I am always interested in trade movement at this time of the year, but get befuddled with all the swaos of draft numbers.
Take Fremantle getting Judd McVee.
We give the Dees pick 23.But then, involded in all of that was the Stacevich deal, which we helped the enemy with by moving .Hang on. I wil post this becuase it is all too confusing for me.The below came from the Fremantle Dockers site.
****The trade follows an earlier three-way pick swap involving West Coast and Brisbane which saw Fremantle exchange selections 12, 33, 44 and 50 to receive picks 19, 23 and 46. Fremantle then used pick 23 to acquire McVee.
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I think everyone got a fair deal out of that trade. Freo split their pick which is what they needed and got 19 and 23 back so dropped 7 spots and picked up Judd McVee.
WCE i think gave up one too many but in a points calculation they effectively paid pick 53 to get Starcevich and moved up from 19 to 12 but lost 19, 22 and 23 to gain back 12, 33 and 52.
Brisbane get 16, 22 and I think one other for Starcevich and lost a couple as well.
All in all I think all 3 clubs got something fair out of it.
What a joke that the Dockers traded Will Brodie for pick 103 in the draft, which is the football equivalent of a packet of chips and a can of coke. What an insult. Part of me hopes that he gets 40 possessions and 3 brownlow votes when Port play Freo next year
TBH mikeh, I reckon Brodie wouldn’t give a flying F what mumber he was valued at mate…probably just grateful to get out of Peel Docker nightmare…totally sidelined by the coach…I guess leaves Freo a Peel premiership player.
I have to say, I am not fussed. One good year and he fell by the wayside.
To me he never worked hard enough to get involded in contests unless it was a stationary one. Ball ups, boundary throw ins, etc.
He frees up a spot for another kid maybe. And money off the books.
Same as Reidy, not fazed he has gone. He never looked an AFL standard.Like Jines, now East Perth , good WAFL but not top standard.
But good luck to both. I hope they do well.
Freez, Brodie can have 50 and get three, as ling as Freo win.
Trade ends tomorrow. Still plenty of big names looking for a different club.
Phones will be running hot over night. A load of people will not get much sleep.Players included.
Petracca, May, and Oliver from the Dees all looking to move.
Merritt still wants out. Can he get to the Hawks!!!
Also Charlie Curnow wants to get to Sydney
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Still a few deals to get done.
How about Tarryn Thomas being given the righf to play AFL again. The AFL is screwed. How can it be.?
Mate just because Thomas is “cleared” to play AFL again, doesn’t mean anyone would want him…not a good look for any club and their sponsors with Thomas on their books…especially with an AFLW alignment.
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Into the last ten minutes of the trade period and still the Curnow and Merret deals have not been finalised. There have been a few today
Petracca to Gold Coast
Oliver to GWS
Steele to Melbourne
Clubs sure cut things fine after having a week and a half to negotiate
Update: Curnow has been traded to Sydney
Merrett deal has collapsed so he is staying at Essendon
I think Essendon have been shits over this non deal. It could make life uncomfortable for Merrett, the coach and the club.
Not sure there has ever been so many big names traded. Petracca the biggest in my opinion headed to Gold Coast along with the enigmatic Ugle-Hagan who they only had to part with a 3rd round pick for. GC will have a scary midfield.
Curnow to Sydney and Hayward and Florent to Carlton. De Koning to St Kilda. Draper to Brisbane but like Oscar Allen is injury prone.
Oliver to GWS which is a good replacement for Coniglio who you’d think is entering his last season.
A lot of No 1 picks in there or very early first rounders switching clubs. Doubt there’s ever been so many traded in one period before. And of course Merrett wanted out.
Essendon asking for 4 1st’s for Merrett was mind boggling…no wonder why Merrett’s agent had a meltdown on camera. As a WBD fan thank fudge JUH has been moved on, and now GCS problem on and off the park…apparently saving WBD a reputed 800 - 900K a year…no doubt JUH will start with the best intentions at GCS, but a leopard usually doesn’t change it’s spots…so good luck to GCS and their new acquisition.
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