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Trade Week - Richmond Only
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Ashcroft bid. Lombard bid. Probably.Yep Blair is hopeless.
Bolton 10 & 11 was our price.
Baker 1st rnd.
Rioli 6 & 23
Bris pts.20
Draft night-1/6/10/11/18/20/23/24
Not sure why people are wringing. We were never getting 10 and 11 for Shai just like we were never getting 6 and 13 for Daniel. It was either 10 and 18 for Shai or 10,11 and 18 with 14 back. Stoked we now have 10 and 11 for a player that had clearly disengaged and is not the type we need at this stage of our build
Good call re: Draper. Their midfield is just as slow as ours.
Four things I love about this draft hand.
1. It's freakin' awesome.
2. The club built it without begging the AFL for handouts.
3. It was clearly the culmination a multi-year strategy. Our list management team oozes professionalism.
4. By all reports, we're not paying any of Baker, Rioli or Bolton's salaries. We don't need to build a free agency warchest for the Tassie-compromised draft years, we have it already.
Honestly, couldn't be happier with how things have panned out.
I would say there are 2 options-
A) they want someone like Draper (Langford/Smilie)- a highly rated player who wont go top 2.
or B) they rate FOS, Lalor and Jagga highly and want 1 of them.
For all the talk of the strong depth, i think there is a good argument that those 3 stand out from the crowd.
Ghost of Punt Road
Tiger Champion
So who leaves/left the list to make room for 8 or more players? (we don't want to waste pick 1 rookie draft, or PSD.)
Tigers f uture 3rd, so about pick 60.... They can have it.
Another option for Pick 2, might be something like 2 and 25 for 6, 18 and 20.
Pay 6 and 18 for 2, with a slight slideback from 20 to the 2nd pick of the 2nd round.
With max 9 list spots on the list, and with potentially 8 picks within the 1st 24 (before bids come in), reckon we will definitely open to losing 1 to move up further into that pointy range.
Probably trade 1 of the picks at the start of the 2nd round out, and go with 6 in the 1st 24, possibly our NGA graduate and then 2 rookies.
Pay 6 and 18 for 2, with a slight slideback from 20 to the 2nd pick of the 2nd round.
With max 9 list spots on the list, and with potentially 8 picks within the 1st 24 (before bids come in), reckon we will definitely open to losing 1 to move up further into that pointy range.
Probably trade 1 of the picks at the start of the 2nd round out, and go with 6 in the 1st 24, possibly our NGA graduate and then 2 rookies.
I think Blues want FOS or Lalor.
If so it will leave one of Smith or Draper for us at six....assume Tauru and Armstrong taken at 2 and 5.
Probably leaves us Smith .
If so it will leave one of Smith or Draper for us at six....assume Tauru and Armstrong taken at 2 and 5.
Probably leaves us Smith .
Off the top of my head:
Baker, Bolton, Graham, Grimes, Naismith, Martin, Rioli, Pickett - all gone
Cumbo, Coulthard, Dow - maybe gone
...freeing up list space is the least of our problems.
Plus, wouldn't surprise me if we trade a few picks into 2025.
Blues list says they need a Smith or Draper type or at a reach Tauru.
Could be Draper as their recruiters would have spent some time in SA viewing the Camporeale boys.
The salary cap is now really interesting.
How much have we shaved off our wages bill by losing Martin, Grimes, Baker, Bolton, Rioli and Graham? Maybe $4.5-$5 million?
We are incredibly well set up for a dip at some free agents moving forward.
How much have we shaved off our wages bill by losing Martin, Grimes, Baker, Bolton, Rioli and Graham? Maybe $4.5-$5 million?
We are incredibly well set up for a dip at some free agents moving forward.
Hopefully next year we unearth some young stars & lock them in.
Carter and I have put aside our differences and are on good terms these days.
You see, miracles do happen!
Carter and I have put aside our differences and are on good terms these days.
You see, miracles do happen!
i guess thats a good thing.
tho it wasnt a bad read.
