Nat Fyfe

[Ethan Tremblay 30,832]

37 minutes ago, Unleash Hell said:

Hypothetical if Fyge choose the Dees - what eould be Freos asking price?

If the Judd deal is any indication 

1st rd pick and Salem? 

Kent and 2 first rounders?

Dare i say straight swap for Hogan?

 

It does eound great having Fyfe in the red and blue but the devil is in the detail.... no puns intended 

He's a free agent. 

[tilly18 289]

38 minutes ago, Unleash Hell said:

Hypothetical if Fyge choose the Dees - what eould be Freos asking price?

If the Judd deal is any indication 

1st rd pick and Salem? 

Kent and 2 first rounders?

Dare i say straight swap for Hogan?

 

It does eound great having Fyfe in the red and blue but the devil is in the detail.... no puns intended 

He's a free agent.

[old dee 23,782]

1 hour ago, Redleg said:

Not quite close to the end, but a contract of many years at $1.5m a year is an acl away from being a disaster. 

No player in the AFL salary cap system is worth $1.5million IMO.

[Kiss of Death 753]

I'm sure Fyfe will be spotted at an airport 'just going to have a look around' sometime soon...

[beelzebub 23,313]

27 minutes ago, old dee said:

No player in the AFL salary cap system is worth $1.5million IMO.

Let them have him.

Aints feeling desperate. 

[What 18,810]

You would need a minimum $1.5 million per year offer to even considering going to play for St.Failure

[John Crow Batty 8,862]

1 hour ago, Meggs said:

Tom Boyd went all right in the 2016 GF win

Boyd was hired as a messiah but before and after the GF he did and has done bugger all. He was lucky he went to a club that was unrated but now recognised as a superbly coached club with everyone contributing exceptionally well all season except him. He was like Ted Hopkins or that Morton brother from the Swans who played their one and only blinder in a GF. 

Edited May 1, 2017 by america de cali

[Sir Why You Little 36,999]

1 hour ago, america de cali said:

Boyd was hired as a messiah but before and after the GF he did and has done bugger all. He was lucky he went to a club that was unrated but now recognised as a superbly coached club with everyone contributing exceptionally well all season except him. He was like Ted Hopkins or that Morton brother from the Swans who played their one and only blinder in a GF. 

Dead right so far. Ted is still remembered daily!!

[Cheap Seats 3,310]

1 hour ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

He's a free agent

 

 

1 hour ago, tilly18 said:

He's a free agent.

Are you two twins??

Yes he is a Free Agent. But there are 2 types of Free Agents.

I will let you lads work out the rest

[tilly18 289]

18 minutes ago, Unleash Hell said:

 

Are you two twins??

Yes he is a Free Agent. But there are 2 types of Free Agents.

I will let you lads work out the rest

I have no idea.

Under what circumstances can the owning club trade a free agent.

[daisycutter 29,605]

4 minutes ago, tilly18 said:

I have no idea.

Under what circumstances can the owning club trade a free agent.

dangerfield ring a bell?

[tilly18 289]

36 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

dangerfield ring a bell?

Dangers offer was sub 1 million. Wanted to play for his child hood team.

Fyfe is chasing money.

Franklin ring a bell.

Yes agree swaps can come into play. My mistake.

Edited May 1, 2017 by tilly18

[Ethan Tremblay 30,832]

1 hour ago, daisycutter said:

dangerfield ring a bell?

It does but his and Fyfe's circumstances will be completely different. It don't come down to a trade.

Edited May 1, 2017 by Ethan Tremblay

[monoccular 17,417]

On 06/04/2017 at 1:02 PM, willmoy said:

If Smith fires up in the next four weeks, anything can happen.....

???  You mean the Smith who is out for the next 4 weeks or the one who is out for about 10 weeks?????

[Dappa Dan 2,188]

I reckon there's only a couple of situations in which you bring players to clubs. If you're the Saints and have heaps of early picks, then that makes sense. You could clutter your midfield up with more and more names that aren't making the 22 in an exciting and up and coming team. Or put them together and get a brownlow medallist if, and I stress if, you're threatening for a flag. Bernie's situation was good too, for a basket case club. Get a mature leader at 28 for the right price and give him 22 games a year to show the kids what it takes.

Only other situation is on a dire-needs basis. After Croad, the Hawks were flag contenders for years. They got Gibson, Burgoyne, Frawley all as mature age defenders and it paid off. That's actually genuinely how I see us. The core future superstars we already have in Oliver, Petracca and Hogan get the big money deals, then after that you go find a Steven May type to support the MacDonald brothers. To get a Fyfe... He is an unbelievable player, but he pushes out other good players and we still have a need in one area. In an ideal world, get Lever... but we'd need to spend our first rounder this year and next to get it done. Personally, I'd give that for the kid. But since it's not happening, it's all about augmenting the list in smaller ways and focussing on KEEPING players. Others may want to see more, but I see the premiership leading 10-12 players in the side already. You can get more journeymen every year who don't hold the fates of your team in their hands. That's what tradings for. 

[Biffen 12,940]

Prestia was an error only getting Fyfe could top.

Go Saints!!

[Cheap Seats 3,310]

On 01/05/2017 at 10:47 PM, Ethan Tremblay said:

It does but his and Fyfe's circumstances will be completely different. It don't come down to a trade.

You need to take a refresher on thr FA rules.

Might make sense then

[Ethan Tremblay 30,832]

34 minutes ago, Unleash Hell said:

You need to take a refresher on thr FA rules.

Might make sense then

I'd love to take a refresher in the FA rules UH, unfortunately I have much better things to do. Cleaning my gutters comes to mind. You seem to have a good grasp on the rules though, Perhaps you can give us all a run down, opposed to just being condescending. 

I do understand a RFA can be traded. But it won't happen with Fyfe. Feel free to post more thrilling hypotheticals though.

Edited May 2, 2017 by Ethan Tremblay

[old55 23,466]

52 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

I'd love to take a refresher in the FA rules UH, unfortunately I have much better things to do. Cleaning my gutters comes to mind. You seem to have a good grasp on the rules though, Perhaps you can give us all a run down, opposed to just being condescending. 

I do understand a RFA can be traded. But it won't happen with Fyfe. Feel free to post more thrilling hypotheticals though.

if Fyfe want to go to St.Kilda as RFA then Freo could let him go and they'll get the pick after their 1st rounder as compensation,  Freo are 11th at the moment so that means they'd get pick 9.

Alternatively if they match the Saints bid then the Saints would have to trade for him.  They hold the Hawks 1st rounder (IMO around pick 6) and their own 1st rounder (IMO around pick 10).  They specifically traded for the Hawks 1st rounder - wonder why?

If Fyfe leaves Freo for St.Kilda then it will most likely be a trade.

[Goffer 256]

Fyfe won't leave the Dockers, they have a decent midfield when firing and McCarthy will be a good forward with some more support (I don't rate Kersten, he's a one man potato farm). Griffin Logue Connor Blakey, Balic and Brady Grey are decent young players already showing good signs in the wins they've had this year. 

Obviously they're in a rebuild and it's questionable whether that group can win a flag but I don't think the Dockers are miles behind the Saints at the moment, and tbh I don't see the current Saints list having the ceiling to win a flag either. Throw in his history with injuries and I reckon he'll stay at Freo. 

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On 2017-4-4 at 9:25 PM, praha said:

They won't let him into Victoria with it.

Been to Brunswick or Smith Street lately? Victoria is an incubator for hipster inspired tomfoolery.

[beelzebub 23,313]

Happy for Fyffe to go to the Aints. Can be their "buddy" 

Thats going well 

[KingDingAling 3,752]

1 hour ago, Goffer said:

Fyfe won't leave the Dockers, they have a decent midfield when firing and McCarthy will be a good forward with some more support (I don't rate Kersten, he's a one man potato farm). Griffin Logue Connor Blakey, Balic and Brady Grey are decent young players already showing good signs in the wins they've had this year. 

Obviously they're in a rebuild and it's questionable whether that group can win a flag but I don't think the Dockers are miles behind the Saints at the moment, and tbh I don't see the current Saints list having the ceiling to win a flag either. Throw in his history with injuries and I reckon he'll stay at Freo. 

That Dockers side isn't taking Fyfe to a flag. Logue, Blakey, Balic, Grey and Tucker are all unproven. There is nothing to suggest any of them will be anything more than role players at the moment. Freo have recently lost Pav, Barlow and McPharlin, will lose Sandilands and McPharlin in the next couple of years. Freo are not playing for a flag anytime soon - not in Fyfe's career I would not think. He would be silly to stay. Would need 1.5 million minimum to stay with a club he knows won't take him to premiership success.

[Goffer 256]

15 minutes ago, KingDingAling said:

That Dockers side isn't taking Fyfe to a flag. Logue, Blakey, Balic, Grey and Tucker are all unproven. There is nothing to suggest any of them will be anything more than role players at the moment. Freo have recently lost Pav, Barlow and McPharlin, will lose Sandilands and McPharlin in the next couple of years. Freo are not playing for a flag anytime soon - not in Fyfe's career I would not think. He would be silly to stay. Would need 1.5 million minimum to stay with a club he knows won't take him to premiership success.

Unproven? So are most of our young players, we haven't played finals any time recently and we still have trouble closing out winnable games and this Dockers outfit beat us on our home ground within the past month. I think our ceiling is higher, but the guys I mentioned go alright and have played some decent footy this year. I honestly don't see much of a difference between them and Saints

[Adam The God 30,152]

Cannot understand a player of Fyfe's ilk being at all interested in going to St Kilda. St Kilda will not win a flag with their current list. It lacks deep enough midfield talent and has been propped up by a brilliant Riewoldt and Montagna for years. Even their other gun players like Stevens are getting on now. By the time they're ready to challenge, Stevens will be in the veteran category as well.

I can't see Fyfe leaving and if he's coming to Melbourne, it'll be to a club with a strong midfield that has a flag chance in the next 2-3 years.