Likewise Hazza, plus we are all fired up arguing over points and pick systems and strategies that we barely understand.
It's peak PRE if you think about it
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It's peak PRE if you think about it
I think it’s your logic that’s way off AA. You don’t seem to be able to separate the Barrass-Hawthorn deal from the WCE-Baker one. They are two totally different deals.
You’re basically saying that because WCE couldn’t get their ducks in a row, we now have to accept something less. Huh ?
No we don’t, that’s not our problem, not with 2 parties still very much interested in him, one of them the original interest.
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It is every year, the AFL loves to drag everything out so nothing else gets any media time
AFL Trade Radio is nothing but a talkback with stories. Might as well listen to Classical Music FM.
a day feels 72hrs long. I wish it was 3 days only as it's becoming like torture to me.
The five trades in this pdf tell clearly why points are important and especially for teams with F/S or Academy picks. If they weren't important then teams wouldn't be doing these trades.
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Why don't you kill some time by sharing your thoughts on our pick swap with the Lions??
Done to death. lol yeah though, but that's happened nearly on every major topic in here . Probably why it's become tiresome to some of us.
I finally pulled the plug on AFL Trade Radio.....enough of that Tomcat Morris voice....
Agree, great little player, versatile but already felt he was in decline towards the end of the year, less than 16 disposals in the last 8 games. Maybe his contract situation was playing on his mind. Pick 14 to me was a good deal. Really not sure how WC do this now. Freo makes it interesting but I guess that depends on Baker.
I don't think our last 8 rounds would reflect well on any of our players - except Mansell and Banks.
Baker is a goal a game 20 disposal half forward/change mid. He should have pretty good value.
14 appears to be the accepted value- primarily because that's what everyone thought the WEagles would have to trade.
I just thought watching Baker that he was very flat this year. Didn't seem his cheery self which is why I said contract situation might have been playing on his mind. I personally don't consider him a great mid, he played mid stints more out of necessity this year, to me his best position was always half back flank which suits WC better. Don't get too many of those going for high first round draft picks. Rioli is an exception as a HBF, I consider him elite and a real asset to any team contending for a premiership. Pick 14 to 18 is acceptable for Baker imo. Can't really see us getting any more for him.
How do we even know that it would have been a straight swap Baker for 14? Pick 14 might have been the basis for the deal, but WC may have wanted something else back in another pick or an upgrade of pick. We'll never really know
