Farewell Jack Watts

[JTR 2,846]

Pick 31

That figures.

Number is cursed!

 

[RalphiusMaximus 6,019]

1 minute ago, brendan said:

Pick 31 is unders, but how have we been robbed this trade period we got lever? 

We paid twice what Lever was worth. 

[jumbo returns 6,737]

17 minutes ago, Stretch Johnson said:

Do you also like sticking sharp objects in your testes?

You're a [censored]

[Dee Zephyr 19,267]

8 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

What is everyone’s favourite Jack Watts moment? Let’s keep this thread alive. 

I'm taking a guess and I'd say for some today is their favourite Watts moment.

[mo64 5,853]

18 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

I was happy to trade Watts, but for pick 31 is crazy.

We're also trading his $500,000 salary. 

His value is determined by the market. Stephen Wells said that Geelong would rather go into the draft than give us what we wanted, which was an early 2nd round pick. And Pick 31 was Port Adelaide's 1st available pick. 

Edited October 17, 2017 by mo64

[Gator 17,276]

I'm a realist.

When I'm critical of Watts' performances in a Port jumper I'll still have the nuffies on here up in arms.

It will never end...

[Lord Travis 10,696]

Best of luck to Jack at Port. He deserves better than the club gave him from the start. Had far to much pressure placed upon him, didn't handle the media correctly at any point, and then had his development thrown around and never got to settle in a position for more than a year or two. He's an obvious talent who the club mismanaged. He deserves better, and I hope he flourishes at Port.

Good luck Jack and thanks for the memories. Must've watched that Queens Bday goal 50 times over!

[Uncle Fester 2,848]

10 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

What is everyone’s favourite Jack Watts moment? Let’s keep this thread alive. 

 

His 'Leave Britney Alone!' you tube vid.

[whatwhat say what 22,683]

so confirmed that his full $1m over the next two years is goneski from our total player payments?

big win right there if true

[Lord Travis 10,696]

3 minutes ago, brendan said:

Pick 31 is unders, but how have we been robbed this trade period we got lever? 

Port Adelaide have just brought in Rockcliff, Motlop and Watts.... for a total cost of pick 31. 

Comparatively, we've brought in Lever, but have lost Watts and 2 first round picks. Paid overs and let quality go for unders. The late pick shuffling are irrelevant unless tied to a player trade as they will produce speculative kids at best. 

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1 minute ago, mo64 said:

We're also trading his $500,000 salary. 

His value is determined by the market. Stephen Wells said that Geelong would rather go into the draft than give us what we wanted, which was an early 2nd round pick. And Pick 31 was Pt. Adelaide's 1st available pick. 

We didn't have to trade him.

[danielE288 777]

One or two good games in 9 years. Good bloke, but not too bothered tbh. All the best Wattsy.

[Cards13 9,117]

3 minutes ago, jumbo returns said:

You're a [censored]

Beautiful exchange!

[Mazer Rackham 14,971]

11 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

What is everyone’s favourite Jack Watts moment? Let’s keep this thread alive. 

I think his invention of the steam engine was pretty good. It certainly inspired a lot of innovation and transformed entire economies.

I'll always treasure the sight of him streaming down the MCG members wing with a centrifugal governor in his hands.

[The Stigga 1,090]

If we paid the bulk/portion of his salary then I think 34 would have been included.

Can understand pick 31 only if they are taking on the salary in full.

[DubDee 25,590]

Pick 31 says more about Watts than MFC's ability to negiotiate. if there were more than one club seriously interested, they would have had to offer more than the other.  So Watts is worth 31 in today's market when not much else is on offer and many teams are crying out for a tall fwd.

I am very comfortable with the outcome and glad we can move on with 22 that will crack in every week (not saying Watts is soft, he is just not a competitive beast)

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,687]

4 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

Port Adelaide, a direct competitor to us in the 5-8 bracket have just brought in Rockcliff, Motlop and Watts.... for a total cost of pick 31. They've had a tremendous trade period.

Comparatively, we've brought in Lever, but have lost Watts and 2 first round picks. Paid overs and let quality go for unders. The late picks are irrelevant unless tied to a player trade as they will produce speculative kids at best. The club better package those 2nd round picks up and make something happen or we've had a poor trade period and lost further ground on our direct finals competitors.

Maybe - but they've picked up three players all with question marks about their attitudes, whether it's do with work ethic or their commitment to the team. Ken Hinkley is going to have to be a superb coach if PA is to get the outcome it's looking for.

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Just now, Cards13 said:

Beautiful exchange!

I know - and I got sucked into his lightweight commentary

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1 minute ago, Mazer Rackham said:

I think his invention of the steam engine was pretty good. It certainly inspired a lot of innovation and transformed entire economies.

I'll always treasure the sight of him streaming down the MCG members wing with a centrifugal governor in his hands.

Opportunity missed. You should have gone with "steaming down the MCG members wing"

[dieter 3,325]

Boo Hoo. I'll miss his silky skills.

[Jaded No More 68,867]

8 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

The club better be packaging that pick 31 up with some other stuff to advance ourselves in the draft or land another quality player, otherwise it is a poor trade and we've been robbed this trade period. 

We have not been robbed, Lever was a good trade.

He is literally the only quality player who has been traded thus far and we landed him!

I agree that pick 31 for Watts who we invested 9 years into, is a poor outcome. But I trust the club has other plans, and to be honest I don't see the point of fighting the trade when it is clearly us who wanted him gone. Would be a super dick move to say 'go look for a new home, but oh wait we don't want to trade you where you want to go because they won't give us a good pick for you, when really you aren't that great which is why we want you gone in the first place'.

I know this is a very divisive trade that will upset a lot of people, but at the end of the day Watts has brought this on himself. We all wanted and needed him to change, and he hasn't. His talent is not lacking, but his attitude clearly is not what the club is expecting from a senior player.

It is time to move on. We got Lever, a 21 year old gun who fills a real gap on our list and pushes us closer to success, so at the end of the day we win the trade period.

[The Stigga 1,090]

Maybe we could swap 29 and 31 for Richmond's 17 and 52

OR

29 and 31 for Brisbane's 18 and 43

 

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3 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

We didn't have to trade him.

Yep - irreconcilable differences

Option?

[poita 3,889]

How much of Jack's salary are we paying for him to play at Port Adelaide? This whole situation stinks.

[The Stigga 1,090]

I don't think Geelong were interested at all.