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General Trade Discussion 2022

bullus_hit said:
Can Matthew Clarke build a list? That I feel is still unresolved & grabbing a key forward this year made a truckload of sense. I've said my bit about trading future firsts for inside mids, it's a no-no & despite the fact I rate Hopper as a footballer I could never justify the outlay. You clearly feel differently, you didn't like my critique of the Brown pick either, so I suppose we're polar opposites when it comes to the best approach for list building.
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There has never been two A grade midfielders wanting to get to the same club i the same year. So whilst I would normally agree with you on not trading the future first, this is not a normal trade event.

Using the Prestia trade as an example you need to trade a first round plus a second with an exchange of steak knives. The higher the first round pick the less the second needs to be or the exchange of steak knives. If the first round in late then the additional picks need to be more.

In the normal course you trade for one. So for Taranto you give up a first and second then next year, for Hopper, you would give up another first and second with exchanges of steak knives. Yes I know Hopper is a free agent next year, we have chosen to get both this year = unprecedented

The advantage to us in bringing both Taranto and Hopper in this year is the immediate fix to the midfield, our greatest weakness and one that would get weaker in the next couple of years
 
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If somebody had said before all this started

#13+#15+#21+#31 gets you Taranto & Hopper im pretty sure we all would take that

specially during games watching Richmond getting smashed in the midfield
 
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spook said:
Charlie Masculine Nose is a fraud. A huffing, puffing, big, soft, phoney.

Georgiades on the other hand...could be ready to go quantum.

They should get Charlie out of the way. He can play in the ruck.
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So glad we targeted Lynch rather than Dixon. And weren't Port full of themselves when he signed with them.
 
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turk-d-tiger said:
If somebody had said before all this started

#13+#15+#21+#31 gets you Taranto & Hopper im pretty sure we all would take that

specially during games watching Richmond getting smashed in the midfield
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Just go back and watch the last quarter of round 1 last year. Cripps, Cerra and Kennedy against Prestia, Baker and Bolton. That won’t happen again.
 
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Is the last hour of Trade Week going to be on TV again? The look on my wife’s face will be priceless if it is.
 
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bullus_hit said:
Can Matthew Clarke build a list? That I feel is still unresolved & grabbing a key forward this year made a truckload of sense. I've said my bit about trading future firsts for inside mids, it's a no-no & despite the fact I rate Hopper as a footballer I could never justify the outlay. You clearly feel differently, you didn't like my critique of the Brown pick either, so I suppose we're polar opposites when it comes to the best approach for list building.
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Understand what you are saying but if we don't go for the Taranto Hopper double now we might as well force Jack to retire and put Lynch up for trade. They'll be rotting in our fwd line for the remainder of their careers with our current midfield. It's a big risk but it definitely puts us in the premiership window in the next couple of years. The lack of quality mids selected from 2017 onwards has put us in this position. This is my main criticism of Clarke.
 
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Streak said:
I actually think they did well out of that.

Converting pick 2 into pick 8 and 12 is a really good outcome for them. They are interested in a number of WA youngsters who will be around at that range.

Losing Junior Rioli isn't a big deal. He is 28 and wasn't going to figure in their next flag. So a couple of extra future picks to help their rebuild next year looks pretty good I reckon.
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Definitely I reckon too that they will be looking at WA boys this draft and next. Smart.

Think the Victorian clubs, not now, but in the coming years might look at their drafting of kids from other states as the ‘go home factor’ will increase.

The stronger clubs might be able to hold onto them but then you have the 8 year rule, which may be looked at in the future and make less??

Same with the interstate clubs. They will look at homegrown talent, their academic etc instead of drafting Vic kids.

Again it will be a case by case basis.
 
Redford said:
Cwood need to stand firm on Henry. If Bruhn, a first round selection that played 17 games in his second year is worth pick 18 (unders), then Henry who is also a first round selection and played 15 games in his second year is worth more than pick 25 (way unders).

Time to put an end to Geelong getting their way with everything and anything.
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Bbbbbbut he needs to go home, and it's barbaric to deny him that!
 
Just wondering what picks and future picks the bank at GWS currently hold, and what we are likely to get if Soldo is traded separately?
 
St Kevin said:
Bbbbbbut he needs to go home, and it's barbaric to deny him that!
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Geelong thinking they can get a farm boy/ surfey/ sleepy hollow discount for a player who is an hour down the road? Its a bridge too far. If they want him, pay up. They are annoying bastards.
 
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