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General Trade Discussion 2022
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I'm old school when it comes to rucks, good ones can make a huge difference, a 5 man bench will only increase their worth. I see this area as an achilles heel heading into next year & can see us being exploited when we come against the best in the competition. For this reason I'm frosty about locked & loaded grandstanding, I also think there's a few clubs knocking on the door of the 8 who could easily supplant Richmond next year. Soldo isn't untouchable but his contribution is being undersold & trading him means we have weakened that area. Ryan is a big lump of a lad & is showing promise but I'm not so sure he would do well against the elite big men of the competition. That in isolation could wipe out any advantage we have in the area of clearances. Underestimate the importance rucks at your peril.
Dees looking to weaken their forward line for season 2023 - Melbourne has an interest in recruiting Bulldog Josh Schache
We shall see, I suspect Collingwood will plump for Mitchell & they are in a similar situation with clearances & the need to get first use.
Grundy to Melbourne for pick 27 seems a steal on the face of it. On the face of it..
I see upside but not enough to be putting a future first on the table.
Yep, great trading, Richmond versus Melbourne will be interesting to say the least. You better hope Nank is fit for that game.
The Dees are only paying a 3rd of his salary. I sure hope he is.
Other way around isn't it. They are paying 2/3rds of his salary, hence somewhere around $700k?
Grundy goes for pick 27.
Collingwood must think he is finished
A fit Grundy wouldve made us unbeatable
Collingwood must think he is finished
A fit Grundy wouldve made us unbeatable
Wow. Only a third. Something amiss here. Grundy for a third of his salary and pick 27 seems pretty good shopping to me - definitely worth a punt. With Grundy and Treloar and now DeGoey it is a wonder the Pies can pay their own players.
Even at 700k it's only 300k more than Soldo. Given we could have stitched this up with pick 31 & given a guy like Lloyd Meek is going for a mid second rounder, I'd say it was close to the bargain of the draft. When you consider guys like Stef Martin & Goldy are mid 30's and still required players, taking on Grundy whilst still in his twenties is a sound investment.
Strange trade. Collingwood actually need him more than Melbourne (who have invested massively cap wise in this position while they still have no key forwards....... lol) They are even talking getting Schache in baha!
And for many obvious reasons outlined in an earlier post, we were even less of a fit at this point in time.
And for many obvious reasons outlined in an earlier post, we were even less of a fit at this point in time.
That has to be the most dodgy deal ever Bowes and cats how the afl passed it bewildering not coincidence the salary cap dump was announced a week before trade week 2 seasons ago afl handed out priority picks to sun's lol what a joke.
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I was about to ask whether I was the only person who doesnt have him on ignore!
