The issues of retiring and trading are this year more clear than many previous years. We have several players that are almost certainly retiring and as such we cover our draft picks pretty easily. We also have a few players that are ripe for the trade, their experienced, youthful to have plenty of value and all have very high ceilings. If I was advising Dodoro and Hirdy this is what I would be presenting.
I think Fog has it down pretty good with the retiring of Fletch, Winder, Chappy. Gwilt is only 29 this year so aside from us moving him on he may want to hang around which would put him in the delisted category.
That gives us 3 list spots.
The delistings again appear to be pretty easy for the most part. I think Gwilt should make way for Steinberg, so I would move him on. Pears body is shot so I would send him off. Hams is only ever going to be a good VFL players, he is too small. O’brien should be shopped but will end up delisted and I think on a rookie list elsewhere.
That’s another 4 making 7 slots available.
Next we should be looking at trades. TBell to be encouraged to sign a big FA deal elsewhere, so to Dempsey. Carlisle has some serious currency and should be sold to the highest bidder. I’m going with Melbourne and Carlton. Kav may want out and if he does we should ablige.
That’s another 4 out making 11 slots available.
For the outs in trading im going to assume the following:
TBell going for pretty decent coin and we get and end of first round compensation.
Dempsey goes for a medium amount and we get a end of second round compensation.
Carlisle goes for big and we get Carlton current first and second round picks in exchange for our fourth.
Kav we trade out for a second rounder to Sydney.
So now we have (approximately)
Pick 3, Pick 6, Pick 19, Pick 22, Pick 25, Pick 37.
We upgrade Steinberg and Smack. Leaving 9 spots.
Again, I like Fogs trading from the other thread so I’m going to go with that.
We FA looneyburger
We use Pick 6 on Prestia
We use Pick 19 on Motlop (let’s hope they change the FA date as part of the CBA mid term review and we get him via FA)
After trading were down to 6 spots.
We go to the draft with 3, 22, 25, 37 and were down to two spots.
We pre season draft 1 and further upgrade Aylett for a year shot on the list to prove himself (expected delisting next year though)
We then take 3 in the rookie draft.
I also think we have a end of year leadership review and sit Watson down and say it’s time you stopped carrying this team on your shoulders. He has done enough and it’s time he takes a backward step. Stanton takes over the rains.
Our side we look something like this:
FB: Baguely, Hooker, Steinberg
HB: Hibbered, Hurley, Heppell
C: Goddard, Watson, Stanton ©
HF: Jerret, Daniher, Cooney
FF: Motlop, Smack, Colyer
Rucks: Looneyburger, Hocking, Zaka
Bench: Zerrett, Prestia, Melksham, Myers
Emerg from: Gleeson, Ashby, Edwards, Browne, Giles, Ambrose, Langford, Laverde, Dalgleish, Kommer, Howlett, Fantasia, Aylett, Pick 3, Pick 22, Pick 25, Pick 37, PSD Pick.
Rookies: Long, McKenna, 3 Rookie picks.
Allot is subjective, most will hammer my assumptions, but that’s what I’d be saying to do.
I like the sentiment of this post but as others have mentioned you’re not gonna get squat for Kav, Demps or O’brien.
I’d actually go further with the outs and add one more name from the back half, purely for the currency that would come back our way.
I think you are spot on concerning what we could expect for letting Buckets go.
Not sure about all the love for Prestia. I’d say yes only if he came relatively cheap. I think the modern trend is for slightly taller mids.
take a look at Freo & Syd … got to be a couple of the biggest , heaviest teams running around while we have guys like Hams,
Gleeson, Ashby, Fanta as part of our new generation.
But above all, the tallent pool in the next draft needs to be assessed for depth, … no point in so many early pick if there are only crumbs to
choose from.
