I would agree personally… and very glad that we are chasing Saad and not Impey but media and some analysts believe their output/potential is on the same level.
I’m sure we will pay a fair price but GC has a history of wanting more than fair…
In one way I’d love to trade out Pick 24… so that we can turn to dogs and say… well we have pick 28 available and thats it… we aren’t trading futures so take it or leave it.
Then have the AFL ‘mediation’ explain how they really have no choice because they don’t want to test the restraint of trade and duty of care clauses…
And I’m trying to remember what happened last time a trade including pick 28 between the dogs and us…
This whole ■■■■ the bulldogs commentary isn’t useful, the only thing that matters is we get the deals done. If we get Smith and Saad and Stringer goes to Geelong or back to Footscray then it’s a loss in my view. The Smith trade in isolation is excellent one but Stringer was worth every bit of pick 11 straight up, imo. Let’s see how it pans out but I’d hope that Dodoro isn’t playing an overly bold gambit for an extra second round selection + SSS when these trades should have been fairly easy to do. The media noise is meaningless.
no hes not. he has several issues off-field that have derailed his previous 2 seasons. if he was playing great footy, hed be worth pick 11 and the doggies woouldnt be trading him. if were not willing to throw 11 at him, out recruitment team has identified his risk outweighs handing over pick 11.
this is why we need to meet some kind of middle ground in the trade and why when we offered pick 11, that we asked for a 2nd rounder in return with Jake. we need a fallback position in case stringer doesent work out. The bulldogs are being incredibly stubborn on the matter, while holding up our other trade targets as well.
The Bulldogs knocked back a perfectly reasonable offer for Stringer.
I don’t know how much sympathy you expect people to have for them.
Whatever or whoever you want to trade is only worth what someone else is prepared to pay.
Or you can decide not to trade.
The Bulldogs should be the ones knocking down our door to get this done. It’s not Essendon’s fault if they’re not.
I don’t mind that sort of a deal. Some here would be hoping for 16 straight up, but i don’t think will happen.
Pick 24 might be too much though - 29 at best.
Well I disagree that was a reasonable trade and although the market determines the value, if we don’t get it done I think we would have wasted a very good opportunity to bring in elite talent at imo a reasonable price (11). I don’t have any sympathy for the bulldogs nor expect other too it’s purely a pragmatic stance about getting these deals done. As others that I agree with have expressed I’d rather pay a little bit extra to get these three to out club as opposed to win the ■■■■■■■ contest and lose a player. It’s all moot of course should Dodoro come up trumps.
No, we could have tried to address our midfield issues by taking a kid who played midfield against other kids. All I’m saying is that taking Stringer with 11 vs unknown kid with 11 is a much better bet and if we miss him then it’s a poor call.
