we need big time.

Screw DH, why even take the risk on a player who has so many issues and may cost us so much money and/or draft picks.

Lets go to the draft.

Agree. He's no Barry Hall who was incredibly durable and effective for most of his time with us.

[Boddo]

Braeden Campbell highlights looks really good, especially that goal on the run from 55 meters out at the beginning of the AFL video.

What we need big time.

Screw DH, why even take the risk on a player who has so many issues and may cost us so much money and/or draft picks.

Lets go to the draft.

If your going to the draft who do you propose to draft?

[Markwebbos]

Braeden Campbell highlights looks really good, especially that goal on the run from 55 meters out at the beginning of the AFL video.

What we need big time.

Screw DH, why even take the risk on a player who has so many issues and may cost us so much money and/or draft picks.

Lets go to the draft.

It’s not an either or though, surely? And JD not going to cost us draft picks. He would chew up salary cap though.

[Markwebbos]

SEN lists each clubs biggest draft bust of the 21st century. Ours they say is Patrick Vezpremi.

The biggest draft bust from all 18 AFL teams this century

[Cyril] Rioli, Brad Ebert, Robbie Tarrant, Callan Ward, Harry Taylor, Easton Wood, Cale Hooker, Jack Steven and Taylor Walker were all taken after Veszpremi in that same draft.

[Ruck'n'Roll]

SEN lists each clubs biggest draft bust of the 21st century. Ours they say is Patrick Vezpremi.

The biggest draft bust from all 18 AFL teams this century

[Cyril] Rioli, Brad Ebert, Robbie Tarrant, Callan Ward, Harry Taylor, Easton Wood, Cale Hooker, Jack Steven and Taylor Walker were all taken after Veszpremi in that same draft.

I think Taylor Walker was an Adelaide NSW scholarship pick, so he wasn't an option. But picking Vesper instead of Callan "Grand-son-of-the-Gunn" Ward was a very strange and poor decision.

[707]

Talk about Salary Cap being cut by $2mill, that put a spanner in the JD works.

I am very nervous about the proposed cuts to playing lists, the structure of second tier comps, the massive cut to footy departments.

If the AFL wants to cut costs, take a hatchet to AFL HQ, seems every failed coach gets a job in there with some stupid title and while they're at it, cut the salaries in half and they'll still be getting way more than they could outside of AFL HQ. Severely downsize and cost cut onall those gala puff events, leave playing lists in tact.

A scary exercise is to try and get our list down to 35 next year given we'll take at least two or three in the ND. We'll be cutting a number of players I'd really like to retain :-(

AFL has lost the plot.