Travis Boak

[DeeMfc 621]

Was more playing on that Torquay is minutes from Geelong angle, the blues may be a chance but i dont know if they can do the best deal or how good it will be?

Players going to the club they barracked for a a kid? when did that last happen?

Dion Prestia to Melbourne.

Oh wait..........that hasn't happened YET!

[Range Rover 1,935]

Was pretty ordinary yesterday, time to jump on the Hamish Hartlett bandwagon?

Hartlett is a gun. Superior player to Boak.

Perhaps more pleasing out of yesterday's result was the huge question marks now over the Blues.

Bryce Gibbs .. where's he at? Very 'pretty' to watch but soft as all get out.

[Dr. Gonzo 23,756]

This says to me he is leaving Port - apparently we are one of six clubs chasing him with Geelong & Essendon allegedly leading the race.

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/boak-to-wait-on-resigning-20120618-20kaa.html

PORT Adelaide midfielder Travis Boak, who is being courted by six Victorian clubs in the hope of enticing him to return home next year, has deferred a decision on his future until later in the year.

Boak had planned to make up his mind about whether to re-commit to Port or return home after spending this week in Victoria with family after Port gave its players a break while the team has its bye.

He is understood to have told the club yesterday that he was not ready to make a decision and wanted to wait until later in the year, which has intensified speculation that he intends to return home.

Geelong, Essendon, North Melbourne, Carlton, Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs are all courting Boak, who is out of contract at season's end.

Geelong and Essendon are seen to be leading the charge with the Cats the most likely destination for the player who grew up in Torquay and played for the Geelong Falcons.

[wattsup 470]

not sure how geelong and essendon are leading the race, i would expect that travis would want to do the right thing by port and get them the best deal, and i cant see anyone trumping the picks we can offer

[Dr. Gonzo 23,756]

TBH I can't really say how good he is and what he's worth - obviously he sounds like he would be a win for our midfield but I wouldn't want to pay overs for him (say pick 4).

[wattsup 470]

its a shame the father son bidding is before trade week cause i would give up pick 3 for boak so viney slipped to second round stupid rules

[rjay 24,617]

not sure how geelong and essendon are leading the race, i would expect that travis would want to do the right thing by port and get them the best deal, and i cant see anyone trumping the picks we can offer

Given that Boak is not under free agency, it is up to Port where he goes and they will do the best deal by them. If we want him we are in a good position to get him, a bit like the Mitch Clark deal. Do we want Boak and what should we pay? these are the questions.

[H_T 3,032]

It appears he has short circuited at the Power and wants to go home, putting off til end of year.

Now, what would it take to land Boak ? If we are talking players we would have to give up one of our very best. I'm not sure supporters would be willing to do that. The alternative is an early pick (+player). That would be the more likely alternative. Unless Essendon or Geelong are prepared to part with a very good player we're in the box seat from my POV.

Port will want the best deal.

Carlton would no doubt be after someone like this, but I wonder if we are better positioned with the $alary Cap, than that of Carlton ??

[GawnWithTheWind 604]

I think Boak is overrated. We need someone with polish to add to our mid.

If he comes back to Vic, he will go to the cats.

[John Dee 445]

its a shame the father son bidding is before trade week cause i would give up pick 3 for boak so viney slipped to second round stupid rules

The father/son bidding is before trade week just to stop that sort of thing from happening,

[Juicebox 628]

I think Boak is overrated. We need someone with polish to add to our mid.

If he comes back to Vic, he will go to the cats.

What are Geelong going to offer for Boak? Same with Essendon and Carlton. It's clubs like Melbourne and the Doggies that have the draft picks to make Port happy

[rjay 24,617]

What are Geelong going to offer for Boak? Same with Essendon and Carlton. It's clubs like Melbourne and the Doggies that have the draft picks to make Port happy

Spot on, it's really a matter of if we want him.

[Guest KingDingAling]

Dogs will go all out, well have to offer our pick 4 to snare Boak and we wouldnt be that silly.

[drdrake 3,124]

What you offer is a swap in first round picks say we have 4 and they have 7 swap that and give them our mid first round pick say 13 and get Boak and their second round pick.

[Jordie_tackles 354]

Spot on, it's really a matter of if we want him.

First rounder and first round compo pick combined. maybe a player

[Jordie_tackles 354]

What are Geelong going to offer for Boak? Same with Essendon and Carlton. It's clubs like Melbourne and the Doggies that have the draft picks to make Port happy

First round pick this year, there Ablett compo pick and a player possibly, would extend there window dramitically imo with him and Selwood and Kelly and Bartell for a few more years

[Range Rover 1,935]

What you offer is a swap in first round picks say we have 4 and they have 7 swap that and give them our mid first round pick say 13 and get Boak and their second round pick.

Sometimes a player's perceived stocks can rise merely by being mentioned frequently in trade talk.

I like the fact that he's hard at it, but for an inside midfielder his stats this year are not jaw-droppingly amazing ... http://finalsiren.com/PlayerStats.asp?PlayerID=1760

4 goals in his ten games (3 of them in one game against the the Suns) is also not a great return.

In short, worth a bid but this guy is not worth 'overs'. If we don't think there'll be any certain guns after pick 10 in this draft, offer Port pick 12 straight up but that's about as far I think we should go for Boak.

[Hannibal 5,814]

Boak is a good player, but he's not a great player, although he is coming into his prime. He may be better in a good team, but he's B+, not A grade. He's actually been a bit disappointing this year and he's not a high accumulator of the footy, which means he's almost the perfect Melbourne midfielder.

You'd never give up pick 4 for him and pick 13 by itself wouldn't get the deal done. And we don't have many young South Australians on our list. I doubt supporters would want to give up pick 13 and Trengove's best mate Luke Tapscott, but that might be the type of deal that would be looked at.

[McQueen 17,864]

We can do better in the long run. Wasting these draft picks now on a player of Boaks ability is not sound thinking.

Gysberts

Blease

Trengove

Jones

These guys will end up being better players imo. We need to continue with the fitness and football strategy development that has been brought with Neeld et al.

Draft picks and salary cap should be used to target the cream of the comp. If there's no-one willing to do a deal, we do the best we can from the ND. As said by an earlier poster, not every club has the fruit on offer that we do, and to a lesser extent, the Dogs.

[sylvinator 96]

We can do better in the long run. Wasting these draft picks now on a player of Boaks ability is not sound thinking.

Gysberts

Blease

Trengove

Jones

These guys will end up being better players imo. We need to continue with the fitness and football strategy development that has been brought with Neeld et al.

Draft picks and salary cap should be used to target the cream of the comp. If there's no-one willing to do a deal, we do the best we can from the ND. As said by an earlier poster, not every club has the fruit on offer that we do, and to a lesser extent, the Dogs.

What we really need to do is bloody hell NAIL pick 4 and pick 12 and get the best 2 midfielders available! how bloody hard is it to nail such high picks, it beggers belief that we have stuffed so many first rounders