Trade + Draft Period 2018

[Booney]

St Kilda putting pick 4 on the table for Wingard.

[Brodlach]

St Kilda putting pick 4 on the table for Wingard.

Really!


Port should have already signed the paperwork

[Brodlach]

Effectively Rankine for Wingard

[PatowalongaPirate]

St Kilda putting pick 4 on the table for Wingard.

Really!


Port should have already signed the paperwork

Biggest case of overs since Weller went to Gold Coast. Problem for the Saints is their next pick isn't until 39 which they only just acquired in the Hickey deal.

[Booney]

[David Brent]

Tom Scully to Richmond is gaining momentum from what I'm hearing.

[woodublieve12]

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-10-10/p ... l-at-swans

[PatowalongaPirate]

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-10-10/pies-defender-completes-medical-at-swans

Keep up wubbsy, old news there.

[Brodlach]

Tom Scully to Richmond is gaining momentum from what I'm hearing.

Surely they haven’t got room for him too in the cap?

[Brodlach]

:?

Any hint in the word “windy” ie Windy Hill???

[Brodlach]

Jarrad Roughhead to Adelaide is on the cards


Do. Not. Like.

[MW]

St Kilda putting pick 4 on the table for Wingard.

Wingard wont go near STK

[David Brent]

Tom Scully to Richmond is gaining momentum from what I'm hearing.

Surely they haven’t got room for him too in the cap?

It would be tight.

$$$ Out- Miles, C Ellis, Hampson, B Griffiths, S Lloyd. (You would imagine they are/were in the $200K- $400K pay bracket) We also don't have to pay anymore of Deledio's wage after this season I believe so that might give us another $100K (im guessing here) to play with.

$$$ In- T Lynch (said to be heavily back ended so only on $500K next year)

Potentially room for Scully but it would be tight.

[Booney]

:?

Any hint in the word “windy” ie Windy Hill???

Wouldn't think so, but who knows in this trade period!

[DOC]

JON RALPH on Mitch McGovern to the Blues …

WHEN an wildly talented yet unfulfilled talent from a powerhouse side wants to go to the worst team in the competition, they should never turn him down.

It’s why Carlton’s recruitment of Mitch McGovern is a huge success for the Blues.

They ended up giving two mid-20s picks and a state league player (Shane McAdam) they only realised they had access to two weeks ago for a player with huge tricks and huge talent.

A forward line of Charlie Curnow-Harry McKay-McGovern should be locked in for the next 6-8 years.

The considerable caveat is that McGovern actually hasn’t done too much yet.

This year the 190cm marking forward kicked 15 goals from 12 games, with five of them coming against the Blues in Round 7 in an easy 55-point win.

Last year he kicked 20 in 13 games and in 2016 he kicked 32 goals from 23 games.

In 2017 he kicked more than two goals on only three occasions despite the Crows being the highest-scoring team in the competition.

In 2016 he again kicked over two goals on only three occasions, the Crows again the highest-scoring team in the comp.

He is about to go to the lowest-scoring team in the comp.

Buckle up for the wild ride, Mitch.


So it illustrates his challenges as a player but also why the Blues would want him.

For all of Charlie Curnow’s brilliance this year he only kicked 34 goals in 20 games, his Round 1 bag of five goals followed by a single bag of four goals and three games with three goals.

Carlton just doesn’t kick 100 points as a rule, going back 55 games to mid-2016 since the last time they hit three figures.

It is the highlights reel stuff for McGovern that is so intoxicating – the 2017 screamer and post-siren goal against Collingwood for the draw – but at 24 he is young enough to find consistency.

It's still not obvious why he left Carlton, with his manager Colin Young denying it is based on money and his links to Blues assistant David Teague one strong link.

Carlton wants to play him as a forward, but why they should be thrilled with his acquisition is his potential as a key back.

Against North Melbourne in Round 22 he saved the game with four intercept marks when thrown back late, even if the Roos bombed the ball recklessly to him at times.

The next week against the Blues he played most of his game time in defence, mopping up with three intercept marks and nine intercept possessions.

If Patrick Kerr comes on quickly or Levi Casboult stays and rediscovers his form, McGovern could easily slot in as an intercept marking defender.

There is no better example than his older brother Jeremy, with the McGovern brothers to be paid around $2 million bucks for their combined services next year.

Have two brothers ever drawn such a massive combined pay check than two million bucks in a single season?

Jeremy Howe is the other obvious example of a player moving clubs with the promise of playing forward, before Nathan Buckley reneged on that deal but with brilliant results.

From this trade Sydney gets the points they want for academy pick Nick Blakey.

Adelaide held firm and got pick 13 as well as Sturt’s Shane McAdam, who will be the obvious replacement for Charlie Cameron and an immediate wingman for Eddie Betts.

And the Blues get a player in the right age demographic who they would feel should be in their next premiership side.

Aware all the time that if he was the finished product without flaws then Adelaide wouldn’t have let him go in the first place.

[Trader]

St Kilda putting pick 4 on the table for Wingard.

Really!


Port should have already signed the paperwork

Agreed! Even if we keep him he's walking next year apparently so lets cash in now while we can!!!

[Brodlach]

Powerhouse

[gadj1976]

St Kilda putting pick 4 on the table for Wingard.

The Saints couldn't get Shiel with pick 4 but I'd certainly be taking that if I were Port.

[Jim05]

St Kilda putting pick 4 on the table for Wingard.

The Saints couldn't get Shiel with pick 4 but I'd certainly be taking that if I were Port.

Wingard has to want to go there.
They offered $1.3m a year to Shiel though so perhaps Chad could be swayed

[gadj1976]

He is a former Crows player so I should be saying he is crap but he can play. If he gets his body right he could be very good. My only reservation is that he is going from a team where he takes the 3-4 defender to a team where he will get the first or second best defender

I'm hearing ya! But I hope at 190cm he still takes the third best defender. Curnow and McKay will/should take 1 and 2, so I see this as ensuring that the defenders can't peel off and double team Curnow and McKay like they were able to this year.

I think having more options up forward is better than not having any at all.

And as far as getting Fasolo - we need depth! He brings it. And we need to change the age range of our starting line up, which he also does.

I'd be keen for us to pursue another mid in the trade period as well, despite only having pick 30/40 odd.