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Bye Bye Jack Higgins!
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If Saad is worth more than pick 8 and Fantasia is also a first round pick then how is Jack Higgins virtually a second round future pick.? BS
how do Essendon consistently get massive overs for their players whilst consistently staying uncompetitive?
Nah. That's just basically Higgins for a late second rounder. Could be anywhere in the 30s if the Saints continue on the current trajectory. The minor pick upgrade is negligible. Pick 17 will end up somewhere in the mid 20s after all the academy *smile* picks this year.
That's a *smile* deal and I really hope we get more than that. Otherwise we are just making one of our main competitors next year stronger without making them pay a commensurate price.
Horrible deal. Effectively giving him up for a second round pick - lets say pick 30.
Getting unders for our players does seem to be our achilles heal. I'll obviously take the premierships but perhaps we should bring Dodo in as a consultant at trade time.
I don’t think the club believes he will dislodge anyone either, hence they are prepared to swap him for picks.
If he stays I think he’ll get his place eventually as our premiership players retire but he’s not interested in biding his time.
Shame actually because an apprenticeship at Richmond is better than going in immediately with st Kilda.
there are no guarantees saints don’t do a melbourne and drop away
saints insist they'll take their first rounder to the draft .......
so, surely tigers insist they'll take their contracted footballer to season 2021?
I hope this is the take it or leave it point of the negotiation?
and that saints leave it.
Jack best chance of a premiership medal is in yellow and black.
having said that, I found it strange he lost his spot. I thought he was our most consistent and hardest running small forward in the first half of the season.
I couldn't really see what he did wrong?
having said that, we've retained the absolute cream of the 'depth' in broad, marlion and CCJ,
we've gotta shed some.
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Reckon if it was the other way around and RFC we're looking to trade for Higgo, we'd only want to pay a second round pick. As would most posters.
But its a buyers market and Higgo isn't a free agent, so really we should be able to extract high value from the trade. Not sure what is being proposed above is a good trade or not, but I guess i'll have some faith that the club knows what they're doing.
At the end of the day, i'm not that disappointed to see Higgo leave. I never warmed to him as a player and would be happy to take a pick and recruit another kid.
But its a buyers market and Higgo isn't a free agent, so really we should be able to extract high value from the trade. Not sure what is being proposed above is a good trade or not, but I guess i'll have some faith that the club knows what they're doing.
At the end of the day, i'm not that disappointed to see Higgo leave. I never warmed to him as a player and would be happy to take a pick and recruit another kid.
I am annoyed about getting unders in this trade so I am prob grumpy already.
But really.... when has Sam Edmund called it right the 1st time.
If it was McClure, I would believe.
Disappointing. Maybe our first player since Matt White to turn his back on a contract.
Without knowing the details it's hard not to suspect the failure lies with Higgins, given his apparent different attitude to other young players and the club's overwhelming success. Hopefully he issues a statement that provides some answers to supporters, otherwise he will leave without the goodwill of an Ellis or a Butler.
Would be more palatable if it was #21 + Higgins for St.Kilda's 2021 1st + 2nd.
Without knowing the details it's hard not to suspect the failure lies with Higgins, given his apparent different attitude to other young players and the club's overwhelming success. Hopefully he issues a statement that provides some answers to supporters, otherwise he will leave without the goodwill of an Ellis or a Butler.
Would be more palatable if it was #21 + Higgins for St.Kilda's 2021 1st + 2nd.
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Minor pick upgrades in the 2020 draft will be meaningless given major disruptions to the draft pool. Worth nothing.
Saints are one of the more likely young clubs to continue their trajectory upwards or at least hold ground.
Letting Higgins go for Pick ~33 (that’ll blow out to ~40) next year would be a disappointing result.
Especially if there’s a 3rd wave next year that disrupts next year’s draft too.
It’s a realistic scenario that next year’s kids could miss both their U17’s and U18’s years. Pick 40 next year could be worth even less than Pick 40 in this year’s draft. I hope our club is talking about this possibility.
With shrinking list sizes, a shrinking cap, further possible disruptions, and multiple premiership stars nearing retirement, now is a risky time to be picky about the proven young talent we know we have.
Saints are one of the more likely young clubs to continue their trajectory upwards or at least hold ground.
Letting Higgins go for Pick ~33 (that’ll blow out to ~40) next year would be a disappointing result.
Especially if there’s a 3rd wave next year that disrupts next year’s draft too.
It’s a realistic scenario that next year’s kids could miss both their U17’s and U18’s years. Pick 40 next year could be worth even less than Pick 40 in this year’s draft. I hope our club is talking about this possibility.
With shrinking list sizes, a shrinking cap, further possible disruptions, and multiple premiership stars nearing retirement, now is a risky time to be picky about the proven young talent we know we have.
Higgo is not in our best 22.
He is a clever footballer but not fast, not aerobically elite and not a good kick.
He is in danger of being superseeded by our next crop of young un's.
The Saints were the only club to show genuine interest.
Better to take something now vs nothing in 12m time?
He is a clever footballer but not fast, not aerobically elite and not a good kick.
He is in danger of being superseeded by our next crop of young un's.
The Saints were the only club to show genuine interest.
Better to take something now vs nothing in 12m time?
It does not feel like a football decision does it?
It appears to me he doesn't fit in and he doesn't want to.
