2023 trade talk (Part 3)

I’m offended!

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Maybe instead of cucumbers today could be about coffee…didnt even read half of yesterdays thread but sick of cucumbers.
Here’s McKenna outside his coffee shop.
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Guys you’re doing the internet wrong. Shape up or ship out

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The only coffee snaps should be of list managers doing deals over a coffee at Dodoros cafe :joy: :coffee:

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I, for one, welcome our new cucumber overlords

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Saw that since 2012, Essendon has traded out or lost a player through free agency 16 times.

This is the equal 2nd lowest amount of players lost out of all clubs. The AFL average over this period was 23 players lost

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This has been the case for a while!

  • Refused to trade Tim Kelly in the first year when he has major family issues
  • The following year, they took the Eagles to the cleaners on the Tim Kelly deal
  • Didn’t want to pay up when the giants matched Jez Cameron deal and that nearly fell over in the last minute
  • Made Freo pay a ridiculous price for Jordon Clark
  • Last year played hard ball with the offer for Ollie Henry and took that to the last minute
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The problem is that they keep benefiting. Clubs need to let Geelong lose out or they’ll keep doing it.

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Which simply means Geelong did what was best for Geelong.

I want Dodoro gone as much as anyone. But I have no problem with him trying the get the best for Essendon in every trade.

My problem with him was his strategy has been, historically, to chase contracted players , then refuse to pay a premium when the player’s club holds the cards given the player is contracted. Stupid recruitment strategy. The new one targeting free agents to fill list needs is much smarter and puts us in the box seat holding the cards. And that is being driven by Vozzo/Scott, not Dodoro.

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Synopsis: they did their job good.

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This cucumber ■■■■ is so lame. Not sure how anyone finds it remotely funny

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My guess is there is a lot of kids on blitz these days

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If I could just get the AI to work…

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Glad he’s got something to fall back on after he burns through his footy dosh, but more importantly are pre ripped skinny jeans back in already?

Agree. But if it was Essendon, it’s not seen that way

The fun police are out in full force this morning.

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they just need a few cukes with their morning coff

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Probably because we end up not coming out on top often enough that we can’t justify the times when we are difficult. Daniher being the easiest example.